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Reduction of synaptojanin 1 accelerates Aβ clearance and attenuates cognitive deterioration in an Alzheimer mouse model.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Nov 2013
Zhu Li, Zhong Minghao, Zhao Jiaying, Rhee Hannah, Caesar Ina, Knight Elysse M, Volpicelli-Daley Laura, Bustos Victor, Netzer William, Liu Lijuan, Lucast Louise, Ehrlich Michelle E, Robakis Nikolaos K, Gandy Samuel E, Cai Dongming
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies link synaptojanin 1 (synj1), the main phosphoinositol (4,5)-biphosphate phosphatase (PI(4,5)P2-degrading enzyme) in the brain and synapses, to Alzheimer disease. Here we report a novel mechanism by which synj1 reversely regulates cellular clearance of amyloid-β (Aβ). Genetic down-regulation of synj1 reduces both extracellular and intracellular Aβ levels in N2a cells stably expressing the Swedish...
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