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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 290, 期 9, 页码 5311-5327出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.602219
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- National Institutes of Health [DK054214, GM62142]
- International Fulbright Science and Technology Award
Early intervention may be key to safe and effective therapies in patients with Alzheimer disease. Endosomal dysfunction is an early step in neurodegeneration. Endosomes are a major site of production of A beta peptide from the processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by clipping enzymes (beta- and gamma-secretases). The beta-secretase enzyme BACE1 requires acidic lumen pH for optimum function, and acid pH promotes A beta aggregation. The Na+/H+ exchanger NHE6 provides a leak pathway for protons, limiting luminal acidification by proton pumps. Like APP, NHE6 expression was induced upon differentiation of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells and localized to an endosomal compartment. Therefore, we investigated whether NHE6 expression altered APP localization and processing in a stably transfected cell culture model of human APP expression. We show that co-expression with NHE6 or treatment with the Na+/H+ ionophore monensin shifted APP away from the trans-Golgi network into early and recycling endosomes in HEK293 cells. NHE6 alkalinized the endosomal lumen, similar to monensin, and significantly attenuated APP processing and A beta secretion. In contrast, A beta production was elevated upon NHE6 knockdown. We show that NHE6 transcript and protein levels are lowered in Alzheimer brains relative to control. These findings, taken together with emerging genetic evidence linking endosomal Na+/H+ exchangers with Alzheimer disease, suggest that proton leak pathways may regulate A beta generation and contribute to disease etiology.
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