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Role of neurofibrillary tangles Akihiko Takashima 1 1Laboratry for Alzheimer's Disease, RIKEN Brain Science Institute Keyword: タウ , リン酸化 , ユビキチン , GSK-3β pp.379-393
Published Date 2005/6/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1431100055
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NFTs are commonly observed in neurological disorders involving neuronal loss. The discovery of tau mutation in FTDP17 opened the door to understanding the mechanism of neuron death in this neurological disorder, because tau mutation itself could induce NFT and neuronal loss. This suggests that NFT formation and neuronal loss might share a common mechanism and may explain why NFTs are always observed in regions where neuronal loss occurs. Tau dysfunction might cause neuronal loss to occur in tauopathies the same way that tau mutations do in FTDP-17. Like mutated tau, high phosphorylation of tau, though an imbalance in kinase and phosphatase levels for example, may weaken tau's ability to bind microtubule. There have been several reports on the role of tau kinases and phosphatases in regard to NFT formation. Among them, GSK-3's important role in NFT formation is becoming clearer, especially in response to Aβ. Aβ-induced inhibition of AKT signaling activates GSK-3. AKT is downstream of receptors for growth factors, such as BDNF and IGF. However, GSK-3β activation alone does not explain all the phosphorylation sites of tau seen in NFT. In cooperation with other kinase activation or inactivation of phosphatase, GSK-3 does induce highly phosphorylated tau. Moreover, inhibition of GSK-3β prevented NFT formation by preventing the hyperphosphorylation of tau. This inhibition also prevented synaptic and neuronal loss that are induced by Aβ. This suggests that tau phosphorylation is the first response to Aβ, followed by tau hyperphosphorylation, NFT formation, synapse loss, and then neuronal loss. Therefore, preventing the first phosphorylation of tau would stop these other events from happening in response to Aβ. We have successfully protected against this Aβ-induced phenomena through the inhibition of GSK-3β in a mouse model. Inhibiting GSK-3β in patients with tauopathy may show that this treatment is effective in treating or preventing the progress of these neurodegenerative diseases.


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