期刊
BRAIN PATHOLOGY
卷 23, 期 3, 页码 333-341出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12049
关键词
A; Alzheimer's disease; cerebral -amyloidosis; cerebral beta-amyloid angiopathy; prion-like aggregation; seeding; templated misfolding
资金
- Competence Network on Degenerative Dementias [BMBF-01G10705]
- Alzheimer Forschung Initiative e.V. (AFI)
Accumulation, aggregation and deposition of A peptides are pathological hallmarks in the brains of individuals affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD) or by cerebral -amyloid angiopathy (A-CAA). While A is a peptide of yet largely unknown function, it is constantly produced in the human brain where it normally remains in a soluble state. However, A peptides are aggregation prone by their intrinsic ability to adopt alternative conformations rich in -sheet structure that aggregate into oligomeric as well as fibrillar formations. This transition from soluble to aggregated state has been hypothesized to initiate the pathological cascade and is therefore subject to intensive research. Mounting evidence suggests prion-like templated misfolding as the biochemical phenomenon responsible for promoting progressive A aggregation. Here, we review studies in vitro and in vivo that suggest that cerebral A aggregation may indeed progress via prion-like templated misfolding. The implications of these findings are discussed with respect to understanding initiation and progression of the disease and to developing therapeutics.
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