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Amphiphysin-1 protein level changes associated with tau-mediated neurodegeneration.

Abstract
Tauopathies are a family of neurodegenerative diseases that have the pathological hallmark of intraneuronal accumulation of filaments composed of hyperphosphorylated tau proteins that tend to aggregate in an ultrastructure known as neurofibrillary tangles. The identification of mutations on the tau gene in familial cases of tauopathies underscores the pathological role of the tau protein. However, the molecular process that underlines tau-mediated neurodegeneration is not understood. Here, a proteomics approach was used to identify proteins that may be affected during the course of tau-mediated neurodegeneration in the tauopathy mouse model JNPL3. The JNPL3 mice express human tau proteins bearing a P301L mutation, which mimics the neurodegenerative process observed in humans with tauopathy. The results showed that the protein amphiphysin-1 (AMPH1) is significantly reduced in terminally ill JNPL3 mice. Specifically, the AMPH1 protein level is reduced in brain regions known to accumulate aggregates of hyperphosphorylated tau proteins. The AMPH1 protein reduction was validated in Alzheimer's disease cases. Taken together, the results suggest that the reduction of the AMPH1 protein level is a molecular event associated with the progression of tau-mediated neurodegeneration.
AuthorsHéctor J De Jesús-Cortés, Carlos J Nogueras-Ortiz, Marla Gearing, Steven E Arnold, Irving E Vega
JournalNeuroreport (Neuroreport) Vol. 23 Issue 16 Pg. 942-6 (Nov 14 2012) ISSN: 1473-558X [Electronic] England
PMID22975846 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
Chemical References
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • tau Proteins
  • amphiphysin
Topics
  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease (metabolism, pathology)
  • Animals
  • Cell Aggregation (genetics)
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases (metabolism, pathology)
  • Phosphorylation (genetics)
  • Tauopathies (genetics, metabolism, pathology)
  • tau Proteins (metabolism, physiology)

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