title: Appearance of localized immunoreactivity for the alpha 4 integrin subunit and for fibronectin in brains from Alzheimer's, Lewy body dementia patients and aged controls.
abstract: The localization of alpha 4 integrin subunit and of fibronectin in Alzheimer's disease (AD), Down's syndrome, Lewy body dementia (DLB) and normal brains was immunohistochemically investigated. Antibodies against the alpha 4 subunit and a fibronectin specific antibody stained 'neuritic' plaques in AD and Down's syndrome, while 'preamyloid' and 'burned-out' plaques remained negative. No alpha 4 integrin subunit or fibronectin immunoreactivity was detected in the plaques of DLB consistent with the absence of neuritic plaques. In addition, hippocampal pyramidal neurons and some neocortical neurons showed immunoreactivity with alpha 4 subunit and fibronectin antibodies in all aged individuals, but not in younger controls. These results suggest an age-related and localized expression of alpha 4 integrin subunit and fibronectin in the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Gool
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carmeliet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Triau
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cassiman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dom
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000276:immunology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016631:Lewy Bodies / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D017469:Receptors, Fibronectin / Q000276:immunology*; D016875:tau Proteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D005353:Fibronectins; D017469:Receptors, Fibronectin; D016875:tau Proteins