Association study and meta-analysis of Alzheimer's disease risk and presenilin-1 intronic polymorphism
- 作者：Miguel Rodrí ; guez-Manotas ; Manuel Amorí ; n-Dí ; az ; Francisco Cañ ; izares-Herná ; ndez ; Francisco Ruí ; z-Espejo ; Salvadora Martí ; nez-Vidal ; Rogelio Gonzá ; lez-Sarmiento ; Pedro
- 关键词：Presenilin ; Alzheimer's disease ; Late-onset ; Polymorphism
- 刊名：Brain Research
- 出版年：2007
- 期刊代码：8_00068993
- 类别：neu
- 出版时间：19 September 2007
- 卷：1170
- 期：Complete
- 页码：119-128
- 文件大小：590 K
摘要
Acid (aspartyl), basic (arginyl) and neutral (alanyl) aminopeptidases degrade angiotensins, vasopressin, oxytocin, bradykinin and enkephalins. These peptides regulate memory, energy homeostasis, water–salt balance and blood pressure, functions that are mainly exerted in the hippocampus and hypothalamus, and that can be affected by diabetes mellitus. To evaluate the relationship between the diabetes mellitus and processing and inactivation roles of these representative aminopeptidases, we measured their activities in both brain structures of control and streptozotocin-diabetic rats. Hypothalamic soluble aspartyl and arginyl aminopeptidases presented significant decreased activity levels in diabetic rats, which were mitigated by insulin therapy. In addition to membrane-bound puromycin sensitive and insensitive alanyl aminopeptidases, its soluble puromycin sensitive form did not differ between diabetic and control rats in both brain structures. Glucose and/or insulin did not seem to alter in vitro the hypothalamic activities of soluble aspartyl and arginyl aminopeptidases. The implied hypothalamic control of regulatory peptide activity by aspartyl and arginyl aminopeptidases supports the hypothesis that the hydrolytic ability of these enzyme types could be a common link for the disruptions of water–salt balance, blood pressure and energy homeostasis in diabetes mellitus.