Racchi M, Johnston J A, Flood F M, Cowburn R F, Govoni S
IRCCS 'Centro San Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli', Via Pilastroni 4, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Biochem J. 1999 Mar 15;338 ( Pt 3)(Pt 3):777-82.
Protein kinase C (PKC)-activated modulation of amyloid precursor protein (APP) metabolism has been investigated in natural models of altered APP expression due to the presence of one, two or three copies of the APP gene. We show that levels of APP present in human skin fibroblasts strongly influence the effect of PKC activation of soluble APP (sAPP) release. Thus fibroblasts derived from a patient with a deletion in chromosome 21 including the APP locus (Delta21) had lower levels of both APP mRNA and cell-associated APP, and showed an exaggerated phorbol-ester-induced sAPP release, when compared with fibroblasts from control individuals. In contrast, fibroblasts from chromosome 21 trisomic Down's syndrome patients failed to show a concentration-dependent response to phorbol ester treatment. These results suggest that the levels of APP expression can affect the degree of response to PKC-mediated modulation of the metabolism of this protein.
在由于淀粉样前体蛋白(APP)基因存在一个、两个或三个拷贝而导致APP表达改变的天然模型中,研究了蛋白激酶C(PKC)激活对APP代谢的调节作用。我们发现,人皮肤成纤维细胞中APP的水平强烈影响PKC激活对可溶性APP(sAPP)释放的作用。因此,与对照个体的成纤维细胞相比,来自一名21号染色体缺失(包括APP基因座,Delta21)患者的成纤维细胞中APP mRNA和细胞相关APP的水平均较低,并且显示出佛波酯诱导的sAPP释放过度。相反,来自21三体唐氏综合征患者的成纤维细胞对佛波酯处理未表现出浓度依赖性反应。这些结果表明,APP表达水平可影响对PKC介导的该蛋白代谢调节的反应程度。