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REVIEW article

Front. Aging Neurosci.
Sec. Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Volume 16 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1482947

Effects and mechanisms of APP and its cleavage product Aβ in the comorbidity of sarcopenia and Alzheimer's disease

Provisionally accepted
Jiale Wu Jiale Wu *Jun Tang Jun Tang *Di Huang Di Huang *Yu Wang Yu Wang *Enyuan Zhou Enyuan Zhou *Qin Ru Qin Ru Guodong Xu Guodong Xu *Lin Chen Lin Chen *Yuxiang Wu Yuxiang Wu *
  • Jianghan University, Wuhan, China

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    Sarcopenia and AD are both classic degenerative diseases, and there is growing epidemiological evidence of their comorbidity with aging; however, the mechanisms underlying the biology of their commonality have not yet been thoroughly investigated. APP is a membrane protein that is expressed in tissues and is expressed not only in the nervous system but also in the NMJ and muscle. Deposition of its proteolytic cleavage product, Aβ, has been described as a central component of AD pathogenesis. Recent studies have shown that excessive accumulation and aberrant expression of APP in muscle lead to pathological muscle lesions, but the pathogenic mechanism by which APP and its proteolytic cleavage products act in skeletal muscle is less well understood. By summarizing and analyzing the literature concerning the role, pathogenicity and pathological mechanisms of APP and its cleavage products in the nervous system and muscles, we aimed to explore the intrinsic pathological mechanisms of myocerebral comorbidities and to provide new perspectives and theoretical foundations for the prevention and treatment of AD and sarcopenia comorbidities.

    Keywords: Sarcopenia, AD, Myocerebral comorbidity, amyloid precursor protein, cleavage products, intervention

    Received: 19 Aug 2024; Accepted: 11 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wu, Tang, Huang, Wang, Zhou, Ru, Xu, Chen and Wu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Jiale Wu, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China
    Jun Tang, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China
    Di Huang, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China
    Yu Wang, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China
    Enyuan Zhou, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China
    Guodong Xu, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China
    Lin Chen, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China
    Yuxiang Wu, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China

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