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ArticleJournal of neuroscience methods2011

Development of a specific ELISA to measure BACE1 levels in human tissues.

Amanda Gonzales, Boris Decourt, Aaron Walker, Rachel Condjella, Hikmet Nural, Marwan N Sabbagh

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Article in Journal of neuroscience methods, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in animal models: closing the translational gap.American journal of neurodegenerative disease · 2013
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amanda GonzalesBanner Sun Health Research Institute, Haldeman Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics, 10515 Santa Fe Drive, Sun City, AZ 85351, USA. Amanda.Gonzales@bannerhealth.com
Boris Decourt
Aaron Walker
Rachel Condjella
Hikmet Nural
Marwan N Sabbagh
Banner Sun Health Research Institute · US

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG019610 · NIA · SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI GONZALEZ HERNANDEZ, GRACIELA · 2001 to 2020
$32.5M
Study on Thalidomide as BACE1 inhibitor in Alzhiemer's diseaseR01AG034155 · NIA · BANNER SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SABBAGH, MARWAN NOEL · 2009 to 2010
$1.7M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG019610NIA NIH HHS P30AG019610-09NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034155NIA NIH HHS R01AG034155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aspartyl protease BACE1 is the rate limiting enzyme in the synthesis of amyloid beta, which accumulation in the human brain is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). BACE1 has been proposed as a surrogate marker of AD; however, very few BACE1 immunoassays have been reported. In the present study we have screened ten BACE1 antibodies by Western blot and several antibody pairs to develop a new BACE1 sandwich ELISA procedure. We identified one pair that showed little background and good reproducibility. Several dilution buffers and sample denaturation methods were tried to partially unfold BACE1 before capture. We found that dilution in PBS followed by 10 min incubation at 50°C critically improves the performance of the assay. Finally, we successfully measured BACE1 levels in a few human brain and platelet lysates as well as in plasma and AD CSF. We anticipate that this assay will lay the ground to accurately measure BACE1 levels in human tissues, which could facilitate the molecular diagnosis of AD in the near future.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAnimalsAntibodiesAntibody SpecificityAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesBlotting, WesternEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAntibodiesAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesBACE1 protein, human

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PMCPMC3346260
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