title: Differential brain expression of the Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein.
abstract: The expression of the Alzheimer amyloid protein precursor (AAPP) was examined in human, monkey, dog and rat brains. Two proteins, one identified as AAPP695 and the other as AAPP751, were immunoprecipitated from the in vitro translation of human, dog and rat brain polysomes. The AAPP751 to AAPP695 ratio was highest in human, intermediate in dog and lowest in rat brain polysomes. Human cerebral cortex contained higher levels of the AAPP751 mRNA than either dog or rat cortex. AAPP695 was detected in both cerebral cortex and cerebellum of all species examined. In contrast, AAPP751 was detected predominantly in the cortex of human, monkey and to a lesser extent dog brains while it was not detected in rat brain. These findings indicate that the amyloid precursors are differentially expressed in different mammalian brains and suggest that AAPP751 is mainly expressed in the brain regions involved in plaque formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York 10029.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Refolo
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gotlib
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bierer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Haroutunian
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perl
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Robakis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D000682:Amyloid / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011132:Polyribosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D016875:tau Proteins
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D007106:Immune Sera; C054369:MAPT protein, human; C489131:Mapt protein, rat; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016875:tau Proteins