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  • Title: Generation of amyloid beta protein from a presenilin-1 and betaAPP complex.
    Author: Shizuka-Ikeda M, Matsubara E, Ikeda M, Kanai M, Tomidokoro Y, Ikeda Y, Watanabe M, Kawarabayashi T, Harigaya Y, Okamoto K, Maruyama K, Castaño EM, St George-Hyslop P, Shoji M.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 2002 Mar 29; 292(2):571-8. PubMed ID: 11906199.
    Abstract:
    Presenilin-1 (PS1) is a causative gene in early onset familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD). FAD-linked mutant PS1s significantly increased Abeta40 and Abeta42(43) levels (P < 0.001) and decreased the production of an 11.4 kD (beta-stub) and an 8.7 kD (alpha-stub) carboxyl-terminal fragment of amyloid beta precursor protein (betaAPP-CTFs) (P < 0.01). In the 2% CHAPS extracted lysates, the complex containing the amino-terminal fragment of PS1 (PS1-NTF), the carboxyl-terminal fragments of PS1 (PS1-CTF), and betaAPP-CTFs was identified. Incubation of this isolated complex at pH 6.4 showed the direct generation of Abeta40 and gamma-stub from this complex. This reaction was inhibited by a gamma-secretase inhibitor. The degrading rate of a co-precipitated beta-stub was facilitated under the presence of FAD-linked mutant PS1s. This findings suggest that the direct generation of Abeta from the complex may play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.
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