Abstract
Our previous study disclosed strong immunostaining of brain tissue in neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) with antibodies against amyloid β-protein and the presence of 31-kDa polypeptide in the storage material. In the present study, we investigated the immunoreactivity of the NCL brain tissue with anti-serum (anti-GID) raised against a synthetic peptide, based on the amyloid β-protein precursor, with the 175–186 amino acid sequence. Immunocytochemistry was performed on autopsy brain material collected from 15 NCL cases, and from 8 age-matched normal controls. The results showed strong immunoreactivity of nerve cells in the NCL cases, which according to densitometry was 5 times more intense than in the control group ( P < 0.0001 by Student's t-test). Western blot analysis revealed that in protein fractions of NCL brain homogenates anti-GID recognized the protein band of 35 kDa. Thus, our present and previously performed studies supplied for the first time data pointing to abnormal processing of amyloid β-protein precursor in NCL. Moreover, the accumulation of both 31- and 35-kDa polypeptides that was demonstrated provides further support for postulated defective protein metabolism in this disorder.
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