Pathologic tau conformer ensembles induce dynamic, liquid-liquid phase separation events at the nuclear envelope.
Sang-Gyun KangZhuang Zhuang HanNathalie DaudeEmily McNamaraSerene WohlgemuthLaura Molina-PorcelJiri G SafarSue-Ann MokDavid WestawayPublished in: BMC biology (2021)
Tau conformer ensembles characterized by denaturation at low GdnHCl concentration templated the production of condensed droplets in living cells. These species exhibit dynamic changes and develop in vivo, and the larger ThS-positive assemblies may represent a waystation to arrive at intracellular fibrillar tau inclusions seen in end-stage genetic tauopathies.