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Amyloid precursor proteins inhibit heme oxygenase activity and augment neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease.
Neuron - 1 Nov 2000
Takahashi M, Doré S, Ferris C D, Tomita T, Sawa A, Wolosker H, Borchelt D R, Iwatsubo T, Kim S H, Thinakaran G, Sisodia S S, Snyder S H
Abstract excerpt
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) generates the beta-amyloid peptide, postulated to participate in the neurotoxicity of Alzheimer's disease. We report that APP and APLP bind to heme oxygenase (HO), an enzyme whose product, bilirubin, is antioxidant and neuroprotective. The binding of APP inhibits HO activity, and APP with mutations linked to the familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) provides substantially greater...
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