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. 1993 Dec;143(6):1586-93.

Immunocytochemical evidence that the beta-protein precursor is an integral component of neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease

G Perry  1 , P L Richey, S L Siedlak, M A Smith, P Mulvihill, D A DeWitt, J Barnett, B D Greenberg, R N Kalaria
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Immunocytochemical evidence that the beta-protein precursor is an integral component of neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease

G Perry et al. Am J Pathol. 1993 Dec.

Abstract

Amyloid beta (A beta) immunoreactivity has been demonstrated in all extracellular neurofibrillary tangles (E-NFT) and most intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles (I-NFT). We undertook this immunocytochemical study to understand the relationship between A beta immunoreactivity localized in NFT and beta-protein precursor (beta PP). We found epitopes of amino-, mid-, and carboxyl-terminal domains of beta PP in I-NFT and the majority of E-NFT. NFT retained beta PP after ionic detergent extraction, demonstrating that beta PP is an integral component of NFT. Finding beta PP in regions of A beta immunoreactivity raises the possibility that beta PP or its fragments associate with amyloid, and that the stability of A beta is responsible for its dominance in amyloid deposits.

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