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EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY
卷 189, 期 2, 页码 380-392出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.05.035
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Alzheimer's disease; vitamin A; beta-amyloid fibrils; thioflavin T; electron microscopy; cytotoxicity
Cerebral deposition of amyloid-peptide (Abeta) in the brain is an invariant feature of Alzheimer disease (AD). Plasma or cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of antioxidant vitamins and carotenoids, such as vitamins A, C, E, and beta-carotene, have been reported to be lower in AD patients, and these vitamins clinically have been demonstrated to slow the progression of dementia. In this study, we used fluorescence spectroscopy with thioflavin T (ThT) and electron microscopy to examine the effects of vitamin A (retinol, retinal, and retinoic acid), beta-carotene, and vitamins B2, B6, C, and E on the formation, extension, and destabilization of beta-amyloid fibrils (fAbeta) in vitro. Among them, vitamin A and beta-carotene dose-dependently inhibited formation of fAbeta from fresh Abeta, as well as their extension. Moreover, they dose-dependently destabilized preformed fAbetas. The overall activity of the molecules examined was in the order of retinol = retinal > beta-carotene > retinoic acid. Although the exact mechanisms are still unclear, vitamins A and beta-carotene could be key molecules for the prevention and therapy of AD. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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