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Enhanced pathologic properties of Dutch-type mutant amyloid beta-protein.
[hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis]
Cerebrovascular
amyloid
beta
-protein
(
Abeta
)
deposition
is
a
pathological
feature
of
several
related
disorders
including
Alzheimer
disease
and
hereditary
cerebral
hemorrhage
with
amyloidosis
Dutch
-
type
(
HCHWA-D
)
.
HCHWA-D
is
caused
by
a
point
mutation
in
the
gene
that
encodes
the
Abeta
precursor
and
results
in
a
Glu
-
-
>
Gln
substitution
at
position
22
of
Abeta
.
In
comparison
to
Alzheimer
disease
,
the
cerebrovascular
Abeta
deposition
in
HCHWA-D
is
generally
more
severe
,
often
resulting
in
intracerebral
hemorrhage
when
patients
reach
50
years
of
age
.
We
recently
reported
that
Abeta
(
1
-
42
)
,
but
not
the
shorter
Abeta
(
1
-
40
)
induces
pathologic
responses
in
cultured
human
leptomeningeal
smooth
muscle
cells
including
cellular
degeneration
that
is
accompanied
by
a
marked
increase
in
the
levels
of
cellular
Abeta
precursor
and
soluble
Abeta
peptide
.
In
the
present
study
,
we
show
that
the
HCHWA-D
mutation
converts
the
normally
nonpathologic
Abeta
(
1
-
40
)
into
a
highly
pathologic
form
of
the
peptide
for
cultured
human
leptomeningeal
smooth
muscle
cells
.
These
findings
suggest
that
these
altered
functional
properties
of
HCHWA-D
mutated
Abeta
may
contribute
to
the
early
and
often
severe
cerebrovascular
pathology
that
is
the
hallmark
of
this
disorder
.
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"a point mutation in the gene that encodes the abeta precursor"
symptom
hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis
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