Acetylcholinesterase, a senile plaque component, affects the fibrillogenesis of amyloid-β-peptides

Alejandra Alvarez; Francisca Bronfman; Cristián A. Pérez; Matías Vicente; Jorge Garrido; Nibaldo C. Inestrosa

doi:10.1016/0304-3940(94)12127-C

Acetylcholinesterase, a senile plaque component, affects the fibrillogenesis of amyloid-β-peptides

Alejandra Alvarez, Francisca Bronfman, Cristián A. Pérez, Matías Vicente, Jorge Garrido, Nibaldo C. Inestrosa

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Abstract

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) colocalizes with amyloid -β peptide (Aβ) deposits present in the brain of Alzheimer's patients. Recent studies showed that Aβ_1-40 can adopt two different conformational states in solution (an amyloidogenic conformer, Aβ ac, and a non-amyloidogenic conformer, Aβ nac) which have distinct abilities to form amyloid fibrils. We report here that AChE binds Aβ nac and accelerates amyloid formation by the same peptide. No such effect was observed with Aβ ac, the amyloidogenic conformer, suggesting that AChE acts as a 'pathological chaperone' inducing a conformational transition from Aβ nac into Aβ ac in vitro.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49-52
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neuroscience Letters
Volume	201
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3940(94)12127-C
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1995
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acetylcholinesterase
Alzheimer's disease
Brain G
Fibrillogenesis
Synthetic amyloid-β peptides

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General Neuroscience

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