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Volume 17, Number 6,
Issue of March 15, 1997
pp. 1971-1980
Copyright ©1997 Society for Neuroscience
Light and Electron Microscopic Localization of Presenilin-1 in
Primate Brain
Received Oct. 29, 1996; revised Jan. 9, 1997; accepted Jan. 13, 1997.
James J. Lah,
Craig J. Heilman,
Norman R. Nash,
Howard D. Rees,
Hong Yi,
Scott E. Counts, and
Allan I. Levey
Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine,
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Several genes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of
early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease. A majority of the autosomal dominant cases are linked to recently identified mutations in the
presenilin-1 gene on chromosome 14. The native presenilin-1 protein in
primates has not been well characterized, and its precise localization
is unknown. We have studied the native presenilin-1 protein in monkey
brain and peripheral tissues by using a monoclonal antibody specific
for the N-terminal domain of human presenilin-1. Western blots detect
polypeptide species of ~49 and ~32 kDa from COS-7 and PC12 cells
transfected with full-length human presenilin-1 cDNA and from in
vitro translations of the normal human presenilin-1 mRNA. A 32 kDa polypeptide is detected in monkey peripheral tissues, with the
highest expression in testis and lung. In all brain regions the 32 kDa
band is the predominant form of presenilin-1, and it is found in
particulate subfractions. Light microscopic immunocytochemistry reveals
presenilin-1 staining in all brain regions, with the strongest labeling
in neurons and neuropil. In addition, weaker immunoreactivity is also
present in glia and blood vessels. Neuronal staining shows significant
variability, with particularly intense labeling of certain cell types,
including large neocortical and hippocampal pyramidal neurons,
magnocellular basal forebrain neurons, brainstem motoneurons, and some
populations of interneurons. By electron microscopic
immunocytochemistry, highly selective presenilin-1 staining is seen on
the cytoplasmic surfaces of membranous organelles, which suggest
localization to the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate
compartment, a subdomain of the endoplasmic reticulum, and some coated
transport vesicles.
Key words:
presenilin;
Alzheimer's disease;
immunocytochemistry;
electron microscopy;
endoplasmic reticulum;
intermediate compartment;
transport vesicles;
coated vesicles;
monoclonal antibody
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