title: Protein kinase C epsilon suppresses Abeta production and promotes activation of alpha-secretase.
abstract: Deposition of plaques containing Abeta is considered important in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Phorbol esters that activate protein kinase C (PKC) promote alpha-secretase-mediated processing of the beta amyloid precursor protein (APP), which generally reduces formation of Abeta. To determine which PKC isozymes mediate this process, we studied CHO cells that express human APP751. Phorbol 12-myristate, 13-acetate (PMA)-stimulated APP secretion, which was reduced by a general PKC inhibitor bisindoylmaleimide I, but not by Gö 6976, which inhibits PKCalpha, beta, gamma, and mu. Since PKCdelta and epsilon were the only other PMA-sensitive isozymes present, we studied cells that express selective peptide inhibitors of these isozymes. Expression of the PKCepsilon inhibitor inhibited PMA-induced APPs secretion and suppression of Abeta production. In contrast, the PKCdelta inhibitor had no effect. These results provide evidence that PKCepsilon decreases Abeta production by promoting alpha-secretase mediated cleavage of APP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, Emeryville, California 94608, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Messing
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000209:etiology; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D016466:CHO Cells; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D006224:Cricetinae; D015536:Down-Regulation; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008301:Maleimides / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D002227:Carbazoles; D007211:Indoles; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008301:Maleimides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C081021:Go 6976; C497255:PRKCE protein, human; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D010450:Endopeptidases; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; C509280:BACE1 protein, human; C088060:bisindolylmaleimide; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate