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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
Amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) has a key role in the pathological process of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the physiological function of Abeta and of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) is unknown. Recently, it was shown that APP processing is sensitive to cholesterol and other lipids. Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGR) and sphingomyelinases (SMases) are the main enzymes that regulate cholesterol biosynthesis and sphingomyelin (SM) levels, respectively. We show that control of cholesterol and SM metabolism involves APP processing. Abeta42 directly activates neutral SMase and downregulates SM levels, whereas Abeta40 reduces cholesterol de novo synthesis by inhibition of HMGR activity. This process strictly depends on gamma-secretase activity. In line with altered Abeta40/42 generation, pathological presenilin mutations result in increased cholesterol and decreased SM levels. Our results demonstrate a biological function for APP processing and also a functional basis for the link that has been observed between lipids and Alzheimer's disease (AD).
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amyloid beta-Peptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/BACE1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bace1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PSEN1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PSEN2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Peptide Fragments, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Presenilin-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Presenilin-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sphingomyelins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/amyloid beta-protein (1-34)
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1465-7392
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1118-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Amyloid beta-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Presenilin-1, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Presenilin-2, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase, pubmed-meshheading:16227967-Sphingomyelins
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of cholesterol and sphingomyelin metabolism by amyloid-beta and presenilin.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Molecular Biology Heidelberg, INF 282, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't