TY - JOUR
T1 - Alterations of substance P metabolism and neuropeptidases in Alzheimer’s disease
AU - Waters, Stephen M.
AU - Davis, Thomas P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a contract award from Arizona Disease Control Research Commission, an NIMH grant (MH-42600), and a Graduate Student Fellowship sponsored by the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education.
Funding Information:
We would like to thank Peter Davies and The Alzheimer's Disease Brain Bank (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY), which is supported by the Alzheimer's Association for the postmortem brain tissue samples.
PY - 1995/9
Y1 - 1995/9
N2 - The levels of specific neuropeptides and the activity of neuropeptidases known to degrade neuropeptides have been shown to be altered in senile dementia of the Alzheimer’s type (SDAT) postmortem brain. We examined the metabolism of exogenous substance P, a neuropeptide with a putative role in SDAT pathology, in human postmortem temporal cortex, hippocampus, and caudate membrane homogenates from SDAT and sex- and age-matched control brain. The activity of two neuropeptidases known to metabolize substance P, neutral endopeptidase E.C.3.4.24.11 and metalloendopeptidase E.C.3.4.24.15, was also determined in the same postmortem, human tissue samples. The metabolic half-life of substance P was significantly increased in SDAT, postmortem, temporal cortex. The increased half-life of substance P was correlated with a decreased activity of the metabolic enzyme metalloendopeptidase 24.15 in temporal cortex. Substance P metabolism was not significantly altered in hippocampus or caudate tissues from SDAT brain compared to controls. The alteration of neuropeptidases demonstrated in this study and as shown by altered substance P metabolism may have a significant effect on the level of several biologically important neuropeptides in SDAT brain.
AB - The levels of specific neuropeptides and the activity of neuropeptidases known to degrade neuropeptides have been shown to be altered in senile dementia of the Alzheimer’s type (SDAT) postmortem brain. We examined the metabolism of exogenous substance P, a neuropeptide with a putative role in SDAT pathology, in human postmortem temporal cortex, hippocampus, and caudate membrane homogenates from SDAT and sex- and age-matched control brain. The activity of two neuropeptidases known to metabolize substance P, neutral endopeptidase E.C.3.4.24.11 and metalloendopeptidase E.C.3.4.24.15, was also determined in the same postmortem, human tissue samples. The metabolic half-life of substance P was significantly increased in SDAT, postmortem, temporal cortex. The increased half-life of substance P was correlated with a decreased activity of the metabolic enzyme metalloendopeptidase 24.15 in temporal cortex. Substance P metabolism was not significantly altered in hippocampus or caudate tissues from SDAT brain compared to controls. The alteration of neuropeptidases demonstrated in this study and as shown by altered substance P metabolism may have a significant effect on the level of several biologically important neuropeptides in SDAT brain.
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U2 - 10.1093/gerona/50A.5.B315
DO - 10.1093/gerona/50A.5.B315
M3 - Article
C2 - 7545530
AN - SCOPUS:0029096452
VL - 50A
SP - B315-B319
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
SN - 1079-5006
IS - 5
ER -