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ArticleScientific reports2019

Novel model of secreted human tau protein reveals the impact of the abnormal N-glycosylation of tau on its aggregation propensity.

Yelena Losev, Ashim Paul, Moran Frenkel-Pinter, Malak Abu-Hussein, Isam Khalaila, Ehud Gazit, Daniel Segal

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7 authors.

Yelena LosevDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel.
Ashim PaulDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel.
Moran Frenkel-PinterDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel.
Malak Abu-HusseinDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel.
Isam KhalailaDepartment of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-3250-5778
Ehud GazitDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel.
Daniel SegalDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel. dsegal@post.tau.ac.il.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder and has no disease-modifying treatment yet. The hallmarks of AD are two amyloidogenic proteins: tau and amyloid β (Aβ). Tau undergoes several posttranslational modifications, including N-glycosylation. Tau was reported to be N-glycosylated in AD brains, but not in healthy counterparts, which may affect AD etiology. Here, we aimed to examine the effect of N-glycosylation on aggregation propensity of tau. To that end, a novel SH-SY5Y cell-based model was generated in which recombinant human tau (htau) is forced to be secreted from the cells. Secreted htau was found to localize in the secretory pathway compartments and to undergo N-glycosylation. Following N-glycan cleavage of the secreted htau, various biophysical results collectively indicated that the untreated N-glycosylated secreted htau is markedly less aggregative, contains thinner and shorter fibrils, as compared to treated de-glycosylated secreted htau. This finding shows that N-glycans attached to htau may affect its aggregation. This could help to better understand the effect of N-glycosylated htau on AD progression.

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Models, BiologicalProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalAlzheimer DiseaseCell Line, TumorGlycosylationHumansProtein Aggregation, Pathologicaltau ProteinsMAPT protein, humantau Proteins

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PMID30783169
PMCPMC6381127

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