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Caspase activation precedes and leads to tangles

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de Calignon, Alix, Fox, Leora M., Pitstick, Rose, Carlson, George A., Bacskai, Brian J., Spires-Jones, Tara L., Hyman, Bradley T.·2010·Nature

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Studies of post-mortem tissue have shown that the location of fibrillar tau deposits, called neurofibrillary tangles (NFT), matches closely with regions of massive neuronal death, severe cytological abnormalities, and markers of caspase activation and apoptosis, leading to the idea that tangles cause neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease and tau-related frontotemporal dementia. However, using in vivo multiphoton imaging to observe tangles and activation of executioner caspases in living tau transgenic mice (Tg4510 strain), we find the opposite: caspase activation occurs first, and precedes tangle formation by hours to days. New tangles form within a day. After a new tangle forms, the neuron remains alive and caspase activity seems to be suppressed. Similarly, introduction of wild-type 4-repeat tau (tau-4R) into wild-type animals triggered caspase activation, tau truncation and tau aggregation. Adeno-associated virus-mediated expression of a construct mimicking caspase-cleaved tau into wild-type mice led to the appearance of intracellular aggregates, tangle-related conformational- and phospho-epitopes, and the recruitment of full-length endogenous tau to the aggregates. On the basis of these data, we propose a new model in which caspase activation cleaves tau to initiate tangle formation, then truncated tau recruits normal tau to misfold and form tangles. Because tangle-bearing neurons are long-lived, we suggest that tangles are 'off pathway' to acute neuronal death. Soluble tau species, rather than fibrillar tau, may be the critical toxic moiety underlying neurodegeneration.

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Authors
de Calignon, A., Fox, L. M., Pitstick, R., Carlson, G. A., Bacskai, B. J., Spires-Jones, T. L., & Hyman, B. T.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • McLaughlin Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Hyman, Bradley T.
Venue
Nature
Published
2010-03-31
Volume
464
Issue
7292
Pages
1201-1204
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2100026237
Cited by
517
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31
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FWCI
39.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (AG-08487, R01AG026249, R01AG008487, AG026249, P50AG005134, K99AG033670, P30AG062421)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
caspase activation, neurofibrillary tangles, tau protein, Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, tau transgenic mice, neuronal survival, neurodegeneration, tau truncation, APOE ε4, APOE3, APOE2, APOE genotype, multiphoton imaging, tau aggregation
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Enzyme Activation, Humans, Mice, Transgenic, Neurons, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Solubility, Time Factors, Neurofibrillary Tangles, tau Proteins, Cell Death, Caspases, Mice

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