Pré-Publication, Document De Travail Année : 2021

Inhibition of Tau seeding by targeting Tau nucleation core within neurons with a single domain antibody fragment

Jean-Christophe Rain

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Tau proteins aggregate into filaments in brain cells in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders referred to as tauopathies. Here, we used fragments of camelid heavy-chain-only antibodies (VHHs or single domain antibody fragments) targeting Tau as immuno-modulators of its pathologic seeding. A VHH issued from the screen against Tau of a synthetic phage-display library of humanized VHHs was selected for its capacity to bind Tau microtubule-binding domain, composing the core of Tau fibrils. This lead VHH was optimized to improve its biochemical properties and to act in the intracellular compartment, resulting in VHH Z70. VHH Z70 was more efficient than the lead to inhibit in vitro Tau aggregation in heparin-induced assays. Expression of VHH Z70 in a cellular model of Tau seeding also decreased the fluorescence-reported aggregation. Finally, intracellular expression of VHH Z70 in the brain of an established tauopathy mouse seeding model demonstrated its capacity to mitigate accumulation of pathological Tau. VHH Z70, by targeting Tau inside brain neurons, where most of the pathological Tau resides, provides a new tool to explore the optimal strategies of immunotherapy in tauopathies.

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hal-03428993 , version 1 (16-11-2021)

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Clément Danis, Elian Dupré, Orgeta Zejneli, Raphaëlle Caillierez, Alexis Arrial, et al.. Inhibition of Tau seeding by targeting Tau nucleation core within neurons with a single domain antibody fragment. 2021. ⟨hal-03428993⟩
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