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LRP1 is a master regulator of tau uptake and spread

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Abstract

The spread of protein aggregates during disease progression is a common theme underlying many neurodegenerative diseases. The microtubule-associated protein tau has a central role in the pathogenesis of several forms of dementia known as tauopathies-including Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia and chronic traumatic encephalopathy 1. Progression of these diseases is characterized by the sequential spread and deposition of protein aggregates in a predictable pattern that correlates with clinical severity 2. This observation and complementary experimental studies 3,4 have suggested that tau can spread in a prion-like manner, by passing to naive cells in which it templates misfolding and aggregation. However, although the propagation of tau has been extensively studied, the underlying cellular mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here we show that the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) controls the endocytosis of tau and its subsequent spread. Knockdown of LRP1 significantly reduced tau uptake in H4 neuroglioma cells and in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons. The interaction between tau and LRP1 is mediated by lysine residues in the microtubule-binding repeat region of tau. Furthermore, downregulation of LRP1 in an in vivo mouse model of tau spread was found to effectively reduce the propagation of tau between neurons. Our results identify LRP1 as a key regulator of tau spread in the brain, and therefore a potential target for the treatment of diseases that involve tau spread and aggregation.

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Authors
Rauch, J. N., Luna, G., Guzman, E., Audouard, M., Challis, C., Sibih, Y. E., Leshuk, C., Hernandez, I., Wegmann, S., Hyman, B. T., Gradinaru, V., Kampmann, M., & Kosik, K. S.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
  • California Institute of Technology (US)
  • German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • QB3 (US)
Corresponding author
Kosik, Kenneth S.
Venue
Nature
Published
2020-04-01
Volume
580
Issue
7803
Pages
381-385
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W3014222043
Cited by
541
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 58 · 2025: 85 · 2024: 93 · 2023: 90 · 2022: 73 · 2021: 85 · 2020: 57
FWCI
45.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DZNE Pub (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Larry L. Hillblom Foundation
  • Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation
  • Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation
  • Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen
  • National Institutes of Health (1r56ag057528-01a1)
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • National Institute on Aging (R56AG062479, R01AG023100, R56 AG057528, RF1AG059789, K99AG064116, R01AG062359, P30AG062421)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (DP2GM119139)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U54NS100717)
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 › Clinical Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Keywords
LRP1, tau protein, tau spread, tauopathy, Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, prion-like propagation, endocytosis, lysine residues, microtubule-binding repeats, neurodegeneration, iPSC-derived neurons
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Line, Endocytosis, Female, Humans, Ligands, Male, Neurons, tau Proteins, Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1, Mice

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