Pathological Progression Induced by the Frontotemporal Dementia-Associated R406W Tau Mutation in Patient-Derived iPSCs

Mari Nakamura, Seiji Shiozawa, Daisuke Tsuboi, Mutsuki Amano, Hirotaka Watanabe, Sumihiro Maeda, Taeko Kimura, Sho Yoshimatsu, Fumihiko Kisa, Celeste M. Karch, Tomohiro Miyasaka, Akihiko Takashima, Naruhiko Sahara, Shin ichi Hisanaga, Takeshi Ikeuchi, Kozo Kaibuchi, Hideyuki Okano

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Mutations in the microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) gene are known to cause familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The R406W tau mutation is a unique missense mutation whose patients have been reported to exhibit Alzheimer's disease (AD)-like phenotypes rather than the more typical FTD phenotypes. In this study, we established patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) models to investigate the disease pathology induced by the R406W mutation. We generated iPSCs from patients and established isogenic lines using CRISPR/Cas9. The iPSCs were induced into cerebral organoids, which were dissociated into cortical neurons with high purity. In this neuronal culture, the mutant tau protein exhibited reduced phosphorylation levels and was increasingly fragmented by calpain. Furthermore, the mutant tau protein was mislocalized and the axons of the patient-derived neurons displayed morphological and functional abnormalities, which were rescued by microtubule stabilization. The findings of our study provide mechanistic insight into tau pathology and a potential for therapeutic intervention.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)684-699
ページ数16
ジャーナルStem Cell Reports
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DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 08-10-2019
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 生化学
  • 遺伝学
  • 発生生物学
  • 細胞生物学

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