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    HS3ST2 expression is critical for the abnormal phosphorylation of tau in Alzheimer's disease-related tau pathology
    (Oxford Univ Press, 2015-05-01) Sepulveda-Diaz, Julia Elisa; Naini, Seyedeh Maryam Alavi; Minh Bao Huynh; Ouidja, Mohand Ouidir; Yanicostas, Constantin; Chantepie, Sandrine; Villares, Joao [UNIFESP]; Lamari, Foudil; Jospin, Estelle; van Kuppevelt, Toin H.; Mensah-Nyagan, Ayikoe Guy; Raisman-Vozari, Rita; Soussi-Yanicostas, Nadia; Papy-Garcia, Dulce; Univ Paris Est; UPMC; Hop Robert Debre; Sorbonne Paris Cite; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); Grp Hosp Pitie Salpetriere; Radboud Univ Nijmegen; Univ Strasbourg
    Heparan sulphate (glucosamine) 3-O-sulphotransferase 2 (HS3ST2, also known as 3OST2) is an enzyme predominantly expressed in neurons wherein it generates rare 3-O-sulphated domains of unknown functions in heparan sulphates. in Alzheimer's disease, heparan sulphates accumulate at the intracellular level in disease neurons where they co-localize with the neurofibrillary pathology, while they persist at the neuronal cell membrane in normal brain. However, it is unknown whether HS3ST2 and its 3-O-sulphated heparan sulphate products are involved in the mechanisms leading to the abnormal phosphorylation of tau in Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies. Here, we first measured the transcript levels of all human heparan sulphate sulphotransferases in hippocampus of Alzheimer's disease (n = 8; 76.8 +/- 3.5 years old) and found increased expression of HS3ST2 (P < 0.001) compared with control brain (n = 8; 67.8 +/- 2.9 years old). Then, to investigate whether the membrane-associated 3-O-sulphated heparan sulphates translocate to the intracellular level under pathological conditions, we used two cell models of tauopathy in neuro-differentiated SH-SY5Y cells: a tau mutation-dependent model in cells expressing human tau carrying the P-301L mutation hTau P-301L, and a tau mutation-independent model in where tau hyperphosphorylation is induced by oxidative stress. Confocal microscopy, fluorescence resonance energy transfer, and western blot analyses showed that 3-O-sulphated heparan sulphates can be internalized into cells where they interact with tau, promoting its abnormal phosphorylation, but not that of p38 or NF-kappa B p65. We showed, in vitro, that the 3-O-sulphated heparan sulphates bind to tau, but not to GSK3B, protein kinase A or protein phosphatase 2, inducing its abnormal phosphorylation. Finally, we demonstrated in a zebrafish model of tauopathy expressing the hTau P-301L, that inhibiting hs3st2 (also known as 3ost2) expression results in a strong inhibition of the abnormally phosphorylated tau epitopes in brain and in spinal cord, leading to a complete recovery of motor neuronal axons length (n = 25; P < 0.005) and of the animal motor response to touching stimuli (n = 150; P < 0.005). Our findings indicate that HS3ST2 centrally participates to the molecular mechanisms leading the abnormal phosphorylation of tau. By interacting with tau at the intracellular level, the 3-O-sulphated heparan sulphates produced by HS3ST2 might act as molecular chaperones allowing the abnormal phosphorylation of tau. We propose HS3ST2 as a novel therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease.
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    Progressive supranuclear palsy: new concepts
    (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2010-12-01) Barsottini, Orlando Graziani Povoas [UNIFESP]; Felício, André Carvalho [UNIFESP]; Aquino, Camila Catherine Henriques de [UNIFESP]; Pedroso, José Luiz [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a distinctive form of neurodegenerative disease which affects the brainstem and basal ganglia. Patients present supranuclear ophthalmoplegia, postural instability and mild dementia. PSP is defined neuropathologically by the accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles in the subthalamic nucleus, pallidum, red nucleus, substantia nigra, striatum, pontine tegmentum, oculomotor nucleus, medulla and dentate nucleus. Over the last decade many lines of investigations have helped refine PSP in many aspects and it is the purpose of this review to help neurologists identify PSP, to better understand its pathophysiology and to provide a more focused, symptom-based treatment approach.