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Metalloendoprotease cleavage triggers gelsolin amyloidogenesis.


ABSTRACT: Amyloid diseases like Alzheimer's disease and familial amyloidosis of Finnish type (FAF) stem from endoproteolytic cleavage of a precursor protein to generate amyloidogenic peptides that accumulate as amyloid deposits in a tissue-specific manner. FAF patients deposit both 8 and 5 kDa peptides derived from mutant (D187Y/N) plasma gelsolin in the extracellular matrix (ECM). The first of two aberrant sequential proteolytic events is executed by furin to yield a 68 kDa (C68) secreted fragment. We now identify the metalloprotease MT1-matrix metalloprotease (MMP), an integral membrane protein active in the ECM, as a protease that processes C68 to the amyloidogenic peptides. We further demonstrate that ECM components are capable of accelerating gelsolin amyloidogenesis. Proteolysis by MT1-MMP-like proteases proximal to the unique chemical environment of the ECM offers an explanation for the tissue-specific deposition observed in FAF and provides critical insight into new therapeutic strategies.

SUBMITTER: Page LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1356312 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Metalloendoprotease cleavage triggers gelsolin amyloidogenesis.

Page Lesley J LJ   Suk Ji Young JY   Huff Mary E ME   Lim Hee-Jong HJ   Venable John J   Yates John J   Kelly Jeffery W JW   Balch William E WE  

The EMBO journal 20051110 23


Amyloid diseases like Alzheimer's disease and familial amyloidosis of Finnish type (FAF) stem from endoproteolytic cleavage of a precursor protein to generate amyloidogenic peptides that accumulate as amyloid deposits in a tissue-specific manner. FAF patients deposit both 8 and 5 kDa peptides derived from mutant (D187Y/N) plasma gelsolin in the extracellular matrix (ECM). The first of two aberrant sequential proteolytic events is executed by furin to yield a 68 kDa (C68) secreted fragment. We no  ...[more]

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