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- Title
Nmnat1 protects neuronal function without altering phospho-tau pathology in a mouse model of tauopathy.
- Authors
Musiek, Erik S.; Xiong, David D.; Patel, Tirth; Sasaki, Yo; Wang, Yinong; Bauer, Adam Q.; Singh, Risham; Finn, Samantha L.; Culver, Joseph P.; Milbrandt, Jeffrey; Holtzman, David M.
- Abstract
Objective The nicotinamide-nucleotide adenylyltransferase protein Nmnat1 is a potent inhibitor of axonal degeneration in models of acute axonal injury. Hyperphosphorylation and aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein Tau are associated with neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease and other disorders. Previous studies have demonstrated that other Nmnat isoforms can act both as axonoprotective agents and have protein chaperone function, exerting protective effects in drosophila and mouse models of tauopathy. Nmnat1 targeted to the cytoplasm (cytNmnat1) is neuroprotective in a mouse model of neonatal hypoxia-ischemia, but the effect of cytNmnat1 on tauopathy remains unknown. Methods We examined the impact of overexpression of cytNmnat1 on tau pathology, neurodegeneration, and brain functional connectivity in the P301S mouse model of chronic tauopathy. Results Overexpression of cytNmnat1 preserved cortical neuron functional connectivity in P301S mice in vivo. However, whereas Nmnat1 overexpression decreased the accumulation of detergent-insoluble tau aggregates in the cerebral cortex, it exerted no effect on immunohistochemical evidence of pathologic tau phosphorylation and misfolding, hippocampal atrophy, or inflammatory markers in P301S mice. Interpretation Our results demonstrate that cytNmnat1 partially preserves neuronal function and decreases biochemically insoluble tau in a mouse model of chronic tauopathy without preventing tau phosphorylation, formation of soluble aggregates, or tau-induced inflammation and atrophy. Nmnat1 might thus represent a therapeutic target for tauopathies.
- Subjects
PROTEIN analysis; NICOTINAMIDE; TRANSFERASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; NEURODEGENERATION; LABORATORY mice
- Publication
Annals of Clinical & Translational Neurology, 2016, Vol 3, Issue 6, p434
- ISSN
2328-9503
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/acn3.308