期刊
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
卷 26, 期 7, 页码 1015-1022出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.09.019
关键词
tangle formation; caspase; cleavage; conformation; Tau-C3
资金
- NIA NIH HHS [AG020506, AG13854, AG021661, AG09466] Funding Source: Medline
The microtubule-associated protein, tau, is a highly soluble molecule that is nonetheless capable of self-association into filamentous deposits characteristic of a number of neurodegenerative diseases. This state change is thought to be driven by phosphorylation and/or C-terminal truncation events resulting in intracellular inclusions, such as the neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Previously, we reported the existence of a novel truncation event, cleavage at aspartic acid(421), presumably by a caspase, and also described a monoclonal antibody (Tau-C3) specific for tau cleaved at this site. Here, we report the timing of this cleavage event relative to other antibody-targeted alterations in the tau molecule during the course of NFT evolution in AD. Immunohistochemical studies indicate that cleavage at aspartic acid(421) occurs after formation of the Alz50 epitope but prior to formation of the Tau-66 epitope and truncation at glutamic acid(391) (formation of the MN423 epitope). Thus, creation of the Tau-C3 epitope appears to occur relatively early in the disease state, contemporaneous with the initial Alz50 folding event that heralds the appearance of filamentous tau in NFTs, neuropil threads, and the dystrophic neurites surrounding amyloid plaques. (c) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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