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The E280A presenilin mutation reduces voltage-gated sodium channel levels in neuronal cells.
Neuro-degenerative diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Kim Doo Yeon, Wertz Mary H, Gautam Vivek, D'Avanzo Carla, Bhattacharyya Raja, Kovacs Dora M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) mutations in presenilin (PS) modulate PS/γ-secretase activity and therefore contribute to AD pathogenesis. Previously, we found that PS/γ-secretase cleaves voltage-gated sodium channel β2-subunits (Navβ2), releases the intracellular domain of Navβ2 (β2-ICD), and thereby, increases intracellular sodium channel α-subunit Nav1.1 levels. Here, we tested whether...
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