Overexpression of TMP21 Could Induce not only Downregulation of TrkA/ERK Phosphorylation but also Upregulation of p75NTR/RhoA Expression on NGF Receptor Signaling Pathway

Autor: So-Hee Nam, Seungwan Jee, Dae Youn Hwang, Young Ju Lee, Youn-Kyung Her, Eon-Pil Lee, Jun-Seo Goo, Ji-Eun Kim, Young Jin Jung, Jae Ho Lee, Suhae Lee, Hae-Wook Choi, Sun Il Choi, Hye-Ryun Lee, In-Sik Hwang, Sunbo Shim, Hong-Sung Kim
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Life Science. 21:1134-1141
ISSN: 1225-9918
Popis: Transmembrane protein 21 (TMP21) is a member of the p24 cargo protein family and has been shown to modulate -secretase-mediated A production which was specifically observed in the brains of subjects with Alzheimer`s disease (AD). In order to investigate whether TMP21 could affect nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor signaling pathway, the alteration of NGF receptors and their downstream proteins were detected in TMP21 over-expressed cells. CMV/hTMP21 vector used in this study was successfully expressed into TMP21 proteins in B35 cells after lipofectamin transfection. Expressed TMP21 proteins induced the down-regulation of -secretase complex components including Presenlin-1 (PS-1), PS-2, Nicastrin (NST), Pen-2 and APH-1. Also, the expression level of NGF receptor and RhoA were significantly higher in CMV/hTMP21 transfectants than vehicle transfectants, while their levels returned to vehicle levels after NGF treatment. However, the phosphorylation of NGF receptor TrkA was dramtically decreased in NGF No-treated CMV/hTMP21 transfectants compared with vehicle transfectants, and increased in NGF treated CMV/hTMP21 transfectants. In TrkA downstream signaling pathway, the phosphorylation level of ERK was also decreased in CMV/hTMP21 transfectants, while the phosphorylation of Akt was increased in the same transfectants. Furthermore, NGF treatment induced the increase of phosphorylation level of Akt and ERK in CMV/hTMP21 transfectants. Therefore, these results suggested that over-expression of TMP21may simultaneously induce the up-regulation of /RhoA expression and the down-regulation of TrkA/ERK phosphorylation through the inhibition of -secretase activity.
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