TY - JOUR
T1 - Alzheimer's Dementia and Binding to Alpha2 Adrenoreceptors in Platelets
AU - Adunsky, Abraham
AU - Hershkowitz, Moshe
AU - Rabinowitz, Marian
PY - 1989/8
Y1 - 1989/8
N2 - Seventy‐five patients with probable Alzheimer's disease were screened for binding of alpha2 receptors (A2R) to their platelet membranes; the results were compared with 51 age‐ and sex‐matched controls. Receptor binding assays were performed using [3H] Yohimbine as the radioligand. The results showed a higher binding capacity in the demented population as compared to the control group (2.18 ± 0.15 fmol/mg protein, as compared to 1.73 ± 0.13, P < 0.03). This increased binding to platelets in the demented patients was more prominent in demented females: 34% higher binding as compared with female controls (2.06 ± 0.5 vs 1.54 ± 0.04). The difference between demented and normal males was less (2.34 ± 0.05 vs 1.88 ± 0.05). The results indicate an involvement of the A2R system, either primarily or secondarily, in the disease process. Since there is an overlap between results from the patients with Alzheimer's disease and the normal subjects, A2R may serve as only a supportive marker for Alzheimer's disease.
AB - Seventy‐five patients with probable Alzheimer's disease were screened for binding of alpha2 receptors (A2R) to their platelet membranes; the results were compared with 51 age‐ and sex‐matched controls. Receptor binding assays were performed using [3H] Yohimbine as the radioligand. The results showed a higher binding capacity in the demented population as compared to the control group (2.18 ± 0.15 fmol/mg protein, as compared to 1.73 ± 0.13, P < 0.03). This increased binding to platelets in the demented patients was more prominent in demented females: 34% higher binding as compared with female controls (2.06 ± 0.5 vs 1.54 ± 0.04). The difference between demented and normal males was less (2.34 ± 0.05 vs 1.88 ± 0.05). The results indicate an involvement of the A2R system, either primarily or secondarily, in the disease process. Since there is an overlap between results from the patients with Alzheimer's disease and the normal subjects, A2R may serve as only a supportive marker for Alzheimer's disease.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1989.tb02236.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1989.tb02236.x
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C2 - 2546986
AN - SCOPUS:0024402939
VL - 37
SP - 741
EP - 744
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
SN - 0002-8614
IS - 8
ER -