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ArticleCell reports2021

Axonal generation of amyloid-β from palmitoylated APP in mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membranes.

Raja Bhattacharyya, Sophia E Black, Madhura S Lotlikar, Rebecca H Fenn, Mehdi Jorfi, Dora M Kovacs, Rudolph E Tanzi

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raja BhattacharyyaGenetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: bhattacharyya.raja@mgh.harvard.edu.
Sophia E BlackGenetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Madhura S LotlikarGenetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Rebecca H FennGenetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Mehdi JorfiGenetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Dora M KovacsGenetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Rudolph E TanziGenetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: tanzi@helix.mgh.harvard.edu.
Massachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Role of MAMs in stabilization and BACE1-mediated processing of palAPP.R01NS045860 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI TANZI, RUDOLPH EMILE · 2002 to 2022
$7.2M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045860
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Axonal generation of Alzheimer's disease (AD)-associated amyloid-β (Aβ) plays a key role in AD neuropathology, but the cellular mechanisms involved in its release have remained elusive. We previously reported that palmitoylated APP (palAPP) partitions to lipid rafts where it serves as a preferred substrate for β-secretase. Mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes (MAMs) are cholesterol-rich lipid rafts that are upregulated in AD. Here, we show that downregulating MAM assembly by either RNA silencing or pharmacological modulation of the MAM-resident sigma1 receptor (S1R) leads to attenuated β-secretase cleavage of palAPP. Upregulation of MAMs promotes trafficking of palAPP to the cell surface, β-secretase cleavage, and Aβ generation. We develop a microfluidic device and use it to show that MAM levels alter Aβ generation specifically in neuronal processes and axons, but not in cell bodies. These data suggest therapeutic strategies for reducing axonal release of Aβ and attenuating β-amyloid pathology in AD.

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAxonsEndoplasmic ReticulumHumansLipoylationMitochondriaAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorADAlzheimer's diseaseAPPaxonal Abetalipid raftsMAMsmitochondria-associated ER membranespalmitoylation

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PMID34010653
PMCPMC8287518
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