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ArticleActa neuropathologica communications2021

P62 accumulates through neuroanatomical circuits in response to tauopathy propagation.

François-Xavier Blaudin de Thé, Benjamin Lassus, Ari W Schaler, Stephanie L Fowler, Chris N Goulbourne, Ross Jeggo, Clotilde Mannoury la Cour, Mark J Millan, Karen E Duff

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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 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

François-Xavier Blaudin de Thé *Taub Institute for Research On Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, 630 W 168th St, NY, 10032, New York, USA.
Benjamin Lassus *Taub Institute for Research On Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, 630 W 168th St, NY, 10032, New York, USA.
Ari W SchalerTaub Institute for Research On Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, 630 W 168th St, NY, 10032, New York, USA.
Stephanie L FowlerTaub Institute for Research On Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, 630 W 168th St, NY, 10032, New York, USA.
Chris N GoulbourneNathan Kline Institute: Center for Dementia Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, NY, 10962, Orangeburg, USA.
Ross JeggoNeuroscience and Immunoinflammation Therapeutic Area, Institut de Recherche Servier, 125 Chemin de Ronde, 78290, Croissy-sur-Seine, France.
Clotilde Mannoury la CourNeuroscience and Immunoinflammation Therapeutic Area, Institut de Recherche Servier, 125 Chemin de Ronde, 78290, Croissy-sur-Seine, France.
Mark J MillanNeuroscience and Immunoinflammation Therapeutic Area, Institut de Recherche Servier, 125 Chemin de Ronde, 78290, Croissy-sur-Seine, France.
Karen E DuffTaub Institute for Research On Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, 630 W 168th St, NY, 10032, New York, USA. k.duff@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-6177-868X
Servier (France) · FRAlzheimer's Society · GBInstitute on Aging · USNathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research · USUK Dementia Research Institute · GBUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Tauopathy in AD and FTD - Molecular Determinants of Phenotypic DiversityRF1AG056151 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI CARLSON, GEORGE A., DUFF, KAREN · 2017 to 2017
$4.1M
Differential vulnerability to tauopathy in Alzheimer's disease and Frontotemporal Lobe DementiaRF1AG063521 · NIA · UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · PI DUFF, KAREN · 2019 to 2019
$2.1M
Medical Research CouncilNIA NIH HHS RF1 AG056151NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG063521NIH HHS AG056151
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies, trans-synaptic transfer and accumulation of pathological tau from donor to recipient neurons is thought to contribute to disease progression, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Using complementary in vivo and in vitro models, we examined the relationship between these two processes and neuronal clearance. Accumulation of p62 (a marker of defective protein clearance) correlated with pathological tau accumulation in two mouse models of tauopathy spread; Entorhinal Cortex-tau (EC-Tau) mice where tau pathology progresses in time from EC to other brain regions, and PS19 mice injected with tau seeds. In both models and in several brain regions, p62 colocalized with human tau in a pathological conformation (MC1 antibody). In EC-Tau mice, p62 accumulated before overt tau pathology had developed and was associated with the presence of aggregation-competent tau seeds identified using a FRET-based assay. Furthermore, p62 accumulated in the cytoplasm of neurons in the dentate gyrus of EC-Tau mice prior to the appearance of MC1 positive tauopathy. However, MC1 positive tau was shown to be present at the synapse and to colocalize with p62 as shown by immuno electron microscopy. In vitro, p62 colocalized with tau inclusions in two primary cortical neuron models of tau pathology. In a three-chamber microfluidic device containing neurons overexpressing fluorescent tau, seeding of tau in the donor chamber led to tau pathology spread and p62 accumulation in both the donor and the recipient chamber. Overall, these data are in accordance with the hypothesis that the accumulation and trans-synaptic spread of pathological tau disrupts clearance mechanisms, preceding the appearance of obvious tau aggregation. A vicious cycle of tau accumulation and clearance deficit would be expected to feed-forward and exacerbate disease progression across neuronal circuits in human tauopathies.

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AnimalsBrainDisease ProgressionHumansMiceNeuronsSequestosome-1 ProteinTauopathiesSequestosome-1 ProteinSQSTM1 protein, humanClearanceElectron microscopyMicrofluidicsp62SpreadTauopathy

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