Cheng Haipeng, Vetrivel Kulandaivelu S, Gong Ping, Meckler Xavier, Parent Angèle, Thinakaran Gopal
University of Chicago, IL, USA.
Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2007 Jul;3(7):374-82. doi: 10.1038/ncpneuro0549.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of age-related dementia. Pathologically, AD is characterized by the deposition in the brain of amyloid-beta peptides derived from proteolysis of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) and gamma-secretase. A growing body of evidence implicates cholesterol and cholesterol-rich membrane microdomains in amyloidogenic processing of APP. Here, we review recent findings regarding the association of BACE1, gamma-secretase and APP in lipid rafts, and discuss potential therapeutic strategies for AD that are based on knowledge gleaned from the membrane environment that fosters APP processing.
阿尔茨海默病(AD)是与年龄相关的痴呆症最常见的病因。在病理上,AD的特征是淀粉样前体蛋白(APP)经β-位点APP裂解酶1(BACE1)和γ-分泌酶蛋白水解产生的β-淀粉样肽在大脑中沉积。越来越多的证据表明胆固醇和富含胆固醇的膜微区参与了APP的淀粉样生成过程。在此,我们综述了关于BACE1、γ-分泌酶和APP在脂筏中关联的最新研究发现,并讨论了基于从促进APP加工的膜环境中获得的知识而制定的AD潜在治疗策略。