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Published in final edited form as: Clin Sci (Lond). 2024 Nov 6;138(21):1329–1341. doi: 10.1042/CS20240616

Table 2-.

Commercially Available Antibodies for Various p-tau Species and Their Established Cell Types, References, and Effects

Antibody Name (Clone) Established Cell Types References Effect of Phosphorylation
TNT-1 Neurons, Brain Lysate Fujita Y, doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100111. PMID: 33377007; PMCID: PMC7756915
Davtyan H,doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.03.020. Epub 2017 Mar 18. PMID: 28320590
Detection total tau independent of their PTMs
Tau-5 Neurons Sadick JS, doi: 10.1038/srep33999. PMID: 27666089; PMCID: PMC5036045
Qi ZP, doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.177744. PMID: 27073389
Oligomeric tau
p-tauSer214 HEK293, SHSY5, Pulmonary Endothelial Cells Wu R. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.631833. PMID: 34054426; PMCID: PMC8155256
Farrell K, doi: 10.1007/s00401-021-02379-z. Epub 2021 Nov 1. PMID: 34719765
Detachment of tau from microtubules leading to endothelial cell barrier disruption
p-tauSer262 HEK293,N2a (Neuronal) Cell line Liu P. doi: 10.1155/2018/2025914. PMID: 30057671; PMCID: PMC6051032
Sun ZD. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.336872. PMID: 35259851
Reduced affinity for microtubules and detachment from microtubules
p-tauSer199 Neurons Johnson GV, doi: 10.1242/jcs.01558. PMID: 15537830
Jin N. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.645507. Epub 2015 Apr 27. PMID: 25918155
Convert tau to an inhibitory molecule that sequesters normal microtubule-associated proteins from microtubules
p-tauSer396 Neurons Di Primio C, doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad282. PMID: 37731949
Yao SY.doi: 10.1111/bph.16048. Epub 2023 Feb 28. PMID: 36727262
Significantly increased propensity to aggregate
p-tauThr231 HEK293, N2a Levert S, doi: 10.1007/s12035-022-03121-w. Epub 2022 Nov 18. PMID: 36399251
Jadiya P. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106296. PMID: 36936788
• PHF-Tau and tangles
trans-to-cis isomerization, leading to a conformational change that reduces the affinity of the protein for microtubules