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  • Title: [High molecular weight tau proteins and acquisition of neuronal polarity in peripheral nervous system].
    Author: Couchie D, Gache Y, Mavilia C, Guilleminot J, Bridoux AM, Nivez MP, Nunez J.
    Journal: C R Acad Sci III; 1993; 316(4):404-9. PubMed ID: 8402267.
    Abstract:
    Several variants of the microtubule-associated tau proteins, are expressed during brain development and in adulthood. These entities are required to define the polarity of the neuron and the architecture of the axon but differ in sequence and in their microtubule polymerizing activity. Here, we describe a new group of high molecular weight tau proteins that contain one or two additional exons of 711 and 198 bp in their middle region and a variable N-terminal domain. These high molecular weight tau variants are preferentially expressed in the peripheral nervous system. Immunohistochemical studies showed that they are also present in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord where they are probably transported by sensory fibers arising in the periphery. However, a minor fraction of these proteins is present in the motor neurons of the ventral horn. Similar studies were performed with the neuroblastoma N115 cell line which can be differentiated in vitro and expresses only high molecular weight tau forms. In the non differentiated cells, tau antibodies label the domain of the cell body localized around the centrosome whereas, after differentiation, the cell process facing this structure is also stained. These data suggest that axonal polarity is predetermined by the localization of tau proteins in the domain of the cell body defined by the centrosome.
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