Mechanistic insight into female predominance in Alzheimer’s disease based on aberrant protein S-nitrosylation of C3
Yang H, Oh C, Amal H, Wishnok J, Lewis S, Schahrer E, Trudler D, Nakamura T, Tannenbaum S, Lipton S. Mechanistic insight into female predominance in Alzheimer’s disease based on aberrant protein S-nitrosylation of C3. Science Advances 2022, 8: eade0764. PMID: 36516243, PMCID: PMC9750152, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade0764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseAD brainPostmortem Alzheimer's diseaseComplement component 3Sex-dependent mannerConsequent cognitive declineSynaptic phagocytosisΒ-estradiol levelsFemale predominanceAberrant protein S-nitrosylationSynaptic damageAD pathogenesisSNO proteinsCognitive declineProtein SDiseaseRobust alterationsBrainComponent 3Protein S-nitrosylationHuman brainS-nitrosylationS-nitrosoproteomePatientsPathogenesisS-Nitrosylation of cathepsin B affects autophagic flux and accumulation of protein aggregates in neurodegenerative disorders
Kim K, Cho E, Eom J, Oh S, Nakamura T, Oh C, Lipton S, Kim Y. S-Nitrosylation of cathepsin B affects autophagic flux and accumulation of protein aggregates in neurodegenerative disorders. Cell Death & Differentiation 2022, 29: 2137-2150. PMID: 35462559, PMCID: PMC9613756, DOI: 10.1038/s41418-022-01004-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsS-nitrosylationProtein aggregatesAutophagic fluxProtein S-nitrosylationBlocks autophagic fluxCathepsin BCaspase-dependent neuronal apoptosisPosttranslational modificationsProtease cathepsin BEnzymatic functionLysosomal protease cathepsin BCTSB activityChemical inhibitorsCA-074MeHuman AD brainsEnzymatic activityCysteineNeurodegenerative disordersPostmortem human AD brainTransgenic miceNeuronal apoptosisCTSBAccumulationAD pathogenesisAlzheimer's disease