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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 420, 期 3, 页码 530-535出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.03.026
关键词
Calpain; Aging; Amyloid; Calcium; Alzheimer's disease
资金
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Administration
Amyloid plaques are a hallmark of the aging and senile dementia brains, yet their mechanism of origins has remained elusive. A central issue is the regulatory mechanism and identity of alpha-secretase, a protease responsible for alpha-processing of amyloid-beta precursor protein (APP). A remarkable feature of this enzyme is its high sensitivity to a wide range of cellular stimulators, many of which are agonists for Ca2+ signaling. This feature, together with previous work in our laboratory, has suggested that calpain, a Ca2+-dependent protease, plays a key role in APP alpha-processing. In this study we report that overexpression of the mu-calpain gene in HEK293 cells resulted in a 2.7-fold increase of the protein levels. Measurements of intracellular calpain enzymatic activity revealed that the calpain overexpressing cells displayed a prominent elevation of the activity compared to wild-type cells. When the cells were stimulated by nicotine, glutamate or phorbol 12,13-dibutylester, the activity increase was even more remarkable and sensitive to calpeptin, a calpain inhibitor. Meanwhile, APP secretion from the calpain overexpressing cells was robustly increased under both resting and stimulated conditions over wild-type cells. Furthermore, cell surface biotinylation experiments showed that mu-calpain was clearly detected among the cell surface proteins. These data together support our view that calpain should be a reasonable candidate for alpha-secretase for further study. This model is discussed with an interesting fact that three other deposited proteins (tau, spectrin and crystalline) are also the known substrates of calpain. Finally we discuss some current misconceptions in senile dementia research. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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