Shift in the ratio of three‐repeat tau and four‐repeat tau mRNAs in individual cholinergic basal forebrain neurons in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
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Molecular mechanisms underlying tauopathy remain undetermined. In the current study, single cell gene expression profiling was coupled with custom‐designed cDNA array analysis to evaluate tau expression and other cytoskeletal elements within individual neuronal populations in patients with no cognitive impairment (NCI), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Results revealed a shift in the ratio of three‐repeat tau (3Rtau) to four‐repeat tau (4Rtau) mRNAs within individual human cholinergic basal forebrain (CBF) neurons within nucleus basalis (NB) and CA1 hippocampal neurons during the progression of AD, but not during normal aging. A shift in 3Rtau to 4Rtau may precipitate a cascade of events in the selective vulnerability of neurons, ultimately leading to frank neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) formation in tauopathies including AD.
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4R tau expression is increased in vulnerable brain regions and NFT bearing neurons in AD brain.
“Expression of tau isoforms in AD brain is complicated; although it is still under debate that whether the overall 3R:4R tau ratio is altered, several studies support a notion that 4R tau expression is increased in vulnerable brain regions and NFT bearing neurons in AD brain [111, 113–118].”
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- Authors
- Ginsberg, S. D., Che, S., Counts, S. E., & Mufson, E. J.
- Affiliations
- Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (US)
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Neurochemistry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2006-02-08
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1401-1408
- ISSN
- 0022-3042 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-4159
- OpenAlex
- W2155846759
- Cited by
- 111
- References
- 47
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- FWCI
- 5.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Neurochemistry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (A6026032)
- National Institute on Aging (AG21661, AG 10161, AG-14449, P01AG014449, R01AG021661, P30AG010161, AG10688, R01AG043375)
- National Cancer Institute
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS43939, R01NS043939)
- 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
- tau isoforms, four-repeat tau, Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, nucleus basalis of Meynert, CA1 hippocampal neurons, neurofibrillary tangles, tauopathy, neuronal vulnerability, single-cell gene expression profiling
- MeSH terms
- Acetylcholine, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Cognition Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Neurons, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, RNA, Messenger, Cohort Studies, Gene Expression, Case-Control Studies, Prosencephalon, tau Proteins
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