title: Quantification of presenilin-1 mRNA in Alzheimer's disease brains.
abstract: The presenilin-1 (PS-1) gene on chromosome 14 carries mutations which cosegregate with early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease. We quantified PS-1 mRNA in post-mortem mid-temporal and superior frontal cortices from 14 Alzheimer's disease subjects, 9 non-demented controls and 5 subjects with other neurological diseases using solution hybridisation-RNase protection assay. APP and APLP2 mRNAs had previously been quantified in these samples (Johnston et al. (1996) Mol. Brain Res., in press) and subjects were apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotyped. There were no significant differences between PS-1 mRNA levels per pg total RNA in mid-temporal or superior frontal cortices of the Alzheimer's disease subjects, compared to controls. PS-1 mRNA levels corresponded to 10% of total APP and 30% of APLP2 mRNA levels, and were not significantly affected by age, post-mortem delay, tissue pH, or APOE genotype. PS-1 mRNA showed significant positive correlations with APP and APLP2 mRNA levels in mid-temporal cortex and with APP mRNA in superior frontal cortex. This may reflect a co-regulation of the expression of these genes, or the fact that they are expressed in similar neuronal populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Family Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Froelich
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lannfelt
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Cowburn
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000235:genetics; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000235:genetics; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000737:chemistry; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D009929:Organ Size; D053764:Presenilin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: C489697:APLP1 protein, human; C084104:APLP2 protein, human; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C508853:PSEN1 protein, human; D053764:Presenilin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger