期刊
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
卷 81, 期 -, 页码 200-212出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.05.024
关键词
Neurofibrillary tangles; Tau; Amyloid; Tauopathy; Cats; Glycogen synthase kinase 3
资金
- Belgian Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique Medicale [T.0023.15]
- Fund Aline (King Baudouin Foundation)
- Foundation for Alzheimer Research (FRA/SAO)
- Genicot Fund
- Fund Defay
- Fund Van Buuren
- Fonds pour l'encouragement de la recherche
Human tauopathies are neurodegenerative diseases with accumulation of abnormally phosphorylated and aggregated tau proteins forming neurofibrillary tangles. We investigated the development of tau pathology in aged cat brains as a model of neurofibrillary tangle formation occurring spontaneously during aging. In 4 of 6 cats aged between 18 and 21 years, we found a somatodendritic accumulation of phosphorylated and aggregated tau in neurons and oligodendrocytes. Two of these 4 cats had no amyloid immunoreactivity. These tau inclusions were mainly composed of 4R tau isoforms and straight filaments and colocalized with the active form of the glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3). Cat brains with a tau pathology showed a significant cortical atrophy and neuronal loss. We demonstrate in this study the presence of a tau pathology in aged cat brains that develop independently of amyloid deposits. The colocalization of the active form of the GSK3 with tau inclusions as observed in human tauopathies suggests that this kinase could be responsible for the abnormal tau phosphorylation observed in aged cat brains, representing a mechanism of tau pathology development shared between a naturally occurring tauopathy in aged cats and human tauopathies. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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