| Literature DB >> 8599933 |
T Yamatsuji1, T Okamoto, S Takeda, Y Murayama, N Tanaka, I Nishimoto.
Abstract
APP is a transmembrane precursor of beta-amyloid. In dominantly inherited familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD), point mutations V6421, V642F and V642G have been discovered in APP695. Here we show that expression of these mutants (FAD-APPs) causes a clone of COS cells to undergo apoptosis associated with DNA fragmentation. Apoptosis by the three FAD-APPs was the highest among all possible V642 mutants; normal APP695 had no effect on apoptosis, suggesting that apoptosis by APP mutants in this system is phenotypically linked to the FAD trait. FAD-APP-induced apoptosis was sensitive to bcl-2 and most probably mediated by heteromeric G proteins. This study presents a model system allowing analysis of the mechanism for FAD-APP-induced cytotoxicity.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8599933 PMCID: PMC449968
Source DB: PubMed Journal: EMBO J ISSN: 0261-4189 Impact factor: 11.598