Protein oxidation and lipid peroxidation in brain of subjects with Alzheimer's disease: Insights into mechanism of neurodegeneration from redox proteomics

Rukhsana Sultana, Marzia Perluigi, D. Allan Butterfield

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Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia, involves regionalized neuronal death, synaptic loss, and an accumulation of intraneuronal, neurofibrillary tangles and extracellular senile plaques. Although the initiating causes leading to AD are unknown, a number of previous studies reported the role of oxidative stress in AD brain. Postmortem analysis of AD brain showed elevated markers of oxidative stress including protein nitrotyrosine, carbonyls in proteins, lipid oxidation products, and oxidized DNA bases. In this review, we focus our attention on the role of protein oxidation and lipid peroxidation in the pathogenesis of AD. Particular attention is given to the current knowledge about the redox proteomics identification of oxidatively modified proteins in AD brain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2021-2037
Number of pages17
JournalAntioxidants and Redox Signaling
Volume8
Issue number11-12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Physiology
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Cell Biology

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