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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2016

The Anti-Prion Antibody 15B3 Detects Toxic Amyloid-β Oligomers.

Matteo Stravalaci, Laura Tapella, Marten Beeg, Alessandro Rossi, Pooja Joshi, Erika Pizzi, Michele Mazzanti, Claudia Balducci, Gianluigi Forloni, Emiliano Biasini and 4 more

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Prion diseases: Lessons from historical outbreaks and potential emerging ones.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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  2. Therapeutic Trajectories in Human Prion Diseases.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Matteo StravalaciDepartment of Molecular Biochemistry and Pharmacology, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Laura TapellaDepartment of Neuroscience, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Marten BeegDepartment of Molecular Biochemistry and Pharmacology, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Alessandro RossiDepartment of Molecular Biochemistry and Pharmacology, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Pooja JoshiHumanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano (MI), Italy.
Erika PizziDepartment of Life Science, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Michele MazzantiDepartment of Life Science, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Claudia BalducciDepartment of Neuroscience, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Gianluigi ForloniDepartment of Neuroscience, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Emiliano BiasiniDepartment of Neuroscience, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Mario SalmonaDepartment of Molecular Biochemistry and Pharmacology, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Luisa DiomedeDepartment of Molecular Biochemistry and Pharmacology, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Roberto ChiesaDepartment of Neuroscience, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Marco GobbiDepartment of Molecular Biochemistry and Pharmacology, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Aric L Daul, Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
NIH HHS P40 OD010440Telethon TCP14009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

15B3 is a monoclonal IgM antibody that selectively detects pathological aggregates of the prion protein (PrP). We report the unexpected finding that 15B3 also recognizes oligomeric but not monomeric forms of amyloid-β (Aβ)42, an aggregating peptide implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The 15B3 antibody: i) inhibits the binding of synthetic Aβ42 oligomers to recombinant PrP and neuronal membranes; ii) prevents oligomer-induced membrane depolarization; iii) antagonizes the inhibitory effects of oligomers on the physiological pharyngeal contractions of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans; and iv) counteracts the memory deficits induced by intracerebroventricular injection of Aβ42 oligomers in mice. Thus this antibody binds to pathologically relevant forms of Aβ, and offers a potential research, diagnostic, and therapeutic tool for AD.

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsAntibodiesCaenorhabditis elegansCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalEmbryo, MammalianHEK293 CellsHippocampusHumansMemory DisordersMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuronsNeurotoxicity SyndromesPeptide FragmentsAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-42)AntibodiesPeptide FragmentsPrions15B3 antibodyAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid beta-protein (1– 42)oligomersprion proteinprions

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PMCPMC5044783

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