TY - JOUR
T1 - In vitro polymerization of embryonic MAP-2c and fragments of the MAP-2 microtubule binding region into structures resembling paired helical filaments
AU - DeTure, Michael A.
AU - Zhang, Edith Yi
AU - Bubb, Michael R.
AU - Purich, Daniel L.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The microtubule-associated protein Tau is widely regarded as the principal component of paired helical filaments comprising Alzheimer neurofibrillary tangles. Tau fragments containing the non-identical repeat region formed structures resembling paired helical filaments (Schweers, O., Mandelkow, M., Biernat, J., and Mandelkow, E. (1995) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92, 8463-8467). MAP-2, the other structurally related neuronal microtubule-associated protein, has not been implicated in paired helical filament formation. We now describe the assembly of paired helical filament- like structures from MAP-2 polypeptides containing only 100 residues. A dimeric species, stabilized by an interchain disulfide, appears to be involved in the assembly reaction. We also investigated the polymerization of embryonic MAP-2c, which, except for its microtubule binding region, is structurally distinct from Tau. Full-length MAP-2c formed paired helical filament-like polymers. Polymerized MAP-2c and the microtubule binding region fragment readily bound thioflavin-S, a dye that stains paired helical filaments in the histochemical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Our unprecedented finding that a small MAP-2 microtubule binding region fragment and MAP-2c can form structures resembling straight filaments or Pronase- treated paired helical filaments raises fundamental questions concerning the role of MAP-2 in the pathobiology of Alzheimer disease.
AB - The microtubule-associated protein Tau is widely regarded as the principal component of paired helical filaments comprising Alzheimer neurofibrillary tangles. Tau fragments containing the non-identical repeat region formed structures resembling paired helical filaments (Schweers, O., Mandelkow, M., Biernat, J., and Mandelkow, E. (1995) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92, 8463-8467). MAP-2, the other structurally related neuronal microtubule-associated protein, has not been implicated in paired helical filament formation. We now describe the assembly of paired helical filament- like structures from MAP-2 polypeptides containing only 100 residues. A dimeric species, stabilized by an interchain disulfide, appears to be involved in the assembly reaction. We also investigated the polymerization of embryonic MAP-2c, which, except for its microtubule binding region, is structurally distinct from Tau. Full-length MAP-2c formed paired helical filament-like polymers. Polymerized MAP-2c and the microtubule binding region fragment readily bound thioflavin-S, a dye that stains paired helical filaments in the histochemical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Our unprecedented finding that a small MAP-2 microtubule binding region fragment and MAP-2c can form structures resembling straight filaments or Pronase- treated paired helical filaments raises fundamental questions concerning the role of MAP-2 in the pathobiology of Alzheimer disease.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.271.51.32702
DO - 10.1074/jbc.271.51.32702
M3 - Article
C2 - 8955102
AN - SCOPUS:0040248269
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 271
SP - 32702
EP - 32706
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 51
ER -