Tau Modulates VGluT1 Expression

Autor: Marco Mainardi, Valentina Quercioli, Martina Varisco, Maria Claudia Caiazza, Giacomo Siano, Antonino Cattaneo, Cristina Di Primio, Chiara Ippolito
Přispěvatelé: Siano, Giacomo, Varisco, Martina, Caiazza, MARIA CLAUDIA, Quercioli, Valentina, Mainardi, Marco, Ippolito, Chiara, Cattaneo, Antonino, Di Primio, Cristina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of molecular biology. 431(4)
ISSN: 1089-8638
Popis: Tau displacement from microtubules is the first step in the onset of tauopathies and is followed by toxic protein aggregation. However, other non-canonical functions of Tau might have a role in these pathologies. Here, we demonstrate that a small amount of Tau localizes in the nuclear compartment and accumulates in both the soluble and chromatin-bound fractions. We show that favoring Tau nuclear translocation and accumulation, by Tau overexpression or detachment from MTs, increases the expression of VGluT1, a disease-relevant gene directly involved in glutamatergic synaptic transmission. Remarkably, the P301L mutation, related to frontotemporal dementia FTDP-17, impairs this mechanism leading to a loss of function. Altogether, our results provide the demonstration of a direct physiological role of Tau on gene expression. Alterations of this mechanism may be at the basis of the onset of neurodegeneration.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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