What is the role of amyloid precursor protein dimerization?
Extensive research efforts have been conducted over the past decades to understand the processing of the Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP). APP cleavage leads to the production of the beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta), which is the major constituent of the amyloid core of senile plaques found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). Abeta is produced by the sequential cleavage of APP by beta- and gamma-secretases. Cleavage of APP by gamma-secretase also generates the APP Intracellular C-terminal Domain (AICD) peptide, which might be involved in regulation of gene transcription. Up to now, our understanding of the mechanisms controlling APP processing has been elusive. Recently, APP was found to form homo- or hetero-complexes with the APP-like proteins (APLPs), which belong to the same family and share some important structural properties with receptors having a single membrane spanning domain. Homodimerization of APP is driven by motifs present in the extracellular domain and possibly in the juxtamembrane and transmembrane (JM/TM) domains of the protein. These striking observations raise important questions about APP processing and function: How and where is APP dimerizing? What is the role of dimerization in APP processing and function? Can dimerization be targeted by small molecule therapeutics?
Khalifa
Naouel Ben
NB
Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Neuroscience, Brussels, Belgium.
Van Hees
Joanne
J
Tasiaux
Bernadette
B
Huysseune
Sandra
S
Smith
Steven O
SO
Constantinescu
Stefan N
SN
Octave
Jean-Noël
JN
Kienlen-Campard
Pascal
P
D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D019281:Dimerization; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological
D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
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