title: Endogenous beta-amyloid production in presenilin-deficient embryonic mouse fibroblasts.
abstract: Genetic and biochemical evidence have led to the suggestion that presenilins could be the long-searched-for gamma-secretase, the proteolytic activity that generates the carboxy terminus of amyloid beta-peptides. This activity is also thought to be responsible for the release of the Notch intracellular domain (NICD) from Notch. Here, we report the production of endogenous secreted and intracellular 40- and 42-amino-acid Abeta peptides in mouse fibroblasts deficient in presenilin 1, presenilin 2 or both. We show that the endogenous production of Abeta40 and Abeta42 was not altered by presenilin deficiency. By contrast, inactivating presenilin genes fully abolished NICD production. These data indicate that Abeta and NICD production are distinct catabolic events. Also, even though NICD formation is indeed presenilin dependent, endogenous secreted and intracellular beta-amyloid peptides are still generated in absence of presenilins, indicating that there is a gamma-secretase activity distinct from presenilins, at least in murine fibroblasts.
authors.affiliation: Institut de pharmacologie moléculaire et cellulaire, UMR6097 du CNRS, 660 route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France. checler@ipmc.cnrs.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Armogida
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scarzello
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Checler
mesh_terms: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000818:Animals; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D053764:Presenilin-1; D053766:Presenilin-2; D051880:Receptors, Notch
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D053764:Presenilin-1; D053766:Presenilin-2; D051880:Receptors, Notch; C078592:amyloid beta-protein (1-40); C075222:amyloid beta-protein (1-42)