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JOURNAL OF HISTOCHEMISTRY & CYTOCHEMISTRY
Volume 56, Issue 12, Pages 1065-1073Publisher
HISTOCHEMICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2008.951855
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leukotrienes; inflammation; amyloid; neurodegeneration; hippocampus; dementia
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- National Institute on Aging [P50-AG-05133, AG-15347]
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The proinflammatory enzyme 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) is upregulated in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its localization and association with the hallmark lesions of the disease, P-amyloid (A beta) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), is unknown. This study examined the distribution and cellular localization of 5-LOX in the medial temporal lobe from AD and control subjects. The spatial relationship between 5-LOX immunoreactive structures and AD lesions was also examined. We report that, in AD subjects, 5-LOX immunoreactivity is elevated relative to controls, and its localization is dependent on the antibody-targeted portion of the 5-LOX amino acid sequence. Carboxy terminus-directed antibodies detected 5-LOX in glial cells and neurons, but less frequently in neurons with dystrophic (NFT) morphology. in contrast, immunoreactivity observed using 5-LOX amino terminus-directed antibodies was virtually absent in neurons and abundant in NFTs, neuritic plaques, and glia. Double-labeling studies showed a close association of 5-LOX-immunoreactive processes and glial cells with A beta immunoreactive plaques and vasculature and also detected 5-LOX in tau immunoreactive and amyloid containing NFTs. Different immunolabeling patterns with antibodies against carboxy vs amino terminus of 5-LOX may be caused by post-translational modifications of 5-LOX protein in A beta plaques and NFTs. The relationship between elevated intracellular 5-LOX and hallmark AD pathological lesions provides further evidence that neuroinflammatory pathways contribute to the pathogenesis of AD. (J Histochem Cytochem 56:1065-1073, 2008)
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