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ArticleActa neuropathologica2025

Fyn-dependent Tau microcluster formation seeds and boosts extensive Tau pathology.

Yingjie Li, Wending Qi, Le Chen, Fan Chu, Wenfeng Jiang, Zifeng Xu, Yuexin Luo, Xubo Hu, Jürgen Götz, Chuanzhou Li

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Article in Acta neuropathologica, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Yingjie LiDepartment of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of China and Hubei Province for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Wending QiDepartment of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Le ChenDepartment of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of China and Hubei Province for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Fan ChuDepartment of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of China and Hubei Province for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Wenfeng JiangSchool of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Zifeng XuSchool of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yuexin LuoFirst Clinic School, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xubo HuSchool of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Jürgen GötzClem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CJCADR), Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. j.goetz@uq.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-8501-7896
Chuanzhou LiDepartment of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of China and Hubei Province for Neurological Disorders, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. chuanzhouli@hust.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0174-4215

Funding

Hubei Natural Science Foundation project 2024AFB558National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia GNT1176326National Natural Science Foundation of China 31900692
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tau seeding and propagation are defining features of all tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease, but the underlying molecular drivers remain incompletely understood. Here, we reveal that Fyn expression boosts massive Tau pathology in the mouse brain and enhances Tau seeding induced by pathological Tau seeds in biosensor cells. However, even in the absence of seeds, Fyn itself, via its palmitoylation, triggers the de novo formation of small, plasma membrane-anchored Tau microclusters, which initiate pronounced and diverse intra- and transcellular Tau seeding in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, membrane-associated Fyn phosphorylates Tau at its Tyr310 epitope and then recruits and activates GSK3β locally, which further phosphorylates Tau at Ser/Thr sites in the microclusters, eliciting their full seeding capacity. Our data suggest that Fyn not only serves as a master switch that initiates Tau pathogenesis on its own, but also augments a pre-existing Tau pathology, leading to a vicious cycle of Tau aggregation.

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BrainProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fynTauopathiestau ProteinsAnimalsGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicPhosphorylationFYN protein, humanFyn protein, mouseGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyntau ProteinsAggregationAlzheimer’s diseaseFynSeedingTauTauopathy

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