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EMBO REPORTS
卷 8, 期 2, 页码 141-146出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400897
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Alzheimer; gain or loss of function; presenilin
Presenilin mutations are the main cause of familial Alzheimer disease. From a genetic point of view, these mutations seem to result in a gain of toxic function; however, biochemically, they result in a partial loss of function in the gamma-secretase complex, which affects several downstream signalling pathways. Consequently, the current genetic terminology is misleading. in fact, the available data indicate that several clinical presenilin mutations also lead to a decrease in amyloid precursor protein-derived amyloid P-peptide generation, further implying that presenilin mutations are indeed loss-of-function mutations. The loss of function of presenilin causes incomplete digestion of the amyloid P-peptide and might contribute to an increased vulnerability of the brain, thereby explaining the early onset of the inherited form of Alzheimer disease. in this review, I evaluate the implications of this model for the amyloid-cascade hypothesis and for the efficacy of presenilin/gamma-secretase as a drug target.
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