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Lysosomal enzyme tripeptidyl peptidase 1 destabilizes fibrillar A? by multiple endoproteolytic cleavages within the ?-sheet domain.

ABSTRACT: Accumulation of amyloid-beta (A?), which is associated with Alzheimer's disease, can be caused by excess production or insufficient clearance. Because of its ?-sheet structure, fibrillar A? is resistant to proteolysis, which would contribute to slow degradation of A? plaques in vivo. Fibrillar A? can be internalized by microglia, which are the scavenger cells of the brain, but the fibrils are degraded only slowly in microglial lysosomes. Cathepsin B is a lysosomal protease that has been shown to proteolyze fibrillar A?. Tripeptidyl peptidase 1 (TPP1), a lysosomal serine protease, possesses endopeptidase activity and has been shown to cleave peptides between hydrophobic residues. Herein, we demonstrate that TPP1 is able to proteolyze fibrillar A? efficiently. Mass spectrometry analysis of peptides released from fibrillar A? digested with TPP1 reveals several endoproteolytic cleavages including some within ?-sheet regions that are important for fibril formation. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate that these cleavages destabilize fibrillar ?-sheet structure. The demonstration that TPP1 can degrade fibrillar forms of A? provides insight into the turnover of fibrillar A? and may lead to new therapeutic methods to increase degradation of A? plaques.

SUBMITTER: Sole-Domenech S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5816203 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lysosomal enzyme tripeptidyl peptidase 1 destabilizes fibrillar Aβ by multiple endoproteolytic cleavages within the β-sheet domain.

Solé-Domènech Santiago S Rojas Ana V AV Maisuradze Gia G GG Scheraga Harold A HA Lobel Peter P Maxfield Frederick R FR

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180129 7

Accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ), which is associated with Alzheimer's disease, can be caused by excess production or insufficient clearance. Because of its β-sheet structure, fibrillar Aβ is resistant to proteolysis, which would contribute to slow degradation of Aβ plaques in vivo. Fibrillar Aβ can be internalized by microglia, which are the scavenger cells of the brain, but the fibrils are degraded only slowly in microglial lysosomes. Cathepsin B is a lysosomal protease that has been shown to ...[more]

PMID: 29378960

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Project description:Peptidases are enzymes that hydrolyse peptide bonds in proteins and peptides. Peptidases are important in pathological conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, tumour and parasite invasion, and for processing viral polyproteins. The MEROPS database is an Internet resource containing information on peptidases, their substrates and inhibitors. The database now includes details of cleavage positions in substrates, both physiological and non-physiological, natural and synthetic. There are 39 118 cleavages in the collection; including 34 606 from a total of 10 513 different proteins and 2677 cleavages in synthetic substrates. The number of cleavages designated as 'physiological' is 13 307. The data are derived from 6095 publications. At least one substrate cleavage is known for 45% of the 2415 different peptidases recognized in the MEROPS database. The website now has three new displays: two showing peptidase specificity as a logo and a frequency matrix, the third showing a dynamically generated alignment between each protein substrate and its most closely related homologues. Many of the proteins described in the literature as peptidase substrates have been studied only in vitro. On the assumption that a physiologically relevant cleavage site would be conserved between species, the conservation of every site in terms of peptidase preference has been examined and a number have been identified that are not conserved. There are a number of cogent reasons why a site might not be conserved. Each poorly conserved site has been examined and a reason postulated. Some sites are identified that are very poorly conserved where cleavage is more likely to be fortuitous than of physiological relevance. This data-set is freely available via the Internet and is a useful training set for algorithms to predict substrates for peptidases and cleavage positions within those substrates. The data may also be useful for the design of inhibitors and for engineering novel specificities into peptidases.Database URL:http://merops.sanger.ac.uk.

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Lysosomal enzyme tripeptidyl peptidase 1 destabilizes fibrillar A? by multiple endoproteolytic cleavages within the ?-sheet domain.

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Lysosomal enzyme tripeptidyl peptidase 1 destabilizes fibrillar Aβ by multiple endoproteolytic cleavages within the β-sheet domain.

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