Journal
PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 214, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2022.102270
Keywords
Amyloid ?; Tau; ?-Synuclein; Neurodegenerative disease; Biomarker; Immunotherapy
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- NIH [AG054025, NS094557, AG072458, T32 AG067952]
- Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Sealy Center for Vaccine Development
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This review summarizes the histopathological features of specific protein aggregation in several neurodegenerative diseases and discusses their overlap. It also highlights the synergistic interplay among Aβ, tau, and alpha-Syn in these diseases, suggesting a protein triumvirate.
Aggregation of specific proteins are histopathological hallmarks of several neurodegenerative diseases, such as, Amyloid beta (A beta) plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease (AD); morphologically different inclusions of ratiometric 3 repeat (3 R) and 4 repeat (4 R) tau isoforms in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD), and Pick's disease (PiD); alpha-Synuclein (alpha-Syn) containing Lewy bodies (LBs) and dystrophic Lewy neurites (LNs) in Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). However, mixed brain protein pathologies have been frequently observed in many of these diseases and in normal aging brains, among which A beta/tau and tau/alpha-Syn crosstalks have received increased attention. Interestingly, studies have also shown synergistic interplay among A beta, tau, and alpha-Syn in several neurodegenerative diseases, suggesting a protein triumvirate. In this review, we summarize the emerging evidence of A beta, tau, and alpha-Syn aggregation in pathophysiology, and their overlap in a spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases including AD, PSP, PiD, CBD, PD and DLB. We discuss the prognostic advancements made in biomarker and imaging techniques in the triumvirate proteinopathies. Finally, we discuss the combined therapeutic modality involving biomarkers and imaging techniques for future combinatorial immunotherapeutic targeting more than one protein aggregates. We hope that such a multitarget therapeutic approach will have synergistic or additive effects to manage neurodegenerative diseases with two or more protein pathologies that might uncover a promising strategy for personalized combination therapies. Managing neurodegenerative diseases by optimizing the diagnostic criteria and the correct combination of immunotherapies will be a key factor in the success of future treatment.
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