Tau蛋白的功能,现有的研究结果已经比较清晰,涉及多种胞内异常,包括自噬、轴质运输、神经极性的紊乱,以及胞质Tau蛋白分泌到胞外所引起的一系列变化。Tau蛋白在细胞质和细胞核内具有不同功能,在胞质中以微管相关蛋白(microtubule-associated proteins,MAPs)形式承担运输、细胞支架和细胞运动等功能;在核内大量存在于核仁中,并作为端粒成分保护核内DNA;糖原合酶激酶-3(glycogen synthase kinase-3,GSK-3)、磷酸腺苷活化蛋白激酶(adenosine-monophosphate activated protein kinase,AMPK)、微管亲和调节蛋白激酶(microtubule-affinity regulating kinases,MARKs)和腺苷酸环化酶依赖的蛋白激酶(cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase,PKA)对Tau蛋白异常磷酸化的影响,并由此讨论Tau蛋白在老年痴呆等神经退行性疾病中的可能作用。
【英文摘要】
Current researches have drawn clear conclusions on the functions of Tau protein,which involve various intracellular anomalies including autophagy,axoplasmic transport and disorders of neural polarity,and a series of changes caused by secreted Tau protein.Tau has different roles in the cytoplasm and the nucleus.As microtubule-associated protein(MAP) in the cytoplasm,it plays a part as cytoskeleton and also in cellular transportation and movement;while in the nucleus,it is abundant in the nucleolus and protec...