未折叠蛋白反应和帕金斯激酶作为治疗阿尔茨海默病的新靶点

Title:Unfolded Protein Response and PERK Kinase as a New Therapeutic Target in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Volume: 22 Issue: 27

Author(s): Wioletta Rozpedek, Lukasz Markiewicz, J. Alan Diehl, Dariusz Pytel and Ireneusz Majsterek

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关键词: 阿尔茨海默病，β淀粉样蛋白，APP，BACE1，eIF2α，内质网应激，PERK 抑制剂，PERK，未折叠蛋白反应

摘要: Recent evidence suggests that the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related cognitive loss is due to mutations in the Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) gene on chromosome 21 and increased activation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2α (eIF2α) phosphorylation. The high level of misfolded and unfolded proteins loading in Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) lumen triggers ER stress and as a result Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) pathways are activated. Stress-dependent activation of the protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) leads to the significant elevation of phospho-eIF2α. That attenuates general translation and, on the other hand, promotes the preferential synthesis of Activating Transcription Factor 4 (ATF4) and secretase β (BACE1) - a pivotal enzyme responsible for the initiation of the amyloidogenic pathway resulting in the generation of the amyloid β (Aβ) variant with high ability to form toxic senile plaques in AD brains. Moreover, excessive, long-term stress conditions may contribute to inducing neuronal death by apoptosis as a result of the overactivated expression of pro-apoptotic proteins via ATF4. These findings allow to infer that dysregulated translation, increased expression of BACE1 and ATF4, as a result of eIF2α phosphorylation, may be a major contributor to structural and functional neuronal loss resulting in memory impairment. Thus, blocking PERK-dependent eIF2α phosphorylation through specific, small-molecule PERK branch inhibitors seems to be a potential treatment strategy for AD individuals. That may contribute to the restoration of global translation rates and reduction of expression of ATF4 and BACE1. Hence, the treatment strategy can block accelerated β -amyloidogenesis by reduction in APP cleaving via the BACE1-dependent amyloidogenic pathway.

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Wioletta Rozpedek, Lukasz Markiewicz, J. Alan Diehl, Dariusz Pytel and Ireneusz Majsterek , Unfolded Protein Response and PERK Kinase as a New Therapeutic Target in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2015; 22 (27) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867322666150818104254