Demonstration by FRET of BACE interaction with the amyloid precursor protein at the cell surface and in early endosomes
Abstract
Amyloid-β peptide, which accumulates in senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease, is derived from the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by proteolytic processing. β-secretase (Asp2), which cleaves APP at the N-terminus of amyloid-β, has recently been identified to be the protease BACE. In the present study, we examined the subcellular localization of interactions between APP and BACE by using both double immunofluorescence and a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) approach. Cell surface APP and BACE, studied by using antibodies directed against their ectodomains in living H4 neuroglioma cells co-transfected with APP and BACE, showed exquisite co-localization and demonstrated a very close interaction by FRET analysis. The majority of cell surface APP and BACE were internalized after 15 minutes,but they remained strongly co-localized together in the early endosomal compartment, where FRET analysis demonstrated a continued close interaction. By contrast, at later timepoints, almost no co-localization or FRET was observed in lysosomal compartments. To determine whether the APP-BACE interaction on cell surface and endosomes contributed to amyloid-βsynthesis, we labeled cell surface APP and demonstrated detectable levels of labeled amyloid-β within 30 minutes. APP-Swedish mutant protein enhanced amyloid-β synthesis from cell surface APP, consistent with the observation that it is a better BACE substrate than wild-type APP. Taken together, these data confirm a close APP-BACE interaction in early endosomes,and highlight the cell surface as an additional potential site of APP-BACE interaction.
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APP processing requires convergence of BACE1 and APP to the same compartment.
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- Authors
- Kinoshita, A., Fukumoto, H., Shah, T., Whelan, C. M., Irizarry, M. C., & Hyman, B. T.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Cell Science
- Publisher
- The Company of Biologists
- Published
- 2003-08-15
- Volume
- 116
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 3339-3346
- ISSN
- 0021-9533 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-9137
- OpenAlex
- W2123941817
- Cited by
- 284
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 5.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Cell Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (P01AG015379, P01AG05134, AG 12406, AG15379)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular transport and secretion
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Keywords
- amyloid precursor protein, beta-secretase, BACE, cell surface, early endosomes, lysosomes, subcellular localization, Alzheimer's disease
- MeSH terms
- Cell Membrane, Cells, Cultured, Endocytosis, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Humans, Lysosomes, Endosomes, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases, Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases
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