This title appears in the Scientific Report :
2010
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cn100057j in citations.
Oral Treatment with the D-Enantiomeric Peptide D3 Improves Pathology and Behavior of Alzheimers disease Transgenic Mice
Oral Treatment with the D-Enantiomeric Peptide D3 Improves Pathology and Behavior of Alzheimers disease Transgenic Mice
Several lines of evidence suggest that the amyloid-β-peptide (Aβ) plays a central role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Not only Aβ fibrils but also small soluble Aβ oligomers in particular are suspected to be the major toxic species responsible for disease development and progr...
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Personal Name(s): | Funke, S. A. |
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van Groen, T. / Kadish, I. / Bartnik, D. / Nagel-Steger, L. / Brener, O. / Sehl, T. / Batra-Safferling, R. / Moriscot, C. / Schoehn, G. / Horn, A.H.C. / Müller-Schiffmann, A. / Korth, C. / Sticht, H. / Willbold, D. | |
Contributing Institute: |
Strukturbiochemie; ISB-3 |
Published in: | ACS chemical neuroscience, 1 (2010) S. 639 - 648 |
Imprint: |
Washington, DC
Soc.
2010
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Physical Description: |
639 - 648 |
DOI: |
10.1021/cn100057j |
PubMed ID: |
22778851 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
BioSoft: Makromolekulare Systeme und biologische Informationsverarbeitung Funktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems |
Series Title: |
ACS Chemical Neuroscience
1 |
Subject (ZB): | |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
Several lines of evidence suggest that the amyloid-β-peptide (Aβ) plays a central role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Not only Aβ fibrils but also small soluble Aβ oligomers in particular are suspected to be the major toxic species responsible for disease development and progression. The present study reports on in vitro and in vivo properties of the Aβ targeting d-enantiomeric amino acid peptide D3. We show that next to plaque load and inflammation reduction, oral application of the peptide improved the cognitive performance of AD transgenic mice. In addition, we provide in vitro data elucidating the potential mechanism underlying the observed in vivo activity of D3. These data suggest that D3 precipitates toxic Aβ species and converts them into nonamyloidogenic, nonfibrillar, and nontoxic aggregates without increasing the concentration of monomeric Aβ. Thus, D3 exerts an interesting and novel mechanism of action that abolishes toxic Aβ oligomers and thereby supports their decisive role in AD development and progression. |