Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10957001 | Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience | 2005 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
A major component of neuritic plaques in brain tissue of Alzheimer's disease patients is the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ). Accumulation of Aβ has been associated with increased neuronal cell death and cognitive decline. We have previously shown that amyloid peptides like Aβ bind tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) and stimulate plasmin production. Here we investigated how Aβ regulates plasmin formation by N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells and the effects of Aβ-mediated plasmin formation on cell attachment and cell survival. We find that Aβ induces excessive cell-associated plasmin generation that causes cell detachment. Cell detachment is inhibited by carboxypeptidase B (CPB), an enzyme that blocks plasmin formation by cleaving off C-terminal lysine residues. Plasmin and CPB control Aβ-induced cell detachment independently of direct effects on cell viability. Aβ40 as well as oligomeric and fibrillar forms of Aβ42 stimulated tPA-mediated plasminogen activation and cell detachment. Our results suggest that plasmin-mediated cell detachment could contribute to the pathological effects of Aβ in diseased brain.
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Onno Kranenburg, Barend Bouma, Yoony Y.J. Gent, Colinda J. Aarsman, Rakez Kayed, George Posthuma, Bettina Schiks, Emile E. Voest, Martijn F.B.G. Gebbink,