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BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 1702, Issue -, Pages 46-53Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.03.009
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Amyloid; Dense core vesicles; Norepinephrine; Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase; Locus coeruleus
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- NIA NIH HHS [R21 AG058263] Funding Source: Medline
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The evolution of peptidergic signaling systems in the central nervous system serves a distinct and crucial role in brain processes and function. The diversity of physiological peptides and the complexity of their regulation and secretion from the dense core vesicles (DCV) throughout the brain is a topic greatly in need of investigation, though recent years have shed light on cellular and molecular mechanisms that are summarized in this review. Here, we focus on the convergence of peptidergic systems onto the Locus Coeruleus (LC), the sole provider of norepinephrine (NE) to the cortex and hippocampus, via large DCV. As the LC-NE system is one of the first regions of the brain to undergo degeneration in Alzheimer's Disease (AD), and markers of DCV have consistently been demonstrated to have biomarker potential for AD progression, here we summarize the current literature linking the LC-NE system with DCV dysregulation and AB peptides. We also include neuroanatomical data suggesting that the building blocks of senile plaques, A beta monomers, may be localized to DCV of the LC and noradrenergic axon terminals of the prefrontal cortex. Finally, we explore the putative consequences of chronic stress on A beta production and the role that DCV may play in LC degeneration. Clinical data of immunological markers of DCV in AD patients are discussed. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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