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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 103, 期 21, 页码 8215-8220出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509725103
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; phosphorylation; proteolysis; neurodegeneration
资金
- NIAAA NIH HHS [AA013588, R37 AA013588, R01 AA013588] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [AG11385, R37 AG011385, AG05834, R01 AG011385, AG022074, P01 AG022074, F32 AG005834] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS041787, NS41787] Funding Source: Medline
Deposition of plaques containing amyloid beta (A beta) peptides is a neuropathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here we demonstrate that neuronal overexpression of the epsilon isozyme of PKC decreases A beta levels, plaque burden, and plaque-associated neuritic dystrophy and reactive astrocytosis in transgenic mice expressing familial AD-mutant forms of the human amyloid precursor protein (APP). Compared with APP singly transgenic mice, APP/PKCE doubly transgenic mice had decreased A beta levels but showed no evidence for altered cleavage of APP. Instead, PKC epsilon overexpression selectively increased the activity of endothelin-converting enzyme, which degrades A beta. The activities of other A beta-clegrading enzymes, insulin degrading enzyme and neprilysin, were unchanged. These results indicate that increased neuronal PKC epsilon activity can promote A beta clearance and reduce AD neuropathology through increased endothelin-converting enzyme activity.
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