UBIQUITINATED INCLUSIONS IN INCLUSION-BODY MYOSITIS PATIENTS ARE IMMUNOREACTIVE FOR CATHEPSIN-D BUT NOT BETA-AMYLOID

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作者
SHERRIFF, FE [1 ]
JOACHIM, CL [1 ]
SQUIER, MV [1 ]
ESIRI, MM [1 ]
机构
[1] RADCLIFFE INFIRM NHS TRUST,DEPT NEUROPATHOL,OXFORD OX2 6HE,ENGLAND
关键词
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; MUSCLE; UBIQUITIN; LYSOSOMES; HUMAN;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(95)11718-C
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The nature of the inclusions in the human muscle disease inclusion-body myositis (IBM) has been the subject of debate. Parallels with Alzheimer's disease have been drawn after these inclusions were found to be ubiquitinated, and immunoreactive with antibodies to beta-amyloid (alpha beta) and certain amyloid-associated proteins. We have used a battery of antibodies against alpha beta and associated proteins to immunostain muscle biopsies from patients with IBM. Although the inclusions are ubiquitinated, we could not show immunoreactivity for alpha beta or the associated proteins investigated. We did, however, find that the ubiquitinated inclusions colocalised with the lysosomal marker, cathepsin D.
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