title: Apoptotic gene expression in Alzheimer's disease hippocampal tissue.
abstract: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the major cause of dementia, accounting for 50% to 70% of the late-onset patients, with 17 to 20 million affected. It is characterized by neurofibrillary tangles, neuronal loss, and amyloid plaques in tissues of the cortex, hippocampus, and amygdala. Apoptosis or programmed cell death appears in the progression of AD. In this study, we investigated the gene expression of 14 apoptotic genes (E2F1, p21/WAF, ICE-LAP3, Fas Antigen, CPP-32, GADD153, ICE-beta, c-Fos, c-Jun, Bax-alpha, Bcl-2, Bcl-(x)L, BAK, and p53) in 5 normal and 6 AD human hippocampal tissues, using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Our results show an upregulation of gene expression in AD patients for c-Fos and BAK. ICE-beta, c-Jun, Bax-alpha, Bcl-x(L), p53, and GADD153 were found to be upregulated in some AD samples but were not detected or downregulated in other AD or normal samples. No gene expression was found for E2F1 , p21/WAF, ICE-LAP3, Fas Antigen, CPP32, or Bcl-2. These results indicate significant increases in c-Fos , c-Jun, and Bak; therefore, we suggest that these genes may be critical in the apoptotic cascades of AD.
authors: Division of Geriatrics, New York University School of Medicne, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors: Farrah D
authors: FD
authors: Sajan
authors: Frank
authors: F
authors: Martiniuk
authors: David L
authors: DL
authors: Marcus
authors: William H
authors: WH
authors: Frey
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Hite
authors: Elizabeth Z
authors: EZ
authors: Bordayo
authors: Michael L
authors: ML
authors: Freedman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D016762:Genes, fos; D016758:Genes, jun; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015854:Up-Regulation; D050998:bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C494772:BAK1 protein, human; D050998:bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein
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