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2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Basic research for early diagnosis and therapy of Alzheimer disease with nanoparticles and compounds that promotes/inhibits aggregation of amyloid beta peptide

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 24310102
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypePartial Multi-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Microdevices/Nanodevices
Research InstitutionShimane University

Principal Investigator

NAGAI Atsushi  島根大学, 医学部, 教授 (40273940)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SK Abdullah MD (SHEIKH Abdullah Mohammad)  島根大学, 医学部, 助教 (30403447)
SHIOTA Yuri  島根大学, 医学部, 助教 (10581415)
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Keywordsアルツハイマー病 / アミロイドベータ(Aβ) / フタロシアニン / lysophosphatidylcholine / 近赤外線 / 神経細胞死
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have detected lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) as a compound that promotes amyloid beta aggregation through increase of oligomerization. On the other hand, detected phthalocyanine as a nano particle that inhibits amyloid beta aggregation, which decrease hydrophobicity and beta-sheet conformational change. The compound has no toxicity to neuronal culture and rat, leading to the possibility for therapeutic application. We produced and examined the new phthalocyanine derivatives for non-invasive near infrared ray-diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD) because they have high affinity to amyloid beta deposited in AD brains.

Free Research Field

神経内科、神経科学

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Published: 2016-06-03  

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