Substrate Docking to γ-Secretase Allows Access of γ-Secretase Modulators to an Allosteric Site
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Substrate Docking to γ-Secretase Allows Access of γ-Secretase Modulators to an Allosteric Site
| Title: | Substrate Docking to γ-Secretase Allows Access of γ-Secretase Modulators to an Allosteric Site |
| Author: |
Uemura, Kengo; Farner, Katherine C.; Nasser-Ghodsi, Navine; Koo, Edward H.; Hashimoto, Tadafumi; Wolfe, Michael S.; Hyman, Bradley Theodore; Berezovska, Oksana
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| Citation: | Uemura, Kengo, Katherine C. Farner, Tadafumi Hashimoto, Navine Nasser-Ghodsi, Michael S. Wolfe, Edward H. Koo, Bradley T. Hyman, and Oksana Berezovska. 2010. Substrate docking to γ-secretase allows access of γ-secretase modulators to an allosteric site. Nature Communications 1:130. |
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| Abstract: | γ-Secretase generates the peptides of Alzheimer's disease, \(Aβ_{40}\) and \(Aβ_{42}\), by cleaving the amyloid precursor protein within its transmembrane domain. γ-Secretase also cleaves numerous other substrates, raising concerns about γ-secretase inhibitor off-target effects. Another important class of drugs, γ-secretase modulators, alter the cleavage site of γ-secretase on amyloid precursor protein, changing the \(Aβ_{42}\)/\(Aβ_{40}\) ratio, and are thus a promising therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease. However, the target for γ-secretase modulators is uncertain, with some data suggesting that they function on γ-secretase, whereas others support their binding to the amyloid precursor. In this paper we address this controversy by using a fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based assay to examine whether γ-secretase modulators alter Presenilin-1/γ-secretase conformation in intact cells in the absence of its natural substrates such as amyloid precursor protein and Notch. We report that the γ-secretase allosteric site is located within the γ-secretase complex, but substrate docking is needed for γ-secretase modulators to access this site. |
| Published Version: | doi:10.1038/ncomms1129 |
| Other Sources: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3060602/pdf/ |
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