Nuclear tau, a key player in neuronal DNA protection

A Sultan, F Nesslany, M Violet, S Bégard… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
Tau, a neuronal protein involved in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer
disease, which is primarily described as a microtubule-associated protein, has also been …

A major role for Tau in neuronal DNA and RNA protection in vivo under physiological and hyperthermic conditions

M Violet, L Delattre, M Tardivel, A Sultan… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Nucleic acid protection is a substantial challenge for neurons, which are continuously
exposed to oxidative stress in the brain. Neurons require powerful mechanisms to protect …

The involvement of tau in nucleolar transcription and the stress response

MB Maina, LJ Bailey, S Wagih, L Biasetti… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2018 - Springer
Tau is known for its pathological role in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and other tauopathies. Tau is found in many subcellular compartments such as …

Tau promotes neurodegeneration through global chromatin relaxation

B Frost, M Hemberg, J Lewis, MB Feany - Nature neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
The microtubule-associated protein tau is involved in a number of neurodegenerative
disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. Previous studies have linked oxidative stress and …

Nuclear tau and its potential role in Alzheimer's disease

M Bukar Maina, YK Al-Hilaly, LC Serpell - Biomolecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Tau protein, found in both neuronal and non-neuronal cells, forms aggregates in neurons
that constitutes one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). For nearly four decades …

Failure of DNA double-strand break repair by tau mediates Alzheimer's disease pathology in vitro

M Asada-Utsugi, K Uemura, T Ayaki… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
DNA double-strand break (DSB) is the most severe form of DNA damage and accumulates
with age, in which cytoskeletal proteins are polymerized to repair DSB in dividing cells …

Expression of a truncated tau protein induces oxidative stress in a rodent model of tauopathy

M Cente, P Filipcik, M Pevalova… - European Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Truncation of tau protein and oxidative stress have been implicated as important
pathogenetic events in tauopathies including Alzheimer's disease (AD). We have generated …

Tau protein is essential for stress-induced brain pathology

S Lopes, J Vaz-Silva, V Pinto, C Dalla… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Exposure to chronic stress is frequently accompanied by cognitive and affective disorders in
association with neurostructural adaptations. Chronic stress was previously shown to trigger …

Hyperphosphorylation of tau associates with changes in its function beyond microtubule stability

AD Alonso, LS Cohen, C Corbo, V Morozova… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tau is a neuronal microtubule associated protein whose main biological functions are to
promote microtubule self-assembly by tubulin and to stabilize those already formed. Tau …

Binding to the minor groove of the double-strand, tau protein prevents DNA from damage by peroxidation

Y Wei, MH Qu, XS Wang, L Chen, DL Wang, Y Liu… - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Tau, an important microtubule associated protein, has been found to bind to DNA, and to be
localized in the nuclei of both neurons and some non-neuronal cells. Here, using …