FUNCTION OF THE FE65/APP COMPLEX

Mount Sinai School Of Medicine Of Nyu, New York NY

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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): FE65 is an adapter protein composed of three protein-protein interaction domains. It contains a WW domain and two PI domains. FE65 binds to APP through its carboxy-terminal PI domain (PID2). FE65 was initially described as a transcriptional activator, which can be found both in the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It was later shown to bind the cytoplasmic domain of APP and to profoundly alter APP processing and trafficking. Recent reports have shown that FE65 can localize to the nucleus and that full-length APP serves as a cytosolic anchor for FE65. FE65 PID1 can bind the transcription factor CP2/LSF/LBP1 and can also bind the histone acetyl transferase Tip60 in the nucleus and modulate transcription. In analogy to the notch intracellular domain (NICD), it is suggested that FE65 binds to the gamma-cleaved cytoplasmic tail of APP (gamma-CTF) and translocates to the nucleus where it binds Tip60 and activates transcription. The central hypothesis of this proposal is that a complex, including the gamma-CTF fragment of APP and the adaptor FE65, is a regulator of transcription. The specific aims of this proposal are: Specific Aim 1. To identify the nuclear macromolecular complex that involves FE65 and the gamma-cleaved cytoplasmic tail of APP. Specific Aim 2. To discover genes whose transcription is regulated by the FE65/gamma-CTF complex. Specific Aim 3. To elucidate signals that regulate the formation and nuclear translocation of the FE65/gamma-CTF complex.