PubMed: 24760868

Title
Activity-dependent tau protein translocation to excitatory synapse is disrupted by exposure to amyloid-beta oligomers.
Journal
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
Volume
34
Issue
None
Pages
6084-97
Date
2014-04-23
Authors
Arnal I | Borel E | Buisson A | De Seranno S | Elie A | Frandemiche ML | Lanté F | Rush T

Evidence 57f4e3caa0

For this, we treated our primary cortical neurons with jasplakinolide (1 M), a compound that promotes actin polymerization (Lazaro- Dieguez et al., 2008), or with a latrunculin A (at 500 nM), a compound that depolymerizes F-actin into soluble globular actin (Gactin; Coue´ et al., 1987; Fig. 5C). After jasplakinolide application, we observed a large increase in synaptic EGFP-tau fluorescence

Evidence 241e90c217

Latrunculin treatment produced rapid actin depolymerization and the corresponding disappearance of LifeAct-RFP fluorescence in every spine studied; no synaptic EGFP-tau fluorescence was observed (data not shown).

Evidence a7e3a6f63d

Abetao exposure induced a translocation of tau into the PSD fraction (***p  0.0002, 2-tailed Student’s t test; control 20.12  1228 vs Abetao 29.74  1.748, N  12 independent culture). There was also an increase of PSD-95 (***p0.0006, 2-tailed Student’s t test; control 19.10  2.557 vs Abetao 33.3  2153, N  9 independent culture), GluA1 (**p  0.0078, 2-tailed Student’s t test; control 18.841.930 vs Abetao 26.221.475,N9 independent culture) and fyn (**p  0.0041, 2-tailed Student’s t test; control 19.42  1.337 vs Abetao 29.67  2.181, N  6 independent cultures; Fig. 6D).

Evidence dfacb4228c

After Abetao treatment, synaptic activation did not trigger any increase in synaptic markers and in fact decreased synaptic actin (***p  0.0009, 2-tailed Student’s t test; Abetao 29.64  1.495, Abetao Bic/4-AP 18.56 2.030, N  7 independent cultures; Fig. 7C), PSD-95 (***p0.0007, 2-tailed Student’s t test; Abetao 33.37  2.153, Abetao Bic/4-AP 19.25 2.550, N  7 independent cultures) and tau levels (**p0.0014, 2-tailed Student’s t test; Abetao 29.74 1.748, Abetao Bic/4-AP 20.68 1.751, N  12 independent cultures).

Evidence 54a2e756c7

When we investigated Abetao-driven tau translocation to the synapse, we did not see any change in half-life recovery (4.729 s) from those measured with synaptic activation. However, the plateau value was drastically modified (71.20%), illustrating that, whereas Abetao induced tau translocation and subsequently its interaction with actin filament, the resulting synaptic tau is less stable.

Evidence 621518bd31

Preceded by 15 min Abetao treatment, synaptic activation disrupted LifeAct-RFP fluorescence, suggesting an alteration of F-actin organization and no additional EGFPtau recruitment at the synapse.

Evidence ad5f341577

Finally, we performed a phalloidin precipitation assay after a 15 min Abetao treatment on our neuron culture (Fig. 8A) and observed that tau/F-actin content was increased (**,*p 0.05 relative to control, #p  0.05 relative to Abetao, 1-way ANOVA; control 15.45  1.529, Abetao 32.90  3.181, Abetao Bic/ 4-AP 20.182671 for actin; control 16.342.618, Abetao 31.77 1.952, Abetao Bic/4-AP 17.704.080 for tau,N5 independent cultures Fig. 8B). A subsequent synaptic activation did alter tau interaction with F-actin.

Evidence 1e85c869d6

Thr-205 phosphorylated tau was only increased under synaptic activation in the PSD fraction (control 24.57  0.9754 vs Bic/4-AP 38.90  1.936; Fig. 9E), whereas it was decreased after Abetao treatment (control 24.57  0.9754 vs Abeta 13.64  2.416). Synaptic activation after Abetao exposure did not produce any significant Thr-205 phosphorylation of tau (Abeta Bic/4-AP 22.892.796 vs Bic/ 4-AP 38.90  1.93 vs Abeta 13.642.50).

Evidence dae62df55b

Conversely, only Abetao exposure promoted significant tau phosphorylation on Ser 404 (**p0.05, 1-way ANOVA; control 15.672.418 vs Abetao 32.65  3.76 vs Bic/4-AP 26.75  1.17 vs Abetao Bic/4-AP 24.97  4.48, N  4). These results revealed that, although synaptic activation or Abetao promote tau translocation to PSD fractions, the synaptic tau displays a different phosphorylation profile that may be responsible for the conditional tau properties observed.

Evidence bb8c91a9bf

We observed that synaptic activation promoted EGFP-Tau T205A translocation to the spine but FRAP experiments revealed a shorter tau turnover time in the spine (Fig. 9B), whereas Abetao driven translocation to the spine was no longer observable in EGFP-Tau S404A-transfected neurons (Fig. 9F,G). These experiments highlight the pivotal role of these phosphorylations in tau translocation features to the spine.

Evidence d6e4210b5d

The recovery curves indicated 3 pools of tau: a mobile, unbleached fraction comprising 9.72  1.03%, a dynamic fraction at 47.08  3.06%, and a stable, unrecoverable fraction at 42.75  2.78%. This stable fraction suggests that a large portion of tau is anchored in the spine.

Evidence e1972a1b66

We analyzed actin and tau in the PSD-enriched fraction from primary cortical neurons treated with jasplakinolide (Fig. 5E). We observed that increased neuronal F-actin content promotes concurrent tau enrichment (*p0.0150, 2-tailed Student’s t test; control 17.49  0.7755 vs jasplakinolide 27.02  2719, N  4 independent cultures; Fig. 5F). GLUA1, the membrane trafficking of which is known to be actin dependent, was increased (*p 0.0279, 2-tailed Student’s t test; control 16.91  1015 vs jasplakinolide 31.00  4.778, N  4 independent cultures). The amount of Fyn in the PSD was decreased (*p  0.0265, 2-tailed Student’s t test; control 27.25 5.003 vs jasplakinolide 11.71  1.786, N  4 independent cultures).

Evidence 2e5bea0545

Therefore, during a long-lasting synaptic activation, we observed an increase in tau, fyn, actin, GluA1, and PSD-95 content in the PSD-positive fraction, which is consistent with the characteristic features of synaptic plasticity (Ehlers, 2003).

Evidence 6b32f2f21d

These results suggest that tau translocates from the dendritic shaft to the synapse during activation and probably takes part in the activity-driven synaptic reorganization that underlies synaptic plasticity

Evidence 1345960006

We observed a similar LTPinduced increase in tau content within the PSD-enriched fraction from CA1 synaptosomes (29.86 +-4.86 to 70.15 +- 4.86, **p = 0.0011; Fig. 3B). As expected, actin and GluA1 were also increased, strengthening the idea that tau is involved in synaptic reorganization processes necessary for synaptic plasticity

Evidence 7634ef1cf1

These results show that the amount of tau collected is proportional to neuronal F-actin content, suggesting a close link between F-actin and tau.

Evidence 4c3233be5c

Together, these results suggest that tau translocation to the synapse depends on the F-actin stabilization that promotes their interaction.

Evidence d140376b6b

Although tau alone were observed only in the supernatant in both experimental conditions, ruling out a nonspecific coaggregation, we found that tau coprecipitated with the pellet obtained from high- and low-speed centrifugation, illustrating its direct interaction with both F-actin (Fig. 4A) and actin bundles (Fig. 4B).

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