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Title: Alpha-Secretase ADAM10 Regulation: Insights into Alzheimer's Disease Treatment
Author: Peron, Rafaela
Pereira Vatanabe, Izabela
Manzine, Patricia
Camins Espuny, Antoni
Cominetti, Márcia Regina
Keywords: Malaltia d'Alzheimer
Proteïnes
Farmacologia
Alzheimer's disease
Proteins
Pharmacology
Issue Date: 29-Jan-2018
Publisher: MDPI
Abstract: ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase) is a family of widely expressed, transmembrane and secreted proteins of approximately 750 amino acids in length with functions in cell adhesion and proteolytic processing of the ectodomains of diverse cell-surface receptors and signaling molecules. ADAM10 is the main α-secretase that cleaves APP (amyloid precursor protein) in the non-amyloidogenic pathway inhibiting the formation of β-amyloid peptide, whose accumulation and aggregation leads to neuronal degeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD). ADAM10 is a membrane-anchored metalloprotease that sheds, besides APP, the ectodomain of a large variety of cell-surface proteins including cytokines, adhesion molecules and notch. APP cleavage by ADAM10 results in the production of an APP-derived fragment, sAPPα, which is neuroprotective. As increased ADAM10 activity protects the brain from β-amyloid deposition in AD, this strategy has been proved to be effective in treating neurodegenerative diseases, including AD. Here, we describe the physiological mechanisms regulating ADAM10 expression at different levels, aiming to propose strategies for AD treatment. We report in this review on the physiological regulation of ADAM10 at the transcriptional level, by epigenetic factors, miRNAs and/or translational and post-translational levels. In addition, we describe the conditions that can change ADAM10 expression in vitro and in vivo, and discuss how this knowledge may help in AD treatment. Regulation of ADAM10 is achieved by multiple mechanisms that include transcriptional, translational and post-translational strategies, which we will summarize in this review.
Note: Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/ph11010012
It is part of: Pharmaceuticals, 2018, vol. 11, num. 1, p. E12
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/174444
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.3390/ph11010012
ISSN: 1424-8247
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