Title

Amyloid precursor protein regulates differentiation of human neural stem cells

Authors

Authors

Y. D. Kwak; C. L. Brannen; T. Qu; H. M. Kim; X. Dong; P. Soba; A. Majumdar; A. Kaplan; K. Beyreuther;K. Sugaya

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Stem Cells Dev.

Keywords

ADULT SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE; BINDING PROTEIN; HUMAN; BRAIN; BETA; MICE; GENE; MIGRATION; APOPTOSIS; APP; Cell & Tissue Engineering; Hematology; Medicine, Research &; Experimental; Transplantation

Abstract

Although amyloid beta(A beta) deposition has been a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the absence of a phenotype in the beta amyloid precursor protein (APP) knockout mouse, tends to detract our attention away from the physiological functions of APP. Although much attention has been focused on the neurotoxicity of A beta, many studies suggest the involvement of APP in neuroplasticity. We found that secreted amyloid precursor protein ( sAPP) increased the differentiation of human neural stem cells (hNSCs) in vitro, while an antibody-recognizing APP dose-dependently inhibited these activities. With a high dose of sAPP treatment or wild-type APP gene transfection, hNSCs were differentiated into astrocytes rather than neurons. In vivo, hNSCs transplanted into APP-transgenic mouse brain exhibited glial differentiation rather than neural differentiation. Our results suggest that APP regulates neural stem cell biology in the adult brain, and that altered APP metabolism in Down syndrome or AD may have implications for the pathophysiology of these diseases.

Journal Title

Stem Cells and Development

Volume

15

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

381

Last Page

389

WOS Identifier

WOS:000239118100009

ISSN

1547-3287

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