title: An antibody against the Alzheimer's disease amyloid precursor protein recognizes distinct conformational isoforms.
abstract: The Alzheimer's disease amyloid precursor protein (APP) consists of several isoforms, which are extensively post-translationally modified and processed. A monoclonal antibody, MAbE1, was raised against a synthetic peptide from an extracellular domain that is common to all isoforms of APP. Immunoblots and immunolocalization studies on cells of neuronal and other origins demonstrated that this antibody recognized a subclass of APP isoforms when compared to a monoclonal antibody raised against a bacterial fusion protein of APP, MAb22C11. Prominent protein bands of 71 kDa and 120 kDa were only detected on immunoblots of cell lysates and no immunoreactivity was observed in protein samples obtained from cell conditioned media. Immunofluorescence labelling with MAbE1 revealed predominantly perinuclear staining of cells of neuronal and glial origin. The data suggest that this monoclonal antibody detects distinct conformational isoforms of APP present in intracellular compartments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piccardo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dagenais
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cuello
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: St-Pierre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nalbantoglu
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007536:Isomerism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal