Interdisciplinary Research Network on Biologically Active Tau Aggregate Polymorphs from Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症生物活性 Tau 聚集多晶型跨学科研究网络

• 批准号: 10436894
• 负责人: DAVID EISENBERG
• 金额: $ 154.49万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10436894
• 关键词: Address; Alzheimer' s Disease; Alzheimer' s disease pathology; Alzheimer' s disease related dementia; Amyloid beta-Protein; Antibodies; Appearance; Area; Atomic Force Microscopy; Biochemical; Biological; Biological Models; Centrifugation; Characteristics; Chemicals; Clinical; Communities; Cryoelectron Microscopy; Detection; Diagnosis; Disease; Disease Vectors; Electrons; Filament; Fluorescence Microscopy; Genetic Polymorphism; Goals; High Prevalence; Higher Order Chromatin Structure; Human; Immunologics; Interdisciplinary Study; Lesion; Mass Spectrum Analysis; Measurement; Methods; Mission; Molecular; Morphology; Nerve Degeneration; Neurodegenerative Disorders; Pathogenesis; Pathology; Peptide Hydrolases; Pick Disease of the Brain; Polymorph; Post-Translational Protein Processing; Preparation; Progressive Supranuclear Palsy; Proteins; Proteomics; Protocols documentation; Radio; Reagent; Recombinants; Reproducibility; Research; Research Support; Resources; Role; Sampling; Seeds; Severity of illness; Source; Specimen; Staging; Standardization; Structure; Surrogate Markers; Tauopathies; Tissues; Toxic effect; Validation; alpha synuclein; animal tissue; biophysical analysis; brain tissue; comorbidity; corticobasal degeneration; diagnostic signature; disease diagnosis; human disease; human tissue; innovation; novel diagnostics; novel therapeutic intervention; protein TDP-43; protein aggregation; synaptic function; tau Proteins; tau aggregation; tool; transmission process

PROJECT SUMMARY Tau aggregation is a shared pathology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias known as tauopathies. Because each disorder develops a unique combination of aggregate polymorphisms and co-morbidities that may influence the course and severity of disease, elucidating the relationship between tau aggregate structure and biological activity has become a high priority in the field. Advances to date have been limited, however, by the lack of rigorously standardized aggregate preparations from each form of tauopathy and by the absence of tools needed to selectively detect their presence in biological models and clinical specimens. The proposed Interdisciplinary Research Network on Biologically Active Tau Aggregate Polymorphs seeks to address this need by (1) isolating a full range of biologically active tau aggregates from authentic Alzheimer's disease, Corticobasal Degeneration, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, and Pick's disease brain tissue, (2) establishing their structures through biophysical analysis, (3) developing probe sets for their selective detection, and (4) disseminating reliably vetted samples and lab-ready protocols for their handling and storage to the broader research community. In accomplishing these goals, the network will support research into the molecular basis of tauopathy pathogenesis and catalyze efforts toward creating novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies specifically tailored against toxic tau aggregate polymorphs.

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