ISSN:
1432-0533
Schlagwort(e):
Neuroblastoma cultures
;
Neurofibrillary tangles
;
Paired helical filaments
;
Alzheimer's disease
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Medizin
Notizen:
Summary Accumulation of paired helical filaments (PHF) in neurofibrillary tangles is a key neuropathological hallmark in Alzheimer's disease (AD). To date, PHF have been found primarily in humans. Cultured murine cholinergic neuroblastoma (S20Y) cells, following exposure to a serum-free medium or a differentiation medium, developed immunoreactivity to anti-PHF antibodies, and to the Alz-50 by immunocytochemical and immunoblot analyses. Electron microscopic examination revealed abundant fascicles of 10-nm filaments coursing tortuously amongst organelles, such as mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum and dense-core vesicles, in perikarya and in neuritic extensions. However, subcellular structures identical or similar to PHF could not be found in these non-human cells. This convenient cell culture model may prove to be useful for studying certain aspects of the mechanisms underlying the abnormal cytoskeletal alterations which are characteristic of AD and related neurodegenerative disorders.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00662635
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