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ArticleScience advances2026

IgLON5 autoimmune antibodies activate Tau via neuronal hyperactivity.

Bilge Askin, Cagla Kilic, César Cordero Gómez, Sophie Lan-Linh Duong, Alvaro Domingues-Baquero, Alexander Goihl, Karsten Nalbach, Joana Petushi, Pia Grundschöttel, Jessica Wagner and 21 more

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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31 authors.

Bilge AskinGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6582-3249
Cagla KilicGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0008-7682-1557
César Cordero GómezGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.
Sophie Lan-Linh DuongGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9216-0874
Alvaro Domingues-BaqueroGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.
Alexander GoihlInstitute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Karsten NalbachGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3928-4026
Joana PetushiGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0003-5359-2126
Pia GrundschöttelPlatform for Single Cell Genomics and Epigenomics (PRECISE) at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-8751-8185
Jessica WagnerGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.ORCID 0009-0004-8585-6998
Valentine ThomasGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0004-3791-1796
Janne LambertyGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.
Emily WithersGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0003-1619-8541
Hanna HuberGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Sabrina HuebschmannGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.
Ekaterina SemenovaGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.
Paul TurkoInstitute of Integrative Neuroanatomy, Charité, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1305-6711
Andrew G NewmanInstitute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0222-9162
Lisa DiezGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3101-0191
Marc BeyerPlatform for Single Cell Genomics and Epigenomics (PRECISE) at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9704-148X
Elena De DomenicoPlatform for Single Cell Genomics and Epigenomics (PRECISE) at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0336-8284
Peter KörtvelyessyDepartment of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1262-6169
Dirk ReinholdInstitute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6441-9631
Anja SchneiderGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9540-8700
Jonas J NeherGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1346-8924
Thomas UlasPlatform for Single Cell Genomics and Epigenomics (PRECISE) at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9785-4197
Stefan F LichtenthalerGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2211-2575
Benjamin R RostGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1906-0081
Dietmar SchmitzGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2741-5241
Harald PrüssGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8283-7976
Susanne WegmannGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5388-2479

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-IgLON5 disease is an autoimmune disease, in which autoantibodies (AABs) against the neuronal cell surface protein IgLON5 lead to profound brain dysfunction and Tau pathology. How α-IgLON5 AABs cause neuronal Tau protein pathology and neurodegeneration remains unclear. We find that patient-derived α-IgLON5 AABs cluster IgLON5 proteins with other cell surface proteins, leading to neuronal hyperactivity that triggers pathological Tau missorting and phosphorylation, typically observed early in Tau-related neurodegenerative diseases. In wild-type mice, α-IgLON5 AABs induce hippocampal Tau phosphorylation and neuroinflammatory responses. Our findings establish a causal link between the α-IgLON5 AABs and Tau pathology in anti-IgLON5 disease patients and highlight the role of neuronal hyperactivity as a disease-overarching driver of Tau pathology and provide a potential target for therapeutic intervention.

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AutoantibodiesCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalNeuronstau ProteinsAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesHippocampusHumansMicePhosphorylationAutoantibodiesCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalIgLON5 protein, humantau Proteins

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PMID42127169
PMCPMC13170660

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