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ArticleLife science alliance2021

TrkA-mediated endocytosis of p75-CTF prevents cholinergic neuron death upon γ-secretase inhibition.

María Luisa Franco, Irmina García-Carpio, Raquel Comaposada-Baró, Juan J Escribano-Saiz, Lucía Chávez-Gutiérrez, Marçal Vilar

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Article in Life science alliance, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

María Luisa FrancoMolecular Basis of Neurodegeneration Unit, Institute of Biomedicine of València (IBV-CSIC), València, Spain.
Irmina García-CarpioMolecular Basis of Neurodegeneration Unit, Institute of Biomedicine of València (IBV-CSIC), València, Spain.
Raquel Comaposada-BaróMolecular Basis of Neurodegeneration Unit, Institute of Biomedicine of València (IBV-CSIC), València, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8169-1218
Juan J Escribano-SaizMolecular Basis of Neurodegeneration Unit, Institute of Biomedicine of València (IBV-CSIC), València, Spain.
Lucía Chávez-GutiérrezVlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie Katholieke Universiteit (VIB-KU) Leuven Center for Brain and Disease, Leuven, Belgium.
Marçal VilarMolecular Basis of Neurodegeneration Unit, Institute of Biomedicine of València (IBV-CSIC), València, Spain mvilar@ibv.csic.es.ORCID 0000-0002-9376-6544
Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia · ESVlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

γ-secretase inhibitors (GSI) were developed to reduce the generation of Aβ peptide to find new Alzheimer's disease treatments. Clinical trials on Alzheimer's disease patients, however, showed several side effects that worsened the cognitive symptoms of the treated patients. The observed side effects were partially attributed to Notch signaling. However, the effect on other γ-secretase substrates, such as the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) has not been studied in detail. p75NTR is highly expressed in the basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (BFCNs) during all life. Here, we show that GSI treatment induces the oligomerization of p75CTF leading to the cell death of BFCNs, and that this event is dependent on TrkA activity. The oligomerization of p75CTF requires an intact cholesterol recognition sequence (CRAC) and the constitutive binding of TRAF6, which activates the JNK and p38 pathways. Remarkably, TrkA rescues from cell death by a mechanism involving the endocytosis of p75CTF. These results suggest that the inhibition of γ-secretase activity in aged patients, where the expression of TrkA in the BFCNs is already reduced, could accelerate cholinergic dysfunction and promote neurodegeneration.

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EndocytosisAlzheimer DiseaseAmino Acid MotifsAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesCell DeathCholinergic NeuronsCycloheximideHumansLigandsMAP Kinase Signaling SystemProtein BindingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein MultimerizationProteolysisReceptor, Nerve Growth FactorReceptor, trkAAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesCycloheximideLigandsNTRK1 protein, humanReceptor, Nerve Growth FactorReceptor, trkA

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PMID33536237
PMCPMC7898468
OpenAlexW3126892417

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