Zhang L, Zhao B, Yew D T, Kusiak J W, Roth G S
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Gerontology Research Center, NIA/NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1997 Jun 27;235(3):845-8. doi: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.6698.
The processing of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein was studied by Western blotting during H2O2 induced apoptosis in cultures of human neuroblastoma cells. A new 5.5 kDa fragment putatively containing intact A beta was detected and found to be highly associated with apoptosis. The results suggest a possible vicious cycle involving H2O2, A beta and apoptosis which may contribute to the neuronal death mechanism in Alzheimer's Disease.