期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 292, 期 41, 页码 16858-16871出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M117.789990
关键词
Alzheimer disease; amyloid-beta (AB); neurodegeneration; prion; protein aggregation
资金
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01 NS065244]
- National Science Foundation [CHE-1362524]
- NIH [R01 GM107703]
- National Research Service Award Fellowship [5F31NS090747]
Oligomeric forms of the amyloid- (A) peptide are thought to represent the primary synaptotoxic species underlying the neurodegenerative changes seen in Alzheimer's disease. It has been proposed that the cellular prion protein (PrPC) functions as a cell-surface receptor, which binds to A oligomers and transduces their toxic effects. However, the molecular details of the PrPC-A interaction remain uncertain. Here, we investigated the effect of PrPC on polymerization of A under rigorously controlled conditions in which A converts from a monomeric to a fibrillar state via a series of kinetically defined steps. We demonstrated that PrPC specifically inhibited elongation of A fibrils, most likely by binding to the ends of growing fibrils. Surprisingly, this inhibitory effect required the globular C-terminal domain of PrPC, which has not been previously implicated in interactions with A. Our results suggest that PrPC recognizes structural features common to both A oligomers and fibril ends and that this interaction could contribute to the neurotoxic effect of A aggregates. Additionally, our results identify the C terminus of PrPC as a new and potentially more druggable molecular target for treating Alzheimer's disease.
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