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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 416, Issue 3-4, Pages 362-366Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.11.042
Keywords
gamma-Secretase; Amyloid-beta; Endoplasmic reticulum stress; Obesity; Diabetes; ATF4; Quercetin
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- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery Food, Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23617007] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) copes with unfolded proteins in the lumen (ER stress) by activating three distinct intracellular signaling pathways of unfolded protein response (UPR). ER stress contributes to the pathogenesis of obesity and diabetes, which are risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD) that accelerate the pathogenesis of AD. However, whether ER stress is involved in the development of AD remains unclear. In this study, we demonstrate that ER stress induces presenilin-1 expression through activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4), resulting in increased amyloid-beta (A beta) secretion by gamma-secretase activity, which is suppressed by quercetin by modifying UPR signaling. This result suggests that ER stress may be stimulated in obesity and type 2 diabetes, thereby enhancing gamma-secretase activity that is the underlying molecular mechanism affecting the pathogenesis of AD. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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