Amyloid β42 peptide is toxic to non-neural cells in Drosophila yielding a characteristic metabolite profile and the effect can be suppressed by PI3K
(2017) In Biology Open 6(11). p.1664-1671- Abstract
The human Aβ42 peptide is associated with Alzheimer’s disease through its deleterious effects in neurons. Expressing the human peptide in adult Drosophila in a tissue- and time-controlled manner, we show that Aβ42 is also toxic in non-neural cells, neurosecretory and epithelial cell types in particular. This form of toxicity includes the aberrant signaling by Wingless morphogen leading to the eventual activation of Caspase 3. Preventing Caspase 3 activation by means of p53 keeps epithelial cells from elimination but maintains the Aβ42 toxicity yielding more severe deleterious effects to the organism. Metabolic profiling by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) of adult flies at selected ages post Aβ42 expression onset reveals characteristic... (More)
The human Aβ42 peptide is associated with Alzheimer’s disease through its deleterious effects in neurons. Expressing the human peptide in adult Drosophila in a tissue- and time-controlled manner, we show that Aβ42 is also toxic in non-neural cells, neurosecretory and epithelial cell types in particular. This form of toxicity includes the aberrant signaling by Wingless morphogen leading to the eventual activation of Caspase 3. Preventing Caspase 3 activation by means of p53 keeps epithelial cells from elimination but maintains the Aβ42 toxicity yielding more severe deleterious effects to the organism. Metabolic profiling by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) of adult flies at selected ages post Aβ42 expression onset reveals characteristic changes in metabolites as early markers of the pathological process. All morphological and most metabolic features of Aβ42 toxicity can be suppressed by the joint overexpression of PI3K.
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- author
- Arnés, Mercedes ; Casas-Tintó, Sergio ; Malmendal, Anders LU and Ferrús, Alberto
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-11-15
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Amyloid β, Epithelial cells, Metabolomics, NMR, PI3K, Wingless
- in
- Biology Open
- volume
- 6
- issue
- 11
- pages
- 8 pages
- publisher
- The Company of Biologists Ltd
- external identifiers
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- pmid:29141953
- wos:000417557800008
- scopus:85034258766
- ISSN
- 2046-6390
- DOI
- 10.1242/bio.029991
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- bfc6234d-1e94-4079-b7d6-a2dd1561e0ee
- date added to LUP
- 2017-12-08 08:35:35
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- 2024-08-05 10:17:49
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