PMID- 25017047 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141222 LR - 20180712 IS - 1879-1220 (Electronic) IS - 0960-0760 (Linking) VI - 144 Pt B DP - 2014 Oct TI - Estrogen receptor alpha promotes non-amyloidogenic processing of platelet amyloid precursor protein via the MAPK/ERK pathway. PG - 280-5 LID - S0960-0760(14)00127-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.06.010 [doi] AB - Deposition of amyloid beta peptide (Abeta), a proteolytic product of amyloid precursor protein (APP), in senile plaques and in the walls of cerebral blood vessels is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Platelets contain high levels of APP and Abeta and may contribute to amyloid deposits seen in AD. However, the biochemical mechanism(s) involved in the regulation of platelet APP metabolism are largely unknown. The estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) is found to be expressed in platelets. It has not been elucidated whether ERalpha-mediated non-genomic signaling intervenes with platelet APP processing. Using ERalpha knock-out (alpha-ERKO) mice and wild type (WT) littermates, the present study demonstrated that ERalpha-specific agonist propylpyrazole triol (PPT) promoted non-amyloidogenic processing of platelet APP via the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)/extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway. The underlying basis involves direct association of activated ERK with a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain 17 (ADAM17, an alpha-secretase candidate) and ERK-dependent threonine phosphorylation of ADAM17. These results suggest that selective modulation of ERalpha in peripheral target tissues may serve as an anti-amyloidogenic strategy for AD and other amyloidogenic diseases. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Shi, Chun AU - Shi C AD - Department of Anatomy, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510182, China. Electronic address: sallyshi431@126.com. FAU - Zhu, XiaoMing AU - Zhu X AD - Faculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China. FAU - Wang, Jisheng AU - Wang J AD - Department of Anatomy, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510182, China. FAU - Long, Dahong AU - Long D AD - Department of Anatomy, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510182, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140710 PL - England TA - J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol JT - The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology JID - 9015483 RN - 0 (APP protein, human) RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides) RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor) RN - 0 (Estrogen Receptor alpha) RN - 0 (Phenols) RN - 0 (Pyrazoles) RN - 0T83Y6JZPF (4,4',4''-(4-propyl-((1)H)-pyrazole-1,3,5-triyl) tris-phenol) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) SB - IM MH - Amyloid beta-Peptides/*metabolism MH - Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Blood Platelets/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Estrogen Receptor alpha/genetics/*metabolism MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism MH - Female MH - *MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Phenols MH - Pyrazoles/pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - Amyloid beta protein OT - Estrogen receptor alpha OT - Platelet EDAT- 2014/07/16 06:00 MHDA- 2014/12/23 06:00 CRDT- 2014/07/15 06:00 PHST- 2014/04/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/06/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/06/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/07/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/07/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/12/23 06:00 [medline] AID - S0960-0760(14)00127-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.06.010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2014 Oct;144 Pt B:280-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.06.010. Epub 2014 Jul 10.