McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.
Texas Materials Institute, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.
J Alzheimers Dis. 2020;77(2):547-550. doi: 10.3233/JAD-200535.
Knowing that Alzheimer's disease (AD) nucleates in the entorhinal cortex (EC), samples of 12 EC specimens were probed for crystals by a protocol detecting fewer than 1/5000th of those present. Of the 61 crystals found, 31 were expected and 30 were novel. Twenty-one crystals of iron oxides and 10 atherosclerosis-associated calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals were expected and found. The 30 unexpected crystals were NLRP3-inflammasome activating calcium oxalate dihydrate (12) and titanium dioxide (18). Their unusual distribution raises the possibility that some were of AD origination sites.
已知阿尔茨海默病(AD)在海马旁回(EC)中形成核,通过检测不到现有晶体 1/5000 的方案对 12 个 EC 标本进行了晶体探测。在发现的 61 个晶体中,31 个是预期的,30 个是新的。发现了 21 个氧化铁晶体和 10 个与动脉粥样硬化相关的焦磷酸钙二水合物晶体。预期和发现的 30 个意外晶体是 NLRP3-炎症小体激活的草酸钙二水合物(12)和二氧化钛(18)。它们的异常分布提出了这样一种可能性,即其中一些可能来自 AD 起源部位。