BIN1 favors the spreading of Tau via extracellular vesicles

Sci Rep. 2019 Jul 1;9(1):9477. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45676-0.

Abstract

Despite Bridging INtegrator 1 (BIN1) being the second most statistically-significant locus associated to Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease, its role in disease pathogenesis remains to be clarified. As reports suggest a link between BIN1, Tau and extracellular vesicles, we investigated whether BIN1 could affect Tau spreading via exosomes secretion. We observed that BIN1-associated Tau-containing extracellular vesicles purified from cerebrospinal fluid of AD-affected individuals are seeding-competent. We showed that BIN1 over-expression promotes the release of Tau via extracellular vesicles in vitro as well as exacerbation of Tau pathology in vivo in PS19 mice. Genetic deletion of Bin1 from microglia resulted in reduction of Tau secretion via extracellular vesicles in vitro, and in decrease of Tau spreading in vivo in male, but not female, mice, in the context of PS19 background. Interestingly, ablation of Bin1 in microglia of male mice resulted in significant reduction in the expression of heat-shock proteins, previously implicated in Tau proteostasis. These observations suggest that BIN1 could contribute to the progression of AD-related Tau pathology by altering Tau clearance and promoting release of Tau-enriched extracellular vesicles by microglia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / biosynthesis*
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / genetics
  • Alzheimer Disease / genetics
  • Alzheimer Disease / metabolism*
  • Alzheimer Disease / pathology
  • Animals
  • Extracellular Vesicles / genetics
  • Extracellular Vesicles / metabolism*
  • Extracellular Vesicles / pathology
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Microglia / metabolism
  • Microglia / pathology
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics
  • Nuclear Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Nuclear Proteins / genetics
  • Proteostasis
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins / genetics
  • tau Proteins / genetics
  • tau Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • BIN1 protein, human
  • Bin1 protein, mouse
  • MAPT protein, human
  • Mapt protein, mouse
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins
  • tau Proteins