Exploring the association between interleukin-1β and its interacting proteins in Alzheimer's disease

Mol Med Rep. 2015 May;11(5):3219-28. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3183. Epub 2015 Jan 12.

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-associated progressive neurodegenerative disorder which is of clinical concern. The association between the nervous and immune system is defined as an neuroimmunological theory that supports a model of pathology or treatment for AD. Interleukin (IL)-1β has a pro-inflammatory function in AD; however, the mechanism of its dysregulation in AD remains unknown. It is therefore of significance to understand the molecular mechanisms of IL-1β and how it may regulate AD. Proteins, which have been previously reported to be associated with IL-1β in AD, have been used in the present study as nodes to illustrate a net of protein interaction in Cytoscape. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes was used to further analyze the association of these proteins with the pathology of AD. The present study identified and subsequently compared two AD and six IL-1β pathways with the network produced in Cytoscape. The present study identified important mechanisms in the pathology of AD and constructed two novel networks using Cytoscape.

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease / metabolism*
  • Apoptosis
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism*
  • Computational Biology / methods
  • Data Mining
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-1beta / metabolism*
  • MAP Kinase Signaling System
  • NF-kappa B / metabolism
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Interaction Mapping / methods
  • Protein Interaction Maps
  • Signal Transduction
  • Toll-Like Receptors / metabolism
  • Whooping Cough / metabolism

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Interleukin-1beta
  • NF-kappa B
  • Toll-Like Receptors