Post-transcriptional contribution of a cAMP-dependent pathway to the formation of alpha- and beta/gamma-secretases-derived products of beta APP maturation in human cells expressing wildtype and Swedish mutated beta APP
P. Marambaud et al., Post-transcriptional contribution of a cAMP-dependent pathway to the formation of alpha- and beta/gamma-secretases-derived products of beta APP maturation in human cells expressing wildtype and Swedish mutated beta APP, MOL MED, 4(11), 1998, pp. 715-723
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Background: The physiopathological maturation of the beta-amyloid precursor
protein can be modulated by effecters targeting a protein kinase C-depende
nt pathway. These agents increase the recovery of APP alpha, the physiologi
cal alpha-secretase-derived product of beta APP processing, and concomittan
tly lower the production of the pathogenic beta/gamma-secretase-derived A b
eta fragment.
Methods: We set up stably transfected HEK293 cells expressing wild-type or
Swedish mutated beta APP. By combined metabolic labeling and/or immunopreci
pitation procedures, we assessed the effect of various cAMP effecters on th
e production of the beta APP maturation products A beta 40, A beta 42, APP
alpha, and its C-terminal counterpart.
Results: We show here that the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) effecter
s, dibutyryl-cAMP (dBut-cAMP) and forskolin, but not the inactive analog di
deoxyforskolin, enhance the secretion of APP alpha and the intracellular pr
oduction of its C-terminal counterpart (p10) in stably transfected HEK293 c
ells. The above agonists also drastically increase both A beta 40 and A bet
a 42 secretions and intracellular A beta recovery. The same influence was o
bserved with HEK293 cells overexpressing the Swedish mutated beta APP. We a
ttempted to delineate the relative contribution of transcriptional and post
-transcriptional events in the cAMP-mediated response. We show here that th
e dBut-cAMP and forskolin-induced increase of APP alpha and A beta s secret
ions is not prevented by the transcription inhibitor actinomycin D.
Conclusion: Our data suggest a major contribution of post-transcriptional e
vents in the cAMP-dependent effect on beta APP maturation. It appears likel
y that cAMP triggers the PKA-dependent phosphorylation of a protein involve
d in beta APP maturation and occuring upstream to alpha- and beta/gamma-sec
retase cleavages.