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Expression of human amyloid precursor protein in the skeletal muscles of Drosophila results in age- and activity-dependent muscle weakness
Kimetal.BMCPhysiology2011,11:7
/1472-6793/11/7
RESEARCH ARTICLE
OpenAccess
Expressionofhumanamyloidprecursorprotein
intheskeletalmusclesofDrosophilaresultsin
age-andactivity-dependentmuscleweakness
ChulKim1,SapeckshitaSrivastava2,MarianRice3,TanjaAGodenschwege4,BrookeBentley5,SaranyaRavi3,
ShuangShao3,CraigTWoodard3andLawrenceMSchwartz1,2,5*
Abstract
Background:OneofthehallmarksofAlzheimer’sdisease,andseveralotherdegenerativedisorderssuchas
InclusionBodyMyositis,istheabnormalaccumulationofamyloidprecursorprotein(APP)anditsproteolytic
amyloidpeptides.TobetterunderstandthepathologicalconsequencesofinappropriateAPPexpressionon
developingtissues,wegeneratedtransgenicfliesthatexpresswild-typehumanAPPintheskeletalmuscles,and
thenperformedanatomical,electrophysiological,andbehavioralanalysisoftheadults.
Results:Weobservedthatneithermuscledevelopmentnoranimallongevitywascompromisedinthese
transgenicanimals.However,humanAPPexpressingadultsdevelopedage-dependentdefectsinbothclimbing
andflying.Wecouldadvanceorretardtheonsetofsymptomsbyrearinganimalsinvialswithdifferentsurface
properties,suggestingthathumanAPPexpression-mediatedbehavioraldefectsareinfluencedbymuscleactivity.
Musclesfromtransgenicanimalsdidnotdisplayproteinaggregatesorstructuralabnormalitiesatthelightor
transmissionelectronmicroscopiclevels.Inagreementwithgeneticstudiesperformedwithdeveloping
mammalianmyoblasts,weobservedthatco-expressionoftheubiquitinE3ligaseParkincouldamelioratehuman
APP-induceddefects.
Conclusions:Thesedatasuggestthat:1)ectopicexpressionofhumanAPPinfruitfliesleadstoage-andactivity-
dependentbehavioraldefectswithoutovertchangestomuscledevelopmentorstructure;2)environmental
influencescangreatlyalterthephenotypicconsequencesofhumanAPPtoxicity;and3)geneticmodifiersofAPP-
inducedpathologycanbeidentifiedandanalyzedinthismodel.
Keywords:amyloidprecursorprotein(APP)Drosophila,muscle,mitochondria,electronmicroscopy,apoptosis,
Parkin
Background
APPbecamethesubjectofintenseinvestigationwhen
Amyloidpr
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