Familial Alzheimer's disease coding mutations reduce Presenilin-1 expression in a novel genomic locus reporter model.

We have generated a physiologically relevant bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-based genomic DNA expression model to study PS1 gene expression and function. The PS1-WT-BAC construct restored γ-secretase function, whereas the mutant PS1 BACs demonstrated partial to complete loss of enzymatic acti...

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Main Authors: Ahmadi, S, Wade-Martins, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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description We have generated a physiologically relevant bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-based genomic DNA expression model to study PS1 gene expression and function. The PS1-WT-BAC construct restored γ-secretase function, whereas the mutant PS1 BACs demonstrated partial to complete loss of enzymatic activity when stably expressed in a PS double knock-out clonal cell line. We then engineered WT and mutant human PS1-BAC-Luciferase whole genomic locus reporter transgenes, which we transiently transduced in mouse and human non-neuronal and neuronal-like cells, respectively. PS1 ΔE9 and C410Y FAD were found to lower PS1 gene expression in both cell lines, whereas PS1-M146V showed a neuron-specific effect. The nonclinical γ-secretase inactive PS1-D257A mutation did not alter gene expression in either cell line. This is the first time that pathogenic coding mutations in the PS1 gene have been shown to lower PS1 gene expression. These findings may represent a pathologic mechanism for PS1 FAD mutations independent of their effects on γ-secretase activity and demonstrate how dominant PS1 mutations may exert their pathogenic effects by a loss-of-function mechanism.
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spelling oxford-uuid:ccd0adb0-d854-4e7e-b422-59b6960acffc2022-03-27T07:24:29ZFamilial Alzheimer's disease coding mutations reduce Presenilin-1 expression in a novel genomic locus reporter model.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ccd0adb0-d854-4e7e-b422-59b6960acffcEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2014Ahmadi, SWade-Martins, RWe have generated a physiologically relevant bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-based genomic DNA expression model to study PS1 gene expression and function. The PS1-WT-BAC construct restored γ-secretase function, whereas the mutant PS1 BACs demonstrated partial to complete loss of enzymatic activity when stably expressed in a PS double knock-out clonal cell line. We then engineered WT and mutant human PS1-BAC-Luciferase whole genomic locus reporter transgenes, which we transiently transduced in mouse and human non-neuronal and neuronal-like cells, respectively. PS1 ΔE9 and C410Y FAD were found to lower PS1 gene expression in both cell lines, whereas PS1-M146V showed a neuron-specific effect. The nonclinical γ-secretase inactive PS1-D257A mutation did not alter gene expression in either cell line. This is the first time that pathogenic coding mutations in the PS1 gene have been shown to lower PS1 gene expression. These findings may represent a pathologic mechanism for PS1 FAD mutations independent of their effects on γ-secretase activity and demonstrate how dominant PS1 mutations may exert their pathogenic effects by a loss-of-function mechanism.
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Familial Alzheimer's disease coding mutations reduce Presenilin-1 expression in a novel genomic locus reporter model.
title Familial Alzheimer's disease coding mutations reduce Presenilin-1 expression in a novel genomic locus reporter model.
title_full Familial Alzheimer's disease coding mutations reduce Presenilin-1 expression in a novel genomic locus reporter model.
title_fullStr Familial Alzheimer's disease coding mutations reduce Presenilin-1 expression in a novel genomic locus reporter model.
title_full_unstemmed Familial Alzheimer's disease coding mutations reduce Presenilin-1 expression in a novel genomic locus reporter model.
title_short Familial Alzheimer's disease coding mutations reduce Presenilin-1 expression in a novel genomic locus reporter model.
title_sort familial alzheimer s disease coding mutations reduce presenilin 1 expression in a novel genomic locus reporter model
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