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CELL
卷 154, 期 6, 页码 1257-1268出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.08.035
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Center for Information Technology of the National Institutes of Health
- N.I.H. [R01 NS042852]
In vitro, beta-amyloid (A beta) peptides form polymorphic fibrils, with molecular structures that depend on growth conditions, plus various oligomeric and protofibrillar aggregates. Here, we investigate structures of human brain-derived A beta fibrils, using seeded fibril growth from brain extract and data from solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance and electron microscopy. Experiments on tissue from two Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with distinct clinical histories showed a single predominant 40 residue A beta (A beta 40) fibril structure in each patient; however, the structures were different from one another. A molecular structural model developed for A beta 40 fibrils from one patient reveals features that distinguish in-vivo-from in-vitro-produced fibrils. The data suggest that fibrils in the brain may spread from a single nucleation site, that structural variations may correlate with variations in AD, and that structure-specific amyloid imaging agents may be an important future goal.
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