Deubiquitinating Enzymes Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases 7 and 10 Regulate TAU Aggregation.

ABSTRACT: Accumulation of the microtubule-associated protein TAU into inclusions is a hallmark of tauopathies including Alzheimer's disease (AD), potentially driven by impaired protein degradation and dysregulated ubiquitination. To explore the role of deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs), we performed siRNA knockdown screens targeting 93 murine DUBs in rTg4510 cortical cultures. Knockdown and pharmacological inhibition of the ubiquitin-specific proteases 7 (Usp7) and 10 (Usp10) significantly reduced seeded TAU aggregation without affecting soluble TAU levels. These effects were observed in both cortical and organotypic hippocampal slice cultures from rTg4510 mice, as well as in wildtype neurons seeded with AD-derived pathological TAU. Inhibition of Usp7 and Usp10 was associated with increased polyubiqui

SUBMITTER: Volbracht C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12652193 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature