OBJECTIVE: To report an ataxic variant of Alzheimer disease expressing a novel molecular phenotype.
DESIGN: Description of a novel phenotype associated with a presenilin 1 mutation.
SETTING: The subject was an outpatient who was diagnosed at the local referral center.
PATIENT: A 28-year-old man presented with psychiatric symptoms and cerebellar signs, followed by cognitive dysfunction. Severe beta-amyloid (Abeta) deposition was accompanied by neurofibrillary tangles and cell loss in the cerebral cortex and by Purkinje cell dendrite loss in the cerebellum. A presenilin 1 gene (PSEN1) S170F mutation was detected.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: We analyzed the processing of Abeta precursor protein in vitro as well as the Abeta species in brain tissue. RESULTS: The PSEN1 S170F mutation induced a 3-fold increase of both secreted Abeta(42) and Abeta(40) species and a 60% increase of secreted Abeta precursor protein in transfected cells. Soluble and insoluble fractions isolated from brain tissue showed a prevalence of N-terminally truncated Abeta species ending at both residues 40 and 42.
CONCLUSION: These findings define a new Alzheimer disease molecular phenotype and support the concept that the phenotypic variability associated with PSEN1 mutations may be dictated by the Abeta aggregates' composition.
Id prodotto:
38544
Handle IRIS:
11562/310560
depositato il:
17 agosto 2007
ultima modifica:
15 novembre 2022
Citazione bibliografica:
Piccini, A.; Zanusso, Gianluigi; Borghi, R.; Noviello, C.; Monaco, Salvatore; Russo, R.; Damonte, G.; Armirotti, A.; Gelati, Matteo; Giordano, R.; Zambenedetti, P.; Russo, C.; Ghetti, B.; Tabaton, M.,
Association of a presenilin 1 S170F mutation with a novel Alzheimer disease molecular phenotype«Archives of Neurology»
, vol. 64
, n. 5
, 2007
, pp. 738-745