bp(GO:"late endosomal microautophagy")
Absence of the second N-terminal insert also significantly reduced e-MI of tau (Fig. 5e,f) PubMed:29024336
In the presence of any of the tau proteins, we found some sequestration of the probe in the multivesicular bodies, albeit significantly less in cells expressing the WT and A152T protein PubMed:29024336
Contrary to WT tau, which accumulates in e- MI-defective cells, intracellular levels of A152T and P301L tau did not change in cells knocked down for Vps4, suggesting that both point mutations in tau compromise its ability to undergo degradation by this pathway (Fig. 2a,b) PubMed:29024336
In the presence of any of the tau proteins, we found some sequestration of the probe in the multivesicular bodies, albeit significantly less in cells expressing the WT and A152T protein PubMed:29024336
Contrary to WT tau, which accumulates in e- MI-defective cells, intracellular levels of A152T and P301L tau did not change in cells knocked down for Vps4, suggesting that both point mutations in tau compromise its ability to undergo degradation by this pathway (Fig. 2a,b) PubMed:29024336
As expected, fluorescence puncta were visible in transduced control cells (Fig. 4a) and blockage of endo/lysosomal degradation with ammonium chloride and leupeptin significantly increased the number of fluorescent puncta by preventing their degradation (Fig. 4b) PubMed:29024336
In this study, we analyzed the contribution of three different types of autophagy, macroautophagy, chaperone-mediated autophagy, and endosomal microautophagy to the degradation of tau protein variants and tau mutations associated with this agerelated disease. We have found that the pathogenic P301L mutation inhibits degradation of tau by any of the three autophagic pathways, whereas the risk-associated tau mutation A152T reroutes tau for degradation through a different autophagy pathway PubMed:29024336
Interestingly, although judging by the studies in intact cells the contribution of e-MI to tau degradation is small (Fig. 2a), our in vitro studies with isolated LE revealed a high efficiency for e-MI of tau (Fig. 2c) PubMed:29024336
Contrary to WT tau, which accumulates in e- MI-defective cells, intracellular levels of A152T and P301L tau did not change in cells knocked down for Vps4, suggesting that both point mutations in tau compromise its ability to undergo degradation by this pathway (Fig. 2a,b) PubMed:29024336
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