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Tau exon 10 alternative splicing and tauopathies

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Liu, Fei, Gong, Cheng-Xin·2008·Molecular Neurodegeneration

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Abnormalities of microtubule-associated protein tau play a central role in neurofibrillary degeneration in several neurodegenerative disorders that collectively called tauopathies. Six isoforms of tau are expressed in adult human brain, which result from alternative splicing of pre-mRNA generated from a single tau gene. Alternative splicing of tau exon 10 results in tau isoforms containing either three or four microtubule-binding repeats (3R-tau and 4R-tau, respectively). Approximately equal levels of 3R-tau and 4R-tau are expressed in normal adult human brain, but the 3R-tau/4R-tau ratio is altered in the brains in several tauopathies. Discovery of silence mutations and intronic mutations of tau gene in some individuals with frontotemporal dementia with Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17), which only disrupt tau exon 10 splicing but do not alter tau's primary sequence, demonstrates that dysregulation of tau exon 10 alternative splicing and consequently of 3R-tau/4R-tau balance is sufficient to cause neurodegeneration and dementia. Here, we review the gene structure, transcripts and protein isoforms of tau, followed by the regulation of exon 10 splicing that determines the expression of 3R-tau or 4R-tau. Finally, dysregulation of exon 10 splicing of tau in several tauopathies is discussed. Understanding the molecular mechanisms by which tau exon 10 splicing is regulated and how it is disrupted in tauopathies will provide new insight into the mechanisms of these tauopathies and help identify new therapeutic targets to treat these disorders.

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Authors
Liu, F., & Gong, C.-X.
Affiliations
Nantong University (CN)
Corresponding author
Gong, Cheng-Xin
Venue
Molecular Neurodegeneration
Published
2008
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
8
ISSN
1750-1326 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2109458623
Cited by
323
References
75
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
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  • Molecular Neurodegeneration (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Alzheimer's Association (IIRG-05-13095)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (30770468)
  • National Institutes of Health (IIRG-05-13095)
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG027429)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Research and Splicing
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Keywords
tau protein, alternative splicing, tauopathy, tau isoforms, microtubule-binding repeats, neurofibrillary degeneration, frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17, FTDP-17, splicing regulation, neurodegeneration, therapeutic target

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