title: Age-related changes in the localization of presenilin-1 in cynomolgus monkey brain.
abstract: Age-related changes in PS-1 localization were examined in the brains of 22 cynomolgus monkeys ranging in age from embryonic day 87 to 35 years. In embryonic monkey brains, anti-PS-1 antibody N12, which recognizes the PS-1 N-terminal fragment (Ntf) and holo protein, stained immature neuronal cells. In juvenile monkeys, N12 stained large pyramidal neurons, cerebral neocortical neurons, and cerebellar Purkinje's cells. Cytoplasmic staining of these cells was granular in appearance. In aged monkeys, N12 stained neurons in all layers of the neocortex. In contrast, regardless of the age of the animals examined, M5, an anti-PS-1 antibody that specifically recognizes only the PS-1 C-terminal fragment (Ctf), stained neurons in all layers of the neocortex and neurons in the cerebellum. M5 also stained neuropil and white matter, and in aged monkeys, M5 stained swollen neurites of mature senile plaques. Age-related changes in PS-1 expression were further examined using Western blot analysis of mitochondrial, myelin, microsomal, nuclear, synaptosomal, and cytosol fractions isolated from 10 monkey brains ranging in age from embryonic day 87 to 32 years. In all brains, Ntf and Ctf were expressed most abundantly in the microsome fraction. The amount of PS-1 in the nuclear fraction dramatically increased with age. We conclude that the transport of PS-1 diminished with age and that PS-1 fragments accumulated in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) associated with the nuclear membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. aa07190@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development*; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016874:Neurofibrillary Tangles / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016612:Paraffin Embedding; D011247:Pregnancy; D053764:Presenilin-1; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D053764:Presenilin-1