Image-based analysis of intracellular tau aggregation by using tau-BiFC cell model

Abstract

Abnormal tau aggregation is a pathological hallmark of neurodegenerative disease classified as tauopathy. Preventing tau aggregation becomes an important therapeutic strategy to cure tau-mediated neurodegeneration. Here, we describe a method to investigate intracellular tau aggregation by using a recently developed tau aggregation cell-based model named tau-BiFC. High-throughput and high-contents screening method for quantifying intracellular tau aggregation would expedite the discovery of drugs that inhibit tau aggregation.