Chilumuri, A., Ashioti, M., Nercessian, A. N. and Milton, N. G. N. (2013) Immunolocalization of kisspeptin associated with amyloid-β deposits in the ons of an Alzheimer's disease patient. Journal of Neurodegenerative Diseases, 2013 (879710). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2090-858X
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Abstract
The pons region of the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain is one of the last to show amyloid-β (Aβ) deposits and has been suggested to contain neuroprotective compounds. Kisspeptin (KP) is a hormone that activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and has been suggested to be neuroprotective against Aβ toxicity. The localization of KP, plus the established endogenous neuroprotective compounds corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) and catalase, in tissue sections from the pons region of a male AD subject has been determined in relation to Aβ deposits. Results showed Aβ deposits also stained with KP, CRH, and catalase antibodies. At high magnification the staining of deposits was either KP or catalase positive, and there was only a limited area of the deposits with KP-catalase colocalization. The CRH does not bind Aβ, whilst both KP and catalase can bind Aβ, suggesting that colocalization in Aβ deposits is not restricted to compounds that directly bind Aβ. The neuroprotective actions of KP, CRH, and catalase were confirmed in vitro, and fibrillar Aβ preparations were shown to stimulate the release of KP in vitro. In conclusion, neuroprotective KP, CRH, and catalase all colocalize with Aβ plaque-like deposits in the pons region from a male AD subject.
Publication Type: | Articles |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | kisspeptin, pons, Alzheimer's, Aβ toxicity, amyloid-β, KP-catalase colocalization, |
Subjects: | Q Science > QP Physiology R Medicine > RB Pathology R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
Divisions: | Academic Areas > Institute of Sport Research Entities > Centre for Health and Allied Sport and Exercise Science Research (CHASER) |
Depositing User: | Nat Milton |
Date Deposited: | 23 Oct 2024 10:03 |
Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2024 10:03 |
URI: | https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/7801 |