Expression of regulatory proteins in choroid plexus changes in early stages of Alzheimer disease

J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2015 Apr;74(4):359-69. doi: 10.1097/NEN.0000000000000181.

Abstract

Recent studies indicate that the choroid plexus has important physiologic and pathologic roles in Alzheimer disease (AD). To obtain additional insight on choroid plexus function, we performed a proteomic analysis of choroid plexus samples from patients with AD stages I to II (n = 16), III to IV (n = 16), and V to VI (n = 11) and 7 age-matched control subjects. We used 2-dimensional differential gel electrophoresis coupled with mass spectrometry to generate a complete picture of changes in choroid plexus protein expression occurring in AD patients. We identified 6 proteins: 14-3-3 β/α, 14-3-3 ε, moesin, proteasome activator complex subunit 1, annexin V, and aldehyde dehydrogenase, which were significantly regulated in AD patient samples (p < 0.05, >1.5-fold variation in expression vs control samples). These proteins are implicated in major physiologic functions including mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis regulation. These findings contribute additional significance to the emerging importance of molecular and functional changes of choroid plexus function in the pathophysiology of AD.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 14-3-3 Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / biosynthesis*
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / biosynthesis
  • Alzheimer Disease / metabolism*
  • Alzheimer Disease / pathology
  • Annexin A5 / biosynthesis
  • Choroid Plexus / metabolism*
  • Choroid Plexus / pathology
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Gene Expression Regulation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microfilament Proteins / biosynthesis

Substances

  • 14-3-3 Proteins
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Annexin A5
  • Microfilament Proteins
  • YWHAB protein, human
  • YWHAE protein, human
  • diannexin, human
  • moesin
  • Aldehyde Dehydrogenase