Familial Alzheimer's disease-associated presenilin 1 mutants promote ?-secretase cleavage of STIM1 to impair store-operated Ca2+ entry.

ABSTRACT: Some forms of familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) are caused by mutations in presenilins (PSs), catalytic components of a ?-secretase complex that cleaves target proteins, including amyloid precursor protein (APP). Calcium (Ca(2+)) dysregulation in cells with these FAD-causing PS mutants has been attributed to attenuated store-operated Ca(2+) entry [SOCE; also called capacitative Ca(2+) entry (CCE)]. CCE occurs when STIM1 detects decreases in Ca(2+) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and activates ORAI channels to replenish Ca(2+) stores in the ER. We showed that CCE was attenuated by PS1-associated ?-secretase activity. Endogenous PS1 and STIM1 interacted in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells, patient fibroblasts, and mouse primary cortical neurons. Forms of PS1 with FAD-associated mutations enhanced ?-secretase cleavage of the STIM1 transmembrane domain at a sequence that was similar to the ?-secretase cleavage sequence of APP. Cultured hippocampal neurons expressing mutant PS1 had attenuated CCE that was associated with destabilized dendritic spines, which were rescued by either ?-secretase inhibition or overexpression of STIM1. Our results indicate that ?-secretase activity may physiologically regulate CCE by targeting STIM1 and that restoring STIM1 may be a therapeutic approach in AD.

SUBMITTER: Tong BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5384262 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature