Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: TAF15 amyloids propagate via defined motifs in a prion-like fashion
doi: 10.1101/2025.11.17.688886
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Electron micrographs of recombinant tau(287–391), α-synuclein, and Aβ 42 fibrils used as heterologous amyloid controls. (B) TAF15 biosensor FRET readout shows no induction by heterologous amyloids (tau, α-synuclein, Aβ 42 ) relative to TAF15 seeds, confirming molecular specificity. Statistics: Two-way ANOVA with t-tests for multiple comparison (n=4 individual replicates). Dotted line indicates control averages (untreated cells). (C-D) aFTLD-U brain lysates (n=4 individual replicates) seed the TAF15 biosensor in a concentration-dependent manner, demonstrating prion-like propagation of ex vivo TAF15 aggregates. Dotted line indicates control averages (untreated cells). (E) TEM validation of recombinant FUS fibrils displaying canonical amyloid morphology. (F) FRET quantification in the TAF15 biosensor demonstrating absence of cross-seeding by FUS aggregates (n=4 individual replicates). (G) Confocal micrographs of biosensor cells co-expressing mRuby-tagged FUS and seeded with TAF15 aggregates, showing co-localization of FUS within TAF15 inclusions.
Article Snippet: All individuals selected for this study exhibited neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions and occasional vermiform neuronal intranuclear inclusions in the dentate gyrus and frontal cortex that were immunoreactive for FUS (11570-1-AP, 1:500, rabbit polyclonal, Proteintech Group) and TAF15 (A300-308A, 1:500, rabbit polyclonal, Bethyl Laboratories).
Techniques: Recombinant, Comparison, Control, Concentration Assay, Ex Vivo, Biomarker Discovery, Expressing