Plasmalogens Inhibit APP Processing by Directly Affecting γ-Secretase Activity in Alzheimer's Disease

被引：54

作者：

Rothhaar, Tatjana L. ^{[1
]}

Groesgen, Sven ^{[1
]}

Haupenthal, Viola J. ^{[1
]}

Burg, Verena K. ^{[1
]}

Hundsdoerfer, Benjamin ^{[1
]}

Mett, Janine ^{[1
]}

Riemenschneider, Matthias ^{[1
]}

Grimm, Heike S. ^{[1
]}

Hartmann, Tobias ^{[1
,2
]}

Grimm, Marcus O. W. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Saarland, D-66421 Homburg, Germany

[2] Univ Saarland, DIDP, D-66421 Homburg, Germany

来源：

SCIENTIFIC WORLD JOURNAL | 2012年

关键词：

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID ALTERATIONS; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE; ALPHA CONVERTING-ENZYME; LIPID-COMPOSITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; MASS-SPECTROMETRY; BETA-SECRETASE; SPINAL-CORD; IN-VITRO;

D O I：

10.1100/2012/141240

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Lipids play an important role as risk or protective factors in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Previously it has been shown that plasmalogens, the major brain phospholipids, are altered in AD. However, it remained unclear whether plasmalogens themselves are able to modulate amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing or if the reduced plasmalogen level is a consequence of AD. Here we identify the plasmalogens which are altered in human AD postmortem brains and investigate their impact on APP processing resulting in A beta production. All tested plasmalogen species showed a reduction in-secretase activity whereas beta- and alpha-secretase activity mainly remained unchanged. Plasmalogens directly affected gamma-secretase activity, protein and RNA level of the secretases were unaffected, pointing towards a direct influence of plasmalogens on gamma-secretase activity. Plasmalogens were also able to decrease gamma-secretase activity in human postmortem AD brains emphasizing the impact of plasmalogens in AD. In summary our findings show that decreased plasmalogen levels are not only a consequence of AD but that plasmalogens also decrease APP processing by directly affecting gamma-secretase activity, resulting in a vicious cycle: A beta reduces plasmalogen levels and reduced plasmalogen levels directly increase gamma-secretase activity leading to an even stronger production of A beta peptides.

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