Abstract
γ-Secretases mediate the regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP) of more than 150 integral membrane proteins. We developed an unbiased γ-secretase substrate identification (G-SECSI) method to study to what extent these proteins are processed in parallel. We demonstrate here parallel processing of at least 85 membrane proteins in human microglia in steady-state cell culture conditions. Pharmacological inhibition of γ-secretase caused substantial changes of human microglial transcriptomes, including the expression of genes related to the disease-associated microglia (DAM) response described in Alzheimer disease (AD). While the overall effects of γ-secretase deficiency on transcriptomic cell states remained limited in control conditions, exposure of mouse microglia to AD-inducing amyloid plaques strongly blocked their capacity to mount this putatively protective DAM cell state. We conclude that γ-secretase serves as a critical signaling hub integrating the effects of multiple extracellular stimuli into the overall transcriptome of the cell.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4106-4122.e10 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | Molecular Cell |
Volume | 83 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 16 Nov 2023 |
Keywords
- Mice
- Animals
- Humans
- Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases/genetics
- Proteome/genetics
- Signal Transduction
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Alzheimer Disease/genetics
- presenilin
- intramembrane proteolysis
- γ-secretase
- Alzheimer's disease
- microglia
- substrate identification
- tonic signaling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology