Small molecules targeting molecular chaperones for tau regulation: Achievements and challenges

C He, J Gu, D Wang, K Wang, Y Wang, Q You… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abnormal post-translational modification of microtubule-associated protein Tau (MAPT) is a
prominent pathological feature in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Previous research has focused …

Cytosolic antibody receptor TRIM21 is required for effective tau immunotherapy in mouse models

AS Mukadam, LVC Miller, AE Smith, M Vaysburd… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Aggregates of the protein tau are proposed to drive pathogenesis in neurodegenerative
diseases. Tau can be targeted by using passively transferred antibodies (Abs), but the …

Aggregation, transmission, and toxicity of the microtubule-associated protein tau: A complex comprehension

J Hu, W Sha, S Yuan, J Wu, Y Huang - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The microtubule-associated protein tau is an intrinsically disordered protein containing a few
short and transient secondary structures. Tau physiologically associates with microtubules …

[HTML][HTML] RNA induces unique tau strains and stabilizes Alzheimer's disease seeds

AN Zwierzchowski-Zarate, A Mendoza-Oliva… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tau aggregation underlies neurodegenerative tauopathies, and transcellular propagation of
tau assemblies of unique structure, ie, strains, may underlie the diversity of these disorders …

Seed-competent tau monomer initiates pathology in a tauopathy mouse model

H Mirbaha, D Chen, V Mullapudi, SJ Terpack… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Tau aggregation into ordered assemblies causes neurodegenerative tauopathies. We
previously reported that tau monomer exists in either inert (M i) or seed-competent (M s) …

Network of hotspot interactions cluster tau amyloid folds

V Mullapudi, J Vaquer-Alicea, V Bommareddy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cryogenic electron microscopy has revealed unprecedented molecular insight into the
conformations of β-sheet-rich protein amyloids linked to neurodegenerative diseases. It …

Recent advances in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and therapeutics from an immune perspective

TD Nguyen, LN Dang, JH Jang, S Park - Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of
dementia, is continuously increasing. Many recent reports have indicated that immune …

FTD-tau S320F mutation stabilizes local structure and allosterically promotes amyloid motif-dependent aggregation

D Chen, S Bali, R Singh, A Wosztyl, V Mullapudi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid deposition of the microtubule-associated protein tau is associated with
neurodegenerative diseases. In frontotemporal dementia with abnormal tau (FTD-tau) …

Expanded conformations of monomeric tau initiate its amyloidogenesis

MC Fernández‐Ramírez, KKS Ng… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding early amyloidogenesis is key to rationally develop therapeutic strategies.
Tau protein forms well‐characterized pathological deposits but its aggregation mechanism …

Chaperoning shape-shifting tau in disease

BD Ryder, PM Wydorski, Z Hou… - Trends in biochemical …, 2022 - cell.com
Many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, originate from the conversion of
proteins into pathogenic conformations. The microtubule-associated protein tau converts …