title: The levels of mature glycosylated nicastrin are regulated and correlate with gamma-secretase processing of amyloid beta-precursor protein.
abstract: Nicastrin, a type-I transmembrane glycoprotein, is a necessary component of the high molecular weight presenilin (PS) complexes that mediate intramembranous cleavage of beta-amyloid precursor protein (betaAPP) and Notch. Nicastrin undergoes trafficking-dependent glycosylation maturation, and PS1 interacts preferentially with these maturely glycosylated forms of nicastrin. We investigated the effects of differing levels of the immature and mature endoglycosidase-H-resistant forms of nicastrin on Abeta40- and Abeta42-peptide secretion in several cell lines stably expressing a mutant nicastrin (D336A/Y337A) that increases Abeta secretion. There was no correlation between Abeta secretion and the level of over-expression of the immature forms of nicastrin. The total level of mature nicastrin remained constant, but mutant nicastrin replaced endogenous mature nicastrin in varying degrees. Differences in the levels of mature mutant nicastrin positively correlated with Abeta secretion, but did not influence either betaAPP trafficking or processing by alpha- and beta-secretases. Proper trafficking and terminal maturation of nicastrin is therefore a necessary event for the regulated intramembranous proteolysis of betaAPP.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tanz Neuroscience Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arawaka
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Janus
authors.forename: Fusheng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: St George-Hyslop
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D002460:Cell Line; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000502:physiology*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D013379:Substrate Specificity / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C078592:amyloid beta-protein (1-40); C075222:amyloid beta-protein (1-42); C413604:nicastrin protein; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D010450:Endopeptidases; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; C509280:BACE1 protein, human