Abstract
Down syndrome (DS) is one of the most common causes of intellectual disability, owing to trisomy of all or part of chromosome 21. DS is also associated with the development of Alzheimer disease (AD) neuropathology after the age of 40 years. To better clarify the cellular and metabolic pathways that could contribute to the differences in DS brain, in particular those involved in the onset of neurodegeneration, we analyzed the frontal cortex of DS subjects with or without significant AD pathology in comparison with age-matched controls, using a proteomics approach. Proteomics represents an advantageous tool to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the disease. From these analyses, we investigated the effects that age, DS, and AD neuropathology could have on protein expression levels. Our results show overlapping and independent molecular pathways (including energy metabolism, oxidative damage, protein synthesis, and autophagy) contributing to DS, to aging, and to the presence of AD pathology in DS. Investigation of pathomechanisms involved in DS with AD may provide putative targets for therapeutic approaches to slow the development of AD.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 89-95 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Free Radical Biology and Medicine |
Volume | 76 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2014 Elsevier Inc.
Funding
This work was supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to D.A.B. ( AG-05119 ) and to E.H. from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD; HD-064993 ). Additional funding was provided by the NIH to the UCI ADRC ( P50 AG16573 ) and to the UK ADC (P30 AG028383). Human tissue was obtained from the NICHD Brain and Tissue Bank for Developmental Disorders at the University of Maryland (Baltimore, MD, USA) under Contract HHSN275200900011C, Ref. No. N01-HD-9–0011.
Funders | Funder number |
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) | AG-05119 |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) | |
NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research | R01HD064993 |
NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research | |
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University | P30 AG028383, P50 AG16573 |
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University |
Keywords
- Alzheimer disease
- Down syndrome
- Free radicals
- Neuropathology
- Proteomics
- Trisomy 21
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physiology (medical)