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Precise regulation of presenilin expression is required for sea urchin early development

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ABSTRACT Presenilins (PSENs) are widely expressed across eukaryotes. Two PSENs are expressed in humans, where they play a crucial role in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Each PSEN can be part of the γ-secretase complex, which has multiple substrates, including Notch and amyloid-β precursor protein (AβPP) – the source of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides that compose the senile plaques during AD. PSENs also interact with various proteins independently of their γ-secretase activity. They can then be involved in numerous cellular functions, which makes their role in a given cell and/or organism complex to decipher. We have established the Paracentrotus lividus sea urchin embryo as a new model to study the role of PSEN. In the sea urchin embryo, the PSEN gene is present in unduplicated form and encodes a protein highly similar to human PSENs. Our results suggest that PSEN expression must be precisely tuned to control the course of the first mitotic cycles and the associated intracellular Ca2+ transients, the execution of gastrulation and, probably in association with ciliated cells, the establishment of the pluteus. We suggest that it would be relevant to study the role of PSEN within the gene regulatory network deciphered in the sea urchin.
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hal-03432430 , version 1 (18-11-2021)

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Brigitte Ciapa, Odile Bronchain, Laetitia Philippe-Caraty, Vincent Anquetil. Precise regulation of presenilin expression is required for sea urchin early development. Journal of Cell Science, 2021, 134 (13), pp.jcs258382. ⟨10.1242/jcs.258382⟩. ⟨hal-03432430⟩
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