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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
Hyperphosphorylation of the microtubule-associated protein tau is a key event in the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology. Acute stress can induce hippocampal tau phosphorylation (tau-P) in rodents, but the mechanisms and pathogenic relevance of this response are unclear. Here, we find that hippocampal tau-P elicited by an acute emotional stressor, restraint, was not affected by preventing the stress-induced rise in glucocorticoids but was blocked by genetic or pharmacologic disruption of signaling through the type 1 corticotropin-releasing factor receptor (CRFR1). Conversely, these responses were exaggerated in CRFR2-deficient mice. Parallel CRFR dependence was seen in the stress-induced activation of specific tau kinases. Repeated stress exposure elicited cumulative effects on tau-P and its sequestration in an insoluble, and potentially pathogenic, form. These findings support differential regulatory roles for CRFRs in an AD-relevant form of neuronal plasticity and may link datasets documenting alterations in the CRF signaling system in AD and implicating chronic stress as a risk factor in age-related neurological disorders.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6552-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-8-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Adrenalectomy, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Corticosterone, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Injections, Intraventricular, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Pyrimidines, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Pyrroles, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Stress, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17567816-tau Proteins
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors differentially regulate stress-induced tau phosphorylation.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Neuronal Structure and Function, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Foundation for Medical Research, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. rrissman@salk.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural