title: Transforming growth factor-beta 1 potentiates amyloid-beta generation in astrocytes and in transgenic mice.
abstract: Accumulation of the amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) in the brain is crucial for development of Alzheimer's disease. Expression of transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1), an immunosuppressive cytokine, has been correlated in vivo with Abeta accumulation in transgenic mice and recently with Abeta clearance by activated microglia. Here, we demonstrate that TGF-beta1 drives the production of Abeta40/42 by astrocytes leading to Abeta production in TGF-beta1 transgenic mice. First, TGF-beta1 induces the overexpression of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) in astrocytes but not in neurons, involving a highly conserved TGF-beta1-responsive element in the 5'-untranslated region (+54/+74) of the APP promoter. Second, we demonstrated an increased release of soluble APP-beta which led to TGF-beta1-induced Abeta generation in both murine and human astrocytes. These results demonstrate that TGF-beta1 potentiates Abeta production in human astrocytes and may enhance the formation of plaques burden in the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients.
authors.affiliation: Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) CNRS 6551, IFR47, Université de Caen, Cyceron, Caen Cedex 14074, France.
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lesné
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Docagne
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: Géraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liot
authors.forename: Debomoy K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lahiri
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Buée
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Plawinski
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delacourte
authors.forename: Eric T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: MacKenzie
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buisson
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vivien
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000494:pharmacology; D003720:Densitometry; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D017628:Microglia / Q000378:metabolism; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014162:Transfection; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D019076:Transgenes
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C508960:TGFB1 protein, human; C508961:Tgfb1 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D008156:Luciferases