title: Detection of Alzheimer's beta-amyloid precursor related proteins bearing chondroitin sulfate both in the juvenile rat brain and in the conditioned medium of primary cultured astrocytes.
abstract: Alzheimer's beta-amyloid precursor related proteins bearing chondroitin sulfate chains were detected in the conditioned media of primary cultured astrocytes obtained from fetal rat brains by Western blotting using the monoclonal antibody 22C11 against Alzheimer's beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP), but not in the media of cortical neurons. The chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan form of APP was also detectable in a soluble proteoglycan fraction prepared from 10-day-old rat brains. However, the amount of proteoglycan form of APP in the brain was very small compared to non-proteoglycan forms at all the developmental stages from embryonic day 14 to 2 years. These observations suggest that astrocytes are one cellular source of the proteoglycan form of APP in the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Perinatology and Neuroglycoscience, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oohira
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kushima
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates