阿茲海默症(Alzheimer’s disease,簡稱AD)又稱老人癡呆症,是最常見的神經退化性疾病。本實驗使用蛋白質體學研究方法分析血管收縮素轉化酶抑制劑(ACE inhibitors)對神經瘤母細胞(SH-SY5Y)的影響,並進一步探討ACE inhibitors與阿茲海默症之間的可能關係。質譜分析結果中有三個蛋白質被鑑定為有差異性,分別為Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1B、Calreticulin與14-3-3 protein zeta/delta蛋白,其中Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1B蛋白會減少貝它糊蛋白前驅蛋白(amyloid precursor protein, APP)的內吞作用而減少beta-amyloid的產生,Calreticulin則被指出會增加APP的摺疊錯誤造成beta-amyloid的增加,而14-3-3 protein zeta/delta蛋白可能參與刺激Tau蛋白的磷酸化,因此使用ACE inhibitors可能會增加阿茲海默症的風險。
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia of elderly life. In order to understanding the relationship between AD and ACE inhibitors, the SH-SY5Y was treated with ACE inhibitors and the protein were analyzed by Reverse-phase-nano-high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (RP-nano-HPLC-ESI-MS/MS) followed by peptide fragmentation patterning. In this study, three proteins, Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1B, Calreticulin and 14-3-3 protein zeta/delta, were identified and their expression were up-regulated. These proteins may contribute to the increase concentrations of beta-amyloid and phosphorylated Tau. Our results suggest that ACE inhibitors may play an important role in acceleration of the progression of clinical symptoms of AD.