title: Amyloid beta protein precursor is possibly a heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein.
abstract: The amyloid beta protein peptide is a major constituent of amyloid plaque cores in Alzheimer's disease and is apparently derived from a higher molecular weight precursor. It is now shown that the core protein of a heparan sulfate proteoglycan secreted from a nerve cell line (PC12) has an amino acid sequence and a size very similar to those of the amyloid beta protein precursor and that these molecules are antigenically related. This amyloid beta protein precursor-related protein is not found in the conditioned medium of a variant cell line (F3 PC12) that does not secrete heparan sulfate proteoglycan. The synaptic localization and metabolism of this class of proteoglycans are consistent with its potential involvement in central nervous system dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA 92138.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schubert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: LaCorbiere
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000682:Amyloid / Q000378:metabolism*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans; D006497:Heparan Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism*; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans; D006497:Heparan Sulfate; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011509:Proteoglycans; D014758:Viral Core Proteins