Tau forms dynamic hot spots that are resistant to microtubule perturbations and cholesterol depletion
Padmanabhan, P.; Kneynsberg, A.; Gonzalez, E. C.; Amor, R.; Sibarita, J.-B.; Götz, J.
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Accumulation of Tau aggregates is a pathological hallmark of Alzheimers disease, but little is known about where these aggregates assemble and how stable these assemblies are. Using quantitative, single-molecule imaging, we show that Tau exhibits spatial and kinetic heterogeneity near the plasma membrane, resulting in the formation of nanometer-sized hot spots smaller than the diffraction limit. The hot spots lasted tens of seconds, much longer than the short dwell time (~40 ms) of Tau on microtubules. Pharmacological and biochemical disruption of Tau/microtubule interactions did not affect hot spot formation, suggesting that these are different from the reported Tau condensation on microtubules. Although cholesterol removal has been shown to reduce Tau pathology, its depletion did not affect Tau hot spot dynamics. Our study identifies an intrinsic dynamic property of Tau near the plasma membrane that may facilitate the formation of assembly sites for Tau to assume its physiological and pathological functions.
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