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ArticleActa neuropathologica communications2023

Cryo-EM structures of tau filaments from the brains of mice transgenic for human mutant P301S Tau.

Manuel Schweighauser, Alexey G Murzin, Jennifer Macdonald, Isabelle Lavenir, R Anthony Crowther, Sjors H W Scheres, Michel Goedert

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Article in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Manuel SchweighauserMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Alexey G MurzinMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Jennifer MacdonaldMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Isabelle LavenirMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
R Anthony CrowtherMedical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Sjors H W Scheres *Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK. scheres@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.
Michel Goedert *Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK. mg@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5214-7886
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC-U105184291Medical Research Council MC_U105184291Medical Research Council MC-UP-A025-1013Medical Research Council MC_UP_A025_1013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mice transgenic for human mutant P301S tau are widely used as models for human tauopathies. They develop neurodegeneration and abundant filamentous inclusions made of human mutant four-repeat tau. Here we used electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine the structures of tau filaments from the brains of Tg2541 and PS19 mice. Both lines express human P301S tau (0N4R for Tg2541 and 1N4R for PS19) on mixed genetic backgrounds and downstream of different promoters (murine Thy1 for Tg2541 and murine Prnp for PS19). The structures of tau filaments from Tg2541 and PS19 mice differ from each other and those of wild-type tau filaments from human brains. The structures of tau filaments from the brains of humans with mutations P301L, P301S or P301T in MAPT are not known. Filaments from the brains of Tg2541 and PS19 mice share a substructure at the junction of repeats 2 and 3, which comprises residues I297-V312 of tau and includes the P301S mutation. The filament core from the brainstem of Tg2541 mice consists of residues K274-H329 of tau and two disconnected protein densities. Two non-proteinaceous densities are also in evidence. The filament core from the cerebral cortex of line PS19 extends from residues G271-P364 of tau. One strong non-proteinaceous density is also present. Unlike the tau filaments from human brains, the sequences following repeat 4 are missing from the cores of tau filaments from the brains of Tg2541 and PS19 mice.

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Tauopathiestau ProteinsAnimalsBrainCryoelectron MicroscopyCytoskeletonDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceMice, Transgenictau ProteinsElectron cryo-microscopyFrontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17P301S tauTransgenic mice

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PMCPMC10552433
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