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ArticleBrain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland)2021

Dysregulated protein phosphorylation: A determining condition in the continuum of brain aging and Alzheimer's disease.

Isidro Ferrer, Pol Andrés-Benito, Karina Ausín, Reinald Pamplona, José Antonio Del Rio, Joaquín Fernández-Irigoyen, Enrique Santamaría

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Article in Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Isidro FerrerDepartment of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Barcelona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9888-8754
Pol Andrés-BenitoDepartment of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Barcelona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3000-0338
Karina AusínClinical Neuroproteomics Unit, Proteomics Platform, Proteored-ISCIII, Navarrabiomed, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain.
Reinald PamplonaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Lleida-Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (UdL-IRBLleida, Lleida, Spain.
José Antonio Del RioMolecular and Cellular Neurobiotechnology, Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Science Park Barcelona (PCB, Barcelona, Spain.
Joaquín Fernández-IrigoyenClinical Neuroproteomics Unit, Proteomics Platform, Proteored-ISCIII, Navarrabiomed, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5072-4099
Enrique SantamaríaClinical Neuroproteomics Unit, Proteomics Platform, Proteored-ISCIII, Navarrabiomed, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8046-8102
Universidad Publica de Navarra · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESBarcelona Institute of Science and Technology · ESUniversitat de Lleida · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tau hyperphosphorylation is the first step of neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) formation. In the present study, samples of the entorhinal cortex (EC) and frontal cortex area 8 (FC) of cases with NFT pathology classified as stages I-II, III-IV, and V-VI without comorbidities, and of middle-aged (MA) individuals with no NFT pathology, were analyzed by conventional label-free and SWATH-MS (sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment ion spectra mass spectrometry) to assess the (phospho)proteomes. The total number of identified dysregulated phosphoproteins was 214 in the EC, 65 of which were dysregulated at the first stages (I-II) of NFT pathology; 167 phosphoproteins were dysregulated in the FC, 81 of them at stages I-II of NFT pathology. A large percentage of dysregulated phosphoproteins were identified in the two regions and at different stages of NFT progression. The main group of dysregulated phosphoproteins was made up of components of the membranes, cytoskeleton, synapses, proteins linked to membrane transport and ion channels, and kinases. The present results show abnormal phosphorylation of proteins at the first stages of NFT pathology in the elderly (in individuals clinically considered representative of normal aging) and sporadic Alzheimer's disease (sAD). Dysregulated protein phosphorylation in the FC precedes the formation of NFTs and SPs. The most active period of dysregulated phosphorylation is at stages III-IV when a subpopulation of individuals might be clinically categorized as suffering from mild cognitive impairment which is a preceding determinant stage in the progression to dementia. Altered phosphorylation of selected proteins, carried out by activation of several kinases, may alter membrane and cytoskeletal functions, among them synaptic transmission and membrane/cytoskeleton signaling. Besides their implications in sAD, the present observations suggest a molecular substrate for "benign" cognitive deterioration in "normal" brain aging.

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