Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

RNA-binding proteins Musashi and tau soluble aggregates initiate nuclear dysfunction

  • Mauro Montalbano,
  • Salome McAllen,
  • Nicha Puangmalai,
  • Urmi Sengupta,
  • Nemil Bhatt,
  • Omar D. Johnson,
  • Michael G. Kharas,
  • Rakez Kayed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18022-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The Musashi family of RNA binding proteins are found in an oligomeric state in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Here the authors show that Mushashi1 and Musashi2 interact with tau protein in patient tissue and in models of tauopathy.