title: Ca(2+)-dependent binding of human serum amyloid P component to Alzheimer's beta-amyloid peptide.
abstract: Serum amyloid P component (SAP), a normal glycoprotein, is universally found in amyloid deposits, including cerebrovascular amyloid of Alzheimer's disease. This paper describes the Ca(2+)-dependent binding of human SAP to Alzheimer's beta-amyloid peptide (A beta). 125I-SAP binds to synthetic human A beta-(1-40) immobilized on microtiter plates at a dissociation constant of 6.0 x 10(-9) M in 0.01 M Tris-HCl, 0.15 M NaCl, pH 7.5, containing 2 mM Ca2+, 1% bovine serum albumin, and 0.05% Tween 20. Binding inhibition assay has shown that soluble A beta-(1-40) and A beta-(1-28) also bind to SAP. Since SAP is resistant to proteases in the presence of calcium, the Ca(2+)-dependent binding of SAP to soluble A beta and to beta-amyloid fibrils would give pathological effects on fibril formation and persistence of beta-amyloid in Alzheimer's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamazaki
mesh_terms: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D000683:Serum Amyloid P-Component / Q000378:metabolism*; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D000683:Serum Amyloid P-Component; D015032:Zinc; D002118:Calcium