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Mitotic signaling by β‐amyloid causes neuronal death
Author(s) -
COPANI A.,
CONDORELLI F.,
CARUSO A.,
VANCHERI C.,
SALA A.,
STELLA A. M. GIUFFRIDA,
CAICO P. L.,
NICOLETTI F.,
SORTINO M. A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.13.15.2225
Subject(s) - neuroprotection , programmed cell death , microbiology and biotechnology , apoptosis , mitosis , cyclin , retinoblastoma protein , amyloid (mycology) , cell cycle , kinase , amyloid beta , biology , signal transduction , cyclin d1 , chemistry , neuroscience , biochemistry , peptide , botany
Aggregates of β‐amyloid peptide (βAP), the main constituent of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's brain, kill neurons by a not yet defined mechanism, leading to apoptotic death. Here, we report that both full‐length βAP(j_ 40 ) or ( 1–42 ) and its active fragment βAP( 25 _ 35 ) act as proliferative signals for differentiated cortical neurons, driving them into the cell cycle. The cycle followed some of the steps observed in proliferating cells, including induction of cyclin Di, phosphorylation of retinoblastoma, and induction of cyclin E and A, but did not progress beyond S phase. Inactivation of cyclin‐dependent protein kinase‐4 or ‐2 prevented both the entry into S phase and the development of apoptosis in βAP( 25 _ 35 )‐treated neurons. We conclude that neurons must cross the G1/S transition before succumbing to βAP signaling, and therefore multiple steps within this pathway may be targets for neuroprotective agents.—Copani, A., Condorelli, F., Caruso, A., Vancheri, C., Sala, A., Giuffrida Stella, A. M., Canonico, P. L., Nicoletti, F., Sortino, M. A. Mitotic signaling by β ‐amyloid causes neuronal death. FASEB J. 13, 2225–2234 (1999)