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Opposite changes in APP processing and human aβ levels in rats carrying either a protective or a pathogenic APP mutation

  1. Marc D Tambini
  2. Kelly A Norris
  3. Luciano D'Adamio  Is a corresponding author
  1. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.52612
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  1. Marc D Tambini
  2. Kelly A Norris
  3. Luciano D'Adamio
(2020)
Opposite changes in APP processing and human aβ levels in rats carrying either a protective or a pathogenic APP mutation
eLife 9:e52612.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.52612
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Abstract

Cleavage of APP by BACE1/b-secretase initiates the amyloidogenic cascade leading to Amyloid-b (Ab) production. a-Secretase initiates the non-amyloidogenic pathway preventing Ab production. Several APP mutations cause familial Alzheimer's disease (AD), while the Icelandic APP mutation near the BACE1-cleavage site protects from sporadic dementia, emphasizing APP's role in dementia pathogenesis. To study APP protective/pathogenic mechanisms, we generated knock-in rats carrying either the protective (Appp) or the pathogenic Swedish mutation (Apps), also located near the BACE1-cleavage site. a-Cleavage is favored over b-processing in Appp rats. Consequently, non-amyloidogenic and amyloidogenic APP metabolites are increased and decreased, respectively. The reverse APP processing shift occurs in Apps rats. These opposite effects on APP b/a-processing suggest that protection from and pathogenesis of dementia depend upon combinatorial and opposite alterations in APP metabolism rather than simply on Ab levels. The Icelandic mutation also protects from aging-dependent cognitive decline, suggesting that similar mechanisms underlie physiological cognitive aging.

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  1. Marc D Tambini

    Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, United States
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  2. Kelly A Norris

    Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, United States
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

  3. Luciano D'Adamio

    Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, United States
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    luciano.dadamio@rutgers.edu
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National Institute on Aging (R01AG063407)

  • Luciano D'Adamio

National Institute on Aging (RF1AG064821)

  • Luciano D'Adamio

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Andrew B West, Duke University, United States

Ethics

Animal experimentation: Rats were handled according to the Ethical Guidelines for Treatment of Laboratory Animals of the NIH. The procedures were described and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at Rutgers University.(protocol number 201702513).

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  1. Received: October 9, 2019
  2. Accepted: February 3, 2020
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: February 5, 2020 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: February 13, 2020 (version 2)

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© 2020, Tambini et al.

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  1. Marc D Tambini
  2. Kelly A Norris
  3. Luciano D'Adamio
(2020)
Opposite changes in APP processing and human aβ levels in rats carrying either a protective or a pathogenic APP mutation
eLife 9:e52612.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.52612

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