2020
Fyn kinase inhibition reduces protein aggregation, increases synapse density and improves memory in transgenic and traumatic Tauopathy
Tang SJ, Fesharaki-Zadeh A, Takahashi H, Nies SH, Smith LM, Luo A, Chyung A, Chiasseu M, Strittmatter SM. Fyn kinase inhibition reduces protein aggregation, increases synapse density and improves memory in transgenic and traumatic Tauopathy. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2020, 8: 96. PMID: 32611392, PMCID: PMC7329553, DOI: 10.1186/s40478-020-00976-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRepetitive closed head injuriesMemory deficitsPhospho-tau accumulationChronic variable stressPersistent memory deficitsP301S transgenic miceClosed head injuryFyn inhibitionPassive avoidance learningFyn kinaseGlial activationPhospho-tauPresynaptic markersSynapse lossTau accumulationHead injurySynapse densityPhosphorylated tauTherapeutic benefitTransgenic miceBehavioral improvementTrauma modelTauopathiesSpatial memoryAvoidance learning
2016
Oligomers of Amyloid β Prevent Physiological Activation of the Cellular Prion Protein-Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Complex by Glutamate in Alzheimer Disease*
Haas LT, Strittmatter SM. Oligomers of Amyloid β Prevent Physiological Activation of the Cellular Prion Protein-Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Complex by Glutamate in Alzheimer Disease*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2016, 291: 17112-17121. PMID: 27325698, PMCID: PMC5016115, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.720664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGlutamic AcidMaleMiceMice, TransgenicPeptide FragmentsProtein Aggregation, PathologicalPrPC ProteinsReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5ConceptsProtein tyrosine kinase 2Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IICalcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IICellular prion proteinProtein kinase IIBrain slicesSignaling cascadesAlzheimer's diseaseKinase IIPhysiological signalingKinase 2Mutant transgeneMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5Loss of synapsesPrion proteinGlutamate receptor 5Receptor complexWild-type slicesProtein mediatorsAmyloid-β OligomersGlutamate activationChronic expressionDementia symptomsReceptor 5Acute exposure