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ErbB2 regulates autophagic flux to modulate the proteostasis of APP-CTFs in Alzheimer's disease.

ABSTRACT: Proteolytic processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) C-terminal fragments (CTFs) by ?-secretase underlies the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). An RNA interference screen using APP-CTF [99-residue CTF (C99)]- and Notch-specific ?-secretase interaction assays identified a unique ErbB2-centered signaling network that was predicted to preferentially govern the proteostasis of APP-C99. Consistently, significantly elevated levels of ErbB2 were confirmed in the hippocampus of human AD brains. We then found that ErbB2 effectively suppressed autophagic flux by physically dissociating Beclin-1 from the Vps34-Vps15 complex independent of its kinase activity. Down-regulation of ErbB2 by CL-387,785 decreased the levels of C99 and secreted amyloid-? in cellular, zebrafish, and mouse models of AD, through the activation of autophagy. Oral administration of an ErbB2-targeted CL-387,785 for 3 wk significantly improves the cognitive functions of APP/presenilin-1 (PS1) transgenic mice. This work unveils a noncanonical function of ErbB2 in modulating autophagy and establishes ErbB2 as a therapeutic target for AD.

SUBMITTER: Wang BJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5393216 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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ErbB2 regulates autophagic flux to modulate the proteostasis of APP-CTFs in Alzheimer's disease.

Wang Bo-Jeng BJ Her Guor Mour GM Hu Ming-Kuan MK Chen Yun-Wen YW Tung Ying-Tsen YT Wu Pei-Yi PY Hsu Wen-Ming WM Lee Hsinyu H Jin Lee-Way LW Hwang Sheng-Ping L SL Chen Rita P-Y RP Huang Chang-Jen CJ Liao Yung-Feng YF

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170328 15

Proteolytic processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) C-terminal fragments (CTFs) by γ-secretase underlies the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). An RNA interference screen using APP-CTF [99-residue CTF (C99)]- and Notch-specific γ-secretase interaction assays identified a unique ErbB2-centered signaling network that was predicted to preferentially govern the proteostasis of APP-C99. Consistently, significantly elevated levels of ErbB2 were confirmed in the hippocampus of human AD bra ...[more]

PMID: 28351972

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ErbB2 regulates autophagic flux to modulate the proteostasis of APP-CTFs in Alzheimer's disease.

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ErbB2 regulates autophagic flux to modulate the proteostasis of APP-CTFs in Alzheimer's disease.

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