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CRMP2 Hyperphosphorylation is Characteristic of Alzheimer's Disease and not a Feature Common to Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

Authors :
David M. A. Mann
John E. Mayer
Adam R. Cole
Bettina Platt
Lidy van Aalten
Lynn Bedford
Alessia Usardi
Florian Plattner
Ritchie Williamson
David R. Howlett
Calum Sutherland
Source :
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 27:615-625
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
IOS Press, 2011.

Abstract

Collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2) is an abundant brain-enriched protein that regulates neurite outgrowth. It is phosphorylated by Cdk5 and GSK3, and these modifications are abnormally high in the brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Increased phosphorylation of CRMP2 is also apparent in mouse models of AD that express mutated AβPP and PSEN1, but not AβPP or tau alone, where it is detectable before the appearance of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, suggesting it is an early event in AD pathogenesis. Here, we have extended these observations by showing that CRMP2 is not hyperphosphorylated in mice overexpressing mutated PSEN1 alone, or in cultured neurons treated with soluble, oligomeric Aβ42 peptide. Similarly, CRMP2 phosphorylation was not increased in a mouse model of severe neurodegeneration (PMSC-1 knockout) or in cultured neurons subjected to neurotoxic concentrations of NMDA or staurosporine. Most interestingly, CRMP2 phosphorylation was not increased in frontal cortex from patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration associated with mutations in MAPT or with Pick bodies. Together, these observations are consistent with the hypothesis that abnormal phosphorylation of CRMP2 is specific to AD and occurs downstream of excessive processing of AβPP, but that neither excessive Aβ42 peptide nor neurotoxicity alone are sufficient to promote hyperphosphorylation.

Details

ISSN :
18758908 and 13872877
Volume :
27
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....0b15908c480c165f425fb48b6209bf51
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3233/jad-2011-110617