TY - JOUR
T1 - Autophagy-related protein 7 deficiency in amyloid β (Aβ) precursor protein transgenic mice decreases Aβ in the multivesicular bodies and induces Aβ accumulation in the golgi
AU - Nilsson, Per
AU - Sekiguchi, Misaki
AU - Akagi, Takumi
AU - Izumi, Shinichi
AU - Komori, Toshihisa
AU - Hui, Kelvin
AU - Sörgjerd, Karin
AU - Tanaka, Motomasa
AU - Saito, Takashi
AU - Iwata, Nobuhisa
AU - Saido, Takaomi C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 American Society for Investigative Pathology.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Alzheimer disease (AD) is biochemically characterized by increased levels of amyloid β (Aβ) peptide, which aggregates into extracellular Aβ plaques in AD brains. Before plaque formation, Aβ accumulates intracellularly in both AD brains and in the brains of AD model mice, which may contribute to disease progression. Autophagy, which is impaired in AD, clears cellular protein aggregates and participates in Aβ metabolism. In addition to a degradative role of autophagy in Aβ metabolism we recently showed that Aβ secretion is inhibited in mice lacking autophagy-related gene 7 (Atg7) in excitatory neurons in the mouse forebrain. This inhibition of Aβ secretion leads to intracellular accumulation of Aβ. Here, we used fluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy to elucidate the subcellular localization of the intracellular Aβ accumulation which accumulates in Aβ precursor protein mice lacking Atg7. Autophagy deficiency causes accumulation of p62+aggregates, but these aggregates do not contain Aβ. However, knockdown of Atg7 induced Aβ accumulation in the Golgi and a concomitant reduction of Aβ in the multivesicular bodies. This indicates that Atg7 influences the transport of Aβ possibly derived from Golgi to multivesicular bodies.
AB - Alzheimer disease (AD) is biochemically characterized by increased levels of amyloid β (Aβ) peptide, which aggregates into extracellular Aβ plaques in AD brains. Before plaque formation, Aβ accumulates intracellularly in both AD brains and in the brains of AD model mice, which may contribute to disease progression. Autophagy, which is impaired in AD, clears cellular protein aggregates and participates in Aβ metabolism. In addition to a degradative role of autophagy in Aβ metabolism we recently showed that Aβ secretion is inhibited in mice lacking autophagy-related gene 7 (Atg7) in excitatory neurons in the mouse forebrain. This inhibition of Aβ secretion leads to intracellular accumulation of Aβ. Here, we used fluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy to elucidate the subcellular localization of the intracellular Aβ accumulation which accumulates in Aβ precursor protein mice lacking Atg7. Autophagy deficiency causes accumulation of p62+aggregates, but these aggregates do not contain Aβ. However, knockdown of Atg7 induced Aβ accumulation in the Golgi and a concomitant reduction of Aβ in the multivesicular bodies. This indicates that Atg7 influences the transport of Aβ possibly derived from Golgi to multivesicular bodies.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.10.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.10.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 25433221
AN - SCOPUS:84922276427
SN - 0002-9440
VL - 185
SP - 305
EP - 313
JO - American Journal of Pathology
JF - American Journal of Pathology
IS - 2
ER -