APP and APLP1 are degraded through autophagy in response to proteasome inhibition in neuronal cells

作者：Zhou Fangfang; van Laar Theo; Huang Huizhe^*; Zhang Long

来源：Protein & Cell, 2011, 2(5): 377-383.

DOI：10.1007/s13238-011-1047-9

• amyloid beta precursor-like protein 1 (APLP1)
• amyloid precursor protein (APP)
• proteasome inhibition
• endoplasmic reticulum stress
• autophagy
• neuronal cells

Amyloid beta (A beta) precursor protein (APP) is a key protein in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Both APP and its paralogue APLP1 (amyloid beta precursor-like protein 1) have multiple functions in cell adhesion and proliferation. Previously it was thought that autophagy is a novel beta-amyloid peptide (A beta)-generating pathway activated in AD. However, the protein proteolysis of APLP1 is still largely unknown. The present study shows that APLP1 is rapidly degraded in neuronal cells in response to stresses, such as proteasome inhibition. Activation of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress by proteasome inhibitors induces autophagy, causing reduction of mature APLP1/APP. Blocking autophagy or JNK stress kinase rescues the protein expression for both APP and APLP1. Therefore, our results suggest that APP/APLP1 is degraded through autophagy and the APLP1 proteolysis is mainly mediated by autophagy-lysosome pathway.

• 出版日期2011-5
• 单位重庆医科大学