Aging analysis reveals slowed tau turnover and enhanced stress response in a mouse model of tauopathy.

ABSTRACT: We have extensively analyzed the biochemical and histochemical profiles of the tau protein from the rTg4510 transgenic mouse model in which the animals uniquely develop forebrain tau pathologies similar to those found in human tauopathies. Levels of several soluble phosphorylated tau species were highest at 1 month relative to later time points, suggesting that certain tau hyperphosphorylation events were insufficient to drive tangle formation in young mice. Despite a robust, pre-tangle-like accumulation of phospho-tau in 1-month-old mice, this material was cleared by 3 months, indicating that the young mouse brain either fails to facilitate tau insolubility or possesses an enhanced ability to clear tau relative to the adult. We also found that while heat shock protein expression increased

SUBMITTER: Dickey C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2631335 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature