Insulin-mediated changes in tau hyperphosphorylation and autophagy in a drosophila model of tauopathy and neuroblastoma cells

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Chatterjee, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2506-1278, Ambegaokar, SS, Jackson, GR and Mudher, A, 2019. Insulin-mediated changes in tau hyperphosphorylation and autophagy in a drosophila model of tauopathy and neuroblastoma cells. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13: 801. ISSN 1662-4548

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00801

Abstract

Almost 50 million people in the world are affected by dementia; the most prevalent form of which is Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Although aging is considered to be the main risk factor for AD, growing evidence from epidemiological studies suggests that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) increases the risk of dementia including AD. Defective brain insulin signaling has been suggested as an early event in AD and other tauopathies but the mechanisms that link these diseases are largely unknown. Tau hyperphosphorylation is a hallmark of neurofibrillary pathology and insulin resistance increases the number of neuritic plaques particularly in AD. Utilizing a combination of our Drosophila models of tauopathy (expressing the 2N4R-Tau) and neuroblastoma cells, we have attempted to decipher the pathways downstream of the insulin signaling cascade that lead to tau hyperphosphorylation, aggregation and autophagic defects. Using cell-based, genetic, and biochemical approaches we have demonstrated that tau phosphorylation at AT8 and PHF1 residues is enhanced in an insulin-resistant environment. We also show that insulin-induced changes in total and phospho-tau are mediated by the crosstalk of AKT, glycogen synthase kinase-3β, and extracellular regulating kinase located downstream of the insulin receptor pathway. Finally, we demonstrate a significant change in the levels of the key proteins in the mammalian target of rapamycin/autophagy pathway, implying an increased impairment of aggregated protein clearance in our transgenic Drosophila models and cultured neuroblastoma cells.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Frontiers in Neuroscience
Creators:	Chatterjee, S., Ambegaokar, S.S., Jackson, G.R. and Mudher, A.
Publisher:	Frontiers Media SA
Date:	2 August 2019
Volume:	13
ISSN:	1662-4548
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.3389/fnins.2019.00801 DOI 1394948 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	16 Dec 2020 14:34
Last Modified:	31 May 2021 15:09
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/41886