Molecular Basis of the Tau Aggregation Pathway
Tau 聚集途径的分子基础
基本信息
- 批准号:9895602
- 负责人:
- 金额:$ 52.95万
- 依托单位:
- 依托单位国家:美国
- 项目类别:
- 财政年份:2017
- 资助国家:美国
- 起止时间:2017-04-01 至 2022-03-31
- 项目状态:已结题
- 来源:
- 关键词:AddressAlternative SplicingAlzheimer&aposs DiseaseAlzheimer&aposs disease pathologyAntibodiesAppearanceAutomobile DrivingBindingBiologicalBiophysicsCell modelCell surfaceCellsClinicalComplexCoupledCytoplasmCytoplasmic GranulesDataDepositionDetectionDiseaseElectron MicroscopyElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyElectrostaticsExposure toFoundationsGoalsGrainHeparinHumanHydrophobicityImmuneIn VitroInclusion BodiesKineticsKnowledgeLabelLaboratoriesLearningLengthLiquid substanceMicrotubule StabilizationModelingMolecularMolecular ChaperonesMolecular ConformationMolecular ProbesMonoclonal AntibodiesMorphologyMutationNatureNerve DegenerationNeurodegenerative DisordersNeuronsPathologicPathologyPathway interactionsPhasePhysiologic pulsePhysiologicalPopulationPost-Translational Protein ProcessingProtein ConformationProteinsRNARNA-Binding ProteinsResearchResearch PersonnelRestRoleRouteSeedsSiteSodium ChlorideSolventsSpin LabelsStressStructureSulfateSurfaceSystemTauopathiesTestingTransfer RNATranslationsTreatment EfficacyVariantVeinsWorkaggregation pathwaybasebeta pleated sheetconformerdesigngenetic variantguided inquiryheparin proteoglycanin silicoin vivoinduced pluripotent stem cellinnovationknowledge basemRNA Differential Displaysmicroscopic imagingmolecular dynamicsmutantnanometernovelsarkosylself assemblyshape analysissimulationtau Proteinstau aggregationtau conformationtau interactiontau mutationtool
项目摘要
PROJECT SUMMARY
Tau is a microtubule-stabilizing protein that is abundant in neurons. It is a highly soluble, intrinsically disordered
protein (IDP) with little tendency for aggregation under native conditions. However, under several experimental
conditions and in a variety of neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease, Tau can spread from
cell to cell and aggregates as intra-cellular β-sheet fibrilar deposits. Our laboratories have critical new data
concerning the temporal, structural and cell biological details of Tau misfolding and fluid-phase assembly—the
basis of this proposal. Our research team consists of a cell biologist, a physical chemist, and a theoretical
biophysicist. Working together closely in an iterative manner we intend to determine the pathway from normal
Tau to disease-related Tau fibrils. The tools for this analysis include (a) cellular systems capable of addressing
in vivo Tau interactions, and indirectly its conformational state based on a variety of molecular probes;; (b) site-
directed spin labeling, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) line shape analysis and pulsed dipolar EPR to
determine conformational signatures of Tau;; and (c) fully atomistic modeling of IDP conformations, their
populations and energetics, and coarse-grained simulation of higher-order assemblies of Tau. The conceptual
flow of the proposal begins with a remarkable observation from the Han lab: When exposed to sub-stoichiometric
amounts of heparin, segments of Tau dramatically extend by a nanometer to solvent-expose the hydrophobic
PHF6(*) segment capable of stacking into neat β-sheets. This observation correlates with the appearance of
fibrils, and thus we refer to this initiating step as “on pathway” seeding. In vivo, Tau is known to populate a vast
conformational landscape controlled by alternative splicing, mutations and post-translational modifications. We
propose that the IDP Tau populates an ensemble of different conformations with different aggregation
propensities, fibril morphologies and interaction partners, depending on the exact Tau variant. However, the
defining and specific conformational signatures within this ensemble are unknown. Determining the
conformational signatures of aggregation-prone Tau variants is our core objective, while a missing puzzle piece
in connecting Tau conformation to cellular interactions is the existence and nature of aggregation intermediates.
In this vein, the Han lab discovered that RNA induces liquid-liquid phase separation of Tau in vitro into protein
droplets held together by weak electrostatic forces. At the in vivo cellular level, the Kosik lab discovered Tau-
tRNA complexes, thereby adding Tau to the growing list of RNA-binding proteins involved in neurodegeneration,
and capable of establishing liquid-liquid phase separation in the cytoplasm. The Tau-tRNA complexes may be a
physiologic or pathological entity—we will obtain clues by determining their loci in neuronal cells. Finally, we
intend to learn whether the conformation of Tau, as modulated by disease mutations or co-factors, influences
the stability and in vivo locality of the Tau-tRNA complexes. Our goal is to discover a detailed route from soluble
Tau to fibrils, from the nanometer to the cellular level, and discover the pathological entities of Tau aggregation.
项目摘要
Tau是一种微管稳定的蛋白质,在神经元中很丰富。这是一种高度可溶的,本质上无序的
蛋白质(IDP)几乎没有天然条件下聚集的趋势。但是,在几个实验下
在包括阿尔茨海默氏病在内的各种神经退行性疾病中,tau可以从
细胞到细胞,并作为细胞内β-折叠纤维矿床聚集。我们的实验室有关键的新数据
关于tau错误折叠和流体相组装的临时,结构和细胞生物学细节 -
该提议的基础。我们的研究团队由细胞生物学家,物理化学家和理论组成
生物物理学家。以迭代方式紧密合作,我们打算确定正常的途径
tau到与疾病相关的tau纤维。该分析的工具包括(a)能够解决的蜂窝系统
体内tau相互作用,并基于各种分子探针间接地构象状态; (b)站点 -
定向自旋标记,电子顺磁共振(EPR)线形状分析和脉冲偶极EPR
确定tau的构象特征; (c)IDP构象的完全原子建模,它们
人口和能量,以及tau高阶组装的粗粒仿真。概念
该提案的流程始于Han Lab的显着观察:当暴露于子杂化时
肝素的量,tau的片段通过纳米表动态延伸,以溶于溶剂的疏水性
PHF6(*)段,能够堆叠成整洁的β-片。该观察结果与外观相关
原纤维,因此我们将此启动步骤称为“途径”播种。 in Vivo,tau众所周知是一个新的
由替代剪接,突变和翻译后修饰控制的构象景观。我们
IDP tau填充不同构型的集合的提议与不同的聚集
根据确切的TAU变体,倾向,原纤维形态和相互作用伙伴。但是,
该合奏中的定义和特定的构象标志是未知的。确定
我们的核心目标是易于聚集的tau变体的构象签名,而缺失的拼图
在将tau构象与细胞相互作用联系在一起时,是聚集中间体的存在和性质。
在这种静脉中,Han Lab发现RNA在体外诱导tau的液态液相分离到蛋白
液滴由弱静电力固定在一起。在体内细胞水平,Kosik实验室发现了tau-
tRNA复合物,从而将tau添加到涉及神经变性的RNA结合蛋白列表中,
并能够在细胞质中建立液态液相分离。 tau-tRNA复合物可能是
生理或病理实体 - 我们将通过确定神经元细胞中的位置来获得线索。最后,我们
打算了解tau的构象是否受疾病突变或共同因素的调节,会影响
tau-tRNA复合物的稳定性和体内位置。我们的目标是从固体发现一条详细的路线
从纳米到细胞水平,tau到原纤维,并发现tau聚集的病理实体。
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MARC at the University of California Santa Barbara
加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校 MARC
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MIRA:揭示自然分子机器相互作用和组装的设计规则
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10205773 - 财政年份:2020
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