TY - JOUR T1 - The Cochaperone BAG2 Sweeps Paired Helical Filament- Insoluble Tau from the Microtubule JF - The Journal of Neuroscience JO - J. Neurosci. SP - 2151 LP - 2161 DO - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4660-08.2009 VL - 29 IS - 7 AU - Daniel C. Carrettiero AU - Israel Hernandez AU - Pierre Neveu AU - Thales Papagiannakopoulos AU - Kenneth S. Kosik Y1 - 2009/02/18 UR - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/29/7/2151.abstract N2 - Tau inclusions are a prominent feature of many neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease. Their accumulation in neurons as ubiquitinated filaments suggests a failure in the degradation limb of the Tau pathway. The components of a Tau protein triage system consisting of CHIP/Hsp70 and other chaperones have begun to emerge. However, the site of triage and the master regulatory elements are unknown. Here, we report an elegant mechanism of Tau degradation involving the cochaperone BAG2. The BAG2/Hsp70 complex is tethered to the microtubule and this complex can capture and deliver Tau to the proteasome for ubiquitin-independent degradation. This complex preferentially degrades Sarkosyl insoluble Tau and phosphorylated Tau. BAG2 levels in cells are under the physiological control of the microRNA miR-128a, which can tune paired helical filament Tau levels in neurons. Thus, we propose that ubiquitinated Tau inclusions arise due to shunting of Tau degradation toward a less efficient ubiquitin-dependent pathway. ER -