Binding and neurotoxicity mitigation of toxic tau oligomers by synthetic heparin like oligosaccharides.
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SUBMITTER: Wang P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6193484 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
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Binding and neurotoxicity mitigation of toxic tau oligomers by synthetic heparin like oligosaccharides.
Wang Peng P Lo Cascio Filippa F Gao Jia J Kayed Rakez R Huang Xuefei X
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20180901 72
Well-defined heparin like oligosaccharides up to decasaccharides were synthesized. It was discovered for the first time that heparin oligosaccharides, as short as tetrasaccharides, can bind with the most toxic tau species, i.e., tau oligomers with nM KD. The binding significantly reduced the cellular uptake of toxic tau oligomers and protected the cells from tau oligomer induced cytotoxicity. ...[more]
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