02674nas a2200229 4500008004100000245012800041210006900169260000800238300000800246490000700254520187200261653002402133653002002157653001602177653001402193653001102207653000802218100003402226700001602260700003602276856013202312 2020 eng d00aInteraction of Tau with the chemokine receptor, CX3CR1 and its effect on microglial activation, migration and proliferation0 aInteraction of Tau with the chemokine receptor CX3CR1 and its ef cSEP a1090 v103 a

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that leads to progressive loss of memory and dementia. The pathological hallmarks of AD include extracellular accumulation of amyloid-beta peptides forming senile plaques and intracellular accumulation of Tau oligomers and filamentous species. Tau is a microtubule-binding protein that stabilizes tubulin to form microtubules under physiological condition. In AD/ pathological condition, Tau detaches from microtubules and aggregates to form oligomers of different sizes and filamentous species such as paired helical filaments. Microglia are the resident brain macrophages that are involved in the phagocytosis of microbes, cellular debris, misfolded and aggregated proteins. Chemokine receptor, CX3CR1 is mostly expressed on microglia and is involved in maintaining the microglia in a quiescent state by binding to its ligand, fractalkine (CX3CL1), which is expressed in neurons as both soluble or membrane-bound state. Hence, under physiological conditions, the CX3CR1/CX3CL1 axis plays a significant role in maintaining the central nervous system (CNS) homeostasis. Further, CX3CR1/CX3CL1 signalling is involved in the synthesis of anti-inflammatory cytokines and also has a significant role in cytoskeletal rearrangement, migration, apoptosis and proliferation. In AD brain, the expression level of fractalkine is reduced, and hence Tau competes to interact with its receptor, CX3CR1. In microglia, phagocytosis and internalization of extracellular Tau species occurs in the presence of a chemokine receptor, CX3CR1 which binds directly to Tau and promotes its internalization. In this review, the pathophysiological roles of CX3CR1/fractalkine signalling in microglia and neurons at different stages of Alzheimer's disease and the possible role of CX3CR1/Tau signalling has been widely discussed.

10aAlzheimer's disease10aCX3CR1 receptor10aFractalkine10amicroglia10aNeuron10aTau1 aChidambaram, Hariharakrishnan1 aDas, Rashmi1 aChinnathambi, Subashchandrabose uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/interaction-tau-chemokine-receptor-cx3cr1-and-its-effect-microglial-activation-migration-and