Munc13-1-mediated Vesicle Priming Contributes to Secretory Amyloid Precursor Protein Processing

• Published in: The Journal of biological chemistry Vol. 279; no. 27; pp. 27841 - 27844
• Main Authors: Rossner, Steffen, Fuchsbrunner, Katrin, Lange-Dohna, Christine, Hartlage-Rübsamen, Maike, Bigl, Volker, Betz, Andrea, Reim, Kerstin, Brose, Nils
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 02.07.2004
• Subjects: Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor - chemistry; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor - metabolism; Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; Blotting, Western; Brain - metabolism; Brain - pathology; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Movement; Diglycerides - chemistry; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endopeptidases - metabolism; Gene Deletion; Genotype; Heterozygote; Homozygote; Humans; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Mice, Mutant Strains; Nerve Tissue Proteins - chemistry; Nerve Tissue Proteins - metabolism; Peptides - chemistry; Phorbol Esters - metabolism; Protein Kinase C - metabolism; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Synapses - metabolism; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; Transfection
• ISSN: 0021-9258; 1083-351X
• DOI: 10.1074/jbc.C400122200

The amyloid precursor protein (APP) gives rise toc β-amyloid peptides, which are the main constituents of senile plaques in brains of Alzheimer's disease patients. Non-amyloidogenic processing of the APP can be stimulated by phorbol esters (PEs) and by intracellular diacylglycerol (DAG) generation. This led to the hypothesis that classical and novel protein kinase Cs (PKCs), which are activated by DAG/PEs, regulate APP processing. However, in addition to PKCs, there are other DAG/PE receptors present in neurons that may participate in the modulation of APP processing. Munc13-1, a presynaptic protein with an essential role in synaptic vesicle priming, represents such an alternative target of the DAG second messenger pathway. Using Munc13-1 knock-out mice and knock-in mice expressing a Munc13-1(H567K) variant deficient in DAG/PE binding, we determined the relative contributions of PKCs and Munc13-1 to PE-stimulated secretory APP processing. We establish that, in addition to PKC, Munc13-1 significantly contributes to the regulation of secretory APP metabolism.