Data-driven modelling of tau pathology reveals distinct progressive supranuclear palsy subtypes.
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Yangxinrui Ma2, Mariam Bechtawi1,2, Nancy Chiraki1,2, Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández1,2,3,9, Yau Mun Lim7,8, Thomas T Warner1,2,3,4, Zane Jaunmuktane1,2,3,8- Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 1PJ, UK
- Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 1PJ, UK
- Queen Square Movement Disorders Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Department of Neurology, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP), São Paulo 05402 000, Brazil
- UCL Hawkes Institute, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London WC1V 6LJ, UK
- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Division of Neuropathology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London NHS Foundation Trust, London WC1N 3BG, UK
- Centre for Preventive Neurology, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
Abstract
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease characterized by the accumulation of misfolded 4-repeat tau within neurons and glial cells. There are limited longitudinal data on pathologically confirmed PSP patients with phenotypes other than classic Richardson’s syndrome (RS) and the pathomechanisms responsible for the broad variability in clinical phenotype and progression are not well understood. An unresolved question in this context is whether distinct spatiotemporal patterns of tau pathology propagation exist within the clinicopathological spectrum of PSP.
We included 241 consecutive, pathologically confirmed patients with PSP from the Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders (2010–2022). Phenotyping was performed based on clinical features present within the first 3 years from symptom onset according to the Movement Disorder Society (MDS) criteria, and specific clinical features and disease milestones were recorded. Genotyping was performed using Illumina NeuroBooster and NeuroChip arrays and MAPT haplotype, APOE genotype, TRIM11 rs564309 and SLC2A13 rs2242367 single nucleotide polymorphism data were collated. Tissue sections from eight brain regions, mounted on glass slides, were immunostained for hyperphosphorylated tau and digitized using whole-slide scanning. Forty-one anatomical regions of interest were manually segmented, and total tau pathology burden was quantified using an automated, machine learning-based algorithm. The associations between survival and both clinicogenetic features and regional tau pathology burden were modelled using Cox regression and generalized linear models, respectively, and the Subtype and Stage Inference (SuStaIn) algorithm was used to identify subgroups with distinct progression patterns.
We have identified: (i) several clinical predictors of survival in PSP and the relationship between regional tau pathology burden and survival; (ii) novel anatomical reference standards for the expected distribution of tau pathology across MDS-defined PSP phenotypes, including region-specific white matter involvement in patients with corticobasal syndrome and speech/
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Cullinane, P. W., Parmera, J. B., Nelvagal, H., Curless, T., Chajed, L. P., Wrigley, S., Sifontes Valladares, W., Burrows, M., Ebanks, K., Wu, L., Binding, L. P., Anton, J., Revesz, T., Real, R., Vaughan, D. P., Jabbari, E., Morris, H. R., Brandner, S., Young, A. L., . . . Jaunmuktane, Z. (2026). Data-driven modelling of tau pathology reveals distinct progressive supranuclear palsy subtypes. Brain : a journal of neurology, 149(9), 3080-3094. https://
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@article{cullinane2026da
author = {Cullinane, Patrick W and Parmera, Jacy Bezerra and Nelvagal, Hemanth and Curless, Toby and Chajed, Leckhna Paras and Wrigley, Sarah and Sifontes Valladares, Walter and Burrows, Maggie and Ebanks, Kirsten and Wu, Lesley and Binding, Lawrence P and Anton, Jaime and Revesz, Tamas and Real, Raquel and Vaughan, David P and Jabbari, Edwin and Morris, Huw R and Brandner, Sebastian and Young, Alexandra L and Hoti, Glen and Ma, Yangxinrui and Bechtawi, Mariam and Chiraki, Nancy and de Pablo-Fernández, Eduardo and Lim, Yau Mun and Warner, Thomas T and Jaunmuktane, Zane},
title = {{Data-driven modelling of tau pathology reveals distinct progressive supranuclear palsy subtypes}},
journal = {Brain : a journal of neurology},
year = {2026},
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publisher = {Oxford University Press},
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AU - Bechtawi, Mariam
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