Isolation and quantification of soluble Alzheimer's β-peptide from biological fluids (original) (raw)
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- Carmen Vigo-Pelfrey1,
- Fred Esch1,
- Michael Lee1,
- Harry Dovey1,
- Dave Davis1,
- Sukanto Sinha1,
- Michael Schiossmacher1 na1 nAff4,
- Justine Whaley1 na2,
- Cathy Swindlehurst1 na2,
- Robert McCormack1 na2,
- Robert Wolfert1 na2,
- Dennis Selkoe1 na1,
- Ivan Lieberburg1 &
- …
- Dale Schenk1
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Abstract
CEREBRAL deposition of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) is an invariant feature of Alzheimer's disease. Since the original isola-tion and characterization of αβ (ref. 1) and the subsequent cloning of its precursor protein2–5, no direct evidence for the actual production of discrete Aβ has been reported6–11. Here we investigate whether Aβ is present in human biological fluids using antibodies specific for an epitope within Aβ that spans the site of normal constitutive cleavage12,13. These antibodies were used to construct a sandwich type enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay that detects Aβ in cerebrospinal fluid, plasma and conditioned medium of human mixed-brain cells grown in vitro (see also ref. 14). By affinity chromatography, we have purified and sequenced Aβ and a novel Aβ fragment from human cerebrospinal fluid and conditioned medium of human mixed-brain cell cultures. These findings demonstrate that Aβ is produced and released both in vivo and in vitro. These observations offer new opportunities for developing diagnostic tests for Alzheimer's disease and therapeutic strategies aimed at reducing the cerebral deposition of Aβ.
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- Michael Schiossmacher
Present address: Institute of Neurology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, A-1010, Vienna, Austria - Michael Schiossmacher and Dennis Selkoe: Department of Neurology and Program in Neurosciences, Harvard Medical School, and Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Justine Whaley, Cathy Swindlehurst, Robert McCormack and Robert Wolfert: Hybritech Inc., 11095 Torreyana Road, San Diego, California 92196, USA
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Seubert, P., Vigo-Pelfrey, C., Esch, F. et al. Isolation and quantification of soluble Alzheimer's β-peptide from biological fluids.Nature 359, 325–327 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/359325a0
- Received: 28 July 1992
- Accepted: 04 September 1992
- Issue Date: 24 September 1992
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/359325a0