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Processing of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein during H2O2-induced apoptosis in human neuronal cells
1Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Gerontology Research Center, NIA/NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
|June 27, 1997
Abstract:
The processing of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein was studied by Western blotting during H2O2 induced apoptosis in cultures of human neuroblastoma cells. A new 5.5 kDa fragment putatively containing intact A beta was detected and found to be highly associated with apoptosis. The results suggest a possible vicious cycle involving H2O2, A beta and apoptosis which may contribute to the neuronal death mechanism in Alzheimer's Disease.