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. 2021 Aug 26;22(17):9207. doi: 10.3390/ijms22179207

Table 2.

Overview of protein kinases interacting with tau protein and their roles in pathology.

Protein Roles in Tau Pathology References
ABL1 involved in formation of apoptotic complex [172]
AKT1 neuroprotective activity; inactivates pro-apoptotic proteins and promotes cell survival [173]
BRSK (1, 2) unknown role in tau pathology -
CAMK2A involved in hyperphosphorylation of tau in AD [174,175]
CDK (1, 5) accelerate tau hyperphosphorylation and formation of NFT; act neuroprotective by apoptosis inhibition [176,177]
CDK2 inhibits tau-mediated tubulin polymerization by tau phosphorylation [178]
CSNK1 (A1, D) involved in formation of Aβ; colocalize with NFT, suggesting a role in tau aggregation [179,180]
DYRK1A overexpressed in AD; facilitates further tau phosphorylation by GSK3B [181,182]
DYRK2 overexpressed in AD; involved in activation of apoptosis [181,183]
FYN facilitates formation of NFT by tau hyperphosphorylation; activates PTK2B; potentiates Aβ-induced synapse damage [184,185,186]
GSK3 (A, B) responsible for hyperphosphorylation of tau; involved in activation of apoptosis; exacerbate tau pathology when activated by Aβ [187,188,189]
CHEK (1, 2) unknown role in tau pathology -
LCK it is downregulated in AD; unknown role in tau pathology [190,191]
LRRK2 contradictory reports: enhances abnormal tau phosphorylation and promote tauopathy or, no impact on tau pathology was shown [192,193,194,195]
MAP2K7 colocalize with hyperphosphorylated tau; contribute to Aβ accumulation [196,197]
MAPK (1, 3, 8–14) overactivated in AD; involved in abnormal tau phosphorylation [198,199]
MARK (1–3) phosphorylate tau aggregates; colocalizes with NFT [200]
MARK4 phosphorylate tau aggregates; mutation causes tau hyperphosphorylation, aggregation and tau-mediated neurodegeneration; colocalizes with NFT [200,201]
PHKG1 unknown role in tau pathology -
PKN1 regulates tau phosphorylation; colocalize with NFT [202,203]
PRKACA abnormally phosphorylate α-Synuclein-bound tau; facilitates further phosphorylation of tau by GSK3 kinase; colocalize with NFT; important for regulation of alternative splicing of exon 10 in MAPT [204,205,206,207]
PRKC (A, B, E, G, I, Z) neuroprotective role through inhibition of GSK3 kinase and reduced tau phosphorylation [208,209]
PTK2B hyperphosphorylates tau; is regulated by FYN kinase; colocalize with pathological tau proteins in brains of AD patients [185,210]
RPS6K (A1, A3, A5, B1) their attenuation is neuroprotective; possibly upregulate tau translation; contribute to tau aggregation and synapse damage; inhibit apoptosis [211,212,213]
SGK1 upregulated in AD; enhances tau hyperphosphorylation by GSK3B activation [214]
SIK1 unknown role in tau pathology -
SRC unknown role in tau pathology -
SRPK (1, 2) involved in regulation of alternative splicing of exon 10 in MAPT, where impaired splicing of exon 10 can lead to tauopathy [215,216]
SYK accumulation of pathological tau proteins cause overactivation of SYK, which further hyperphosphorylates tau and exacerbate pathology; contributes to the neuroinflammation; inhibits autophagic tau degradation; contributes to neuronal loss [217,218,219]
TTBK1 enhances tau phosphorylation and aggregation; involved in neurodegeneration [220,221]