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2015 ; 9
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Loss of tau rescues inflammation-mediated neurodegeneration
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Maphis N
; Xu G
; Kokiko-Cochran ON
; Cardona AE
; Ransohoff RM
; Lamb BT
; Bhaskar K
Front Neurosci
2015[]; 9
(ä): 196
PMID26089772
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Neuroinflammation is one of the neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and related tauopathies. Activated microglia spatially coexist with
microtubule-associated protein tau (Mapt or tau)-burdened neurons in the brains
of human AD and non-AD tauopathies. Numerous studies have suggested that
neuroinflammation precedes tau pathology and that induction or blockage of
neuroinflammation via lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or anti-inflammatory compounds
(such as FK506) accelerate or block tau pathology, respectively in several animal
models of tauopathy. We have previously demonstrated that microglia-mediated
neuroinflammation via deficiency of the microglia-specific chemokine
(fractalkine) receptor, CX3CR1, promotes tau pathology and neurodegeneration in a
mouse model of LPS-induced systemic inflammation. Here, we demonstrate that tau
mediates the neurotoxic effects of LPS in Cx3cr1 (-/-) mice. First, Mapt (+/+)
neurons displayed elevated levels of Annexin V (A5) and TUNEL (markers of
neurodegeneration) when co-cultured with LPS-treated Cx3cr1 (-/-)microglia, which
is rescued in Mapt (-/-) neurons. Second, a neuronal population positive for
phospho-S199 (AT8) tau in the dentate gyrus is also positive for activated or
cleaved caspase (CC3) in the LPS-treated Cx3cr1 (-/-) mice. Third, genetic
deficiency for tau in Cx3cr1 (-/-) mice resulted in reduced microglial
activation, altered expression of inflammatory genes and a significant reduction
in the number of neurons positive for CC3 compared to Cx3cr1 (-/-)mice. Finally,
Cx3cr1 (-/-)mice exposed to LPS displayed a lack of inhibition in an open field
exploratory behavioral test, which is rescued by tau deficiency. Taken together,
our results suggest that pathological alterations in tau mediate
inflammation-induced neurotoxicity and that deficiency of Mapt is
neuroprotective. Thus, therapeutic approaches toward either reducing tau levels
or blocking neuroinflammatory pathways may serve as a potential strategy in
treating tauopathies.