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TitleIs the p3 Peptide (Aβ17-40, Aβ17-42) Relevant to the Pathology of Alzheimer's Disease?1.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsKuhn, AJ, Raskatov, J
JournalJ Alzheimers Dis
Volume74
Issue1
Pagination43-53
Date Published2020
ISSN1875-8908
Abstract

Despite the vast heterogeneity of amyloid plaques isolated from the brains of those with Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the basis of the Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis targets a single peptide, the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide. The countless therapeutic efforts targeting the production and aggregation of this specific peptide have been met with disappointment, leaving many to question the role of Aβ in AD. An alternative cleavage product of the Amyloid-β protein precursor, called the p3 peptide, which has also been isolated from the brains of AD patients, has been largely absent from most Aβ-related studies. Typically referred to as non-amyloidogenic and even suggested as neuroprotective, the p3 peptide has garnered little attention aside from some conflicting findings on cytotoxicity and potential self-assembly to form higher order aggregates. Herein, we report an extensive analysis of the findings surrounding p3 and offer some evidence as to why it may not be as innocuous as previously suggested.

DOI10.3233/JAD-191201
Alternate JournalJ Alzheimers Dis
PubMed ID32176648
PubMed Central IDPMC7443050
Grant ListF31 AG066377 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
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