PUBLICATION
Interference with splicing of Presenilin transcripts has potent dominant negative effects on Presenilin activity
- Authors
- Nornes, S., Newman, M., Verdile, G., Wells, S., Stoick-Cooper, C., Tucker, B., Frederich-Sleptsova, I., Martins, R., and Lardelli, M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-071118-32
- Date
- 2008
- Source
- Human molecular genetics 17(3): 402-412 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Lardelli, Michael, Newman, Morgan, Nornes, Svanhild, Tucker, Ben
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Alzheimer Disease/genetics
- Alzheimer Disease/metabolism
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Line
- Codon, Nonsense
- DNA Primers/genetics
- Disease Models, Animal
- Exons
- Humans
- Hydrocephalus/embryology
- Hydrocephalus/genetics
- Mutation*
- Mutation, Missense
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense/genetics
- Phenotype
- Pick Disease of the Brain/genetics
- Presenilin-1/chemistry
- Presenilin-1/genetics*
- Presenilin-1/metabolism*
- Presenilin-2/chemistry
- Presenilin-2/genetics
- Presenilin-2/metabolism
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA Splicing*
- Transcription, Genetic
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/chemistry
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 17981814 Full text @ Hum. Mol. Genet.
Citation
Nornes, S., Newman, M., Verdile, G., Wells, S., Stoick-Cooper, C., Tucker, B., Frederich-Sleptsova, I., Martins, R., and Lardelli, M. (2008) Interference with splicing of Presenilin transcripts has potent dominant negative effects on Presenilin activity. Human molecular genetics. 17(3):402-412.
Abstract
Missense mutations in the PRESENILIN1 (PSEN1) gene frequently underlie familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD). Nonsense and most splicing mutations result in synthesis of truncated peptides and it has been assumed that truncated PSEN1 protein is functionless so that heterozygotes for these mutations are unaffected. Some FAD mutations affecting PSEN1 mRNA splicing cause loss of exon 8 or exon 9 sequences while maintaining the reading frame. We attempted to model these exon-loss mutations in zebrafish embryos by injecting morpholino antisense oligonucleotides (morpholinos) directed against splice acceptor sites in zebrafish psen1 transcripts. However, this produced cryptic changes in splicing potentially forming mRNAs encoding truncated presenilin proteins. Aberrant splicing in the region between exons 6 and 8 produces potent dominant negative effects on Psen1 protein activity, including Notch signalling, and causes a hydrocephalus phenotype. Reductions in Psen1 activity feedback positively to increase psen1 transcription through a mechanism apparently independent of gamma-secretase. We present evidence that the dominant negative effects are mediated through production of truncated Psen1 peptides that interfere with the normal activity of both Psen1 and Psen2. Mutations causing such truncations would be dominant lethal in embryo development. Somatic cellular changes in ageing cells that interfere with PSEN1 splicing, or otherwise cause protein truncation, might contribute to sporadic Alzheimer's disease (SAD), cancer and other diseases.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping