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Tau-driven 26S proteasome impairment and cognitive dysfunction can be prevented early in disease by activating cAMP-PKA signaling

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Myeku, Natura, Clelland, Catherine L, Emrani, Sheina, Kukushkin, Nikolay V, Yu, Wai Haung, Goldberg, Alfred L, Duff, Karen E·2016·Nature Medicine

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The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) degrades misfolded proteins including those implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. We investigated the effects of tau accumulation on proteasome function in a mouse model of tauopathy and in a cross to a UPS reporter mouse (line Ub-G76V-GFP). Accumulation of insoluble tau was associated with a decrease in the peptidase activity of brain 26S proteasomes, higher levels of ubiquitinated proteins and undegraded Ub-G76V-GFP. 26S proteasomes from mice with tauopathy were physically associated with tau and were less active in hydrolyzing ubiquitinated proteins, small peptides and ATP. 26S proteasomes from normal mice incubated with recombinant oligomers or fibrils also showed lower hydrolyzing capacity in the same assays, implicating tau as a proteotoxin. Administration of an agent that activates cAMP-protein kinase A (PKA) signaling led to attenuation of proteasome dysfunction, probably through proteasome subunit phosphorylation. In vivo, this led to lower levels of aggregated tau and improvements in cognitive performance.

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  • After rolipram treatment, increased phosphorylation of PKA and proteasome subunits was seen, indicating enhancement of the proteasome system.

    “In addition, increased phosphorylation of PKA — a mediator of proteasome function — and proteasome subunits was seen after rolipram treatment, indicating enhancement of the proteasome system170.”

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Authors
Myeku, N., Clelland, C. L., Emrani, S., Kukushkin, N. V., Yu, W. H., Goldberg, A. L., & Duff, K. E.
Affiliations
  • Columbia University (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Duff, Karen E
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2015-12-21
Volume
22
Issue
1
Pages
46-53
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W2229830115
Cited by
446
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 49 · 2020: 42 · 2019: 52 · 2018: 48 · 2017: 49 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
FWCI
30.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM051923, GM051923)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS074593, NS074593)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Keywords
tau accumulation, 26S proteasome, ubiquitin-proteasome system, proteasome dysfunction, tauopathy, cAMP/PKA signaling, ubiquitinated proteins, tau oligomers, tau fibrils, cognitive impairment, neurodegeneration
MeSH terms
Cyclic AMP, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Cognition, Cognition Disorders, Disease Models, Animal, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Humans, Mice, Transgenic, Immunoblotting, Signal Transduction, tau Proteins, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases, Rolipram, Tauopathies, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, Immunoprecipitation, Mice, Ubiquitination, HEK293 Cells, Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors, Native Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis, Protein Aggregation, Pathological, In Vitro Techniques

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