β-Amyloid fibrils induce tau phosphorylation and loss of microtubule binding
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A central issue in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the relationship between amyloid deposition and neurofibrillary tangle formation. To determine whether amyloid fibril formation affects the phosphorylation state of tau, primary cultures of fetal rat hippocampal and human cortical neurons were treated with beta-amyloid (beta A) in a soluble, amorphous-aggregated, or fibrillar form. Fibrillar beta A, but not soluble or amorphous-aggregated beta A, markedly induces the phosphorylation of tau at Ser-202 and Ser-396/Ser-404, resulting in a shift in the tau M(r) in human cortical neurons. Hyperphosphorylated tau accumulates in the somatodendritic compartment of fibrillar beta A-treated neurons in a soluble form that is not associated with microtubules and is incapable of binding to microtubules in vitro. Dephosphorylation of beta A-induced tau restores its capacity to bind to microtubules. Thus, amyloid fibril formation alters the phosphorylation state of tau, resulting in the loss of microtubule binding capacity and somatodendritic accumulation, properties also exhibited by tau in the AD brain. Amyloid fibril formation may therefore be a cause of abnormal tau phosphorylation in AD.
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In cellular and animal models, co-expression of Aβ augments tau phosphorylation at these sites and increases the levels of active GSK3 and PAR-1/MARK.
“In cellular and animal models, co-expression of Aβ augments tau phosphorylation at these sites and increases the levels of active GSK3 and PAR-1/MARK [2, 35–41, 43, 44].”
Aβ promotes tau phosphorylation at disease-associated sites in in vitro and in vivo models of AD.
“Aβ promotes tau phosphorylation at disease-associated sites in in vitro and in vivo models of AD [2, 35–41].”
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- Authors
- Busciglio, J., Lorenzo, A., Yeh, J., & Yankner, B. A.
- Affiliations
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Venue
- Neuron
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1995-04
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 879-888
- ISSN
- 0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1996917933
- Cited by
- 595
- References
- 10
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- FWCI
- 13.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Neuron (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (R29AG009229, AG09229)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS030352, NS30352)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Keywords
- amyloid-beta fibrils, tau phosphorylation, microtubule binding, Alzheimer's disease, neurofibrillary tangles, amyloid deposition, tau dephosphorylation, hippocampal neurons, cortical neurons, tau hyperphosphorylation
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cells, Cultured, Cerebral Cortex, Hippocampus, Humans, Microtubules, Neurofibrils, Neurons, Phosphorylation, Phosphoserine, Amyloid beta-Peptides, tau Proteins, Rats
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