Abstract:
:Activation of the classical complement pathway has been proposed as a mechanism of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. This activation is a result of the binding of C1q to amyloid beta-peptide (A beta). Recent work has shown that A beta/C1q binding has an additional consequence: enhanced formation of the neurotoxic, fibrillar, cross beta-pleated A beta configuration. Here we show that C1q enhances A beta aggregation at physiologically relevant, nanomolar concentrations of the peptides, and demonstrate that the kinetics of this enhancement are consistent with a nucleating interaction. We also show that the intact, multimeric structure of C1q, which offers multiple A beta binding sites spaced at 2-3 nm intervals, is required.
journal_name
Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Webster S,Glabe C,Rogers Jdoi
10.1006/bbrc.1995.2852subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-12-26 00:00:00pages
869-75issue
3eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(85)72852-5journal_volume
217pub_type
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