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Zhang X, Zhang C, Prokopenko D, Liang Y, Han W, Tanzi RE, Sisodia SS. Negative evidence for a role of APH1B T27I variant in Alzheimer's disease. Hum Mol Genet 2021; 29:955-966. [PMID: 31995180 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
γ-secretase is a macromolecular complex that catalyzes intramembranous hydrolysis of more than 100 membrane-bound substrates. The complex is composed of presenilin (PS1 or PS2), anterior pharynx defect-1 (APH-1), nicastrin (NCT) and PEN-2 and early-onset; autosomal dominant forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are caused by inheritance of mutations of PS. No mutations in genes encoding NCT, or PEN-2 have been identified to date that cause AD. In this regard, a large genetic meta-analysis of four cohorts consisting of more than 600 000 individuals identified a common missense variant, rs117618017 in the APH1B gene that results in a T27I mutation, as a novel genome-wide significant locus. In order to confirm the findings that rs117618017 is associated with risk of AD, we performed a genetic screen from deep whole genome sequencing of the large NIMH family-based Alzheimer's Disease (AD) dataset. In parallel, we sought to uncover potential molecular mechanism(s) by which APH-1B T27I might be associated with AD by generating stable HEK293 cell lines, wherein endogenous APH-1A and APH-1B expression was silenced and into which either the wild type APH-1B or the APH-1B T27I variant was stably expressed. We then tested the impact of expressing either the wild type APH-1B or the APH-1B T27I variant on γ-secretase processing of human APP, the murine Notch derivative mNΔE and human neuregulin-1. We now report that we fail to confirm the association of rs1047552 with AD in our cohort and that cells expressing the APH-1B T27I variant show no discernable impact on the γ-secretase processing of established substrates compared with cells expressing wild-type APH-1B.
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- Xulun Zhang
- Department of Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Genetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Genetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Genetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Quantifying correlations between mutational sites in the catalytic subunit of γ-secretase. J Mol Graph Model 2019; 88:221-227. [PMID: 30772652 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2019.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Presenilin 1 (PS1) is the catalytic subunit of the γ-secretase complex which is involved in the generation of amyloid-β peptides (Aβ). Single point mutations in PS1 alter the cleavage pattern of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and lead to the formation of aberrant Aβ peptides. To date, more than two hundred mutations distributed among almost a third of PS1's amino acids have been associated to the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Nevertheless, the mechanism by which mutations far from the catalytic site alter the γ-secretase's cleavage pattern remains unclear. In this work we analyzed correlated motions between amino acids in the wild type (WT) enzyme and 13 γ-secretase mutant models employing a multi-scale molecular dynamics approach. The effect of the protonation state of key catalytic residue Asp385 on the correlation networks was also evaluated. We observed that the strength and number of correlations is highly influenced in all mutant models in both protonation state models. The biggest changes were observed in mutants I83T, W165G, H214Y and L435F; the latest has been proved to drastically reduce γ-secretase activity. Finally, we made a classification of the studied mutations according to their correlation networks with amino acids at: (1) the interfaces with the other γ-secretase components, (2) the catalytic site, (3) the substrate entry site and (4) the substrate recognition site. Overall, this work provides insight into the allosteric communication networks of PS1.
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- Rodrigo Aguayo-Ortiz
- Departamento de Fisicoquímica; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Ciudad de México 04510 México
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- Departamento de Fisicoquímica; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Ciudad de México 04510 México
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Cervera-Carles L, Clarimón J. Genetic and Epigenetic Architecture of Alzheimer’s Dementia. CURRENT GENETIC MEDICINE REPORTS 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s40142-016-0086-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kanungo J. DNA Repair Defects and DNA-PK in Neurodegeneration. CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2012; 1. [PMID: 28066691 DOI: 10.4172/2168-9296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jyotshna Kanungo
- Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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Fraering PC. Structural and Functional Determinants of gamma-Secretase, an Intramembrane Protease Implicated in Alzheimer's Disease. Curr Genomics 2011; 8:531-49. [PMID: 19415127 PMCID: PMC2647162 DOI: 10.2174/138920207783769521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2007] [Revised: 12/27/2007] [Accepted: 12/27/2007] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of neurodegenerative diseases in humans, characterized by the progressive accumulation and aggregation of amyloid-β peptides (Aβ) in brain regions subserving memory and cognition. These 39-43 amino acids long peptides are generated by the sequential proteolytic cleavages of the amyloid-β precursor protein (APP) by β- and γ-secretases, with the latter being the founding member of a new class of intramembrane-cleaving proteases (I-CliPs) characterized by their intramembranous catalytic residues hydrolyzing the peptide bonds within the transmembrane regions of their respective substrates. These proteases include the S2P family of metalloproteases, the Rhomboid family of serine proteases, and two aspartyl proteases: the signal peptide peptidase (SPP) and γ-secretase. In sharp contrast to Rhomboid and SPP that function as a single component, γ-secretase is a multi-component protease with complex assembly, maturation and activation processes. Recently, two low-resolution three-dimensional structures of γ-secretase and three high-resolution structures of the GlpG rhomboid protease have been obtained almost simultaneously by different laboratories. Although these proteases are unrelated by sequence or evolution, they seem to share common functional and structural mechanisms explaining how they catalyze intramembrane proteolysis. Indeed, a water-containing chamber in the catalytic cores of both γ-secretase and GlpG rhomboid provides the hydrophilic environment required for proteolysis and a lateral gating mechanism controls substrate access to the active site. The studies that have identified and characterized the structural determinants critical for the assembly and activity of the γ-secretase complex are reviewed here.
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- Patrick C Fraering
- Brain Mind Institute and School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Combarros O, Cortina-Borja M, Smith AD, Lehmann DJ. Epistasis in sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging 2009; 30:1333-49. [PMID: 18206267 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2007] [Revised: 11/30/2007] [Accepted: 11/30/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Wang Y, Jia J. Association between promoter polymorphisms in anterior pharynx-defective-1a and sporadic Alzheimer's disease in the North Chinese Han population. Neurosci Lett 2009; 455:101-4. [PMID: 19368855 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2008] [Revised: 01/28/2009] [Accepted: 02/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) deposition in brain is important in the development of sporadic Alzheimer's disease (SAD) and Abeta is produced through sequential cleaving of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by beta-secretase and gamma-secrease. Anterior pharynx-defective-1 (APH-1) is an important subunit of the gamma-secretase complex, and its expression level was associated with the activity of gamma-secrease. We hypothesized that alterations in the APH-1 promoter region might alter APH-1 expression and the activity of gamma-secrease, thus be involved in the SAD process. In the present study, we sequenced APH-1a promoter region in 20 randomly selected controls and 20 SAD patients and detected two polymorphisms which were -980C/G (rs3754048) and -21C/A (rs2275780). Then, we investigated genotypes and allele of these two polymorphisms as well as apolipoprotein epsilon4 (APOE epsilon4) status in 256 SAD patients and 276 normal controls with restriction fragment length polymorphisms analysis and sequencing. Results showed the GG genotype and G allele of -980C/G polymorphism were more frequent in the SAD group than that in the controls not only in the whole subjects (genotype P=0.038, allele P=0.01 respectively) but also in the APOE epsilon4+subjects (genotype P=0.048, allele P=0.016 respectively). There was no statistical difference between SAD group and controls regarding to the frequency of alleles and genotypes of -21C/A whenever before or after stratification by APOE epsilon4. Our results suggest that there is an association between -980C/G and the development of SAD in the Northern Han Chinese population and that allele G may interact synergistically with the APOE epsilon4 allele to increase the risk of SAD.
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- Yan Wang
- Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital of the Capital Medical University, Key Neurodegenerative Laboratory of Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Beijing 100053, China
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Jozwiak K, Krzysko K, Bojarski L, Gacia M, Filipek S. Molecular Models of the Interface between Anterior Pharynx-Defective Protein 1 (APH-1) and Presenilin Involving GxxxG Motifs. ChemMedChem 2008; 3:627-34. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200700189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Poli M, Gatta LB, Lovati C, Mariani C, Galimberti D, Scarpini E, Biunno I, Musicco M, Dominici R, Albertini A, Finazzi D. Interaction between the APOE epsilon4 allele and the APH-1b c + 651T > G SNP in Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging 2007; 29:1494-501. [PMID: 17466415 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The gamma-secretase complex is a multimeric aspartyl protease which plays a pivotal role in the production of amyloid beta-peptide, the main component of senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD). APH-1a and APH-1b have been recently identified as important subunits of the gamma-secretase complex. We previously studied sequence variations in both genes and their association with AD in a small Italian population. The rare polymorphism c + 651T > G in APH-1b showed a possible interaction with the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon4 allele in the AD population sample. We extended our genetic analysis to 449 AD patients and 435 controls and, in AD cases, we found a significant interaction (P=0.001) between the allelic variants in the two genes, resulting in a marked increase of the relative risk for AD (OR=28.6). Despite the amino acid substitution does not seem to modify either the intracellular localization or the half-life of APH-1b protein, these data suggest that a cooperative mechanism involving APOE and APH-1b plays a role in the susceptibility to develop AD.
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- Maura Poli
- Section of Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brescia, viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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From Alois Alzheimer's description of Auguste D.'s brain in 1907 to George Glenner's biochemical dissection of beta-amyloid in 1984, the "amyloid hypothesis" of Alzheimer's disease has continued to gain support over the past two decades, particularly from genetic studies. Here we assess the amyloid hypothesis based on both known and putative Alzheimer's disease genes.
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- Rudolph E Tanzi
- Genetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurology, Massachussetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachussetts 02129, USA.
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