BRI2 Interacts with BACE1 and Regulates Its Cellular Levels by Promoting its Degradation and Reducing Its mRNA Levels

Title:BRI2 Interacts with BACE1 and Regulates Its Cellular Levels by Promoting its Degradation and Reducing Its mRNA Levels

Volume: 10 Issue: 5

Author(s): Maria Tsachaki, Angeliki Fotinopoulou, Nefeli Slavi, Vasiliki Zarkou, Jorge Ghiso and Spiros Efthimiopoulos

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Keywords: Familial British dementia, Familia Danish dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, neurodegeneration, BRI2, APP, BACE1.

Abstract: BRI2, a protein mutated in Familial British and Familial Danish Dementias, interacts with Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) and reduces the levels of secreted APPβ (sAPPβ), which derives from APP cleavage by β-secretase (BACE1). Exploring the mechanisms of this effect, we obtained data that BRI2 decreases the cellular levels of BACE1 thus reducing the β-cleavage of APP. Deletion of N-terminal cytoplasmic or C-terminal extracellular sequences of BRI2 neither affected its interaction with BACE1 or APP (Fotinopoulou et al., 2005) nor the reduction in the levels of BACE1 and sAPPβ. These results suggest that BRI2 may prevent access of BACE1 to APP and the BRI2/BACE1 interaction may mediate the reduction in BACE1 levels. In support, BRI2 expression induced lysosomal but not proteasomal degradation of BACE1. In parallel, BRI2 expression was also found to reduce BACE1 mRNA levels by 50%. This study adds novel information regarding the mechanism by which BRI2 affects APP processing and BACE1 levels.

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Tsachaki Maria, Fotinopoulou Angeliki, Slavi Nefeli, Zarkou Vasiliki, Ghiso Jorge and Efthimiopoulos Spiros, BRI2 Interacts with BACE1 and Regulates Its Cellular Levels by Promoting its Degradation and Reducing Its mRNA Levels, Current Alzheimer Research 2013; 10 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205011310050009