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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

Differential Effects of Human Tau Isoforms to Neuronal Dysfunction and Toxicity in the Drosophila CNS.

Ergina Vourkou, Vassilis Paspaliaris, Anna Bourouliti, Maria-Christina Zerva, Engie Prifti, Katerina Papanikolopoulou, Efthimios M C Skoulakis

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ergina VourkouInstitute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, Biomedical Sciences Research Centre "Alexander Fleming", 16672 Vari, Greece.
Vassilis PaspaliarisInstitute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, Biomedical Sciences Research Centre "Alexander Fleming", 16672 Vari, Greece.
Anna BouroulitiInstitute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, Biomedical Sciences Research Centre "Alexander Fleming", 16672 Vari, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4904-5624
Maria-Christina ZervaInstitute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, Biomedical Sciences Research Centre "Alexander Fleming", 16672 Vari, Greece.
Engie PriftiInstitute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, Biomedical Sciences Research Centre "Alexander Fleming", 16672 Vari, Greece.
Katerina PapanikolopoulouInstitute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, Biomedical Sciences Research Centre "Alexander Fleming", 16672 Vari, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-8889-8606
Efthimios M C SkoulakisInstitute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, Biomedical Sciences Research Centre "Alexander Fleming", 16672 Vari, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5113-6192
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRAlexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center · GRAgricultural University of Athens · GRDemocritus University of Thrace · GR

Funding

European Social Fund- ESF EDBM103General Secretariat for Research and Technology 2018ΣΕ01300001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulation of highly post-translationally modified tau proteins is a hallmark of neurodegenerative disorders known as tauopathies, the most common of which is Alzheimer's disease. Although six tau isoforms are found in the human brain, the majority of animal and cellular tauopathy models utilize a representative single isoform. However, the six human tau isoforms present overlapping but distinct distributions in the brain and are differentially involved in particular tauopathies. These observations support the notion that tau isoforms possess distinct functional properties important for both physiology and pathology. To address this hypothesis, the six human brain tau isoforms were expressed singly in the Drosophila brain and their effects in an established battery of assays measuring neuronal dysfunction, vulnerability to oxidative stress and life span were systematically assessed comparatively. The results reveal isoform-specific effects clearly not attributed to differences in expression levels but correlated with the number of microtubule-binding repeats and the accumulation of a particular isoform in support of the functional differentiation of these tau isoforms. Delineation of isoform-specific effects is essential to understand the apparent differential involvement of each tau isoform in tauopathies and their contribution to neuronal dysfunction and toxicity.

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DrosophilaTauopathiesAnimalsHumansNeuronsProtein Isoformstau ProteinsProtein Isoformstau ProteinsDrosophilahabituationlearning and memoryneuronal dysfunctiontau isoformstoxicity

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PMID36361774
PMCPMC9655709
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