Somatostatin receptor subtypes 1 and 4 redundantly regulate neprilysin, the major amyloid beta-degrading enzyme, in brain
Nilsson, P.; Sorgjerd, K.; Kakiya, N.; Sasaguri, H.; Watamura, N.; Shimozawa, M.; Tsubuki, S.; Takamura, R.; Zhou, Z.; Loera-Valencia, R.; Sekiguchi, M.; Petrish, A.; Schulz, S.; Saito, T.; Winblad, B.; Saido, T.
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Alzheimers disease (AD) brains are characterized by increased levels of the pathogenic amyloid beta (A{beta}) peptide, which accumulates into extracellular plaques. Finding a way to lower A{beta} levels is fundamental for the prevention and treatment of AD. Neprilysin is the major A{beta} degrading enzyme which is regulated by the neuropeptide somatostatin. Here we used a combination of in vitro and in vivo approaches to identify the subtype specificity of the five somatostatin receptors (SSTs) expressed in the brain, involved in the regulation of neprilysin. Using a battery of Sst double knockout (dKO) mice we show that neprilysin is regulated by SST1 and SST4 in a redundant manner. Sst1 and Sst4 dKO mice exhibit a specific decrease of presynaptic neprilysin in the Lacunosum molecular layer. Moreover, a genetic deficiency of Sst1 and Sst4 in amyloid beta precursor protein (App) knock-in mice, an AD mouse model, aggravates the A{beta} pathology in the hippocampus. As a first proof of concept towards an A{beta}-lowering strategy involving neprilysin, we demonstrate that treatment with an agonist selective for SST1 and SST4 ameliorates the A{beta} pathology and improves cognition in the App knock-in AD mouse model.
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