Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Retromer deficiency in Tauopathy models enhances the truncation and toxicity of Tau

  • Jamshid Asadzadeh,
  • Evelyne Ruchti,
  • Wei Jiao,
  • Greta Limoni,
  • Catherine MacLachlan,
  • Scott A. Small,
  • Graham Knott,
  • Ismael Santa-Maria,
  • Brian D. McCabe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32683-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Tau and the Retromer complex are both linked to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. Using Drosophila neurodegeneration models, this study finds that low retromer activity induces a specific increase of a highly toxic truncated form of human Tau.