TY - JOUR
T1 - BACE1-cleavage of Sez6 and Sez6L is elevated in Niemann-Pick type C disease mouse brains
AU - Causevic, Mirsada
AU - Dominko, Kristina
AU - Malnar, Martina
AU - Vidatic, Lea
AU - Cermak, Stjepko
AU - Pigoni, Martina
AU - Kuhn, Peer Hendrik
AU - Colombo, Alessio
AU - Havas, Daniel
AU - Flunkert, Stefanie
AU - McDonald, Jessica
AU - Gunnersen, Jenny M.
AU - Hutter-Paier, Birgit
AU - Tahirovic, Sabina
AU - Windisch, Manfred
AU - Krainc, Dimitri
AU - Lichtenthaler, Stefan F.
AU - Hecimovic, Silva
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Croatian Science Foundation (http://www.hrzz.hr) project IP-2016-06-2799 (to S.H.), the bilateral project between the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD; https://www.daad.de/en/) and the Ministry of Science and Education, Republic of Croatia (MZO; https://mzo.hr/) in 2016-2017. (to S.H. and S.T.) and by JPND (http://www.neurodegenerationresearch.eu/) (RiModFTD), the Breuer Foundation Alzheimer Award (https://www.breuerstiftung.de/eng/ research-promotion/research-award/), the Centers of Excellence in Neurodgeneration (CoEN) initiative (http://www.coen.org/home.html) and a Helmholtz-Israel project (https://www.dkfz.de/en/helmholtz-Israel-kooperation-personalisierte-medizin/index. html) (to S.F.L.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. We would like to thank Lucija Horvat for her technical assistance with confocal microscopy.
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PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - It is intriguing that a rare, inherited lysosomal storage disorder Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) shares similarities with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We have previously reported an enhanced processing of β-amyloid precursor protein (APP) by β-secretase (BACE1), a key enzyme in the pathogenesis of AD, in NPC1-null cells. In this work, we characterized regional and temporal expression and processing of the recently identified BACE1 substrates seizure protein 6 (Sez6) and seizure 6-like protein (Sez6L), and APP, in NPC1-/-(NPC1) and NPC1+/+ (wt) mouse brains. We analysed 4-weeks old brains to detect the earliest changes associated with NPC, and 10-weeks of age to identify changes at terminal disease stage. Sez6 and Sez6L were selected due to their predominant cleavage by BACE1, and their potential role in synaptic function that may contribute to presentation of seizures and/or motor impairments in NPC patients. While an enhanced BACE1-cleavage of all three substrates was detected in NPC1 vs. wt-mouse brains at 4-weeks of age, at 10-weeks increased proteolysis by BACE1 was observed for Sez6L in the cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum of NPC1-mice. Interestingly, both APP and Sez6L were found to be expressed in Purkinje neurons and their immunostaining was lost upon Purkinje cell neurodegeneration in 10-weeks old NPC1 mice. Furthermore, in NPC1- vs. wt-mouse primary cortical neurons, both Sez6 and Sez6L showed increased punctuate staining within the endolysosomal pathway as well as increased Sez6L and BACE1-positive puncta. This indicates that a trafficking defect within the endolysosomal pathway may play a key role in enhanced BACE1-proteoly-sis in NPC disease. Overall, our findings suggest that enhanced proteolysis by BACE1 could be a part of NPC disease pathogenesis. Understanding the basic biology of BACE1 and the functional impact of cleavage of its substrates is important to better evaluate the therapeutic potential of BACE1 against AD and, possibly, NPC disease.
AB - It is intriguing that a rare, inherited lysosomal storage disorder Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) shares similarities with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We have previously reported an enhanced processing of β-amyloid precursor protein (APP) by β-secretase (BACE1), a key enzyme in the pathogenesis of AD, in NPC1-null cells. In this work, we characterized regional and temporal expression and processing of the recently identified BACE1 substrates seizure protein 6 (Sez6) and seizure 6-like protein (Sez6L), and APP, in NPC1-/-(NPC1) and NPC1+/+ (wt) mouse brains. We analysed 4-weeks old brains to detect the earliest changes associated with NPC, and 10-weeks of age to identify changes at terminal disease stage. Sez6 and Sez6L were selected due to their predominant cleavage by BACE1, and their potential role in synaptic function that may contribute to presentation of seizures and/or motor impairments in NPC patients. While an enhanced BACE1-cleavage of all three substrates was detected in NPC1 vs. wt-mouse brains at 4-weeks of age, at 10-weeks increased proteolysis by BACE1 was observed for Sez6L in the cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum of NPC1-mice. Interestingly, both APP and Sez6L were found to be expressed in Purkinje neurons and their immunostaining was lost upon Purkinje cell neurodegeneration in 10-weeks old NPC1 mice. Furthermore, in NPC1- vs. wt-mouse primary cortical neurons, both Sez6 and Sez6L showed increased punctuate staining within the endolysosomal pathway as well as increased Sez6L and BACE1-positive puncta. This indicates that a trafficking defect within the endolysosomal pathway may play a key role in enhanced BACE1-proteoly-sis in NPC disease. Overall, our findings suggest that enhanced proteolysis by BACE1 could be a part of NPC disease pathogenesis. Understanding the basic biology of BACE1 and the functional impact of cleavage of its substrates is important to better evaluate the therapeutic potential of BACE1 against AD and, possibly, NPC disease.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0200344
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0200344
M3 - Article
C2 - 29979789
AN - SCOPUS:85049525306
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 13
JO - PLoS One
JF - PLoS One
IS - 7
M1 - e0200344
ER -