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ArticleActa neuropathologica communications2021

Pathological tau drives ectopic nuclear speckle scaffold protein SRRM2 accumulation in neuron cytoplasm in Alzheimer's disease.

Pamela J McMillan, Timothy J Strovas, Misa Baum, Brooke K Mitchell, Randall J Eck, Nzinga Hendricks, Jeanna M Wheeler, Caitlin S Latimer, C Dirk Keene, Brian C Kraemer

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Article in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Polyserine-tau interactions modulate tau fibrillization.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2025
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  16. SON-dependent nuclear speckle rehabilitation alleviates proteinopathies.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pamela J McMillanGeriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, S182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.
Timothy J StrovasGeriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, S182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.
Misa BaumGeriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, S182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.
Brooke K MitchellGeriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, S182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.
Randall J EckGraduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Nzinga HendricksGeriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, S182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.
Jeanna M WheelerGeriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, S182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.
Caitlin S LatimerDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
C Dirk KeeneGraduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Brian C KraemerGeriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, S182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA. kraemerb@u.washington.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2252-7634
University of Washington · USVA Puget Sound Health Care System · US

Funding

Vector and Transgenic Mouse CoreP30DK017047 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Karin E Bornfeldt · 1986 to 2026
$41.4M
University of Washington Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG066509 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ALI SHOJAIE · 2020 to 2026
$29.0M
Developing Neuroprotective Strategies for Tau and TDP-43 Proteinopathy in FTLDR01NS064131 · NINDS · SEATTLE INST FOR BIOMEDICAL/CLINICAL RES · PI KRAEMER, BRIAN C. · 2009 to 2022
$5.0M
MSUT2 modulates pathological tau in AD and model organismsRF1AG055474 · NIA · SEATTLE INST FOR BIOMEDICAL/CLINICAL RES · PI KRAEMER, BRIAN C. · 2017 to 2017
$3.2M
Molecular Mechanisms of Synergistic TDP-43 and Tau Proteotoxicity in Alzheimer's DiseaseK08AG065426 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LATIMER, CAITLIN SHANNON · 2020 to 2024
$705k
NIA NIH HHS K08 AG065426NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066509NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG055474NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK017047NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS064131NINDS NIH HHS R01NS064131
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several conserved nuclear RNA binding proteins (sut-1, sut-2, and parn-2) control tau aggregation and toxicity in C. elegans, mice, and human cells. MSUT2 protein normally resides in nuclear speckles, membraneless organelles composed of phase-separated RNAs and RNA-binding proteins that mediate critical steps in mRNA processing including mRNA splicing. We used human pathological tissue and transgenic mice to identify Alzheimer's disease-specific cellular changes related to nuclear speckles. We observed that nuclear speckle constituent scaffold protein SRRM2 is mislocalized and accumulates in cytoplasmic lesions in AD brain tissue. Furthermore, progression of tauopathy in transgenic mice is accompanied by increasing mislocalization of SRRM2 from the neuronal nucleus to the soma. In AD brain tissue, SRRM2 mislocalization associates with increased severity of pathological tau deposition. These findings suggest potential mechanisms by which pathological tau impacts nuclear speckle function in diverse organisms ranging from C. elegans to mice to humans. Future translational studies aimed at restoring nuclear speckle homeostasis may provide novel candidate therapeutic targets for pharmacological intervention.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBrainCytoplasmFemaleHumansMaleMiceMice, TransgenicMiddle AgedNeuronsNuclear SpecklesRNA-Binding Proteinstau ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsSRRM2 protein, humantau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseaseMapT tauopathy PS19MSUT2Nuclear specklesPABPN1SC-35SRRM2TauZC3H14

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PMID34187600
PMCPMC8243890
OpenAlexW3173689544

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