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NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages 542-553Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.11.012
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amyloid precursor protein; neuron; reelin; neurite outgrowth; Disabled-1; Alzheimer
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The function of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), a key molecule in Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains unknown. Among the proteins that interact with the APP cytoplasmic domain in vitro and in heterologous systems is Disabled-1, a signaling molecule of the reelin pathway. The physiological consequence of this interaction is unknown. Here we used an in vitro model of hippocampal neurons grown on a reelin substrate that inhibits neurite outgrowth. Our results show that an excess of APP cytoplasmic domain internalized by a cell permeable peptide, is able to antagonize the neurite outgrowth inhibition of reelin. The APP cytoplasmic domain binds Disabled-1 and retains it in the cytoplasm, preventing it from reaching the plasma membrane and sequesters tyrosine phosphorylated Disabled-1, both of which disrupt reelin signaling. In the context of AD, increased formation of APP cytoplasmic domain in the cytosol released after cleavage of the AP peptide, could then inhibit reelin signaling pathway in the hippocampus and thus influence synaptic plasticity. (C) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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