Role of misfolded tau in the onset and progression of brain toxicity after trauma
Zanier, E. R.; BARZAGO, M. M.; Vegliante, G.; Romeo, M.; Bertani, I.; Natale, C.; Colnaghi, L.; Colombo, L.; Russo, L.; Micotti, E.; Fioriti, L.; Chiesa, R.; Diomede, L.
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with widespread tau pathology in about one third of patients. We previously found that TBI induces a transmissible tau pathology (tauTBI), with late cognitive decline and synaptic dysfunction. To understand whether tauTBI is a marker of ongoing neurodegeneration or a driver of functional decline, we employed C. elegans. Brain homogenates from chronic TBI mice, or from mice in which tauTBI had been transmitted by intracerebral inoculation, impaired C. elegans motility and neuromuscular synaptic transmission. Brain homogenates from tau P301L transgenic mice, or pre-aggregated recombinant tau, induced a similar toxic response. Protease digestion or pre-incubation of homogenates with anti-tau antibodies abolished toxicity, and TBI brain homogenates from tau knock-out mice had no toxic effect. These results support a vital role of abnormal tau species in chronic neurodegeneration after TBI and set the groundwork for the development of a C. elegans-based platform for screening anti-tau compounds.
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