中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2022, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (1): 31-37.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.313016

• 综述:退行性病与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

Presenilin突变及其对阿尔茨海默病神经元分化的影响

  

  • 出版日期:2022-01-05 发布日期:2021-09-18

Presenilin mutations and their impact on neuronal differentiation in Alzheimer’s disease

Mercedes A. Hernández-Sapiéns1, Edwin E. Reza-Zaldívar1, #br# Ana L. Márquez-Aguirre1, Ulises Gómez-Pinedo2, Jorge Matias-Guiu2, #br# Ricardo R. Cevallos3, Juan C. Mateos-Díaz4, Víctor J. Sánchez-González5, #br# Alejandro A. Canales-Aguirre1, *#br#   

  1. 1Unidad de Evaluación Preclínica, Unidad de Biotecnología Médica y Farmacéutica, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, Guadalajara, México; 2Instituto de Neurociencias, IdISSC, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España; 3Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama; 4Unidad de Biotecnología Industrial, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, Guadalajara, México; 5Centro Universitario de los Altos, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México
  • Online:2022-01-05 Published:2021-09-18
  • Contact: Alejandro A. Canales-Aguirre, PhD, acanales@ciatej.mx.
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Scholarship 711893 (to MAH) and 711874 (to EER).

摘要:

Neural Regen Res: Presenilin基因突变介导阿尔茨海默病神经元分化失调

    Presenilin基因(PSEN1PSEN2)是早发性家族性阿尔茨海默病的主要致病基因,含有约300个致病突变,占侵袭性疾病相关的所有突变约90%。Presenilin 1是γ-分泌酶复合物的催化核心,对多种跨膜蛋白进行膜内蛋白水解切除,如淀粉样前体蛋白、Notch-1、N-和E-钙粘蛋白、LRP、Syndecan、Delta、Jagged、CD44、ErbB4和Nectin1a。PSEN1在神经祖细胞维持中起重要作用,神经发生,突起生长,突触功能,神经元功能,髓鞘形成和可塑性。一些研究表明PSEN1突变对发育产生不利影响,因为其中一些突变会导致非常早的阿尔茨海默病(最具攻击性的年龄在30岁之前);许多报告试图阐明PSEN1突变对神经元分化的作用。许多患者已经确定家族性阿尔茨海默病连锁突变主要与γ-分泌酶复合体的功能失调机制有关。

    来自墨西哥哈利斯科州技术与设计研究与援助中心的Alejandro A. Canales-Aguirre团队认为Presenilin 1/γ-分泌酶突变引起的不平衡可能导致信号异常、突触功能障碍、记忆障碍和Aβ42/Aβ40比值增加,从而导致阿尔茨海默病发病初期的神经退行性变,强调了阿尔茨海默病诱导的多能干细胞模型在分析PSEN1突变在阿尔茨海默病发病早期神经元分化损伤中的重要性。因此,研究携带家族性阿尔茨海默病致病基因PSEN突变的人神经细胞膜内蛋白水解及其随后的细胞过程,可以为全面了解这些突变如何导致阿尔茨海默病以及如何设计新的治疗策略提供重要线索。

文章在《中国神经再生研究(英文版)》杂志2022年 1 月 1 期发表。

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0918-788X (Alejandro A. Canales-Aguirre) 

Abstract: The presenilin genes (PSEN1 and PSEN2) are mainly responsible for causing early-onset familial Alzheimer’s disease, harboring ~300 causative mutations, and representing ~90% of all mutations associated with a very aggressive disease form. Presenilin 1 is the catalytic core of the γ-secretase complex that conducts the intramembranous proteolytic excision of multiple transmembrane proteins like the amyloid precursor protein, Notch-1, N- and E-cadherin, LRP, Syndecan, Delta, Jagged, CD44, ErbB4, and Nectin1a. Presenilin 1 plays an essential role in neural progenitor maintenance, neurogenesis, neurite outgrowth, synaptic function, neuronal function, myelination, and plasticity. Therefore, an imbalance caused by mutations in presenilin 1/γ-secretase might cause aberrant signaling, synaptic dysfunction, memory impairment, and increased Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio, contributing to neurodegeneration during the initial stages of Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis. This review focuses on the neuronal differentiation dysregulation mediated by PSEN1 mutations in Alzheimer’s disease. Furthermore, we emphasize the importance of Alzheimer’s disease-induced pluripotent stem cells models in analyzing PSEN1 mutations implication over the early stages of the Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis throughout neuronal differentiation impairment.

Key words: familial Alzheimer’s disease, familial Alzheimer’s disease-induced pluripotent stem cells models, induced pluripotent stem cells, neurogenesis, neuronal differentiation, Notch, presenilin 1, PSEN1 mutations, γ-secretase complex