Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CJCADR), Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Elife. 2019 Jun 25;8:e45040. doi: 10.7554/eLife.45040.
The Src kinase Fyn plays critical roles in memory formation and Alzheimer's disease. Its targeting to neuronal dendrites is regulated by Tau via an unknown mechanism. As nanoclustering is essential for efficient signaling, we used single-molecule tracking to characterize the nanoscale distribution of Fyn in mouse hippocampal neurons, and manipulated the expression of Tau to test whether it controls Fyn nanoscale organization. We found that dendritic Fyn exhibits at least three distinct motion states, two of them associated with nanodomains. Fyn mobility decreases in dendrites during neuronal maturation, suggesting a dynamic synaptic reorganization. Removing Tau increases Fyn mobility in dendritic shafts, an effect that is rescued by re-expressing wildtype Tau. By contrast, expression of frontotemporal dementia P301L mutant Tau immobilizes Fyn in dendritic spines, affecting its motion state distribution and nanoclustering. Tau therefore controls the nanoscale organization of Fyn in dendrites, with the pathological Tau P301L mutation potentially contributing to synaptic dysfunction by promoting aberrant Fyn nanoclustering in spines.
Src 激酶 Fyn 在记忆形成和阿尔茨海默病中发挥着关键作用。其向神经元树突的靶向作用受 Tau 通过未知机制调节。由于纳米簇集对于有效信号转导至关重要,我们使用单分子跟踪技术来描述小鼠海马神经元中 Fyn 的纳米级分布,并操纵 Tau 的表达以测试其是否控制 Fyn 的纳米级组织。我们发现树突状 Fyn 表现出至少三种不同的运动状态,其中两种与纳米域相关。神经元成熟过程中树突状 Fyn 的流动性降低,表明存在动态的突触重组。去除 Tau 会增加树突干中 Fyn 的流动性,而表达野生型 Tau 则可以挽救这种效应。相比之下,表达额颞叶痴呆 P301L 突变型 Tau 会使 Fyn 在树突棘中失活,影响其运动状态分布和纳米簇集。因此,Tau 控制着树突中 Fyn 的纳米级组织,病理性 Tau P301L 突变可能通过促进异常的 Fyn 纳米簇集在棘突中,导致突触功能障碍。