Abstract:
:A growing body of evidence indicates that presenilins could exist and be active as oligomeric complexes. Using yeast two-hybrid and cell culture analysis, we provide evidence that presenilin-1 (PS1) may self-oligomerize giving rise to specific full-length/full-length homodimers. When expressed in N2A and HEK239T cultured cells, full-length PS1-wt and 5(')myc-PS1-wt form specific homodimers corresponding to twice their molecular weight. The Alzheimer's disease-associated PS1 mutations Y115H, M146L, L392V, deltaE10(PS1(1-289/320-467)), the gamma-secretase dominant negative mutant D257A, and the PS1 polymorphism mutant E318G do not affect their ability to self-oligomerize. Under non-denaturing conditions, endogenous PS1 forms specific homo-oligomers in human cultured cells. The results obtained herein suggest that PS1 associates intramolecularly to form higher order complexes, which may be needed for endoproteolytic cleavage and/or gamma-secretase-associated activity.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Hébert SS,Godin C,Tomiyama T,Mori H,Lévesque Gdoi
10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02984-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-01-31 00:00:00pages
119-26issue
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0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006291X02029844journal_volume
301pub_type
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