title: Profiles of neuronal thread protein expression in Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: Neuronal thread proteins (NTPs) comprise a family of molecules expressed in brain and primitive neuroectodermal tumor cell lines. In Alzheimer's disease (AD), increased CNS levels of the 21 kD NTP species are correlated with dementia. The present study characterizes the nature and distribution of NTP expression using recently generated brain-derived polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) to recombinant AD7c-NTP protein. In AD, high levels of NTP immunoreactivity were detected in neuronal perikarya, neuropil fibers, and white matter fibers (axons). In addition, 4 of the 23 AD7c-NTP MoAbs labeled degenerating neurons (with or without neurofibrillary tangles), axonal spheroids, dystrophic neurites, or irregular, wavy threadlike neuropil fibers in AD. Increased neuronal AD7c-NTP immunoreactivity in AD colocalized with perikaryal accumulations of tau-1, phosphorylated neurofilament, and the ganglioside, A2B5. In addition, AD7c-NTP immunoreactivity was detected in early neuritic plaques along with beta-amyloid-containing fibrils, but not in mature plaques, nor was it colocalized in beta A4-immunoreactive fibrils. This study demonstrates the profiles of NTP overexpression in relation to paired helical filament-associated neurodegenerative lesions in AD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: De La Monte
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wands
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D015415:Biomarkers; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000737:chemistry; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051847:Lithostathine; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D016501:Neurites / Q000737:chemistry; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D016875:tau Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: C497612:AD7c-NTP protein, human; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015415:Biomarkers; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D005732:Gangliosides; D051847:Lithostathine; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C062875:ganglioside A2B5; D016875:tau Proteins