Aug, 2015
Na, K-ATPase alpha 3 is a death target of Alzheimer patient amyloid-beta assembly
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Volume
- 112
- Number
- 32
- First page
- E4465
- Last page
- E4474
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1073/pnas.1421182112
- Publisher
- NATL ACAD SCIENCES
Neurodegeneration correlates with Alzheimer's disease (AD) symptoms, but the molecular identities of pathogenic amyloid beta-protein (A beta) oligomers and their targets, leading to neurodegeneration, remain unclear. Amylospheroids (ASPD) are AD patient-derived 10- to 15-nm spherical A beta oligomers that cause selective degeneration of mature neurons. Here, we show that the ASPD target is neuronspecific Na+/K+-ATPase alpha 3 subunit (NAK alpha 3). ASPD-binding to NAK alpha 3 impaired NAK alpha 3-specific activity, activated N-type voltage-gated calcium channels, and caused mitochondrial calcium dyshomeostasis, tau abnormalities, and neurodegeneration. NMR and molecular modeling studies suggested that spherical ASPD contain N-terminal-A beta-derived "thorns" responsible for target binding, which are distinct from low molecular-weight oligomers and dodecamers. The fourth extracellular loop (Ex4) region of NAK alpha 3 encompassing Asn(879) and Trp(880) is essential for ASPD-NAK alpha 3 interaction, because tetrapeptides mimicking this Ex4 region bound to the ASPD surface and blocked ASPD neurotoxicity. Our findings open up new possibilities for knowledge-based design of peptidomimetics that inhibit neurodegeneration in AD by blocking aberrant ASPD-NAK alpha 3 interaction.
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- DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1421182112
- ISSN : 0027-8424
- Pubmed ID : 26224839
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000359285100018