Unusual phenotypic alteration of β amyloid precursor protein (βAPP) maturation by a new Val-715 → Met βAPP-770 mutation responsible for probable early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
- 30 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 96 (7) , 4119-4124
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.96.7.4119
Abstract
We have identified a novel β amyloid precursor protein (βAPP) mutation (V715M-βAPP770) that cosegregates with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in a pedigree. Unlike other familial AD-linked βAPP mutations reported to date, overexpression of V715M-βAPP in human HEK293 cells and murine neurons reduces total Aβ production and increases the recovery of the physiologically secreted product, APPα. V715M-βAPP significantly reduces Aβ40 secretion without affecting Aβ42 production in HEK293 cells. However, a marked increase in N-terminally truncated Aβ ending at position 42 (x-42Aβ) is observed, whereas its counterpart x-40Aβ is not affected. These results suggest that, in some cases, familial AD may be associated with a reduction in the overall production of Aβ but may be caused by increased production of truncated forms of Aβ ending at the 42 position.Keywords
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