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ArticleScience advances2024

Tau fibrils evade autophagy by excessive p62 coating and TAX1BP1 exclusion.

Luca Ferrari, Bernd Bauer, Yue Qiu, Martina Schuschnig, Sigrid Klotz, Dorothea Anrather, Thomas Juretschke, Petra Beli, Ellen Gelpi, Sascha Martens

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. The connection between autophagy and Alzheimer's disease.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  12. Tau degradation in Alzheimer's disease: Mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Luca FerrariMax Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1934-157X
Bernd BauerMax Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2015-0212
Yue QiuMax Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-0382-8084
Martina SchuschnigMax Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8926-6432
Sigrid KlotzDivision of Neuropathology and Neurochemistry, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-3096-2852
Dorothea AnratherMax Perutz Labs, Mass Spectrometry Facility, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1677-2403
Thomas JuretschkeInstitute of Molecular Biology, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Petra BeliInstitute of Molecular Biology, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Ellen GelpiDivision of Neuropathology and Neurochemistry, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Sascha MartensMax Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-3786-8199

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The accumulation of protein aggregates is a hallmark of many diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. As a major pillar of the proteostasis network, autophagy mediates the degradation of protein aggregates. The autophagy cargo receptor p62 recognizes ubiquitin on proteins and cooperates with TAX1BP1 to recruit the autophagy machinery. Paradoxically, protein aggregates are not degraded in various diseases despite p62 association. Here, we reconstituted the recognition by the autophagy receptors of physiological and pathological Tau forms. Monomeric Tau recruits p62 and TAX1BP1 via the sequential actions of the chaperone and ubiquitylation machineries. In contrast, Tau fibrils from Alzheimer's disease brains are recognized by p62 but fail to recruit TAX1BP1. This failure is due to the masking of fibrils ubiquitin moieties by p62. Tau fibrils are resistant to deubiquitylation, and, thus, this nonproductive interaction of p62 with the fibrils is irreversible. Our results shed light on the mechanism underlying autophagy evasion by protein aggregates and their consequent accumulation in disease.

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AutophagySequestosome-1 Proteintau ProteinsUbiquitinationAlzheimer DiseaseHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsProtein AggregatesProtein BindingUbiquitinIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsProtein AggregatesSequestosome-1 ProteinSQSTM1 protein, humantau ProteinsTAX1BP1 protein, humanUbiquitin

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PMID38865459
PMCPMC11168460

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