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Liu, Mengyu (Liu, Mengyu.) | Wang, Luwen (Wang, Luwen.) | Gao, Ju (Gao, Ju.) | Dong, Qing (Dong, Qing.) | Perry, George (Perry, George.) | Ma, Xuemei (Ma, Xuemei.) (Scholars:马雪梅) | Wang, Xinglong (Wang, Xinglong.)

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other tauopathies are characterized by intracellular accumulation of microtubuleassociated tau protein leading to neurodegeneration. Calpastatin is the endogenous inhibitor of calpain, a calcium-dependent cysteine protease that has been increasingly implicated in tauopathies. In this study, we generated a neuron specific calpastatin overexpressing knock-in transgenic mouse model and crossed it with the PS19 tauopathy mouse model expressing human P301S mutant tau protein. The forced expression of calpastatin in neurons significantly alleviated tau hyperphosphorylation measured by immunocytochemistry and immunoblot. The genetic inhibition of calpain by calpastatin also greatly suppressed characteristic hippocampal neuron loss and widespread astrogliosis and microgliosis in PS19 mice. Consistently, PS19 mice with neuronal calpastatin overexpression exhibited remarkably alleviated cognitive deficits, muscle weakness, skeletal muscle atrophy, and neuromuscular denervation, together implying the neuroprotective effects of neuronal calpastatin in PS19 mice of tauopathy. In sum, this study provides additional evidence supporting the pathological role of calpain in neurodegenerative diseases associated with tau pathology, and suggests that targeting calpain is likely a promising therapeutic approach for these devastating diseases.

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neurodegeneration Calpain neuromuscular junction dementia neuroinflammation motor dysfunction tau phosphorylation calpastatin tauopathy cognitive deficits

Author Community:

  • [ 1 ] [Liu, Mengyu]Beijing Univ Technol, Coll Life Sci & Bioengn, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 2 ] [Ma, Xuemei]Beijing Univ Technol, Coll Life Sci & Bioengn, Beijing, Peoples R China
  • [ 3 ] [Liu, Mengyu]Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Pathol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
  • [ 4 ] [Wang, Luwen]Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Pathol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
  • [ 5 ] [Gao, Ju]Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Pathol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
  • [ 6 ] [Dong, Qing]Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Pathol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
  • [ 7 ] [Wang, Xinglong]Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Pathol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
  • [ 8 ] [Perry, George]Univ Texas San Antonio, Coll Sci, San Antonio, TX USA
  • [ 9 ] [Wang, Xinglong]Case Western Reserve Univ, Ctr Mitochondrial Dis, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA

Reprint Author's Address:

  • 马雪梅

    [Ma, Xuemei]Beijing Univ Technol, Coll Life Sci & Bioengn, Beijing, Peoples R China;;[Wang, Xinglong]Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Pathol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA

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JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE

ISSN: 1387-2877

Year: 2019

Issue: 4

Volume: 69

Page: 1077-1087

4 . 0 0 0

JCR@2022

ESI Discipline: NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR;

ESI HC Threshold:147

JCR Journal Grade:2

Cited Count:

WoS CC Cited Count: 10

SCOPUS Cited Count: 10

ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All

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Chinese Cited Count:

30 Days PV: 1

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