دورية أكاديمية
Tau N-Terminal Inserts Regulate Tau Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation and Condensates Maturation in a Neuronal Cell Model
العنوان: | Tau N-Terminal Inserts Regulate Tau Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation and Condensates Maturation in a Neuronal Cell Model |
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المؤلفون: | Chengchen Wu, Junyi Zhao, Qiuping Wu, Qiulong Tan, Qiong Liu, Shifeng Xiao |
المصدر: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 22, Iss 18, p 9728 (2021) |
بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2021. |
سنة النشر: | 2021 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Biology (General) LCC:Chemistry |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | liquid–liquid phase separation, tau isoforms, protein aggregation, p62 protein, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Chemistry, QD1-999 |
الوصف: | The microtubule-associated protein tau can undergo liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) to form membraneless condensates in neurons, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms and functions of tau LLPS and tau droplets remain to be elucidated. The human brain contains mainly 6 tau isoforms with different numbers of microtubule-binding repeats (3R, 4R) and N-terminal inserts (0N, 1N, 2N). However, little is known about the role of N-terminal inserts. Here we observed the dynamics of three tau isoforms with different N-terminal inserts in live neuronal cell line HT22. We validated tau LLPS in cytoplasm and found that 2N-tau forms liquid-like, hollow-shell droplets. Tau condensates became smaller in 1N-tau comparing with 2N-tau, while no obvious tau accumulated dots were shown in 0N-tau. The absence of N-terminal inserts significantly affected condensate colocalization of tau and p62. The results reveal insights into the tau LLPS assembly mechanism and functional effects of N-terminal inserts in tau. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 1422-0067 1661-6596 |
Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/18/9728; https://doaj.org/toc/1661-6596; https://doaj.org/toc/1422-0067 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijms22189728 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/147e521dca9b4a1e9ae59242b72a6e20 |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.147e521dca9b4a1e9ae59242b72a6e20 |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 14220067 16616596 |
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DOI: | 10.3390/ijms22189728 |