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Furthermore, we report that aged APLP1 knock-out mice show impaired basal transmission and a reduced mEPSC frequency, likely resulting from reduced spine density. This demonstrates an essential nonredundant function of APLP1 at the synapse. Compared to APP, APLP1 exhibits increased<jats:italic>trans<\/jats:italic>-cellular binding and elevated cell-surface levels due to reduced endocytosis. In conclusion, our results establish that APLPs show typical features of SAMs and indicate that increased surface expression, as observed for APLP1, is essential for proper synapse formation<jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>and synapse maintenance<jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT<\/jats:bold>According to the amyloid-cascade hypothesis, Alzheimer's disease is caused by the accumulation of A\u03b2 peptides derived from sequential cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by \u03b2-site APP cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) and \u03b3-secretase. 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