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JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
Volume 70, Issue 4, Pages 1093-1102Publisher
IOS PRESS
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-190368
Keywords
mRNA processing; phosphorylation; PKA; tau; TDP-43
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31671046, 31870772]
- U.S. Alzheimer's Association [DSAD-15-363172]
- Neural Regeneration Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Province
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Trans-active response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) is a highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed nuclear protein. As a member of heterogeneous ribonucleoproteins, TDP-43 plays pivotal roles in mRNA processing. We recently found that TDP-43 promoted tau mRNA instability via acting on the 3' -untranslated region of its mRNA and enhanced tau exon 10 inclusion. TDP-43 is a phospho-protein. The function and the pathological aggregation of TDP-43 are regulated by the phosphorylation. In the present study, we determined phosphorylation of TDP-43 by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). We found that TDP-43 was co-immunoprecipitated by and co-localized with PKA in the nucleus. PKA phosphorylated TDP-43 at Ser379, Ser403/404, and Ser409/410 in vitro and in cultured cells. Phosphorylation of TDP-43 at these sites enhanced mutually their phosphorylation by PKA in vitro and in cultured cells. Overexpression of PKA suppressed TDP-43's activity in promoting tau mRNA instability and tau exon 10 inclusion. These findings shed light on the role of PKA in phosphorylation and function of TDP-43. Downregulation of PKA signaling in AD brain may attenuate the impact of TDP-43 pathology in tau pathogenesis.
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