کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10765509 1050592 2010 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Drosophila notal bristle as a novel assessment tool for pathogenic study of Tau toxicity and screening of therapeutic compounds
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Drosophila notal bristle as a novel assessment tool for pathogenic study of Tau toxicity and screening of therapeutic compounds
چکیده انگلیسی
To elucidate the Tau gain-of-toxicity functional mechanism and to search for potential treatments, we overexpressed human Tau variants (hTau) in the dorsal mesothorax (notum) of Drosophila. Overexpression of Tau variants caused loss of notal bristles, and the phenotype was used for evaluating toxicity of ectopic Tau. The bristle loss phenotype was found to be highly associated with the toxicity of hyperphosphoryled Tau in flies. We have shown that the bristle loss phenotype can be rescued either by reducing Glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β)/Shaggy (Sgg) activity or overexpressing Bβ2 regulatory subunits of PP2A. Elevated expression of the Drosophila Bβ2 homolog, Twins (Tws), also alleviated neuritic dystrophy of the dorsal arborization (da) neuron caused by Tau aggregation. Additionally, lowering endogenous Tau dosage was beneficial as it ameliorated the bristle loss phenotype. Finally, the bristle loss phenotype was used to evaluate the efficacy of potential therapeutic compounds. The GSK3β inhibitor, alsterpaullone, was found to suppress toxicity of Tau in a concentration-dependent manner. The notum of Drosophila, thus, provides a new tool and insights into Tau-induced toxicity. It could also potentially assist in screening new drugs for possible therapeutic intervention.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - Volume 391, Issue 1, 1 January 2010, Pages 510-516
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