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HEREDITAS ›› 2011, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (11): 1164-1170.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2011.01164

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Advances on Drosophila presenilin gene

ZHANG Yu, ZHENG Zeng-Zhang, GE Jun, ZHANG Hong-Yan, HUANG Yan-Wang, SONG Hong-Sheng   

  1. College of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • Received:2011-01-11 Revised:2011-03-17 Online:2011-11-20 Published:2011-11-25
  • Contact: SONG Hong-Sheng E-mail:hssong@staff.shu.edu.cn

Abstract: In Drosophila, presenilin is an aspartyl protease that plays important roles in the development and calcium homeostasis. It has been expressed all through the fly developmental process. The loss of Drosophila presenilin (DPS) function causes significantly decreased Notch signaling and neuron apoptosis and increased cytoplasm calcium. This subsequently led to impaired long term memory and cognitive deficits. Therefore, study of DPS is one of the most popular models for Alzheimer’s disease research, and has provided important insights into the pathological mechanisms of AD. This review is to summarize the AD related function of DPS gene.

Key words: Drosophila, presenilin, Alzheimer’s disease, Notch, Ca2+