Evaluation of Toxic Amyloid β42 Oligomers in Rat Primary Cerebral Cortex Cells and Human iPS-derived Neurons Treated with 10-Me-Aplog-1, a New PKC Activator

Autor: Toshiaki Kume, Shota Nakagawa, Kazuma Murakami, Kazuhiro Irie, Mayuko Yoshimura, Takayuki Kondo, Haruhisa Inoue
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 21, Iss 4, p 1179 (2020)
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume 21
Issue 4
ISSN: 1422-0067
Popis: Amyloid &beta
42 (A&beta
42), a causative agent of Alzheimer&rsquo
s disease (AD), is derived extracellularly from A&beta
precursor protein (APP) following the latter&rsquo
s cleavage by &beta
secretase, but not &alpha
secretase. Protein kinase C&alpha
(PKC&alpha
) activation is known to increase &alpha
secretase activity, thereby suppressing A&beta
production. Since A&beta
42 oligomer formation causes potent neurotoxicity, APP modulation by PKC ligands is a promising strategy for AD treatment. Although bryostatin-1 (bryo-1) is a leading compound for this strategy, its limited natural availability and the difficulty of its total synthesis impedes further research. To address this limitation, Irie and colleagues have developed a new PKC activator with few side effects, 10-Me-Aplog-1, (1), which decreased A&beta
42 in the conditioned medium of rat primary cerebral cortex cells. These results are associated with increased &alpha
secretase but not PKC&epsilon
dependent A&beta
degrading enzyme. The amount of neuronal embryonic lethal abnormal vision (nELAV), a known &beta
secretase stabilizer, was reduced by treatment with 1. Notably, 1 prevented the formation of intracellular toxic oligomers. Furthermore, 1 suppressed toxic oligomerization within human iPS-derived neurons such as bryo-1. Given that 1 was not neurotoxic toward either cell line, these findings suggest that 1 is a potential drug lead for AD therapy.
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