期刊
FEBS JOURNAL
卷 282, 期 1, 页码 65-73出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/febs.13103
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Alzheimer's disease; amyloid beta peptides; beta amyloid cleaving enzyme; gamma-secretase complex
A major hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the deposition of amyloid- (A) peptides in amyloid plaques. A peptides are produced by sequential cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein by the amyloid cleaving enzyme (BACE) and the -secretase (-sec) complex. Pharmacological treatments that decrease brain levels of in particular the toxic A42 peptide are thought to be promising approaches for AD disease modification. Potent and selective BACE1 inhibitors as well as -sec modulators (GSMs) have been designed. Pharmacological intervention of secretase function is not without risks of either on- or off-target adverse effects. One way of improving the therapeutic window could be to combine treatment on multiple targets, using smaller individual doses and thereby minimizing adverse effect liability. We show that combined treatment of primary cortical neurons with a BACE1 inhibitor and a GSM gives an additive effect on A42 level change compared with the individual treatments. We extend this finding to C57BL/6 mice, where the combined treatment results in reduction of brain A42 levels reflecting the sum of the individual treatment efficacies. These results show that pharmacological targeting of two amyloid precursor protein processing steps is feasible without negatively interfering with the mechanism of action on individual targets. We conclude that targeting A production by combining a BACE inhibitor and a GSM could be a viable approach for therapeutic intervention in AD modification.
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