title: Presenilin 1: more than just gamma-secretase.
abstract: Presenilin 1 plays a central catalytic role in the gamma-secretase processing of amyloid precursor protein, Notch and many other substrates. However, this core component clearly mediates independently several other physiological roles in the cell/neuron. Besides its involvement in beta-catenin degradation, we discuss here the recent implication of presenilin 1 in the turnover of the intercellular cell adhesion molecule, telencephalin, through a degradation route that bears autophagic characteristics. Activation of the endosomal/lysosomal system in general and autophagic degradation in particular, is finally briefly discussed in the context of neurodegenerative diseases.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Membrane Trafficking, Center for Human Genetics, Gasthuisberg, K.U. Leuven and V.I.B.04, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Raemaekers
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Esselens
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Annaert
mesh_terms: D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D001343:Autophagy; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D053764:Presenilin-1
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; C086747:ICAM5 protein, human; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C508853:PSEN1 protein, human; D053764:Presenilin-1; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D010450:Endopeptidases; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; C509280:BACE1 protein, human