Novel GαS-Protein Signaling Associated with Membrane-Tethered Amyloid Precursor Protein Intracellular Domain
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Numerous physiological functions, including a role as a cell surface receptor, have been ascribed to Alzheimer's disease-associated amyloid precursor protein (APP). However, detailed analysis of intracellular signaling mediated by APP in neurons has been lacking. Here, we characterized intrinsic signaling associated with membrane-bound APP C-terminal fragments, which are generated following APP ectodomain release by α- or β-secretase cleavage. We found that accumulation of APP C-terminal fragments or expression of membrane-tethered APP intracellular domain results in adenylate cyclase-dependent activation of PKA (protein kinase A) and inhibition of GSK3β signaling cascades, and enhancement of axodendritic arborization in rat immortalized hippocampal neurons, mouse primary cortical neurons, and mouse neuroblastoma. We discovered an interaction between BBXXB motif of APP intracellular domain and the heterotrimeric G-protein subunit Gα S, and demonstrate that Gα S coupling to adenylate cyclase mediates membrane-tethered APP intracellular domain-induced neurite outgrowth. Our study provides clear evidence that APP intracellular domain can have a nontranscriptional role in regulating neurite outgrowth through its membrane association. The novel functional coupling of membrane-bound APP C-terminal fragments with Gα S signaling identified in this study could impact several brain functions such as synaptic plasticity and memory formation.
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Accumulation of sAPPβ and/or β-CTF may affect long-term potentiation and memory acquisition in mouse models.
“For example, the accumulation of amino-terminal-soluble APPβ (sAPPβ) and/or β-carboxyl-terminal fragments (β-CTF) may affect long-term potentiation (LTP) [5] and memory acquisition in mouse models [6].”
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- Deyts, C., Vetrivel, K. S., Das, S., Shepherd, Y. M., Dupré, D. J., Thinakaran, G., & Parent, A. T.
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- University of Chicago (US)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
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- Parent, Angèle T.
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- The Journal of Neuroscience
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- Society for Neuroscience
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- 2012-02-01
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- 32
- Issue
- 5
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- 1714-1729
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- 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-2401
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- PMC3567462
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
- Keywords
- amyloid precursor protein, APP intracellular domain, Gs protein, heterotrimeric G protein signaling, APP C-terminal fragments, adenylate cyclase, protein kinase A, GSK3β, neurite outgrowth, hippocampal neurons, cortical neurons, Alzheimer's disease, synaptic plasticity, memory formation
- MeSH terms
- Adenylyl Cyclases, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Cell Line, Transformed, Cell Membrane, Chlorocebus aethiops, Female, Intracellular Membranes, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Signal Transduction, Neurites, Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, Protein Structure, Tertiary, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs, COS Cells, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Mice, Rats
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