Protective Effects of Vitamin E against Oxidative Damage Induced by Aβ(1-40)Cu(Ⅱ)Complexes  

作　　者：Xueling DAI Yaxuan SUN Zhaofeng JIANG 

机构地区：[1]College of Life Science,Capital Normal University,Bejing 100037,China [2]College of Applied Sciences Humanities of Beijing Union University,Beijing 100083,Chin

出　　处：《Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica》2007年第2期123-130,共8页生物化学与生物物理学报（英文版）

基　　金：This work was supported by the grants from the Technology Development Program of the Beijing Education Committee;the Key Program of the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.KZ200311417015)

摘　　要：β-amyloid peptide （Aβ） is considered to be responsible for the formation of senile plaques, which is the hallmark of Alzheimer＇s disease （AD）. Oxidative stress, manifested by protein oxidation and lipid peroxidation, among other alterations, is a characteristic of AD brain. A growing body of evidence has been presented in support of Aβ1-40 forming an oligomeric complex that binds copper at a CuZn superoxide dismutase-like binding site. Aβ1-40Cu（Ⅱ） complexes generate neurotoxic hydrogen peroxide （H2O2） from O2 via Cu2＋ reduction, though the precise reaction mechanism is unclear. The toxicity of Aβ1-40 or the Aβ-40Cu（Ⅱ） complexes to cultured primary cortical neurons was partially attenuated when （＋）-α-tocopherol （vitamin E） as free radical antioxidant was added at a concentration of 100 μM. The data derived from lactate dehydrogenase （LDH） release and the formation of H2O2 confirmed the results from the MTT assay. These findings indicate that copper binding to Aβ1-40 can give rise to greater production of H2O2, which leads to a breakdown in the integrity of the plasma membrane and subsequent neuronal death. Groups treated with vitamin E exhibited much slighter damage, suggesting that vitamin E plays a key role in protecting neuronal cells from dysfunction or death.β-amyloid peptide （Aβ） is considered to be responsible for the formation of senile plaques, which is the hallmark of Alzheimer＇s disease （AD）. Oxidative stress, manifested by protein oxidation and lipid peroxidation, among other alterations, is a characteristic of AD brain. A growing body of evidence has been presented in support of Aβ1-40 forming an oligomeric complex that binds copper at a CuZn superoxide dismutase-like binding site. Aβ1-40Cu（Ⅱ） complexes generate neurotoxic hydrogen peroxide （H2O2） from O2 via Cu2＋ reduction, though the precise reaction mechanism is unclear. The toxicity of Aβ1-40 or the Aβ-40Cu（Ⅱ） complexes to cultured primary cortical neurons was partially attenuated when （＋）-α-tocopherol （vitamin E） as free radical antioxidant was added at a concentration of 100 μM. The data derived from lactate dehydrogenase （LDH） release and the formation of H2O2 confirmed the results from the MTT assay. These findings indicate that copper binding to Aβ1-40 can give rise to greater production of H2O2, which leads to a breakdown in the integrity of the plasma membrane and subsequent neuronal death. Groups treated with vitamin E exhibited much slighter damage, suggesting that vitamin E plays a key role in protecting neuronal cells from dysfunction or death.

关 键 词：Key words Aβ1-40Cu（Ⅱ） complex vitamin E neuronal oxidative damage H202 generation lactatedehydrogenase （LDH） release 

分 类 号：Q566[生物学—生物化学]