THE SWEDISH MUTATION CAUSES EARLY-ONSET ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE BY BETA-SECRETASE CLEAVAGE WITHIN THE SECRETORY PATHWAY
THE SWEDISH MUTATION CAUSES EARLY-ONSET ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE BY BETA-SECRETASE CLEAVAGE WITHIN THE SECRETORY PATHWAY
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DOI:
10.1038/nm1295-1291
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发表时间:
1995-12-01
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影响因子:
82.9
通讯作者:
SELKOE, DJ
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作者:
HAASS, C;LEMERE, CA;SELKOE, DJ
Several missense mutations causing early-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been described in the gene coding for the beta-amyloid precursor protein (beta APP). A double mutation found in a Swedish family is located before the amyloid beta-peptide (A beta) region of beta APP and results in the increased production and secretion of A beta. Here we show that the increased production of A beta results from a cellular mechanism, which differs substantially from that responsible for the production of A beta from wild-type beta APP. In the latter case, A beta generation requires reinternalization and recycling of beta APP. In the case of the Swedish mutation the N-terminal beta-secretase cleavage of A beta occurs in Golgi-derived vesicles, most likely within secretory vesicles. Therefore, this cleavage occurs in the same compartment as the alpha-secretase cleavage, which normally prevents A beta production,explaining the increased A beta generation by a competition between alpha- and beta-secretase.