PMID- 28980867 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190705 LR - 20201209 IS - 1554-8635 (Electronic) IS - 1554-8627 (Print) IS - 1554-8627 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 12 DP - 2017 TI - NRBF2 is involved in the autophagic degradation process of APP-CTFs in Alzheimer disease models. PG - 2028-2040 LID - 10.1080/15548627.2017.1379633 [doi] AB - Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease characterized by the deposition of amyloid plaque in the brain. The autophagy-associated PIK3C3-containing phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PtdIns3K) complex has been shown to interfere with APP metabolism and amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) homeostasis via poorly understood mechanisms. Here we report that NRBF2 (nuclear receptor binding factor 2), a key component and regulator of the PtdIns3K, is involved in APP-CTFs homeostasis in AD cell models. We found that NRBF2 interacts with APP in vivo and its expression levels are reduced in hippocampus of 5XFAD AD mice; we further demonstrated that NRBF2 overexpression promotes degradation of APP C-terminal fragments (APP-CTFs), and reduces Abeta(1-40) and Abeta(1-42) levels in human mutant APP-overexpressing cells. Conversely, APP-CTFs, Abeta(1-40) and Abeta(1-42) levels were increased in Nrbf2 knockdown or nrbf2 knockout cells. Furthermore, NRBF2 positively regulates autophagy in neuronal cells and NRBF2-mediated reduction of APP-CTFs levels is autophagy dependent. Importantly, nrbf2 knockout attenuates the recruitment of APP and APP-CTFs into phagophores and the sorting of APP and APP-CTFs into endosomal intralumenal vesicles, which is accompanied by the accumulation of the APP and APP-CTFs into RAB5-positive early endosomes. Collectively, our results reveal the potential connection between NRBF2 and the AD-associated protein APP by showing that NRBF2 plays an important role in regulating degradation of APP-CTFs through modulating autophagy. FAU - Yang, Chuanbin AU - Yang C AD - a Mr. and Mrs. Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinson's Disease Research , School of Chinese Medicine , Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong SAR , China. FAU - Cai, Cui-Zan AU - Cai CZ AD - b State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine , Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences , University of Macau , Taipa, Macau SAR , China. FAU - Song, Ju-Xian AU - Song JX AD - a Mr. and Mrs. Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinson's Disease Research , School of Chinese Medicine , Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong SAR , China. FAU - Tan, Jie-Qiong AU - Tan JQ AD - c State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics , Xiangya Medical School , Central South University , Changsha, Hunan , China. FAU - Durairajan, Siva Sundara Kumar AU - Durairajan SSK AD - a Mr. and Mrs. Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinson's Disease Research , School of Chinese Medicine , Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong SAR , China. FAU - Iyaswamy, Ashok AU - Iyaswamy A AD - a Mr. and Mrs. Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinson's Disease Research , School of Chinese Medicine , Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong SAR , China. FAU - Wu, Ming-Yue AU - Wu MY AD - b State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine , Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences , University of Macau , Taipa, Macau SAR , China. FAU - Chen, Lei-Lei AU - Chen LL AD - a Mr. and Mrs. Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinson's Disease Research , School of Chinese Medicine , Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong SAR , China. FAU - Yue, Zhenyu AU - Yue Z AD - d Department of Neurology and Neuroscience , Friedman Brain Institute , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , NY , USA. FAU - Li, Min AU - Li M AD - a Mr. and Mrs. Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinson's Disease Research , School of Chinese Medicine , Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong SAR , China. FAU - Lu, Jia-Hong AU - Lu JH AD - b State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine , Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences , University of Macau , Taipa, Macau SAR , China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Autophagy JT - Autophagy JID - 101265188 RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides) RN - 0 (Autophagy-Related Proteins) RN - 0 (Nrbf2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Alzheimer Disease/*pathology MH - Amyloid beta-Peptides/*chemistry/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - *Autophagy MH - Autophagy-Related Proteins MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Endosomes/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/metabolism/pathology MH - Humans MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Models, Biological MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - Peptide Fragments/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - *Proteolysis MH - Trans-Activators MH - Transcription Factors/*metabolism PMC - PMC5788544 OTO - NOTNLM OT - APP OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - Abeta OT - NRBF2 OT - autophagy OT - class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PtdIns3K) EDAT- 2017/10/06 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/06 06:00 PMCR- 2018/10/05 CRDT- 2017/10/06 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/10/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/10/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1379633 [pii] AID - 10.1080/15548627.2017.1379633 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Autophagy. 2017;13(12):2028-2040. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2017.1379633.