title: Abeta-induced BACE-1 cleaves N-terminal sequence of mPGES-2.
abstract: We previously indicated that amyloid beta (Abeta) augments protein levels of beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme-1 (BACE-1) through oxidative stress. In this study, we revealed that BACE-1 is involved in the cleavage of membrane-bound prostaglandin E2 synthase-2 (mPGES-2) in its N-terminal portion, which, in turn, enhanced the generation of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). PGE2 results in increased Abeta production, initiating a cell-injuring cycle. Using rat primary cortical neurons, a 48 h treatment with Abeta 1-42 (5 microM) resulted in the enhanced extracellular PGE2 levels up to about 1 ng/mL, which was attenuated by treatment with a BACE-1 inhibitor (200 nM). A synthetic peptide sequence of 20-amino acids that included the cleavage site of mPGES-2 (HTARWHL RAQDLHERS AAQLSLSS) was cleaved by recombinant BACE-1, confirmed using reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Cleaved or activated mPGES-2 augments the generation of PGE2. In addition, mPGES-2 was determined to be colocalized with BACE-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 in the perinuclear region in cells after exposure to Abeta. Exposure of neurons to PGE2 led to cell death, and Abeta production was enhanced by PGE2 (1 ng/mL, 48 h). Collectively, these results suggest that Abeta might cause neuroinflammation that aggravates Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. tkihara@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kihara
authors.forename: Yoshiari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimmyo
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akaike
authors.forename: Tetsuhiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niidome
authors.forename: Hachiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D019746:Intramolecular Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071876:Prostaglandin-E Synthases; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D019746:Intramolecular Oxidoreductases; C000605863:PTGES2 protein, human; D000071876:Prostaglandin-E Synthases