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EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY
卷 42, 期 3, 页码 215-222出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.09.018
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Alzheimer disease; secretagogin; calcium binding protein; calcium sensor protein; human hippocampus
Disturbed calcium homeostasis plays a crucial role in the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the aging process. We evaluated immunoreactivity of secretagogin, a recently cloned calcium binding protein, in hippocampus and adjacent entorhinal cortex of 30 neuropathologically examined post mortem brains (m:f = 12:18; mean age, 79.8 +/- 15.1 years). The study group consisted of 15 cases fulfilling the criteria for high probability of AD according to the NIA-Reagan Institute Criteria and 15 cases with no to medium probability. Sections were incubated with secretagogin-specific antibodies and the number of immunoreactive neurons as well as staining intensities in both neurons and neuropil were assessed. Both cellular and neuropil immunoreactivity were restricted to subiculum and Ammons horn. Cellular immunoreactivity was further restricted to pyramidal neurons and showed a hierarchical distribution: the mean percentage of immunoreactive neurons was highest in sector CA3 (64.41%), followed by CA2 (44.09%), CA4 (34.38%), CAI (10.9%), and the subiculum (2.92%; P < 0.001, except CA2-CA4, P > 0.05), while it did not differ significantly between groups with different degrees of AD pathology. The pattern of secretagogin immuno reactivity resembles that of calcium sensor proteins as it is restricted to a subset of neurons and therefore secretagogin could serve highly specialized tasks in neuronal calcium signalling. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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