Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Presenilin-mediated cleavage of APP regulates synaptotagmin-7 and presynaptic plasticity

  • Gaël Barthet,
  • Tomàs Jordà-Siquier,
  • Julie Rumi-Masante,
  • Fanny Bernadou,
  • Ulrike Müller,
  • Christophe Mulle

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06813-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Mutations in presenilin, which cleaves amyloid precursor protein, cause familial Alzheimer’s Disease. Here, the authors show that loss of presenilin leads to loss of synaptotagmin 7, leading to impaired presynaptic release.