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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
Calsenilin/DREAM/KChIP3 was identified as a calcium-binding protein that interacts with presenilins, serves as a transcription repressor, and binds to the A-type potassium channel. In this study, we hypothesized that calsenilin might be involved in the neurodegeneration of Alzheimer's disease and examined calsenilin expression in Alzheimer's disease. Calsenilin levels were elevated in the cortex region of Alzheimer's patient brains and in the neocortex and the hippocampus of Swedish mutant beta-amyloid precursor protein transgenic mice brains. Induction of calsenilin was also observed in the activated astroglia as well as in the neurons surrounding beta-amyloid (Abeta)- and Congo red-positive plaques. Exposing cultured cortical and hippocampal neurons to Abeta42, an amyloid-beta peptide whose deposition in the brain is a characteristic of Alzheimer's disease, induced both calsenilin protein and mRNA expression, and cell death. Moreover, blocking the calsenilin expression protected the neuronal cells from Abeta toxicity. These findings suggest that chronic up-regulation of calsenilin may be a risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease, perhaps by facilitating calsenilin-mediated neurodegeneration.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
604-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Amyloid beta-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Calcium-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Kv Channel-Interacting Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:14720210-Repressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Induction of pro-apoptotic calsenilin/DREAM/KChIP3 in Alzheimer's disease and cultured neurons after amyloid-beta exposure.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Life Science, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Kwangju, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't