Abstract
While research supports amyloid-β (Aβ) as the etiologic agent of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the mechanism of action remains unclear. Evidence indicates that adducts of RNA caused by oxidation also represent an early phenomenon in AD. It is currently unknown what type of influence these two observations have on each other, if any. We quantified five RNA adducts by gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy across five brain regions from AD cases and age-matched controls. We then used a reductive directed analysis to compare the RNA adducts to common indices of AD neuropathology and various pools of Aβ. Using data from four disease-affected brain regions (Brodmann's Area 9, hippocampus, inferior parietal lobule, and the superior and middle temporal gyri), we found that the RNA adduct 8-hydroxyguanine (8-OHG) decreased, while 8-hydroxyadenine (8-OHA) increased in AD. The cerebellum, which is generally spared in AD, did not show disease related changes, and no RNA adducts correlated with the number of plaques or tangles. Multiple regression analysis revealed that SDS-soluble Aβ42 was the best predictor of changes in 8-OHG, while formic acid-soluble Aβ42 was the best predictor of changes in 8-OHA. This study indicates that although there is a connection between AD related neuropathology and RNA oxidation, this relationship is not straightforward.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-20-2011
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024930
Repository Citation
Weidner, Adam M.; Bradley, Melissa A.; Beckett, Tina L.; Niedowicz, Dana M.; Dowling, Amy L.S.; Matveev, Sergey V.; LeVine, Harry; Lovell, Mark A.; and Murphy, M. Paul, "RNA Oxidation Adducts 8-OHG and 8-OHA Change with Aβ42 Levels in Late-Stage Alzheimer's Disease" (2011). Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications. 3.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/sbcoa_facpub/3
Notes/Citation Information
Published in PLoS One, v. 6, no. 9, p. 24930.
© 2011 Weidner et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.