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Previously, we demonstrated that the protein, ubiquilin-1, interacts both in vivo and in vitro with PS and that overexpression of ubiquilin-1 or -2 leads to increased accumulation of full-length PS proteins. Using wild-type HEK-293 cells (human embryonic kidney 293 cells) and PS-inducible cells, we now show that overexpression of either ubiquilin-1 or -2 decreases the PS NTF and CTF levels. Conversely, siRNA (small interfering RNA)-mediated knockdown of ubiquilin-1 and -2 proteins increased the PS NTF and CTF levels. We considered that ubiquilin might alter PS fragment accumulation by acting as a shuttle factor escorting PS fragments to the proteasome for degradation. However, through proteasome inhibition studies, we show that this does not occur. Instead, our results suggest that ubiquilin regulates PS fragment production. We also examined whether other components of the \u03b3-secretase complex are affected by ubiquilin expression. Interestingly, overexpression of ubiquilin resulted in a decrease in Pen-2 and nicastrin levels, two essential components of the \u03b3-secretase complex. In contrast, knockdown of ubiquilin-1 and -2 protein expression by RNAi (RNA interference) increased Pen-2 and nicastrin levels. Finally, we show that inhibition of the proteasome results in decreased PS fragment production and that reversal of proteasome inhibition restores PS fragment production, suggesting that the proteasome may be involved in PS endoproteolysis. 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