Aggregation promoting sequences rather than phosphorylation are essential for Tau-mediated toxicity in Drosophila
Amber S. Cooper, Bradley Richardson, Eva Ruiz, Yongrui Zhang, Ben Batchelor, Aarya Vaikakkara Chithran, Jie Liu, Tianshun Lian, Miguel Ramírez Moreno, Benjamin Boehme, Seyedehleila Abtahi, George Devitt, Lovesha Sivanantharajah, Efthimios M. C. Skoulakis, Douglas W. Allan, Amritpal K. Mudher
This study shows that Tau aggregation, not phosphorylation, is critical for neurotoxicity in Drosophila, suggesting that targeting aggregation may be more effective than targeting phosphorylation in tauopathies.
bioRxiv · Dec 22, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience