PMID- 19889624 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100126 LR - 20240322 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 285 IP - 2 DP - 2010 Jan 8 TI - Interaction of double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) with the death receptor signaling pathway in amyloid beta (Abeta)-treated cells and in APPSLPS1 knock-in mice. PG - 1272-82 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M109.041954 [doi] AB - For 10 years, research has focused on signaling pathways controlling translation to explain neuronal death in Alzheimer Disease (AD). Previous studies demonstrated in different cellular and animal models and AD patients that translation is down-regulated by the activation of double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR). Among downstream factors of PKR, the Fas-associated protein with a death domain (FADD) and subsequent activated caspase-8 are responsible for PKR-induced apoptosis in recombinant virus-infected cells. However, no studies have reported the role of PKR in death receptor signaling in AD. The aim of this project is to determine physical and functional interactions of PKR with FADD in amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) neurotoxicity and in APP(SL)PS1 KI transgenic mice. In SH-SY5Y cells, results showed that Abeta42 induced a large increase in phosphorylated PKR and FADD levels and a physical interaction between PKR and FADD in the nucleus, also observed in the cortex of APP(SL)PS1 KI mice. However, PKR gene silencing or treatment with a specific PKR inhibitor significantly prevented the increase in pT(451)-PKR and pS(194)-FADD levels in SH-SY5Y nuclei and completely inhibited activities of caspase-3 and -8. The contribution of PKR in neurodegeneration through the death receptor signaling pathway may support the development of therapeutics targeting PKR to limit neuronal death in AD. FAU - Couturier, Julien AU - Couturier J AD - Research Group on Brain Aging, GReViC EA 3808, University of Poitiers, 6 rue de la Miletrie, BP 199, 86034 Poitiers Cedex, France. FAU - Morel, Milena AU - Morel M FAU - Pontcharraud, Raymond AU - Pontcharraud R FAU - Gontier, Virginie AU - Gontier V FAU - Fauconneau, Bernard AU - Fauconneau B FAU - Paccalin, Marc AU - Paccalin M FAU - Page, Guylene AU - Page G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20091104 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Fadd protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (eIF-2 Kinase) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Casp3 protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Casp8 protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 8) SB - IM MH - Alzheimer Disease/chemically induced/genetics/*metabolism MH - Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Caspase 3/genetics/metabolism MH - Caspase 8/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Death/drug effects MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Nucleus/genetics/metabolism MH - Cerebral Cortex/metabolism MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects/genetics MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects/genetics MH - eIF-2 Kinase/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC2801255 EDAT- 2009/11/06 06:00 MHDA- 2010/01/27 06:00 PMCR- 2011/01/08 CRDT- 2009/11/06 06:00 PHST- 2009/11/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/11/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/01/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/01/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)58883-2 [pii] AID - M109.041954 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M109.041954 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2010 Jan 8;285(2):1272-82. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.041954. Epub 2009 Nov 4.