Zinc binding to RNA recognition motif of TDP-43 induces the formation of amyloid-like aggregates

Cyrille Garnier (1) , François Devred (2) , Deborah N Byrne (3) , Rémy N Puppo (3) , Andrei Yu Roman (2, 4) , Soazig Malesinski (2) , Andrey V Golovin (5) , Régine N Lebrun (3) , Natalia N Ninkina (4, 6) , Philipp O Tsvetkov (2)

1 MMDN - Mécanismes moléculaires dans les démences neurodégénératives
2 CRO2 - Centre de Recherches en Oncologie biologique et Oncopharmacologie
3 IMM - Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée
4 Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds
5 MSU - Lomonosov Moscow State University
6 School of Biosciences [Cardiff]

Microtubules (MTs) play an important role in many cellular processes and are dynamic structures regulated by an important network of microtubules-associated proteins, MAPs, such as Tau. Tau has been discovered as an essential factor for MTs formation in vitro, and its region implicated in binding to MTs has been identified. By contrast, the affinity, the stoichiometry, and the topology of Tau-MTs interaction remain controversial. Indeed, depending on the experiment conditions a wide range of values have been obtained. In this chapter, we focus on three biophysical methods, turbidimetry, cosedimentation assay, and Förster Resonance Energy Transfer to study Tau-tubulin interaction both in vitro and in cell. We highlight precautions that must be taken in order to avoid pitfalls and we detail the nature of the conclusions that can be drawn from these methods about Tau-tubulin interaction.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Biochemistry, Molecular Biology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Biochemistry, Molecular Biology; Biophysics; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Cellular Biology

Cyrille Garnier, François Devred, Deborah N Byrne, Rémy N Puppo, Andrei Yu Roman, et al.. Zinc binding to RNA recognition motif of TDP-43 induces the formation of amyloid-like aggregates. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7 (6812), ⟨10.1038/s41598-017-07215-7⟩. ⟨hal-01570091⟩