Differential effects of the Swedish mutant amyloid precursor protein on β-amyloid accumulation and secretion in neurons and nonneuronal cells
Differential effects of the Swedish mutant amyloid precursor protein on β-amyloid accumulation and secretion in neurons and nonneuronal cells
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.272.51.32247
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发表时间:
1997-12-19
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Lee, VMY
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作者:
Forman, MS;Cook, DG;Lee, VMY
Expression of the Swedish Delta NL mutation in the beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP Delta NL) dramatically increases A beta generation in nonneuronal cell. lines, although it is unclear whether intracellular levels of beta-amyloid (A beta) are also elevated after APP Delta NL expression. Furthermore, the effects of expressing APP Delta NL in neurons on the production and secretion of A beta-(1-40) and A beta-(1-42) are unknown. To address these issues, we examined the generation of both intracellular and secreted A beta-(1-40) and A beta-(1-42) in human neuronal NT2N cells, in primary rat astrocytes, and in Chinese hamster ovary cells engineered to express wild-type APP or APP Delta NL using a recombinant Semliki Forest virus expression system. Expression of APP Delta NL led to a marked increase in APP beta and the C-terminal fragment containing the entire A beta sequence (C99) in all cells tested. However, a dramatic elevation of intracellular and secreted A beta-(1-40) and A beta-(1-42) was seen only in astrocytes and Chinese hamster ovary cells. The Delta NL mutation did not cause a significant increase in intracellular or secreted A beta-(1-40) or A beta-(1-42) in NT2N cells. Since NT2N cells expressing APP Delta NL accumulate much higher levels of C99 than cells expressing wild-type APP, we conclude that the rate-limiting step in A beta production could be the further processing of C99 by gamma-secretase in these cells. These results show that the Swedish Delta NL mutation causes nonneuronal cells to process APP via pathways more in common with the metabolism of wild-type APP in neurons.