Primary Feline Tauopathy : Clinical, Morphological, Immunohistochemical, and Genetic Studies
Vidal-Palencia, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Font Nonell, Cristina (Hospital Veterinari Canis)
Rebollada-Merino, Agustín (Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Medicina Interna i Cirugía Animal)
Santpere, Gabriel (Yale University School of Medicine. Department of Neuroscience)
Andrés-Benito, P (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge)
Ferrer, Isidro (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística)
Pumarola i Batlle, Martí (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)

Fecha:	2023
Ayudas:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2023FI-300034 Instituto de Salud Carlos III MS20/00064
Nota:	Tauopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases where a specific protein called tau accumulates and forms aggregates in neurons and glial cells. In humans, these diseases can be caused by only this protein (primary) or in combination with another one (secondary). Primary tauopathies are common in humans but rare in animals. We analyzed the development of tau pathology in 16 cats of different ages. A female cat showed progressive mental status and gait abnormalities over a six-year period. Brain imaging revealed a progressive shrinkage of the brain (atrophy). Due to a poor prognosis, the cat was euthanized at the age of ten years. Evaluation of the brain tissue showed significant loss of neurons in the parietal cortex and Purkinje cells in the cerebellum. Immunohistochemistry identified abnormal tau protein aggregates in neurons (referred to as pre-tangles) and oligodendrocytes (referred to as coiled bodies). Genetic testing did not reveal any known genetic alteration associated with this disease. None of the other 15 cats studied showed similar clinical signs or brain changes. This is the first reported case of primary tauopathy in an adult cat that presented the first neurological signs when she was four years old.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Tauopathy ; Tau ; Neurodegenerative disease ; Veterinary neuropathology
Publicado en:	Animals, Vol. 13 Núm. 18 (september 2023) , p. 2985, ISSN 2076-2615

DOI: 10.3390/ani13182985
PMID: 37760385

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