title: Reduction of sortilin-1 in Alzheimer hippocampus and in cytokine-stressed human brain cells.
abstract: Sortilin 1 (SORL1) is a transmembrane sorting receptor that regulates the intracellular trafficking of beta-amyloid precursor protein (betaAPP). Interactions between SORL1 and betaAPP result in the decreased processing of betaAPP into toxic amyloid-beta42 (Abeta42) peptides that accumulate in Alzheimer's disease brain. Here, we report selectively decreased levels of SORL1 in limbic and occipital regions of Alzheimer brain that inversely correlate with amyloid plaque and neurofibrillary tangle density. Reduced SORL1, coupled to elevated beta-amyloid cleaving enzyme, presenilin-1 and increased Abeta42 peptide secretion, was observed after incubation of cultured human neural cells with the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-1beta. The results suggest that SORL1 deficits may not only promote the pathogenic processing of betaAPP but may also contribute to Abeta42-mediated inflammatory signaling in stressed human brain cells.
authors.affiliation: LSU Neuroscience Center and Department of Ophthalmology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA.
authors.forename: Yuhai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jian-Guo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Walter J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lukiw
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology*; D002460:Cell Line; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D026502:LDL-Receptor Related Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D053764:Presenilin-1 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D016207:Cytokines; D026502:LDL-Receptor Related Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D053764:Presenilin-1; C102582:SORL1 protein, human; C075222:amyloid beta-protein (1-42)