Neurofibrillary changes undergoing morphological and biochemical changes - How does tau with the profile shift of from four repeat to three repeat spread in Alzheimer brain?

Neuropathology : Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology
Toshiki Uchihara

Abstract

The concept of the hierarchal spread of neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) from the hippocampus to the cortex in Alzheimer's disease (AD)/aging brains, initially proposed by Braak and Braak, revolutionized our understanding by putatively explaining that tau lesions are being unidirectionally extended along neural connections. Because pathological misfolding of tau can serve as a seed to induce identical misfolding on normal tau, this prion-like property is considered to represent a molecular mechanism that may explain such lesion spread. However, double labeling studies for three repeat (3R) and four repeat (4R) tau demonstrated a profile shift in these tau isoforms along chronological change: initially positive only for 4R in early pretangles, gradual involvement of 3R in mature NFTs, and finally replaced by 3R in advanced ghost tangles. This profile shift is hardly explained by aggregation of a single tau molecule. Surprisingly, this profile shift from 4R to 3R tau is shared with the hierarchal spread of NFT around the hippocampus, which is hardly explained by a simple mechanism such as propagation of a single tau molecule. Some molecules other than tau or non-materialist influences such as neuronal activity may be candidate mech...Continue Reading

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Sep 3, 2020·Neuropathology : Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology·Toshiki UchiharaMari Yoshida
Aug 3, 2020·Journal of Neural Transmission·Kurt A Jellinger
Apr 30, 2021·Journal of Neurology·Yun WeiDongxin Wang
Aug 8, 2021·Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology·Soong Ho KimJohn F Crary

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