A synuclein that is a major component of LEWY BODIES that plays a role in neurodegeneration and neuroprotection.
A family of homologous proteins of low MOLECULAR WEIGHT that are predominately expressed in the BRAIN and that have been implicated in a variety of human diseases. They were originally isolated from CHOLINERGIC FIBERS of TORPEDO.
A homolog of ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN that plays a role in neurofilament network integrity. It is overexpressed in a variety of human NEOPLASMS and may be involved in modulating AXON architecture during EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT and in the adult. Gamma-Synuclein may also activate SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS associated with ETS-DOMAIN PROTEIN ELK-1.
Disorders whose essential features are the failure to resist an impulse, drive, or temptation to perform an act that is harmful to the individual or to others. Individuals experience an increased sense of tension prior to the act and pleasure, gratification or release of tension at the time of committing the act.
A synuclein that is closely related to ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN. It may play a neuroprotective role against some of the toxic effects of aggregated ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN.
A progressive, degenerative neurologic disease characterized by a TREMOR that is maximal at rest, retropulsion (i.e. a tendency to fall backwards), rigidity, stooped posture, slowness of voluntary movements, and a masklike facial expression. Pathologic features include loss of melanin containing neurons in the substantia nigra and other pigmented nuclei of the brainstem. LEWY BODIES are present in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus but may also be found in a related condition (LEWY BODY DISEASE, DIFFUSE) characterized by dementia in combination with varying degrees of parkinsonism. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1059, pp1067-75)
One of the catecholamine NEUROTRANSMITTERS in the brain. It is derived from TYROSINE and is the precursor to NOREPINEPHRINE and EPINEPHRINE. Dopamine is a major transmitter in the extrapyramidal system of the brain, and important in regulating movement. A family of receptors (RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE) mediate its action.
A PROTEIN O-METHYLTRANSFERASE that recognizes and catalyzes the methyl esterification of ISOASPARTIC ACID and D-ASPARTIC ACID residues in peptides and proteins. It initiates the repair of proteins damaged by the spontaneous decomposition of normal L-aspartic acid and L-asparagine residues.
Intracytoplasmic, eosinophilic, round to elongated inclusions found in vacuoles of injured or fragmented neurons. The presence of Lewy bodies is the histological marker of the degenerative changes in LEWY BODY DISEASE and PARKINSON DISEASE but they may be seen in other neurological conditions. They are typically found in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus but they are also seen in the basal forebrain, hypothalamic nuclei, and neocortex.
A group of disorders which feature impaired motor control characterized by bradykinesia, MUSCLE RIGIDITY; TREMOR; and postural instability. Parkinsonian diseases are generally divided into primary parkinsonism (see PARKINSON DISEASE), secondary parkinsonism (see PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY) and inherited forms. These conditions are associated with dysfunction of dopaminergic or closely related motor integration neuronal pathways in the BASAL GANGLIA.
Hereditary and sporadic conditions which are characterized by progressive nervous system dysfunction. These disorders are often associated with atrophy of the affected central or peripheral nervous system structures.
Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories.
The basic cellular units of nervous tissue. Each neuron consists of a body, an axon, and dendrites. Their purpose is to receive, conduct, and transmit impulses in the NERVOUS SYSTEM.
The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION.
Plasma glycoprotein member of the serpin superfamily which inhibits TRYPSIN; NEUTROPHIL ELASTASE; and other PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES.
The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.
One of the two major pharmacological subdivisions of adrenergic receptors that were originally defined by the relative potencies of various adrenergic compounds. The alpha receptors were initially described as excitatory receptors that post-junctionally stimulate SMOOTH MUSCLE contraction. However, further analysis has revealed a more complex picture involving several alpha receptor subtypes and their involvement in feedback regulation.
Laboratory mice that have been produced from a genetically manipulated EGG or EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN.
Hypoxia-inducible factor 1, alpha subunit is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that is regulated by OXYGEN availability and is targeted for degradation by VHL TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN.
A member of the NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR subfamily of the LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNEL family. It consists entirely of pentameric a7 subunits expressed in the CNS, autonomic nervous system, vascular system, lymphocytes and spleen.
Cell surface receptor for LAMININ, epiligrin, FIBRONECTINS, entactin, and COLLAGEN. Integrin alpha3beta1 is the major integrin present in EPITHELIAL CELLS, where it plays a role in the assembly of BASEMENT MEMBRANE as well as in cell migration, and may regulate the functions of other integrins. Two alternatively spliced isoforms of the alpha subunit (INTEGRIN ALPHA3), are differentially expressed in different cell types.
An integrin alpha subunit that is unique in that it does not contain an I domain, and its proteolytic cleavage site is near the middle of the extracellular portion of the polypeptide rather than close to the membrane as in other integrin alpha subunits.
An integrin alpha subunit that primarily associates with INTEGRIN BETA1 or INTEGRIN BETA4 to form laminin-binding heterodimers. Integrin alpha6 has two alternatively spliced isoforms: integrin alpha6A and integrin alpha6B, which differ in their cytoplasmic domains and are regulated in a tissue-specific and developmental stage-specific manner.
An integrin found in FIBROBLASTS; PLATELETS; MONOCYTES, and LYMPHOCYTES. Integrin alpha5beta1 is the classical receptor for FIBRONECTIN, but it also functions as a receptor for LAMININ and several other EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS.
Integrin alpha4beta1 is a FIBRONECTIN and VCAM-1 receptor present on LYMPHOCYTES; MONOCYTES; EOSINOPHILS; NK CELLS and thymocytes. It is involved in both cell-cell and cell- EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX adhesion and plays a role in INFLAMMATION, hematopoietic cell homing and immune function, and has been implicated in skeletal MYOGENESIS; NEURAL CREST migration and proliferation, lymphocyte maturation and morphogenesis of the PLACENTA and HEART.
An interleukin-1 subtype that occurs as a membrane-bound pro-protein form that is cleaved by proteases to form a secreted mature form. Unlike INTERLEUKIN-1BETA both membrane-bound and secreted forms of interleukin-1alpha are biologically active.
An integrin found on fibroblasts, platelets, endothelial and epithelial cells, and lymphocytes where it functions as a receptor for COLLAGEN and LAMININ. Although originally referred to as the collagen receptor, it is one of several receptors for collagen. Ligand binding to integrin alpha2beta1 triggers a cascade of intracellular signaling, including activation of p38 MAP kinase.
A subclass of alpha-adrenergic receptors that mediate contraction of SMOOTH MUSCLE in a variety of tissues such as ARTERIOLES; VEINS; and the UTERUS. They are usually found on postsynaptic membranes and signal through GQ-G11 G-PROTEINS.
This integrin alpha subunit combines with INTEGRIN BETA1 to form a receptor (INTEGRIN ALPHA5BETA1) that binds FIBRONECTIN and LAMININ. It undergoes posttranslational cleavage into a heavy and a light chain that are connected by disulfide bonds.
Integrin alpha1beta1 functions as a receptor for LAMININ and COLLAGEN. It is widely expressed during development, but in the adult is the predominant laminin receptor (RECEPTORS, LAMININ) in mature SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS, where it is important for maintenance of the differentiated phenotype of these cells. Integrin alpha1beta1 is also found in LYMPHOCYTES and microvascular endothelial cells, and may play a role in angiogenesis. In SCHWANN CELLS and neural crest cells, it is involved in cell migration. Integrin alpha1beta1 is also known as VLA-1 and CD49a-CD29.
A subclass of alpha-adrenergic receptors found on both presynaptic and postsynaptic membranes where they signal through Gi-Go G-PROTEINS. While postsynaptic alpha-2 receptors play a traditional role in mediating the effects of ADRENERGIC AGONISTS, the subset of alpha-2 receptors found on presynaptic membranes signal the feedback inhibition of NEUROTRANSMITTER release.
A cell surface receptor mediating cell adhesion to the EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX and to other cells via binding to LAMININ. It is involved in cell migration, embryonic development, leukocyte activation and tumor cell invasiveness. Integrin alpha6beta1 is the major laminin receptor on PLATELETS; LEUKOCYTES; and many EPITHELIAL CELLS, and ligand binding may activate a number of signal transduction pathways. Alternative splicing of the cytoplasmic domain of the alpha6 subunit (INTEGRIN ALPHA6) results in the formation of A and B isoforms of the heterodimer, which are expressed in a tissue-specific manner.

Mutant and wild type human alpha-synucleins assemble into elongated filaments with distinct morphologies in vitro. (1/1546)

alpha-Synuclein is a soluble presynaptic protein which is pathologically redistributed within intracellular lesions characteristic of several neurodegenerative diseases. Here we demonstrate that wild type and two mutant forms of alpha-synuclein linked to familial Parkinson's disease (Ala30 --> Pro and Ala53 --> Thr) self-aggregate and assemble into 10-19-nm-wide filaments with distinct morphologies under defined in vitro conditions. Immunogold labeling demonstrates that the central region of all these filaments are more robustly labeled than the N-terminal or C-terminal regions, suggesting that the latter regions are buried within the filaments. Since in vitro generated alpha-synuclein filaments resemble the major ultrastructural elements of authentic Lewy bodies that are hallmark lesions of Parkinson's disease, we propose that self-aggregating alpha-synuclein is the major subunit protein of these filamentous lesions.  (+info)

Both familial Parkinson's disease mutations accelerate alpha-synuclein aggregation. (2/1546)

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is pathologically characterized by the presence of intracytoplasmic Lewy bodies, the major component of which are filaments consisting of alpha-synuclein. Two recently identified point mutations in alpha-synuclein are the only known genetic causes of PD, but their pathogenic mechanism is not understood. Here we show that both wild type and mutant alpha-synuclein form insoluble fibrillar aggregates with antiparallel beta-sheet structure upon incubation at physiological temperature in vitro. Importantly, aggregate formation is accelerated by both PD-linked mutations. Under the experimental conditions, the lag time for the formation of precipitable aggregates is about 280 h for the wild type protein, 180 h for the A30P mutant, and only 100 h for the A53T mutant protein. These data suggest that the formation of alpha-synuclein aggregates could be a critical step in PD pathogenesis, which is accelerated by the PD-linked mutations.  (+info)

Copper(II)-induced self-oligomerization of alpha-synuclein. (3/1546)

alpha-Synuclein is a component of the abnormal protein depositions in senile plaques and Lewy bodies of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease respectively. The protein was suggested to provide a possible nucleation centre for plaque formation in AD via selective interaction with amyloid beta/A4 protein (Abeta). We have shown previously that alpha-synuclein has experienced self-oligomerization when Abeta25-35 was present in an orientation-specific manner in the sequence. Here we examine this biochemically specific self-oligomerization with the use of various metals. Strikingly, copper(II) was the most effective metal ion affecting alpha-synuclein to form self-oligomers in the presence of coupling reagents such as dicyclohexylcarbodi-imide or N-(ethoxycarbonyl)-2-ethoxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline. The size distribution of the oligomers indicated that monomeric alpha-synuclein was oligomerized sequentially. The copper-induced oligomerization was shown to be suppressed as the acidic C-terminus of alpha-synuclein was truncated by treatment with endoproteinase Asp-N. In contrast, the Abeta25-35-induced oligomerizations of the intact and truncated forms of alpha-synuclein were not affected. This clearly indicated that the copper-induced oligomerization was dependent on the acidic C-terminal region and that its underlying biochemical mechanism was distinct from that of the Abeta25-35-induced oligomerization. Although the physiological or pathological relevance of the oligomerization remains currently elusive, the common outcome of alpha-synuclein on treatment with copper or Abeta25-35 might be useful in understanding neurodegenerative disorders in molecular terms. In addition, abnormal copper homoeostasis could be considered as one of the risk factors for the development of disorders such as AD or Parkinson's disease.  (+info)

alpha-synuclein fibrillogenesis is nucleation-dependent. Implications for the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. (4/1546)

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is pathologically characterized by the presence of intracytoplasmic Lewy bodies, the major components of which are filaments consisting of alpha-synuclein. Two recently identified point mutations in alpha-synuclein are the only known genetic causes of PD. alpha-Synuclein fibrils similar to the Lewy body filaments can be formed in vitro, and we have shown recently that both PD-linked mutations accelerate their formation. This study addresses the mechanism of alpha-synuclein aggregation: we show that (i) it is a nucleation-dependent process that can be seeded by aggregated alpha-synuclein functioning as nuclei, (ii) this fibril growth follows first-order kinetics with respect to alpha-synuclein concentration, and (iii) mutant alpha-synuclein can seed the aggregation of wild type alpha-synuclein, which leads us to predict that the Lewy bodies of familial PD patients with alpha-synuclein mutations will contain both, the mutant and the wild type protein. Finally (iv), we show that wild type and mutant forms of alpha-synuclein do not differ in their critical concentrations. These results suggest that differences in aggregation kinetics of alpha-synucleins cannot be explained by differences in solubility but are due to different nucleation rates. Consequently, alpha-synuclein nucleation may be the rate-limiting step for the formation of Lewy body alpha-synuclein fibrils in Parkinson's disease.  (+info)

alpha-Synuclein shares physical and functional homology with 14-3-3 proteins. (5/1546)

alpha-Synuclein has been implicated in the pathophysiology of many neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease. Mutations in alpha-synuclein cause some cases of familial PD (Polymeropoulos et al., 1997; Kruger et al., 1998). In addition, many neurodegenerative diseases show accumulation of alpha-synuclein in dystrophic neurites and in Lewy bodies (Spillantini et al., 1998). Here, we show that alpha-synuclein shares physical and functional homology with 14-3-3 proteins, which are a family of ubiquitous cytoplasmic chaperones. Regions of alpha-synuclein and 14-3-3 proteins share over 40% homology. In addition, alpha-synuclein binds to 14-3-3 proteins, as well as some proteins known to associate with 14-3-3, including protein kinase C, BAD, and extracellular regulated kinase, but not Raf-1. We also show that overexpression of alpha-synuclein inhibits protein kinase C activity. The association of alpha-synuclein with BAD and inhibition of protein kinase C suggests that increased expression of alpha-synuclein could be harmful. Consistent with this hypothesis, we observed that overexpression of wild-type alpha-synuclein is toxic, and overexpression of alpha-synuclein containing the A53T or A30P mutations exhibits even greater toxicity. The activity and binding profile of alpha-synuclein suggests that it might act as a protein chaperone and that accumulation of alpha-synuclein could contribute to cell death in neurodegenerative diseases.  (+info)

Filamentous nerve cell inclusions in neurodegenerative diseases: tauopathies and alpha-synucleinopathies. (6/1546)

Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are the most common neurodegenerative diseases. They are characterized by the degeneration of selected populations of nerve cells that develop filamentous inclusions before degeneration. The neuronal inclusions of Alzheimer's disease are made of the microtubule-associated protein tau, in a hyperphosphorylated state. Recent work has shown that the filamentous inclusions of Parkinson's disease are made of the protein alpha-synuclein and that rare, familial forms of Parkinson's disease are caused by missense mutations in the alpha-synuclein gene. Besides Parkinson's disease, the filamentous inclusions of two additional neurodegenerative diseases, namely dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy, have also been found to be made of alpha-synuclein. Abundant filamentous tau inclusions are not limited to Alzheimer's disease. They are the defining neuropathological characteristic of frontotemporal dementias such as Pick's disease, and of progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration. The recent discovery of mutations in the tau gene in familial forms of frontotemporal dementia has provided a direct link between tau dysfunction and dementing disease. The new work has established that tauopathies and alpha-synucleinopathies account for most late-onset neurodegenerative diseases in man. The formation of intracellular filamentous inclusions might be the gain of toxic function that leads to the demise of affected brain cells.  (+info)

alpha-synuclein binds to Tau and stimulates the protein kinase A-catalyzed tau phosphorylation of serine residues 262 and 356. (7/1546)

alpha-Synuclein has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative disorders based on the direct linking of missense mutations in alpha-synuclein to autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease and its presence in Lewy-like lesions. To gain insight into alpha-synuclein functions, we have investigated whether it binds neuronal proteins and modulates their functional state. The microtubule-associated protein tau was identified as a ligand by alpha-synuclein affinity chromatography of human brain cytosol. Direct binding assays using (125)I-labeled human tau40 demonstrated a reversible binding with a IC(50) about 50 pM. The interacting domains were localized to the C terminus of alpha-synuclein and the microtubule binding region of tau as determined by protein fragmentation and the use of recombinant peptides. High concentrations of tubulin inhibited the binding between tau and alpha-synuclein. Functionally, alpha-synuclein stimulated the protein kinase A-catalyzed phosphorylation of tau serine residues 262 and 356 as determined using a phospho-epitope-specific antibody. We propose that alpha-synuclein modulates the phosphorylation of soluble axonal tau and thereby indirectly affects the stability of axonal microtubules.  (+info)

The genetics of disorders with synuclein pathology and parkinsonism. (8/1546)

Despite being considered the archetypal non-genetic neurological disorder, genetic analysis of Parkinson's disease has shown that there are at least three genetic loci. Furthermore, these analyses have suggested that the phenotype of the pathogenic loci is wider than simple Parkinson's disease and may include Lewy body dementia and some forms of essential tremor. Identification of alpha-synuclein as the first of the loci involved in Parkinson's disease and the identification of this protein in pathological deposits in other disorders has led to the suggestion that it may share pathogenic mechanisms with multiple system atrophy, Alzheimer's disease and prion disease and that these mechanisms are related to a synuclein pathway to cell death. Finally, genetic analysis of the synuclein diseases and the tau diseases may indicate that this synuclein pathway is an alternative to the tau pathway to cell death.  (+info)

Toxicity of human alpha-synuclein when expressed in simple organisms can be suppressed by overexpression of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-Golgi transport machinery, suggesting that inhibition of constitutive secretion represents a fundamental cause of the toxicity. Whether similar inhibition in mammals represents a cause of familial Parkinsons disease has not been established. We tested elements of this hypothesis by expressing human alpha-synuclein in mammalian kidney and neuroendocrine cells and assessing ER-to-Golgi transport. Overexpression of wild type or the familial disease-associated A53T mutant alpha-synuclein delayed transport by up to 50%; however, A53T inhibited more potently. The secretory delay occurred at low expression levels and was not accompanied by insoluble alpha-synuclein aggregates or mistargeting of transport machinery, suggesting a direct action of soluble alpha-synuclein on trafficking proteins. Co-overexpression of ER/Golgi arginine soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor
TY - JOUR. T1 - Sodium butyrate rescues dopaminergic cells from alpha-synuclein-induced transcriptional deregulation and DNA damage. AU - Paiva, Isabel. AU - Pinho, Raquel. AU - Pavlou, Maria Angeliki. AU - Hennion, Magali. AU - Wales, Pauline. AU - Schütz, Anna Lena. AU - Rajput, Ashish. AU - Szego, Éva M.. AU - Kerimoglu, Cemil. AU - Gerhardt, Ellen. AU - Rego, Ana Cristina. AU - Fischer, André. AU - Bonn, Stefan. AU - Outeiro, Tiago F.. PY - 2017/6/15. Y1 - 2017/6/15. N2 - Alpha-synuclein (aSyn) is considered a major culprit in Parkinsons disease (PD) pathophysiology. However, the precise molecular function of the protein remains elusive. Recent evidence suggests that aSyn may play a role on transcription regulation, possibly by modulating the acetylation status of histones. Our study aimed at evaluating the impact of wild-type (WT) and mutant A30P aSyn on gene expression, in a dopaminergic neuronal cell model, and decipher potential mechanisms underlying aSyn-mediated transcriptional ...
Title:A Focus on the Beneficial Effects of Alpha Synuclein and a Re-Appraisal of Synucleinopathies. VOLUME: 19 ISSUE: 6. Author(s):Larisa Ryskalin, Carla L. Busceti, Fiona Limanaqi, Francesca Biagioni, Stefano Gambardella and Francesco Fornai*. Affiliation:Human Anatomy, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, via Roma 55, 56126 Pisa, I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed, Via Atinense 18, 86077 Pozzilli, Isernia, Human Anatomy, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, via Roma 55, 56126 Pisa, I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed, Via Atinense 18, 86077 Pozzilli, Isernia, I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed, Via Atinense 18, 86077 Pozzilli, Isernia, I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed, Via Atinense 18, 86077 Pozzilli, Isernia. Keywords:Alpha synuclein, synucleinopathies, alpha synuclein aggregates, loss-of-function, co-chaperonine, neurodegeneration, neuroprotection.. Abstract:Alpha synuclein (α-syn) belongs to a class of proteins which ...
Synuclein family members (alpha-, beta-, and gamma-synuclein) are expressed at high levels in adult brain tissue and in some tumors. Alpha-synuclein is encoded by the SNCA gene in humans and is mainly expressed in the cerebral neocortex, hippocampus, nigra, thalamus, and metencephalon, with the majority of the protein localizing to the presynaptic terminal and nucleus of neuron cells. The exact function of alpha-synuclein is unknown, but it may be involved in presynaptic signaling and membrane trafficking. Alpha-synuclein can aggregate to form insoluble fibrils in pathological conditions, such as Parkinsons disease, Lewy body dementia (associated with both Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease), and multiple system atrophy. Mutations in the SNCA gene have been associated with the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease.. ...
Synuclein family members (alpha-, beta-, and gamma-synuclein) are expressed at high levels in adult brain tissue and in some tumors. Alpha-synuclein is encoded by the SNCA gene in humans and is mainly expressed in the cerebral neocortex, hippocampus, nigra, thalamus, and metencephalon, with the majority of the protein localizing to the presynaptic terminal and nucleus of neuron cells. The exact function of alpha-synuclein is unknown, but it may be involved in presynaptic signaling and membrane trafficking. Alpha-synuclein can aggregate to form insoluble fibrils in pathological conditions, such as Parkinsons disease, Lewy body dementia (associated with both Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease), and multiple system atrophy. Mutations in the SNCA gene have been associated with the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease.. ...
Parkinsons disease (PD) is characterized by a progressive loss of midbrain dopamine neurons and the presence of cytoplasmic inclusions called Lewy bodies. Mutations in several genes including alpha-synuclein and parkin have been linked to familial PD. The loss of parkins E3-ligase activity leads to dopaminergic neuronal degeneration in early-onset autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism, suggesting a key role of parkin for dopamine neuron survival. To evaluate the potential neuroprotective role of parkin in the pathogenesis of PD, we tested whether overexpression of wild-type rat parkin could protect against the toxicity of mutated human A30P alpha-synuclein in a rat lentiviral model of PD. Animals overexpressing parkin showed significant reductions in alpha-synuclein-induced neuropathology, including preservation of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive cell bodies in the substantia nigra and sparing of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive nerve terminals in the striatum. The parkin-mediated neuroprotection was
Alpha-synuclein is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the SNCA gene. It is abundant in the brain while smaller amounts are found in the heart, muscles, and other tissues. In the brain, alpha-synuclein is found mainly at the tips of nerve cells (neurons) in specialized structures called presynaptic terminals. Within these structures, alpha-synuclein interacts with phospholipids and proteins. Presynaptic terminals release chemical messengers, called neurotransmitters, from compartments known as synaptic vesicles. The release of neurotransmitters relays signals between neurons and is critical for normal brain function ...
Alpha-synuclein is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the SNCA gene. It is abundant in the brain while smaller amounts are found in the heart, muscles, and other tissues. In the brain, alpha-synuclein is found mainly at the tips of nerve cells (neurons) in specialized structures called presynaptic terminals. Within these structures, alpha-synuclein interacts with phospholipids and proteins. Presynaptic terminals release chemical messengers, called neurotransmitters, from compartments known as synaptic vesicles. The release of neurotransmitters relays signals between neurons and is critical for normal brain function ...
We have produced a panel of 32 unique monoclonal antibodies that recognize common structural elements in amyloid aggregates, like the alpha-synuclein aggregates that are believed to play an important role in PD pathogenesis. Although these antibodies were originally produced against Abeta amyloid from Alzheimer s disease, we found that many of them recognize common or generic epitopes (or antibody binding sites) that occur on amyloid aggregates from a number of different amyloids made from different protein sequences. For some of these antibodies, we have already shown that interact with alpha-synuclein aggregates in vitro. In this project, we will test the immunoreactivity of all of the antibodies against alpha-synuclein oligomers and fibrils. We will also test whether any of the antibodies can detect pathological oligomers in human PD brain. Antibodies that react with pathological amyloid aggregates in brain would represent candidates for therapeutic development.. Relevance to ...
Objective/Rationale: Mounting evidence indicates a crucial role of pathological aggregates of the protein alpha-synuclein in Parkinsons disease (PD). Small aggregates termed oligomers seems to be toxic for nerve cells. Moreover, prion-like spread of pathological alpha-synuclein aggregation may cause progressive degeneration of brain areas. We recently developed the novel oligomer modulator anle138b that inhibits the formation of pathological alpha-synuclein oligomers and has shown therapeutic efficacy in several models of PD.Project Description:We will test anle138b in a novel, large PD model. First, we will test which doses are required to obtain relevant levels of anle138b in blood and tissue (
Findings from human patients, yeast and a mouse model imply that defects in polyamine pathway play a role in Parkinsons disease pathogenesis, suggesting that existing drugs may be able to slow progression of the disease, according to a study published Sept. 13 in an early online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
An increasing number of neurodegenerative diseases are being found to be associated with the abnormal accumulation of aggregated proteins in the brain. In Parkinsons disease, this process involves the aggregation of alpha-synuclein (α-syn) into intraneuronal inclusions. Thus, compounds that inhibit α-syn aggregation represent a promising therapeutic strategy as disease-modifying agents for neurodegeneration. The formation of α-syn amyloid aggregates can be reproduced in vitro by incubation of the recombinant protein. However, the in vitro aggregation of α-syn is exceedingly slow and highly irreproducible, therefore precluding fast high throughput anti-aggregation drug screening. Here, we present a simple and easy-to-implement in-plate method for screening large chemical libraries in the search for α-syn aggregation modulators. It allows us to monitor aggregation kinetics with high reproducibility, while being faster and requiring lower protein amounts than conventional aggregation assays. We
Accumulating evidence suggests that the lesions of Parkinsons disease (PD) expand due to transneuronal spreading of fibrils composed of misfolded alpha-synuclein (a-syn), over the course of 5-10 years. However, the precise mechanisms and the processes underlying the spread of these fibril seeds have not been clarified in vivo. Here, we investigated the speed of a-syn transmission, which has not been a focus of previous a-syn transmission experiments, and whether a-syn pathologies spread in a neural circuit-dependent manner in the mouse brain. We injected a-syn preformed fibrils (PFFs), which are seeds for the propagation of a-syn deposits, either before or after callosotomy, to disconnect bilateral hemispheric connections. In mice that underwent callosotomy before the injection, the propagation of a-syn pathology to the contralateral hemisphere was clearly reduced. In contrast, mice that underwent callosotomy 24 h after a-syn PFFs injection showed a-syn pathology similar to that seen in mice without
Spark Therapeutics Enters into Definitive Merger Agreement with Roche Spark Therapeutics announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement for Roche to fully acquire Spark Therapeutics at a price of $114.50 per share in an all-cash transaction. [Spark Therapeutics, Inc.] Press Release AbbVie and Voyager Therapeutics Announce Collaboration to Develop Vectorized Antibodies to Treat Parkinsons Disease and Other Synucleinopathies AbbVie and Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. announced an exclusive, global strategic collaboration and option agreement to develop and commercialize vectorized antibodies directed at pathological species of alpha-synuclein for the potential treatment of Parkinsons disease and other diseases (synucleinopathies) characterized by the abnormal accumulation of misfolded alpha-synuclein protein. [AbbVie Inc.] Press Release CRISPR Therapeutics and StrideBio Expand Exclusive Development and Option Agreement CRISPR Therapeutics and StrideBio, Inc. announced that a ...
of Lewy Neurites].. I have previously demonstrated to you (with the most excellent Immunostains of Paula at Excalibur Labs) that:. 1. Lewy bodies are marked with Rabbit antibodies to human Alpha Synuclein. 2. Lewy neurites are marked with rabbit antibodies to human Alpha Synuclein. 3. Nematode larval worms contain immunorective proteins to Human Alpha Synuclein. 4. Nematode worms are endowed with their own neurons and their own Glial cells. 5. Synuclein proteins (but not necessarily the toxic variant of Alpha synuclein) are incumbent in Synaptic Structure, and these are located between the Dendritic/Synaptic button apparatus and the Nucleus of the neuron. 6. Borrelia burgdorferi is an EndoSymbiont microbe which dwells inside of the bodies of select nematode worms, larvae, and worm eggs too.. 7. Borrelia burgdorferi might be endowed with a protein which is immune-reactive to the toxic variant of Alpha Synuclein or Borrelia spirochetes may absorb this protein or Borrelia spriochetes may absorb ...
of Lewy Neurites].. I have previously demonstrated to you (with the most excellent Immunostains of Paula at Excalibur Labs) that:. 1. Lewy bodies are marked with Rabbit antibodies to human Alpha Synuclein. 2. Lewy neurites are marked with rabbit antibodies to human Alpha Synuclein. 3. Nematode larval worms contain immunorective proteins to Human Alpha Synuclein. 4. Nematode worms are endowed with their own neurons and their own Glial cells. 5. Synuclein proteins (but not necessarily the toxic variant of Alpha synuclein) are incumbent in Synaptic Structure, and these are located between the Dendritic/Synaptic button apparatus and the Nucleus of the neuron. 6. Borrelia burgdorferi is an EndoSymbiont microbe which dwells inside of the bodies of select nematode worms, larvae, and worm eggs too.. 7. Borrelia burgdorferi might be endowed with a protein which is immune-reactive to the toxic variant of Alpha Synuclein or Borrelia spirochetes may absorb this protein or Borrelia spriochetes may absorb ...
Alpha-Synuclein (aSyn) is a 140 amino acid, intrinsically disordered protein that adopts an extended amphipathic alpha-helical structure upon binding the membrane. aSyn is the major proteinaceous component of insoluble fibrillar Lewy bodies, a hallmark of Parkinsons disease (PD). The precise roles of both native and pathological forms of aSyn remain unclear. However, the interaction of aSyn with cellular membranes is now thought to be critical to its native function, and potentially to its role in PD. In vivo studies with overexpressed aSyn shows a stalling of vesicle fusion at the plasma membrane, whereas in vitro studies of small lipid vesicles and aSyn demonstrate an inhibition of vesicle fusion. In addition, numerous biophysical studies have identified potential curvature sensing and curvature inducing characteristics for aSyn, however the mechanism behind these processes is not well understood. The work in this thesis explores the membrane remodeling capacity of aSyn using a combination of ...
Parkinsons disease - characterized by tremors, rigidity, difficulty walking and other symptoms - is caused by the destruction of brain cells that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine. In recent years researchers at several centers have been studying the role of alpha-synuclein accumulations in dopamine-producing neurons, observed in patients with both inherited and sporadic Parkinsons disease. MGH-MIND investigators have discovered that, in Parkinsons, the alpha-synuclein molecule folds abnormally and form aggregates called inclusion bodies. Such inclusions of other abnormal proteins are seen in several disorders, but whether inclusions are toxic or protective to neurons has been controversial.. In a paper published last year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a research team led by Kazantsev analyzed ways to reduce the size of inclusions containing misfolded versions of alpha-synuclein or of the Huntingtons disease-associated protein huntingtin. They found that a ...
Alpha synuclein is normally found in neurons, particularly at synapses. When it misfolds, it begins to cause damage. To directly test the gut to brain hypothesis, the researchers injected misfolded alpha synuclein fibrils directly into the muscular wall of the gut in mice, at the point where the stomach empties into the first part of the small intestine, called the duodenum. These fibrils began interacting with the alpha synuclein found in local nerves in the gut, triggering a further misfolding process.. One month later, the researchers found misfolded alpha synuclein in the brain, specifically at the point at which the vagus nerve originates. Within 3 months, misfolded alpha synuclein could be found in other parts of the brain, including the substantia nigra, the main dopamine centre which is involved in movement, and by 7 months, alpha synuclein could clearly be seen in this region.. The team then addressed the effects of cutting the vagus nerve in mice that had been injected with preformed ...
The role of phosphorylation at Y125 in regulating the structure, aggregation, and membrane binding of alpha-synuclein: Implications for the pathogenesis of Parkinsons disease : The role of phosphorylation at Y125 in regulating the structure, aggregation, and membrane binding of alpha-synuclein: Implications for the pathogenesis of Parkinsons disease
Marxreiter, Franz; Ettle, Benjamin; May, Verena E. L.; Esmer, Hakan; Patrick, Christina; Kragh, Christine Lund; Klucken, Jochen; Winner, Beate; Riess, Olaf; Winkler, Juergen; Masliah, Eliezer; Nuber, Silke ...
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Alpha-synuclein (aSyn) is a central player in Parkinsons disease (PD) but the precise molecular mechanisms underlying its pathogenicity remain unclear. It has recently been suggested that nuclear aSyn may modulate gene expression, possibly via interactions with DNA. However, the biological behavior of aSyn in the nucleus and the factors affecting its transcriptional role are not known. Here, we investigated the mechanisms underlying aSyn-mediated transcription deregulation by assessing its effects in the nucleus and the impact of phosphorylation in these dynamics. We found that aSyn induced severe transcriptional deregulation, including the downregulation of important cell cycle-related genes. Importantly, transcriptional deregulation was concomitant with reduced binding of aSyn to DNA. By forcing the nuclear presence of aSyn in the nucleus (aSyn-NLS), we found the accumulation of high molecular weight aSyn species altered gene expression and reduced toxicity when compared with the wild-type or ...
Our findings further support the causative role of soluble amyloid oligomers in triggering neurodegeneration and shed light into the mechanisms by which these species cause neuronal damage, which, we show here, can be amenable to modulation through the use of metal chelation.
AURORA, Colo. (Dec. 22, 2017) - While vigorous exercise on a treadmill has been shown to slow the progression of Parkinsons disease in patients, the molecular reasons behind it have remained a mystery.. But now scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus may have an answer.. For the first time in a progressive, age-related mouse model of Parkinsons, researchers have shown that exercise on a running wheel can stop the accumulation of the neuronal protein alpha-synuclein in brain cells.. The work, published Friday in the journal PLOS ONE, was done by Wenbo Zhou, PhD, research associate professor of medicine and Curt Freed, MD, professor of medicine and division head of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at the CU School of Medicine.. The researchers said clumps of alpha-synuclein are believed to play a central role in the brain cell death associated with Parkinsons disease. The mice in the study, like humans, started to get Parkinsons symptoms in ...
In this special issue of Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology on synucleinopathies, leading investigators provide an overview of this vibrating field. A basic understanding is at hand and it appears increasingly likely that safe and effective mechanism-based therapies for synucleinopathies will be developed. They will probably be aimed at prevention rather than at treating already existing disease. PD stands out among neurodegenerative diseases, in that an effective symptomatic therapy in the form of dopamine replacement already exists. In the first contribution, Roger Barker and Caroline Williams-Gray provide a comprehensive overview of the clinical features of PD and compare them with those of other synucleinopathies (1). In the second article, Nadia Stefanova and Gregor Wenning focus on the rarer, but more aggressive, MSA, which is divided into parkinsonian (MSA-P) and cerebellar (MSA-C) forms, with many cases having features of both (mixed-type MSA) (2). Autonomic dysfunction is a major ...
When misfolded, the protein alpha-synuclein becomes toxic to neurons and is a key pathological culprit in Parkinsons. It is therefore an important target for disease-modification. Immunotherapy in Parkinsons attempts to use immune cells, and specifically the antibodies they generate, to target misfolded alpha-synuclein to inactivate it.
Lewy bodies of a-synuclein protein are prominent characteristics in the Parkinsons disease (PD) pathology. The mechanism of Lewy body formation and consequent cytotoxicity was studied by Brandis et al. (2006) in a newly developed model organism of fission yeast. Though, the level of a-synuclein expression studied was either high or low, the wild-type and A53T familial mutant of a-synuclein followed the nucleation polymerization theory in the process of misfolding and aggregating. At high concentration, a-synuclein formed cytoplasmic aggregates in a concentration and time-dependent manner. However, these aggregates appeared to be independent of cytotoxicity. In this current study, the fission yeast model is used again but to evaluate a-synuclein misfolding, aggregation, and non-toxic properties when expression is moderate. The results indicate moderate a-synuclein expression to obey the nucleation polymerization model. In light of this study, a-synuclein aggregation requires a necessary threshold
Parkinsons disease (PD) and related α-synucleinopathies are defined by the accumulation of α-synuclein (α-Syn)-containing intraneuronal inclusions-Lewy bodies (LBs) and Lewy neurites (LNs)-in association with the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) and other brain regions. However, a cause-and-effect relationship between LB/LN formation and neurodegeneration remains unclear. Indeed, whether LB/LNs are toxic or represent a neuroprotective response has been contentious. Luk et al. (p. 949) injected α-Syn fibrils generated from recombinant mouse α-Syn protein into the dorsal striatum of wild-type mice and found that misfolded α-Syn caused the formation of PD-like LB/LNs and subsequent cell-to-cell transmission of pathologic α-Syn to anatomically interconnected regions, including the SNpc. Furthermore, the formation of LB/LNs and their accumulation in SNpc resulted in the progressive loss of these dopaminergic neurons, reduced dopamine innervations to ...
Insoluble and fibrillar forms of α-synuclein are the major components of Lewy bodies, a hallmark of several sporadic and inherited neurodegenerative diseases known as synucleinopathies. α-Synuclein is a natural unfolded and aggregation-prone protein that can be degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasomal system and the lysosomal degradation pathways. α-Synuclein is a target of the main cellular proteolytic systems, but it is also able to alter their function further, contributing to the progression of neurodegeneration. Aging, a major risk for synucleinopathies, is associated with a decrease activity of the proteolytic systems, further aggravating this toxic looping cycle. Here, the current literature on the basic aspects of the routes for α-synuclein clearance, as well as the consequences of the proteolytic systems collapse, will be discussed. Finally, particular focus will be given to the sirtuinss role on proteostasis regulation, since their modulation emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy to
Detect and quantitate human Alpha-synuclein in biological fluids such as serum, plasma, cerebrospinal fluid and cell culture supernatants using a homogeneous AlphaLISA no-wash assay.
The alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) protein is clearly implicated in Parkinsons disease (PD). Mutations or triplication of the alpha-syn gene leads to early onset PD, possibly by accelerating alpha-syn oligomerization. alpha-syn interacts with lipids, and this membrane binding activity may relate to it …
Understanding the molecular pathogenesis of Parkinsons disease (PD) is a priority in biomedical research and a pre-requisite to improve early disease diagnosis and ultimately to developing disease-modifying strategies. In the past decade and a half, geneticists have identified several genes that are involved in the molecular pathogenesis of PD. They not only identified gene variants segregating with familial forms of PD but also genetic risk factors of sporadic PD via genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Understanding how PD genes and their gene products function holds the promise of unraveling key PD pathogenic processes. Therefore the precise cellular role of PD proteins is currently the subject of intense investigation. Interestingly, a number of PD proteins have enzymatic functions, including kinase, GTPase or ATPase functions. In the context of understanding disease pathogenesis or developing disease-modifying therapies, enzymes possess several useful features. Firstly, enzymes are
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Parkinsons disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder[31] and manifests as bradykinesia, rigidity, resting tremor and posture instability. The crude prevalence rate of PD has been reported to range from 15 per 100,000 to 12,500 per 100,000, and the incidence of PD from 15 per 100,000 to 328 per 100,000, with the disease being less common in Asian countries. Parkinsons disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. It results from the death of dopamine-generating cells in the substantia nigra, a region of the midbrain; the cause of cell-death is unknown. The following paragraph is an excerpt from the Pathophysiology section of the article Parkinsons disease. The mechanism by which the brain cells in Parkinsons are lost may consist of an abnormal accumulation of the protein alpha-synuclein bound to ubiquitin in the damaged cells. The alpha-synuclein-ubiquitin complex cannot be directed to the proteasome. This protein accumulation forms proteinaceous ...
Parkinsons disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder[31] and manifests as bradykinesia, rigidity, resting tremor and posture instability. The crude prevalence rate of PD has been reported to range from 15 per 100,000 to 12,500 per 100,000, and the incidence of PD from 15 per 100,000 to 328 per 100,000, with the disease being less common in Asian countries. Parkinsons disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. It results from the death of dopamine-generating cells in the substantia nigra, a region of the midbrain; the cause of cell-death is unknown. The following paragraph is an excerpt from the Pathophysiology section of the article Parkinsons disease. The mechanism by which the brain cells in Parkinsons are lost may consist of an abnormal accumulation of the protein alpha-synuclein bound to ubiquitin in the damaged cells. The alpha-synuclein-ubiquitin complex cannot be directed to the proteasome. This protein accumulation forms proteinaceous ...
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We study mechanisms of neurodegeneration underlying Parkinsons disease and related disorders. Dominant mutations in the alpha-synuclein gene cause a rare familial form of Parkinsons disease. In both familial and sporadic forms of Parkinsons disease, misfolded alpha-synuclein protein accumulates in neuronal inclusions referred to as Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, indicating that pathways involving alpha-synuclein misfolding are important for pathogenesis. Our recent findings link the accumulation of misfolded alpha-synuclein to mutations in another gene, by demonstrating that disorders caused by mutations in the PLA2G6 gene are also defined by Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites in many of the same neuronal populations affected by Parkinsons disease. PLA2G6 mutations are responsible for a spectrum of hereditary disorders classified as Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA), infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD), and parkinsonism-dystonia.. The PLA2G6 gene encodes the A2 ...
TY - JOUR. T1 - Low alpha-synuclein 126 mRNA levels in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer disease. AU - Beyer, Katrin. AU - Humbert, Jordi. AU - Ferrer, Anna. AU - Lao, José I.. AU - Carrato, Cristina. AU - López, Dolores. AU - Ferrer, Isidro. AU - Ariza, Aurelio. PY - 2006/8/1. Y1 - 2006/8/1. N2 - Alpha-synuclein, a main component of Lewy bodies in synucleinopathies and senile plaques in Alzheimer disease, is centrally involved in neurodegeneration. Three different isoforms (α-synuclein 112, 126, and 140) resulting from alternative splicing have been described so far. The present study explores α-synuclein 126 mRNA expression levels in the prefrontal cortex of six patients with dementia with Lewy bodies, eight patients with Lewy body variant of Alzheimer disease, eight patients with Alzheimer disease, and 10 controls. Relative α-synuclein 126 expression levels were determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction with competimer technology. Alpha-synuclein 126 mRNA expression was ...
TY - JOUR. T1 - Translation initiator EIF4G1 mutations in familial parkinson disease. AU - Chartier-Harlin, Marie Christine. AU - Dachsel, Justus C.. AU - Vilariño-Güell, Carles. AU - Lincoln, Sarah J.. AU - Leprêtre, Frédéric. AU - Hulihan, Mary M.. AU - Kachergus, Jennifer. AU - Milnerwood, Austen J.. AU - Tapia, Lucia. AU - Song, Mee Sook. AU - Le Rhun, Emilie. AU - Mutez, Eugénie. AU - Larvor, Lydie. AU - Duflot, Aurélie. AU - Vanbesien-Mailliot, Christel. AU - Kreisler, Alexandre. AU - Ross, Owen A.. AU - Nishioka, Kenya. AU - Soto-Ortolaza, Alexandra I.. AU - Cobb, Stephanie A.. AU - Melrose, Heather L.. AU - Behrouz, Bahareh. AU - Keeling, Brett H.. AU - Bacon, Justin A.. AU - Hentati, Emna. AU - Williams, Lindsey. AU - Yanagiya, Akiko. AU - Sonenberg, Nahum. AU - Lockhart, Paul J.. AU - Zubair, Abba C.. AU - Uitti, Ryan J.. AU - Aasly, Jan O.. AU - Krygowska-Wajs, Anna. AU - Opala, Grzegorz. AU - Wszolek, Zbigniew K.. AU - Frigerio, Roberta. AU - Maraganore, Demetrius M.. AU - ...
α-synuclein is a small protein of 140 amino acids that is highly expressed in the brain. Its function remains poorly understood.10 Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases associated with the abnormal accumulation of α-synuclein within cytoplasmic inclusions in neurons or oligodendroglia. These α-synuclein containing cytoplasmic aggregates occur throughout the brain, producing cell death and specific motor, autonomic and cognitive dysfunction in four phenotypically distinct synucleinopathies. When α-synuclein deposition occurs in neurons it aggregates into Lewy bodies, producing Parkinson disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) or pure autonomic failure (PAF). Whereas in multiple system atrophy (MSA) neuronal death probably occurs as a consequence of α-synuclein aggregation in oligodendroglia.. A characteristic feature of the synucleinopathies is that they can all begin with varying degrees of autonomic dysfunction as the sole clinical feature - implying an initial ...
α-synuclein is a small protein of 140 amino acids that is highly expressed in the brain. Its function remains poorly understood.10 Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases associated with the abnormal accumulation of α-synuclein within cytoplasmic inclusions in neurons or oligodendroglia. These α-synuclein containing cytoplasmic aggregates occur throughout the brain, producing cell death and specific motor, autonomic and cognitive dysfunction in four phenotypically distinct synucleinopathies. When α-synuclein deposition occurs in neurons it aggregates into Lewy bodies, producing Parkinson disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) or pure autonomic failure (PAF). Whereas in multiple system atrophy (MSA) neuronal death probably occurs as a consequence of α-synuclein aggregation in oligodendroglia.. A characteristic feature of the synucleinopathies is that they can all begin with varying degrees of autonomic dysfunction as the sole clinical feature - implying an initial ...
Parkinson s disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder and the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer s disease. The neuropathological hallmarks of PD are loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the midbrain and protein aggregation, called Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, which are primarily contributed by misfolded a-synuclein. Increasing evidence shows that exogenous human a-synuclein fibrils originating from the PD patient brain, trans- genic mouse brain or recombinantly synthesized from bacteria, can be taken up into neurons and stimulate the aggregation of endogenous a-synuclein in cell models or in laboratory animal models after injection into the central and peripheral nervous systems.This consortium aims to address fundamental questions on the origin and the molecular mechanisms causing the development of synucleinopathies and to design innovative protective strategies, with combined cutting-edge technologies and complementary and ...
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a horrible and unrelenting neurodegenerative disorder with an uncertain etiology and pathophysiology. MSA is a unique proteinopathy in which alpha-synuclein (α-syn) accumulates preferentially in oligodendroglia rather than neurons. Glial cytoplasmic inclusions (GCIs) of α-syn are thought to elicit changes in oligodendrocyte function, such as reduced neurotrophic support and demyelination, leading to neurodegeneration. To date, only a murine model using one of three promoters exist to study this disease. We sought to develop novel rat and nonhuman primate (NHP) models of MSA by overexpressing α-syn in oligodendroglia using a novel oligotrophic adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector, Olig001. To establish tropism, rats received intrastriatal injections of Olig001 expressing GFP. Histological analysis showed widespread expression of GFP throughout the striatum and corpus callosum with ,95% of GFP+ cells co-localizing with oligodendroglia and little to no expression ...
Ideally, we need a biomarker for PD that changes over time, said Caroline M. Tanner, MD, PhD, director of clinical research at the Parkinsons Institute in Sunnyvale, CA. But, we have to validate our biomarkers, cautioned Steven Finkbeiner, MD, PhD, associate director and senior investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease at the University of California San Francisco.. Another recommendation supported the development of novel and specific alpha-synuclein PET imaging agents and assays to measure the alpha-synuclein burden in both animal models and human tissue.. Several conference participants made the analogy between alpha-synuclein as a pathological hallmark of PD and amyloid-beta as a signature pathology of Alzheimers disease, stressing the need for alpha-synuclein tracers. The draft document noted that PET imaging is well suited for detecting alpha-synuclein in the living brain using a suitable PET ligand. (NINDS has a Parkinsons Disease Biomarkers Program aimed at ...
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Parkinsons disease is a movement disorder characterized by nigrostriatal dopamine pathway degeneration and neuronal α-synuclein accumulation. Pathogenesis is associated with mutations in α-synuclein and Gba1 encoding alleles. Animal models created to date do not recapitulate the spectrum of clinical disease features. This thesis characterizes the bi-genic Synergy mouse, hypothesized to demonstrate motor behavioural and histological abnormalities downstream of α-synuclein overexpression and mutated Gba1. Synergy and SNCA mice (overexpressed α-synuclein with wild-type Gba1) have early onset deficits in motor coordination, muscle strength and nest building. Both exhibit increased α-synuclein concentration in the brain and cerebellar inclusions positive for two markers of pathological α-synuclein processing. Overall mutant Gba1 expression within Synergy mice does not worsen the behaviour or the histopathological findings associated with overexpression of human α-synuclein in SNCA mice. ...
Five genes have been identified that contribute to Mendelian forms of Parkinson disease (PD); however, mutations have been found in fewer than 5% of patients, suggesting that additional genes contribute to disease risk. Unlike previous studies that focused primarily on sporadic PD, we have performed the first genomewide association study (GWAS) in familial PD. Genotyping was performed with the Illumina HumanCNV370Duo array in 857 familial PD cases and 867 controls. A logistic model was employed to test for association under additive and recessive modes of inheritance after adjusting for gender and age. No result met genomewide significance based on a conservative Bonferroni correction. The strongest association result was with SNPs in the GAK/DGKQ region on chromosome 4 (additive model: p = 3.4 × 10-6; OR = 1.69). Consistent evidence of association was also observed to the chromosomal regions containing SNCA (additive model: p = 5.5 × 10-5; OR = 1.35) and MAPT (recessive model: p = 2.0 × ...
Accumulation of the α-synuclein (α-syn) protein is a hallmark of a group of brain disorders collectively known as synucleinopathies. The mechanisms responsible for α-syn accumulation are not well understood. Several studies suggest a link between synucleinopathies and the cholesterol metabolite 27-hydroxycholesterol (27-OHC). 27-OHC is the major cholesterol metabolite in the blood that crosses the blood brain barrier, and its levels can increase following hypercholesterolemia, aging, and oxidative stress, which are all factors for increased synucleinopathy risk. In this study, we determined the extent to which 27-OHC regulates α-syn levels in human dopaminergic neurons, the cell type in which α-syn accumulates in PD, a major synucleinopathy disorder. Our results show that 27-OHC significantly increases the protein levels, not the mRNA expression of α-syn. The effects of 27-OHC appear to be independent of an action through liver X receptors (LXR), its cognate receptors, as the LXR agonist, GW3965,
en] Dermal fibroblasts from a patient carrying a heterozygous c.88G , C mutation in the SNCA gene that encodes alpha-synuclein were reprogrammed to pluripotency by retroviruses. This pathogenic mutation generates the p.A30P form of the alpha-synuclein protein leading to autosomal dominantly inherited Parkinsons disease (PD). Two clonal iPS cell lines were generated (A30P-3 and A30P-4) and characterised by validating the silencing of viral transgenes, the expression of endogenous pluripotency genes, directed differentiation into three germ layers in-vitro and a stable molecular genotype. These iPSC lines will serve as a valuable resource in determining the role of the p.A30P SNCA mutation in PD pathogenesis ...
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Currently, there are no treatments that can slow or stop the progression of neuron death in multiple system atrophy (MSA). Survival for patients is usually around 8-10 years from symptom onset. In patients with MSA, neurodegeneration is caused by the abnormal and progressive accumulation of the protein alpha-synuclein in neurons and glia. Alpha-synuclein, and other…
Although the pathogenesis of Parkinsons disease (PD) is considered multifactorial, evidence from genetics and cell biology has implicated specific molecular pathways. This article summarizes evidence that suggests that the level of intracellular alpha-synuclein is critical for the onset of neurodegeneration with Lewy bodies and dependent, to a large extent, on lysosomal degradation. The function of other key proteins that emerged from genetics is discussed: Pink1 and Parkin regulate the degradation of damaged mitochondria by the lysosome (mitophagy). Glucocerebrosidase and ATP13A2 are important components of this degradative organelle. VPS35 and LRRK2 may regulate trafficking within lysosome-dependent pathways, such as autophagy and endosomal vesicle recycling. Clinically, diffuse alpha-synucleinopathy or dementia seems to correlate with mutations which interfere with the broader function of lysosomal pathways, whereas a predominantly motor syndrome and nigrostriatal degeneration is associated with
Background: The PARK2 gene at 6q26 encodes parkin, whose inactivation is implicated in an early-onset autosomal recessive form of Parkinson disease (PD). Objective: To evaluate the influence of heterozygosity for parkin mutation on onset age in a sample of families with at least 2 PD-affected members. Design: Clinical and genetic study. Setting: Twenty collaborative clinical sites. Patients: Patients with familial PD collected in the GenePD study. Studied families were selected for (1) affected sibling pairs sharing 2 alleles identical by state at PARK2 (D6S305) or (2) 1 or more family members with onset age younger than 54 years, regardless of D6S305 status. At least 1 member from each of 183 families underwent comprehensive screening for deletion/insertion variants and point mutations in PARK2. Main Outcome Measures: Mutations in the parkin gene were screened by means of single-stranded conformation polymorphism and sequencing in all 12 coding exons and flanking intronic sequences for point ...
Author: Koch, J. C. et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Published online: 2015-07-09; Open Access; Title: Alpha-synuclein affects neurite morphology, autophagy, vesicle transport and axonal degeneration in CNS neurons.
TY - JOUR. T1 - Correction. T2 - Alpha-synuclein facilitates to form short unconventional microtubules that have a unique function in the axonal transport (Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15575-3). AU - Toba, Shiori. AU - Jin, Mingyue. AU - Yamada, Masami. AU - Kumamoto, Kanako. AU - Matsumoto, Sakiko. AU - Yasunaga, Takuo. AU - Fukunaga, Yuko. AU - Miyazawa, Atsuo. AU - Fujita, Sakiko. AU - Itoh, Kyoko. AU - Fushiki, Shinji. AU - Kojima, Hiroaki. AU - Wanibuchi, Hideki. AU - Arai, Yoshiyuki. AU - Nagai, Takeharu. AU - Hirotsune, Shinji. N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 The Author(s).. PY - 2018/12/1. Y1 - 2018/12/1. N2 - In this Article, Figure 5 was inadvertently published as Figures 5 and 6, leading to the incorrect publication of Figure 6 as Figure 7 and the omission of the correct Figure 7. The correct Figures 5, 6, and 7 appear below as Figures 1, 2, and 3 respectively. The Figure legends are correct. (Figure Presented).. AB - In this Article, Figure 5 was inadvertently ...
Parkinsons disease, the most common adult neurodegenerative movement disorder, demonstrates a brain-wide pathology that begins pre-clinically with alpha-synuclein aggregates (Lewy neurites) in processes of gut enteric and vagal motor neurons. Rost
Multiple missense mutations in Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) are associated with familial forms of late onset Parkinsons disease (PD), the most common age-related movement disorder. The dysfunction of dopamine transmission contributes to PD-related motor symptoms. Interestingly, LRRK2 is more abundant in the dopaminoceptive striatal spiny projection neurons (SPNs) compared to the dopamine-producing nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. Aging is the most important risk factor for PD and other neurodegenerative diseases. However, whether LRRK2 modulates the aging of SPNs remains to be determined. We conducted RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analyses of striatal tissues isolated from Lrrk2 knockout (Lrrk2−/−) and control (Lrrk2+/+) mice at 2 and 12 months of age. We examined SPN nuclear DNA damage and epigenetic modifications; SPN nuclear, cell body and dendritic morphology; and the locomotion and motor skill learning of Lrrk2+/+ and Lrrk2−/− mice from 2 to 24 months of age. Considering the strength
Mavroeidi, P.; Arvanitaki, F.; Karakitsou, A. K.; Vetsi, M.; Kloukina, I.; Zweckstetter, M.; Giller, K.; Becker, S.; Sorrentino, Z. A.; Giasson, B. I. et al.; Jensen, P. H.; Stefanis, L.; Xilouri, M.: Endogenous oligodendroglial alpha-synuclein and TPPP/p25α orchestrate alpha-synuclein pathology in experimental multiple system atrophy models. Acta Neuropathologica 138 (3), pp. 415 - 441 (2019 ...
Mavroeidi, P.; Arvanitaki, F.; Karakitsou, A. K.; Vetsi, M.; Kloukina, I.; Zweckstetter, M.; Giller, K.; Becker, S.; Sorrentino, Z. A.; Giasson, B. I. et al.; Jensen, P. H.; Stefanis, L.; Xilouri, M.: Endogenous oligodendroglial alpha-synuclein and TPPP/p25α orchestrate alpha-synuclein pathology in experimental multiple system atrophy models. Acta Neuropathologica 138 (3), pp. 415 - 441 (2019 ...
To date, molecular genetic analyses have identified over 500 distinct DNA variants in five disease genes associated with familial Parkinson disease; α-synuclein (SNCA), parkin (PARK2), PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1), DJ-1 (PARK7), and Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2). These genetic variants include ∼82% simple mutations and ∼18% copy number variations. Some mutation subtypes are likely underestimated because only few studies reported extensive mutation analyses of all five genes, by both exonic sequencing and dosage analyses. Here we present an update of all mutations published to date in the literature, systematically organized in a novel mutation database (http://www.molgen.ua.ac.be/PDmutDB). In addition, we address the biological relevance of putative pathogenic mutations. This review emphasizes the need for comprehensive genetic screening of Parkinson patients followed by an insightful study of the functional relevance of observed genetic variants. Moreover, while capturing ...
α-Synucleinopathy associated with G51D SNCA mutation: A link between Parkinsons disease and multiple system atrophy? Acta Neuropathologica February 2013 (epub) Aoife P. Kiely, Yasmine T Asi, Eleanna Kara, Patricia Limousin, Helen Ling, Patrick Lewis, Christos Proukakis,Niall Quinn, Andrew J. Lees, John Hardy, Tamas Revesz, Henry Houlden and Janice L. Holton a-Synucleinopathies share the common feature…
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Patients suffer from a broad spectrum of gastrointestinal symptoms, says Scheperjans. That is, he and other physicians have documented that PD and gastrointestinal problems go hand in hand-with constipation, for example, often appearing years before the onset of motor symptoms.. Not only that, says Scheperjans-In the gastrointestinal tract of PD patients, similar neuropathological changes have been described as in the brain. The mis-folded protein (alpha-synuclein) that is found in the brains of those with PD has also been identified in patients intestines (more specifically: in the enteric nervous system of the gut) even before the neurodegeneration is advanced enough to affect movement. This leads researchers to think the protein could somehow be involved in causing the disease.. Research from Scheperjans team found gut microbiota changes in those with PD, which correlated with their motor symptoms: as a group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae increased, so did the severity of ...
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Alpha synuclein (αSyn) still remains a mysterious protein even two decades after SNCA encoding it was identified as the first causative gene of familial Parkinsons disease (PD). Accumulation of αSyn causes α-synucleinopathies including PD, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and multiple system atrophy (MSA). Recent advances in therapeutic approaches offer new antibody-, vaccine-, antisense-oligonucleotide- and small molecule-based options to reduce αSyn protein levels and aggregates in patients brain. Gathering research information of other neurological disease particularly Alzheimers disease, recent disappointment of an experimental amyloid plaques busting antibody in clinical trials underscores the difficulty of treating people who show even mild dementia as damage in their brain may already be too extensive ...
E-mail: [email protected] This information is information that BioArctic AB (publ) is obliged to disclose pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was released for public disclosure, through the agency of the contact persons above, on October 13, 2017, at 10.15 a.m. CET.. About BAN0805. BioArctics product candidate BAN0805 is a monoclonal antibody that selectively binds and eliminates oligomers and protofibrils of alpha-synuclein. BAN0805 aims to halt or slow down the progression of the disease in Parkinson patients. In preclinical studies, BAN0805 has been shown to decrease the levels of alpha-synuclein protofibrils, decrease motor symptoms and double the life span of transgenic Parkinson mice.1). The treatments for Parkinsons disease that are currently on the market are focused on relieving the motor symptoms in Parkinsons patients. BAN0805 has the potential to become one of the first disease modifying treatments for Parkinsons disease.. About ...
These ROSA26-LRRK2 (R1441C) mice allow |i|cre|/i|-inducible expression of the familial Parkinsons disease-associated R1441C missense mutant form of |i|LRRK2|/i|, and may be useful for studying Parkinsons disease pathogenesis and neurodegeneration.
mail03.med.uni-muenchen.de. Before joining our group in May 2017, Karsten studied Molecular Biology and Biomedicine at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. He joined the group of Christian Behl (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz) to obtain his masters degree, where he worked on the effects of altered autophagy on the oligomerization and aggregation behavior of alpha-synuclein species as well as their release via exosomes. In his PhD he is trying to elucidate the crosstalk between early secretory processes and autophagy. Both processes are initiated at specific sites of the endoplasmic reticulum and are crucial to maintain cell homeostasis. His project focusses on the identification of unknown interaction partners and shared regulators of both pathways, e.g. by using high-throughput microscopy. ...
CliniCrowd is driven by pre-clinical studies conducted by Professor Daniel Segal and Professor Ehud Gazit at Tel Aviv University in Israel and by Professor Eliezer Masliah at University of California, San Diego. See publication. Alpha synuclein is an abundant protein in the brain especially in the presynaptic terminal of neurons. It plays a role in maintaining vesicles for the neurotransmitters in the nerve endings. Parkinsons disease (PD) is characterized by degeneration and loss of neurons particularly those crucial for coordination of movements. According to the Michael J. Fox Foundation it is the pathological hallmark of Parkinsons. There has been significant research in the areas of preventing excess alpha synuclein formation or clumping and disruption of the already existing clumps.. Mannitol, a common low calorie sweetener, found by the FDA to be generally recognized as safe (GRAS) food additive, see link to FDA site and link to EFSA site, has shown the ability to diminish alpha ...
Parkinsons disease (PD) is a common and incurable neurodegenerative disorder. Loss of midbrain dopaminergic neurons (mDA) of the substantia nigra is the key pathological event in this disorder, but why this cell loss occurs remains a mystery. Much progress has been made by studying genes mutated in inherited forms of PD, thereby identifying cell pathways that might contribute to neuronal death (Hardy, 2010). One such gene is SNCA which encodes α-synuclein. Point mutations and multiplications of SNCA cause familial PD, and variation at this locus is linked with the common sporadic form of the disease. Furthermore, α-synuclein protein is the main component of Lewy bodies: cytoplasmic inclusions seen in mDA neurons that define the disease pathologically. Thus, α-synuclein appears to play a central role in PD pathogenesis. However, studying how it exerts its toxicity has been hampered by the inaccessibility of diseased neurons from patients with the condition, and cell culture systems and ...
Parkinsons disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting approximately 1% of the population over the age of 65. Around 5% of these cases can be linked to mutations in known genes, one of which is the PINK1 gene, first linked to PD a decade ago. Since then, over 30 mutations in PINK have been described. The PINK1 gene encodes an unusual serine/threonine protein kinase; uniquely among protein kinases, PINK1 is anchored to the mitochondria and furthermore possesses three unusual insertions of unknown function in the N-lobe of its kinase domain. Recently, two important PINK1 substrates have been identified - the ubiquitin E3 ligase Parkin and ubiquitin itself. Phosphorylation of both of these substrates has further been shown to be necessary for the activation of Parkin E3 ligase activity. At the start of this project, little was known about the catalytic properties of PINK1 or the effects of the identified PD- linked mutations due to the lack of a robust in vitro ...
First author Adamantios Mamais tells us about his recent publication in Neurobiology of Disease: At the Queen Square Brain Bank (part of the UCL Institute of Neurology) we hold a large collection of post-mortem human brain tissue from patients with neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinsons disease (PD); a debilitating neurological disorder that affects the central nervous…
The small SynuClean-D molecule interrupts the formation of the alpha-synuclein amyloid fibres responsible for the onset of Parkinsons disease, ...
Parkinsons disease is a common neurodegenerative disorder and the Dawson lab is studying the genetic basis of PD by investigating the mechanisms by which mutations in familial-linked genes cause PD, with hopes of identifying potential therapeutic targets for developing PD treatments. Current projects include the study of alpha-synuclein, LRRK2, parkin and PINK1.. Nitric oxide is a major player in neuronal cell death and the Dawson team has discovered parthanatos, a caspase-independent programmed cell death pathway involving apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) downstream of NO and its major target poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). The team now is further characterizing that pathway to identify targets of AIF and the roles of other cell death effectors with the hope of identifying new signaling pathways that might be amenable to therapeutic intervention. In addition they are investigating the role of poly (ADP-ribose) as signaling molecule.. Representative Publications:. ...
Read about how ProMIS Neurosciences has identified several antibody candidates that target the toxic forms of alpha-synucle in Parkinsons disease.
A common misconception is that Alzheimers disease and dementia are the same thing. Alzheimers disease is simply one form of dementia. Researchers from Texas A&M describe how Alzheimers and other forms of dementia impact the lives of both patients and their families, and provide new insights into minimizing the risks of developing neurodegenerative conditions.... Read More... ...
Renowned researcher Alice Lazzarini, PhD chronicles the connection between pα-syn, tau, and mitochondrial degradation, and how it may lead to new treatments.
The demonstration of proteinaceous inclusions in the brain is the key step in the pathological diagnosis of degenerative dementias. The diversity of these diseases has necessitated the use of a panel of (immuno)stains to visualize all suspect pathologies, elevating diagnostic costs. Immunodetection of p62 (sequestosome 1), an abundant constituent in diverse pathological inclusions, holds the potential for a broad-specificity, high-contrast inclusion label. In the brain, pathological p62-positive aggregates comprise both cytoplasmic and nuclear types in neurones and glia, with abnormal tau, alpha-synuclein, TAR DNA-binding protein 43 or polyglutamine proteins as primary components. We therefore set out to evaluate the performance of p62 antibodies for diagnostic immunohistochemistry. We optimized the application conditions and compared the staining profiles of eight commercial p62 antibodies with each other and with reference immunostains, using 2-mm tissue multiarrays representing the major ...
Therefore, NACP is now referred to as human alpha-synuclein. Alpha-synuclein is a synuclein protein of unknown function ... which contain rich cytosolic alpha-synuclein but very low levels of mitochondrial alpha-synuclein. It has been shown that alpha ... Alpha-synuclein is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the SNCA gene. Alpha-synuclein is a neuronal protein that regulates ... The human alpha-synuclein protein is made of 140 amino acids. An alpha-synuclein fragment, known as the non-Abeta component ( ...
... alpha-synuclein, beta-synuclein, and gamma-synuclein. Interest in the synuclein family began when alpha-synuclein was found to ... Alpha-synuclein InterPro: IPR002460 Beta-synuclein InterPro: IPR002461 Gamma-synuclein InterPro: IPR002462 Normal cellular ... All synucleins have in common a highly conserved alpha-helical lipid-binding motif with similarity to the class-A2 lipid- ... Mutations in alpha-synuclein are associated with early-onset familial Parkinson's disease and the protein aggregates abnormally ...
Spillantini MG, Schmidt ML, Lee VM, Trojanowski JQ, Jakes R, Goedert M (August 1997). "Alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies". Nature ... alpha-synuclein was discovered to be the major component of Lewy bodies within brain cells of PD patients; according to the ... alpha-synuclein. Lazzarini worked with the Italian Instituto de Scienze Neurologiche to get blood samples from the family ... that fragments of alpha-synuclein bind to other proteins to form the Lewy body, an insoluble proteinaceous material ...
The NIH team and a team led by Maria Grazia Spillantini reported on alpha-synuclein deposits in Lewy bodies as well as alpha- ... Spillantini MG, Schmidt ML, Lee VM, Trojanowski JQ, Jakes R, Goedert M (1997). "Alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies". Nature. 388 ( ... Mezey E, Dehejia A, Harta G, Papp MI, Polymeropoulos MH, Brownstein MJ (1998). "Alpha synuclein in neurodegenerative disorders ... 1997). "Mutation in the alpha-synuclein gene identified in families with Parkinson's disease". Science. 276 (5321): 2045-7. doi ...
Alpha-synuclein modulates DNA repair processes, including repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by the process of non- ... July 2019). "Alpha-synuclein is a DNA binding protein that modulates DNA repair with implications for Lewy body disorders". ... Cortical Lewy bodies are also composed of alpha-synuclein fibrils, but are less defined and lack halos. This kind of Lewy body ... Ishizawa T, Mattila P, Davies P, Wang D, Dickson DW (April 2003). "Colocalization of tau and alpha-synuclein epitopes in Lewy ...
... alpha-synuclein. Within days of the publication of the PARK1 findings, alpha-synuclein was discovered to be the major component ... Spillantini MG, Schmidt ML, Lee VM, Trojanowski JQ, Jakes R, Goedert M (August 1997). "Alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies". Nature ... Schulz-Schaeffer WJ (August 2010). "The synaptic pathology of alpha-synuclein aggregation in dementia with Lewy bodies, ... "Mutation in the alpha-synuclein gene identified in families with Parkinson's disease". Science. 276 (5321): 2045-7. doi:10.1126 ...
She is most noted for identifying the protein alpha-synuclein as the major component of Lewy bodies, the characteristic protein ... In particular her work studies the role of microtubule-associated protein tau and alpha-synuclein aggregation in the ... "Alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies". Nature. 388 (6645): 839-40. Bibcode:1997Natur.388..839G. doi:10.1038/42166. PMID 9278044. ...
The conformation of the alpha-synuclein is different from that of alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies. The disease probably starts ... A modified form of the alpha-synuclein protein within affected neurons may cause MSA. About 55% of MSA cases occur in men, with ... November 1998). "NACP/alpha-synuclein immunoreactivity in fibrillary components of neuronal and oligodendroglial cytoplasmic ... September 2009). "Genetic variants of the alpha-synuclein gene SNCA are associated with multiple system atrophy". PLOS ONE. 4 ( ...
Preclinical research also targets alpha-synuclein. Selegiline is in a group of medications called monoamine oxidase type B (MAO ...
It shows a 60-times magnification of the alpha synuclein intraneuronal inclusions aggregated to form Lewy bodies. Stains used: ... mouse monoclonal alpha-synuclein antibody; counterstained with Mayer's haematoxylin., retrieved 2021-12-10 v t e (Cell biology ...
Moussaud S, Jones DR, Moussaud-Lamodière EL, Delenclos M, Ross OA, McLean PJ (October 2014). "Alpha-synuclein and tau: ... Tauopathies are often overlapped with synucleinopathies, possibly due to interaction between the synuclein and tau proteins. ...
Alpha-synuclein modulates DNA repair processes, including the repair of DNA double-strand breaks by the non-homologous end ... Alpha-synuclein deposits can affect the cardiac muscle and blood vessels. Almost all people with synucleinopathies have ... The DNA repair function of alpha-synuclein appears to be compromised in Lewy body inclusion bearing neurons, and this may ... October 2014). "Alpha-synuclein and tau: teammates in neurodegeneration?". Mol Neurodegener. 9: 43. doi:10.1186/1750-1326-9-43 ...
Kawahara K, Hashimoto M, Bar-On P, Ho GJ, Crews L, Mizuno H, Rockenstein E, Imam SZ, Masliah E (March 2008). "alpha-Synuclein ... Parkin might promote aggregation of alpha-synuclein and synphilin-1 into Lewy bodies, which are conjugated to Lys63-linked poly ... Another parkin substrate, synphilin-1 (encoded by SNCAIP), is an alpha-synuclein interacting protein that is enriched in the ... Parkin (ligase) has been shown to interact with: Alpha-synuclein, CASK, CUL1, FBXW7 and GPR37, HSPA1A, HSPA8, Multisynthetase ...
October 2003). "alpha-Synuclein locus triplication causes Parkinson's disease". Science. 302 (5646): 841. doi:10.1126/science. ... One example of a whole gene repeat is the alpha-amylase 1 gene (AMY1) that encodes alpha-amylase which has a significant copy ... The globin gene family is an elaborate network of genes consisting of alpha and beta globin genes including genes that are ... and one type of amylase is encoded by the alpha-amylase gene (AMY1). The AMY1 locus, as well as the amylase enzyme, is one of ...
Alpha-synuclein is the primary structural component of Lewy body fibrils. In addition, an alpha-synuclein fragment, known as ... it is alpha-synuclein. In Huntington's disease, it is huntingtin. Transglutaminase substrates: Amyloid-beta, tau, alpha- ... Membrane damage by alpha-synuclein could be another Parkinson's disease mechanism. The main known risk factor is age. Mutations ... Notably, alpha-synuclein-ubiquitin complexes and aggregates are observed to accumulate in Lewy bodies within affected neurons. ...
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... stands for "synuclein, alpha interacting protein" and can be signified by SNCAP_HUMAN, synphilin 1, synuclein, alpha ... "Entrez Gene: SNCAIP synuclein, alpha interacting protein (synphilin)". Neystat M, Rzhetskaya M, Kholodilov N, Burke RE (June ... Tanaka M, Kim YM, Lee G, Junn E, Iwatsubo T, Mouradian MM (2004). "Aggresomes formed by alpha-synuclein and synphilin-1 are ... The encoded protein interacts with alpha-synuclein in neuronal tissue and may play a role in the formation of cytoplasmic ...
Lee FJ, Liu F, Pristupa ZB, Niznik HB (April 2001). "Direct binding and functional coupling of alpha-synuclein to the dopamine ... Dopamine transporter has been shown to interact with: Alpha-synuclein, PICK1, and TGFB1I1. Apart from these innate protein- ... Wersinger C, Sidhu A (April 2003). "Attenuation of dopamine transporter activity by alpha-synuclein". Neuroscience Letters. 340 ...
"Glycosylation as an Inhibitor of Alpha-synuclein Aggregation". The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research , ... As O-GlcNAc modification of α-synuclein has been found to inhibit its aggregation, elevating α-synuclein O-GlcNAc is being ... Solid-phase peptide synthesis was used to prepare full-length α-synuclein with an O-GlcNAc modification at T72. Thioflavin T ... For example, a nanobody recognizing a C-terminal EPEA sequence can direct OGT enzymatic activity to α-synuclein. Apoptosis, a ...
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Alpha-synuclein from Multiple system atrophy and TMEM106B. Scheres has been a member of the Board of Reviewing Editors for ... "Structures of alpha-synuclein filaments from multiple system atrophy". Nature. 585: 464-469. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2317-6. PMC ...
... and Lewy bodies and neurites were found to be immunoreactive for alpha-synuclein. Thus, alpha-synuclein aggregation as the ... and reducing amyloid beta or alpha-synuclein accumulation. Therapies under study as of 2019 aim to reduce brain levels of alpha ... The role of alpha-synuclein deposits is unclear, because individuals with no signs of DLB have been found on autopsy to have ... Rarely, mutations in SNCA, the gene for alpha-synuclein, or LRRK2, a gene for a kinase enzyme, can cause any of DLB, ...
The Road to Alpha-Synuclein Oligomerization in PD". Parkinson's Disease. 2011: 693761. doi:10.4061/2011/693761. PMC 3026982. ... Mutations of synuclein alleles lead to lysosome pH increase and hydrolase inhibition. As a result, lysosomes degradative ... Parkinson's disease is characterized by inclusions of a protein called alpha-synuclien (Lewy bodies) in affected neurons that ...
... overexpression in human neuroglioma cells transfected with mutant alpha-synuclein led to 50% less oligomeric alpha- ... April 2008). "Formation of toxic oligomeric alpha-synuclein species in living cells". PLOS ONE. 3 (4): e1867. Bibcode:2008PLoSO ... In breast cancer cell line (MCF7) has been found that not only Hsp90 interacted with estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) but also ... C-terminal domain - rich in alpha helical structure acts as a 'lid' for the substrate binding domain. The helical subdomain ...
"Comparison of kindreds with parkinsonism and alpha-synuclein genomic multiplications". Ann Neurol. 55 (2): 174-9. doi:10.1002/ ...
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It inhibits PTK2B/RAFTK activity and regulates alpha-synuclein phosphorylation. It interacts with Signal-regulatory protein ... and characterization of a novel Pyk2/related adhesion focal tyrosine kinase-associated protein that inhibits alpha-synuclein ... RA receptor alpha in acute promyelocytic leukemia cells". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (25): 22375-81. doi:10.1074/ ... alpha and directs integrin-activated cytoskeletal reorganization in macrophages. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000005020 - ...
... alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease, and TDP-43 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal degeneration. John ... "Biology of Synuclein and Cortical Lewy Bodies Associated with Dementia in AD, LBD, and PD" (July, 2001) and "Genetics of ...
"Endonuclease G interacts with histone H2B and DNA topoisomerase II alpha during apoptosis". Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry ... "Endonuclease G mediates α-synuclein cytotoxicity during Parkinson's disease". The EMBO Journal. 32 (23): 3041-54. doi:10.1038/ ...
... including alpha-synuclein, Tau and several N-terminal fragments of the Huntingtin protein. In addition, in collaboration with ... and alpha-synuclein-mediated toxicity and showed that inhibiting fibril growth and seeding capacity using small molecules ... Research in the Lashuel group has led to the discovery of novel kinases that regulate alpha-synuclein and Huntingtin ... to elucidate their role in alpha-synuclein-induced toxicity and potential contributions to the pathogenesis of Parkison's ...
Her research has also shown how alpha-synuclein protein builds up in neurons that connect cells in Dementia with Lewy Bodies, ...
Similarly the protein alpha-synuclein is hypothesized to accumulate in Parkinson's and related diseases. Treatments with ...
Critical Challenges in 2009/2010 include: speeding research on PD genetic targets, LRRK2 and alpha-synuclein; advancing ...
Vorinostat In an alpha-synuclein overexpressing Drosophila model of PD, vorinostat (as well as sodium butyrate) reduced alpha- ... miR-7 and miR-153 act to reduce alpha-synuclein levels (a hallmark of PD) but are reduced in PD brain. DNA methylation Neurons ... Histone marks alpha-synuclein, the protein encoded by SNCA, can associate with histones and prevent their acetylation in ... Hallmarks include mutations to the alpha-synuclein gene, SNCA, as well as PARK2, PINK1, UCHL1, DJ1, and LRRK2 genes, and ...
Parkinson's disease could be due to an interference with a chaperone-mediated autophagy caused by the protein alpha-synuclein. ... Cuervo, A. M.; Stefanis, L.; Fredenburg, R.; Lansbury, P.; Sulzer, D. (2004). "Impaired Degradation of Mutant -Synuclein by ... "Dopamine-modified α-synuclein blocks chaperone-mediated autophagy". Journal of Clinical Investigation. 118 (2): 777-788. doi: ...
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Arima K, Uéda K, Sunohara N, Arakawa K, Hirai S, Nakamura M, Tonozuka-Uehara H, Kawai M (November 1998). "NACP/alpha-synuclein ... It has been shown that cuminaldehyde, as a small molecule, inhibits the fibrillation of alpha-synuclein, which, if aggregated, ... a Natural Aldehyde with Inhibitory Effect on Alpha-Synuclein Fibrillation and Cytotoxicity". Journal of Food Science. 80 (10): ... "Immunoelectron-microscopic demonstration of NACP/alpha-synuclein-epitopes on the filamentous component of Lewy bodies in ...
Olanow CW, Brundin P (January 2013). "Parkinson's disease and alpha synuclein: is Parkinson's disease a prion-like disorder?". ... was caused by a prion form of alpha-synuclein. Prions are a type of intrinsically disordered protein, which change their ... the misfolded form of a protein called alpha-synuclein. The endogenous, properly folded form of the prion protein is denoted ... Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases: The prion concept in relation to assembled Aβ, tau, and α-synuclein". Science. 349 (6248 ...
The role of the SNCA gene is significant in PD because the alpha-synuclein protein is the main component of Lewy bodies, which ... Level of alpha-synuclein expression correlates with disease onset and progression, with SNCA gene triplication advancing ... PARK11 and GIGYF2 and PARK13 which code for alpha-synuclein (SNCA), UCHL1, leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2 or dardarin) ( ... and loss-of-function GBA mutations are proposed to contribute to parkinsonism through effects such as increased alpha-synuclein ...
For example, in patients with Parkinson's disease, levels of Natural killer cells are elevated as they degrade alpha-synuclein ...
They also discovered a type of chaperone protein can reduce the death of neurons caused by alpha-synuclein built-up, and that ... In 2004, they associated alpha-synuclein in the brain with multiple system atrophy. Two years later, they showed for the first ... For Parkinson's disease, Lee and Trojanowski reported that another protein, alpha-synuclein, is a major component of Lewy ... healthy neurons may take up extracellular alpha-synuclein and become defective in function. Apart from these two relatively ...
"DJ-1 is a redox-dependent molecular chaperone that inhibits alpha-synuclein aggregate formation". PLOS Biology. 2 (11): e362. ... "The oxidation state of DJ-1 regulates its chaperone activity toward alpha-synuclein". Journal of Molecular Biology. 356 (4): ... Under an oxidative condition, protein deglycase DJ-1 inhibits the aggregation of α-synuclein via its chaperone activity, thus ... "DJ-1 positively regulates the androgen receptor by impairing the binding of PIASx alpha to the receptor". The Journal of ...
RBD associated with neurological disorders is frequently related to abnormal accumulation of alpha-synuclein, and more than 80 ...
... and alpha-synuclein in sporadic Parkinson's disease". Hum. Genet. 124 (1): 89-94. doi:10.1007/s00439-008-0525-5. PMID 18568448 ...
"Nitration and increased alpha-synuclein expression associated with dopaminergic neurodegeneration in equine pituitary pars ...
Some pathological proteins, such as alpha-synuclein, cannot be degraded and cause the aggresomes to form inclusion bodies (in ...
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... in alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation and misfolding, a characteristic of Parkinson's disease pathology. If there is a balance ... and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), which can induce neuronal cytotoxicity. Although the pro-inflammatory cytokines may ...
All posts tagged with alpha-synuclein. * This neuron-killing protein travels from the gut to the brain by hijacking a nerve. ... Natural News) A recent study published in the journal Neuron found that alpha-synuclein (a-syn), a protein genetically linked ... According to researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark, disease-causing proteins called alpha-synuclein travel up to the ...
Aggregated alpha-synuclein can be detected by anti-alpha synuclein filament antibody (ab209530), which is a conformation- ... misfolding and aggregation of native alpha-synuclein occurs, resulting in the formation of filamentous Lewy bodies. ... Aggregated alpha-synuclein can be detected by anti-alpha synuclein filament antibody (ab209530), which is a conformation- ... Anti-alpha synuclein filament antibody [MJFR14-6-4-2] (ab209538):. *Developed with experts in the field - Developed and tested ...
Aggregation of alpha-synuclein (SNCA) may underlie the pathology of PD. They are the main components of Lewy bodies and ... Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) Inhibits Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation: A Potential Agent for Parkinsons Disease Neurochem Res. ... Aggregation of alpha-synuclein (SNCA) may underlie the pathology of PD. They are the main components of Lewy bodies and ...
Knockout Tested Rabbit recombinant monoclonal Alpha-synuclein antibody [MJFR1]. Validated in WB, IP, IHC, ICC/IF, Flow Cyt ( ... Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-Alpha-synuclein antibody [MJFR1] (ab195025) *Anti-Alpha-synuclein antibody [MJFR1] - BSA and Azide free ( ... All lanes : Anti-Alpha-synuclein antibody [MJFR1] (ab138501) at 1/10000 dilution. Lane 1 : Wild-type HEK-293T cell lysate. Lane ... All lanes : Anti-Alpha-synuclein antibody [MJFR1] (ab138501) at 1/10000 dilution. Lane 1 : Wild-type HAP1 whole cell lysate. ...
Anti-α-Synuclein, 80-96: 2.0 - 10.0 µg/ml. Anti-α-Synuclein (C-Terminal Truncated x-122): 2.0 - 10.0 µg/ml. Anti-α-Synuclein ... Lane 1: 50 ng of recombinant human α-synuclein; Lane 2: 50 ng of recombinant human pS87 α-synuclein; Lane 3: 25 µg of normal ... Lane 1: 50 ng of recombinant human α-synuclein; Lane 2: 50 ng of recombinant C-terminally truncated human α-synuclein (1-122). ... IHC staining of α-synuclein deposits with purified anti-α-Synuclein, C-Terminal Truncated antibody (clone A15127A) on formalin- ...
... kb deletion spanning the region encoding for alpha-synuclein (αsyn) and multimerin1 (Mmrn1) in the Rab27a/Rab27b double ... Murphy, D. D., Rueter, S. M., Trojanowski, J. Q. & Lee, V. M. Synucleins are developmentally expressed, and alpha-synuclein ... Zarranz, J. J. et al. The new mutation, E46K, of alpha-synuclein causes Parkinson and Lewy body dementia. Ann. Neurol. 55, 164- ... Chaprov, K. D. et al. Increased expression of the multimerin-1 gene in alpha-synuclein knockout mice. Dokl. Biol. Sci. 494, 260 ...
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NMR structure of the complex of an N-terminally acetylated alpha-synuclein peptide with calmodulin ... Alpha-synuclein. B. 21. Homo sapiens. Mutation(s): 2 Gene Names: SNCA, NACP, PARK1. ... NMR Structure of Calmodulin Complexed to an N-Terminally Acetylated alpha-Synuclein Peptide.. Gruschus, J.M., Yap, T.L., ... NMR structure of the complex of an N-terminally acetylated alpha-synuclein peptide with calmodulin. *PDB DOI: 10.2210/pdb2M55/ ...
The formation of large alpha-synuclein protein inclusions in the brain is the pathological hallmark of Parkinsons disease but ... We also discovered that some of the modifiers altered the intracellular distribution pattern of alpha-synuclein, and we are now ... The formation of large alpha-synuclein protein inclusions in the brain is the pathological hallmark of Parkinsons disease but ... Deciphering the Molecular Effects of Alpha-Synuclein in the Nucleus: DNA Binding and Transcriptional Dysregulation ...
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Here, we investigated the link between PD-related mutant alpha-Synuclein (alpha-SYN) pathology and olfactory deficit, by ... Neuner, Johanna; Filser, Severin; Michalakis, Stylianos; Biel, Martin; Herms, Jochen (2014): A30P alpha-Synuclein interferes ... Using in vivo two-photon imaging, we followed the dynamic process of neuronal turnover in transgenic A30P alpha-SYN and wild- ... examining the integration of adult-born neurons in the olfactory bulb (OB) of A30P alpha-SYN overexpressing mice. To this end, ...
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Early-onset parkinsonism caused by alpha-synuclein gene triplication: Clinical and genetic findings in a novel family. ... Gene, Mutation, Parkinsonism, SNCA, Triplication, α-synuclein Persistent URL doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.06.005, hdl. ... Early-onset parkinsonism caused by alpha-synuclein gene triplication: Clinical and genetic findings in a novel family. ... Introduction: Triplications of SNCA, the gene encoding for α-synuclein, cause a very rare Mendelian form of early-onset ...
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The major component of these Lewy Bodies is a protein called alpha-synuclein. Alpha-syn is a 14kDa protein made of 140 amino ... This makes alpha-syn a good biomarker for both diagnosis and potential treatment. However, being able to quickly identify alpha ... It has been shown in various studies that targeting alpha-syn can slow down or mitigate the effects of PD. It has also been ... In this experiment, I use antibodies, 1H5 and 2A4, to quickly identify relative amounts of alpha-syn in human PD blood plasma. ...
  • Aggregation of alpha-synuclein (SNCA) may underlie the pathology of PD. (nih.gov)
  • Description: A sandwich quantitative ELISA assay kit for detection of Mouse Synuclein Alpha (SNCa) in samples from serum, plasma, tissue homogenates, cell lysates, cell culture supernates or other biological fluids. (aabioetica.org)
  • Introduction: Triplications of SNCA, the gene encoding for α-synuclein, cause a very rare Mendelian form of early-onset parkinsonism combined with cognitive and autonomic dysfunctions. (eur.nl)
  • Synucleozid (NSC 377363) is a potent inhibitor of the SNCA mRNA that encodes α-synuclein protein ( IC 50 =1.5 μM). (medchemexpress.com)
  • Synucleozid selectively targets the α-synuclein mRNA 5′ UTR at the designed IRE site, decreases the amount of SNCA mRNA loaded into polysomes and thereby inhibits SNCA translation. (medchemexpress.com)
  • The SNCA gene provides instructions for making a small protein called alpha-synuclein. (medlineplus.gov)
  • In dementia with Lewy bodies, SNCA gene mutations lead to the production of an alpha-synuclein protein with an abnormal shape. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The extra copies of the SNCA gene lead to an excess of alpha-synuclein protein. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Nonetheless, some areas with alpha-synuclein buildup were not associated with those pathways, but instead to higher levels of SNCA , the gene that provides instructions for alpha-synuclein. (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)
  • There is increasing evidence for the contribution of synuclein alpha ( SNCA ) to the etiology of neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease (PD). (mdpi.com)
  • Natural News) A recent study published in the journal Neuron found that alpha-synuclein (a-syn), a protein genetically linked to Parkinson's disease, spreads from the gut to the brain through the vagus nerve. (naturalnews.com)
  • In the brains of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease, misfolding and aggregation of native alpha-synuclein occurs, resulting in the formation of filamentous Lewy bodies. (news-medical.net)
  • Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive accumulation in selected neurons of protein inclusions containing alpha-synuclein and ubiquitin. (abcam.com)
  • IHC staining of α-synuclein deposits with purified anti-α-Synuclein, C-Terminal Truncated antibody (clone A15127A) on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded Parkinson's disease brain tissue. (biolegend.com)
  • We recently became interested in the potential role of Rab27s in Parkinson's disease (PD) and Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), two neurodegenerative disorders that are marked by pathological cytoplasmic aggregates, termed Lewy Bodies, which are highly enriched in alpha-synuclein (αsyn) 30 . (nature.com)
  • The formation of large alpha-synuclein protein inclusions in the brain is the pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease but whether those inclusions are the actual culprits remains unknown. (michaeljfox.org)
  • The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) has announced the winners of the "Ken Griffin Alpha-synuclein Imaging Competition," a program to spur a scientific race in pursuit of an imaging tracer to visualize the key protein alpha-synuclein in the living brains of people with Parkinson's disease. (ptproductsonline.com)
  • Later work connected α-synuclein expression with several human brain pathologies, so that it is a major component of the Lewy bodies of Parkinson's disease. (neuromics.com)
  • Point mutations of α-synuclein proved to be causative of some forms of familial Parkinson's disease. (neuromics.com)
  • Previous studies have shown that prolyl oligopeptidase (PREP) negatively regulates autophagy and increases the aggregation of alpha-synuclein (alpha Syn), linking it to the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease. (helsinki.fi)
  • Alpha-synuclein, a sticky and sometimes toxic protein involved in Parkinson's disease (PD), blocks signals from an important brain growth factor, researchers have discovered. (emoryhealthsciblog.com)
  • Together with neuronal loss, the existence of insoluble inclusions of alpha-synuclein (α-syn) in the brain is widely accepted as a hallmark of synucleinopathies including Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple system atrophy, and dementia with Lewy body. (bmbreports.org)
  • Aggregation of misfolded alpha synuclein protein is a key feature of Parkinson's Disease (PD), which afflicts 53 million globally. (experiment.com)
  • α-Synuclein inhibitor 3 can be used for Parkinson's disease research. (medchemexpress.com)
  • AGK7 rescues alpha-synuclein toxicity and modified inclusion morphology in a cellular model of Parkinson's disease. (medchemexpress.com)
  • SynuClean-D (SC-D) is an inhibitor of α-synuclein aggregation, disrupts mature amyloid fibrils, prevents fibril propagation, and abolishes the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in an animal model of Parkinson's disease. (medchemexpress.com)
  • Several lines of evidence implicate a central role for alpha-synuclein (aSN) in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). (unimib.it)
  • With Parkinson's disease due to the toxic buildup of alpha-synuclein protein a study in rats revealed. (theindianhour.com)
  • Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive accumulation in selected neurons of protein inclusions containing alpha-synuclein and ubiquitin (5, 6). (signalchem.com)
  • In this review we report the different aspects of inflammation and immune system in Parkinson's disease, with particular interest in the possible role played by immune dysfunctions in PD, with focus on autoimmunity and processes involving infectious agents as a trigger and alpha-synuclein protein (α-syn). (frontiersin.org)
  • Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the death of dopaminergic neurons and by accumulation of alpha-synuclein (aS) aggregates in the surviving neurons. (fbk.eu)
  • Researchers have developed a computer model of the mouse brain that integrates both Parkinson's disease -related genetic risk factors and the animals' brain networks to help them understand how abnormal alpha-synuclein protein spreads and how neurodegeneration progresses. (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)
  • Alpha-synuclein was found to distinctly accumulate in different brain regions, including the substantia nigra, which is severely affected in Parkinson's disease, the hippocampus (involved in learning and memory), dorsal striatum (involved in voluntary movement), motor cortex and somatosensory cortex (processes sensations). (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)
  • Parkinson's disease is pathologically characterized by the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and the accumulation of neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions known as Lewy bodies, which are primarily composed of α-synuclein. (parki-stgt.de)
  • We also discuss the pathological roles of nitrated α-synuclein and their potential clinical implications in Parkinson's disease. (parki-stgt.de)
  • The major objective of this study was to find outputative inhibitors of human alfa-synuclein to search possibletherapeutics of Parkinson's disease.Material and Methods: Our study included Moleculardocking study of 3D-Structure of alfa- synuclein of humanretrieved from PDB with their chemical ligands. (who.int)
  • Alpha-synuclein misfolds and forms aggregations in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. (the-scientist.com)
  • ɑ-synuclein (ɑ-syn) progressively accumulates in age related neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). (researchsquare.com)
  • The Convergence of Dopamine and α-Synuclein: Implications for Parkinson's Disease. (qxmd.com)
  • AAV1/2-induced overexpression of A53T-α-synuclein in the substantia nigra results in degeneration of the nigrostriatal system with Lewy-like pathology and motor impairment: a new mouse model for Parkinson's disease. (qxmd.com)
  • Mutant α-Synuclein Overexpression Induces Stressless Pacemaking in Vagal Motoneurons at Risk in Parkinson's Disease. (qxmd.com)
  • Interaction of alpha-synuclein and dopamine metabolites in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease: a case for the selective vulnerability of the substantia nigra. (qxmd.com)
  • The contribution of alpha synuclein to neuronal survival and function - Implications for Parkinson's disease. (qxmd.com)
  • Aggregated alpha-synuclein activates microglia: a process leading to disease progression in Parkinson's disease. (qxmd.com)
  • Head injury, alpha-synuclein Rep1, and Parkinson's disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Antibodies against phosphorylated alpha-synuclein (aSyn) at S129 have emerged as the primary tools to investigate, monitor, and quantify aSyn pathology in the brain and peripheral tissues of patients with Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases . (bvsalud.org)
  • Investigating a diagnostic marker for Parkinson's disease - a(alpha)-synuclein and/or associated protein DJ-I or parkin? (brainfoundation.org.au)
  • One of the hallmarks of Parkinson's disease is amyloid formation of a particular human protein, called alpha-synuclein. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Dementia with Lewy bodies Dementia with Lewy bodies - caused by abnormal 'Lewy bodies' deposits of protein called alpha-synuclein inside of the brain's nerve cells - shares many similarities with Parkinson's disease. (alzheimer.ca)
  • Parkinson's disease and alpha synuclein: is Parkinson's disease a prion-like disorder? (wehaveparkinsons.com)
  • Familial genes in sporadic disease: common variants of alpha-synuclein gene associate with Parkinson's disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Alpha-synuclein and familial Parkinson's disease. (cdc.gov)
  • In the second case, the mice did not show as many symptoms and the alpha-synuclein did not clump in the brain (this is what is believed to cause Parkinson's disease). (uaf.edu)
  • According to researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark, disease-causing proteins called alpha-synuclein travel up to the brain from the gut. (naturalnews.com)
  • Direct ELISA of purified anti-α-Synuclein Phospho (Tyr39) antibody (clone A15119B) binding to plate-immobilized recombinant human unmodified and pY39 and pY125 α-synuclein proteins. (biolegend.com)
  • This project intends to ID modifications to chaperone proteins to tailor them to target misfolded alpha synuclein. (experiment.com)
  • Recent research on small chaperone proteins suggests the possibility of a molecular switch, which, if modified, would greatly increase the protein's effectiveness and specificity in targeting misfolded alpha-synuclein. (experiment.com)
  • This optimized chaperone will be chosen to have higher performance in refolding A-synuclein than the native, endogenous chaperone proteins. (experiment.com)
  • Misfolded or excess alpha-synuclein proteins may cluster together to form Lewy bodies and impair the function of these neurons in specific regions of the brain. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Evidence indicates that in neurodegenerative diseases misfolded proteins, such as alpha-synuclein, spread through the brain along anatomically connected networks, inducing progressive decline. (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)
  • The molecular docking simulation results indicatethat the protein complexes were stable throughout MDsimulations and thus proteins possess the ability to stability.Conclusion: This study provides an insight of in-silico drugdesigning approach towards alfa- synuclein modulators as apromising therapeutics of Parkinson's's disease. (who.int)
  • N eurodegenerative diseases have long been associated with aggregations of apparently toxic proteins, whether that's amyloid precursor protein (APP) in Alzheimer's disease, α-synuclein in Parkinson's, or huntingtin in Huntington's. (the-scientist.com)
  • Parvalbumin effectively 'scavenges' the alpha-synuclein proteins, using them for its own purposes, thus preventing them from forming their own potentially harmful amyloids later on. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Modulating the aggregation of alpha-synuclein and prion protein with small molecules. (uni-goettingen.de)
  • 2) Inhibiting abnormal aggregation of alpha-synuclein and clearance of aggregates. (neuramedy.com)
  • Aggregated alpha-synuclein can be detected by anti-alpha synuclein filament antibody (ab209530), which is a conformation-specific antibody. (news-medical.net)
  • Immunohistochemistry (formaldehyde-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) of human DLB brain stained with anti-alpha synuclein filament antibody [MJFR14-6-4-2] (ab209538). (news-medical.net)
  • Retrieved on December 10, 2022 from https://www.news-medical.net/whitepaper/20180124/Conformation-Specific-Alpha-Synuclein-Antibody-for-Parkinsons-Disease.aspx. (news-medical.net)
  • Western blot of purified anti-α-Synuclein, 80-96 antibody (clone A15115A), and isotype-matched IgG1 control, demonstrating the binding specificity of clone A15115A to endogenous and recombinant human α-synuclein. (biolegend.com)
  • Direct ELISA of purified anti-α-Synuclein, C-Terminal Truncated antibody (clone A15127A) binding to plate-immobilized recombinant human full-length (1-140) and C-terminally fragmented (1-122) α-synuclein. (biolegend.com)
  • IHC staining of purified anti-α-Synuclein Phospho (Ser129) antibody (clone P-syn/81A) on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded diseased human brain tissue. (biolegend.com)
  • Western blot of anti-α-Synuclein antibody (clone A15126D) and isotype-matched IgG2b control, binding to endogenous and recombinant human α-synuclein. (biolegend.com)
  • This antibody recognizes full length human and rodent α-synuclein specifically both in western blots and in immunocytochemical experiments and is a good marker of synapses on transgenic mice. (neuromics.com)
  • Human IgG antibody Laboratories manufactures the alpha synuclein elisa kit for mouse reagents distributed by Genprice. (aabioetica.org)
  • Description: A monoclonal antibody from clone 3C11 against Human Alpha Synuclein. (aabioetica.org)
  • Rabbit polyclonal Alpha-synuclein antibody Validated in WB ICCIF and tested in Mouse Rat Human Cited in 1 publications Immunogen corresponding to. (theindianhour.com)
  • Western Blot analysis of Human, Mouse, Rat Brain showing detection of 14 kDa Alpha Synuclein protein using Mouse Alpha Synuclein Antibody, 4F1 (Cat# S22-61DM). (signalchem.com)
  • Immunocytochemistry/Immunofluorescence analysis using Mouse Alpha Synuclein Antibody, 4F1 (Cat# S22-61DM). (signalchem.com)
  • C) Alpha Synuclein Antibody. (signalchem.com)
  • The deposition of the abundant presynaptic brain protein alpha-synuclein as fibrillary aggregates in neurons or glial cells is a hallmark lesion in a subset of neurodegenerative disorders. (abcam.com)
  • Neurodegenerative diseases characterised by aggregates of the protein Alpha-Synuclein are referred to by the umbrella term Alpha-Synucleinopathies. (medillsb.com)
  • Closer examination of the substantia nigra reveals the formation of protein aggregates in which the main component is a misfolded form of the protein alpha-synuclein. (uni-goettingen.de)
  • Alpha-synuclein aggregates initially occur in a few discrete regions of the brain and gradually spread to wider brain areas. (neuramedy.com)
  • Under abnormal conditions, alpha-synuclein aggregates are released from neuronsand can reach neighboring neurons, affecting their function and viability. (neuramedy.com)
  • Alex describes the work he has been doing to understand how the protein alpha-synuclein aggregates to form pathological oligomers. (horrockslab.org)
  • Here, we investigated the link between PD-related mutant alpha-Synuclein (alpha-SYN) pathology and olfactory deficit, by examining the integration of adult-born neurons in the olfactory bulb (OB) of A30P alpha-SYN overexpressing mice. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • We therefore propose unstable integration and impaired homeostasis of functional new neurons as a likely contributor to odour discrimination deficits in mutant alpha-SYN mice. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • Primary rat hippocampal neurons show lewy body inclusion formation when treated with active Alpha Synuclein Protein Preformed Fibrils (GTX17669-pro) at 4 μg/ml (D-F), but not when treated with control Alpha Synuclein Protein Preformed Fibrils (GTX17667-pro) at 4 μg/ml (A-C). (genetex.com)
  • A similar bad actor in Parkinson's, alpha-synuclein, can also be detected in the LC before other parts of the brain that are well known for damage in Parkinson's, such as the dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra. (emoryhealthsciblog.com)
  • When applied to neurons, BDNF in turn sends alpha-synuclein away from TrkB. (emoryhealthsciblog.com)
  • In cultured neurons and in mice, alpha-synuclein inhibits BDNF's ability to protect brain cells from neurotoxins that mimic PD-related damage, Ye's team found. (emoryhealthsciblog.com)
  • Alpha-syn is a 14kDa protein made of 140 amino acids and found in the presynaptic ends of CNS neurons, acting as a chaperone and regulator. (usf.edu)
  • In the brain, alpha-synuclein is found mainly at the tips of nerve cells (neurons) in specialized structures called presynaptic terminals. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Tau-positive neuronal inclusions in neurons of the substantia nigra (no alpha synuclein-positive inclusions, as are found in Parkinson disease). (medscape.com)
  • The presence of cortical Lewy bodies is confirmed by the finding of alpha synuclein positive rounded cytoplasmic inclusion in neurons. (medscape.com)
  • Conformation-specific - Alpha-synuclein filaments/fibrils consisting of Lewy bodies are specifically labeled. (news-medical.net)
  • Active alpha synuclein preformed fibrils (GTX17669-pro) seed the formation of new alpha synuclein fibrils from the pool of alpha synuclein monomers (GTX17668-pro). (genetex.com)
  • Thioflavin T is a fluorescent dye that binds to beta sheet-rich structures, such as those in alpha synuclein fibrils. (genetex.com)
  • Thioflavin T emission curves show increased fluorescence (correlated to alpha synuclein protein aggregation) over time when 10 nM of active alpha synuclein preformed fibrils (GTX17669-pro) is combined with 100 μM of alpha synuclein monomer (GTX17668-pro), as compared to active alpha synuclein preformed fibrils (GTX17669-pro) alone and alpha synuclein monomer (GTX17668-pro) alone. (genetex.com)
  • SDS-PAGE of ~14 kDa active Human Recombinant Alpha Synuclein Protein Preformed Fibrils (GTX17669-pro). (genetex.com)
  • Lane 2: active Alpha Synuclein Protein Preformed Fibrils (GTX17669-pro). (genetex.com)
  • There are currently no references for Human alpha Synuclein protein (active, Pre-Formed Fibrils) (GTX17669-pro) . (genetex.com)
  • Alpha synuclein pathology is seen in the striatum close to an injection site. (genetex.com)
  • The LC is the earliest site to show tau pathology in AD and one of the earliest (but not the earliest) site to show alpha-synuclein pathology in PD," Weinshenker tells Lab Land. (emoryhealthsciblog.com)
  • The study, " Spread of α-synuclein pathology through the brain connectome is modulated by selective vulnerability and predicted by network analysis, " was published in Nature Neuroscience . (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)
  • Still, there were large regional differences in the degree and rate of alpha-synuclein pathology accumulation, namely within the hippocampus, substantia nigra and primary somatosensory cortex. (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)
  • Interestingly, in the different categories of genes identified, we found both genes which promote and reduce the formation of alpha-synuclein oligomers, suggesting it might be possible to interfere with the process in different ways. (michaeljfox.org)
  • Dopamine induces soluble α-synuclein oligomers and nigrostriatal degeneration. (qxmd.com)
  • Repurposing doxycycline for synucleinopathies: remodelling of alpha-synuclein oligomers towards non-toxic parallel beta-sheet structured species. (cnrs.fr)
  • α-synuclein is a member of the synuclein protein family, the other two members being β and γ synuclein, each protein being coded for by a distinct but related gene. (neuromics.com)
  • Also, duplications of or mutations in the gene encoding alpha-synuclein drive some rare familial cases. (emoryhealthsciblog.com)
  • This, together with the fact that triplications and point mutations in the alpha-synuclein gene are associated with familial forms of PD makes alpha-synuclein an optimal target for research. (uni-goettingen.de)
  • Collaborative analysis of alpha-synuclein gene promoter variability and Parkinson disease. (cdc.gov)
  • The program's goal is to quickly move into clinical testing of new candidates with the potential to become a first-in-class PET tracer for pathological alpha-synuclein. (ptproductsonline.com)
  • Alpha-synuclein is a major component of Lewy bodies, the protein clumps that are a pathological sign of PD. (emoryhealthsciblog.com)
  • Revisiting the specificity and ability of phospho-S129 antibodies to capture alpha-synuclein biochemical and pathological diversity. (bvsalud.org)
  • This hypothesis was confirmed when scientists observed a greater buildup of alpha-synuclein in specific brains regions of LRRK2 G2019S mutated mice, while those same areas were less vulnerable to abnormal cellular changes in non-mutated animals. (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)
  • The study reveals the protein parvalbumin can help to prevent the formation of alpha synuclein. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Scyllo-Inositol, an amyloid inhibitor , potentialy inhibits α-synuclein aggregation. (medchemexpress.com)
  • Ubiquitination Can Change the Structure of the Synuclein Amyloid Fiber in a Site Selective Fashion Stuart P Moon. (theindianhour.com)
  • By increasing amounts of molecular waste in the brain such as amyloid- synuclein tau and a few others. (theindianhour.com)
  • While in AD, amyloid beta (Aβ), and tau play a central role, in DLB and PD ɑ-synuclein (ɑ-syn) is a key mediator 2-6 . (researchsquare.com)
  • What the Chalmers researchers have now discovered, is that parvalbumin can form amyloid structures that bind together with the alpha-synuclein protein. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • α-synuclein is also found in the Lewy bodies of patients with diffuse Lewy body disease and inclusions in glial cells in the brains of patients with multiple system atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (neuromics.com)
  • Three months after injection, alpha-synuclein had produced Lewy body-like cellular inclusions. (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)
  • Alpha-synuclein staining of the pons of an MSA case showing the positive glial inclusions (40x). (medscape.com)
  • Neuronal α-Synuclein is concentrated in presynaptic nerve terminals, interacts with plasma membrane phospholipids, and is also present in nuclei and mitochondria. (biolegend.com)
  • Using in vivo two-photon imaging, we followed the dynamic process of neuronal turnover in transgenic A30P alpha-SYN and wild-type mice over a period of 2.5 months. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • Importantly, mutated mice had no accumulation of alpha-synuclein if they were not injected with abnormal alpha-synuclein first, suggesting LRRK2 G2019S may not initiate disease by itself, but rather alter neuronal vulnerability to the disorder. (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)
  • Lewy bodies are mainlycomposed of alpha-synuclein.Oligomeric and fibrillar structures of alpha-synucleinmay promoteneuroinflammation and neuronal death. (neuramedy.com)
  • rAAV2/7 vector-mediated overexpression of alpha-synuclein in mouse substantia nigra induces protein aggregation and progressive dose-dependent neurodegeneration. (qxmd.com)
  • Thanks to continued research, experts now know that a primary cause of Parkinson's is mitochondrial dysfunction, with secondary causes being neural oxidation, neural inflammation, and alpha-synuclein aggregation all causing a toxic overload on surrounding neural cells in the substantia nigra. (wehaveparkinsons.com)
  • Risikopatienten mit REM-Schlaf-Verhaltensstörung weisen in der Haut den Biomarker Alpha-Synuclein auf, und zwar Jahre bevor die Betroffenen sichtbar an Parkinson erkranken. (parki-stgt.de)
  • Parkinson - Das Protein Alpha-Synuclein ist schwer zu fassen. (parki-stgt.de)
  • Some pesticides , such as the organophosphorus insecticide chlorpyrifos, appear to increase the expression of a-synuclein, a protein critically involved in Parkinson disease. (cdc.gov)
  • α-synuclein was originally isolated as a major synaptic vesicle associated protein from the electric organ of the fish Torpedo, and direct homologues of α-synuclein are found in all vertebrates. (neuromics.com)
  • α-synuclein is normally heavily expressed in brain and appears to be localized primarily to presynaptic regions, though not with a typical synaptic vesicle distribution pattern. (neuromics.com)
  • Although the function of alpha-synuclein is not well understood, studies suggest that it plays an important role in maintaining an adequate supply of synaptic vesicles in presynaptic terminals. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Alpha-synuclein is a presynaptic proteinthat regulates synaptic transmission.It is an intrinsically disordered "flexible" protein. (neuramedy.com)
  • The finding adds to evidence that alpha-synuclein is a pivot for damage to brain cells in PD, and helps to explain why brain cells that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine are more vulnerable to degeneration. (emoryhealthsciblog.com)
  • A characteristic feature of this condition is Lewy bodies, which are abnormal clusters of alpha-synuclein protein in the brain. (medlineplus.gov)
  • LBD is associated with abnormal brain deposits of a protein called alpha-synuclein. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Alpha-Synuclein is expressed predominantly in the brain, where it is concentrated in presynaptic nerve terminals. (abcam.com)
  • Endogenous alpha-synuclein phosphorylation. (genetex.com)
  • Is characterized by the accumulation of misfolded synuclein as Lewy bodies. (theindianhour.com)
  • Our earlier results have revealed that the potent small molecular PREP inhibitor KYP-2047 is able to increase autophagy and decrease dimerization of alpha Syn but other PREP inhibitors have not been systematically studied for these two protein-protein interaction mediated biological functions of PREP. (helsinki.fi)
  • We used protein-fragment complementation assay (PCA) to assess alpha Syn dimerization and Western Blot of microtubule-associated protein light chain 3B II (LC3B-II) and a GFP-LC3-RFP expressing cell line to study autophagy. (helsinki.fi)
  • In addition, we tested selected compounds in a cell-free alpha Syn aggregation assay, native gel electrophoresis, and determined the compound concentration inside the cell by LC-MS. We found that inhibition of the proteolytic activity of PREP did not predict decreased alpha Syn dimerization or increased autophagy, and we also confirmed that this result did not simply reflect concentration differences of the compounds inside the cell. (helsinki.fi)
  • Thus, PREP ligands regulate the effect of PREP on autophagy and alpha Syn aggregation through a conformational stabilization of the enzyme that is not equivalent to inhibiting its proteolytic activity. (helsinki.fi)
  • Alpha-synuclein and mitochondrial dysfunction: key links between Gaucher's disease and Parkinson's? (fabiodisconzi.com)
  • Similar patterns of mitochondrial vulnerability and rescue induced by genetic modification of alpha-synuclein, parkin, and DJ-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans. (wehaveparkinsons.com)
  • The insertion of alpha-synculein into the membrane can be prevented by a small chemical compound, opening a novel approach to block aggregation and toxicity of alpha-synuclein. (uni-goettingen.de)
  • abstract = "Interactions of monomeric alpha-synuclein (αS) with lipid membranes have been suggested to play an important role in initiating aggregation of αS. (utwente.nl)
  • There is increasing evidence that misfolded aggregated Alpha-Syn is the causative agent in Synucleinopathies, which has constituted a significant advance in our understanding of these diseases. (medillsb.com)
  • Alpha-synuclein (α-syn) aggregation is a neuropathological hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases, collectively termed synucleinopathies. (eurekaselect.com)
  • In the case of synucleinopathies cerebrospinal alpha-synuclein syn. (theindianhour.com)
  • A synuclein that is a major component of LEWY BODIES and plays a role in SYNUCLEINOPATHIES , neurodegeneration and neuroprotection. (bvsalud.org)
  • 100 μM alpha synuclein protein monomer (GTX17668-pro) seeded with 10 nM alpha synuclein protein PFF (GTX17669-pro) in 25 μM Thioflavin T (PBS pH 7.4, 100 μl reaction volume) generated a fluorescence intensity of 13,000 Relative Fluorescence Units after incubation at 37ºC with shaking at 600 rpm. (genetex.com)
  • The antigen used for immunization is Human alpha synuclein monomer. (aabioetica.org)
  • This second period of funding enabled us to proceed with the RNAi screen and to identify additional modifiers of alpha-synuclein oligomerization. (michaeljfox.org)
  • Here, we review the concept of α-synuclein nitration and its biological consequences. (parki-stgt.de)
  • The major component of these Lewy Bodies is a protein called alpha-synuclein. (usf.edu)
  • The ability to visualize alpha-synuclein in the living brain could accelerate the development of new therapies for Parkinson's and be an important new diagnostic tool for physicians. (ptproductsonline.com)
  • Immunohistochemistry analysis of rat brain injected with active human alpha synuclein PFFs (GTX17669-pro). (genetex.com)
  • The strong band at about 15kDa corresponds to the α-synuclein protein in brain extracts, which are rich in synapses, while a weaker band is seen in spinal cord extracts where synapses are a more minor component. (neuromics.com)
  • Alpha-Syn is widely expressed in the brain. (medillsb.com)
  • In the current paper, researchers led by Keqiang Ye, PhD demonstrated that alpha-synuclein binds and interferes with TrkB, the receptor for BDNF (brain derived neurotrophic factor). (emoryhealthsciblog.com)
  • Alpha-synuclein is abundant in the brain, and smaller amounts are found in the heart, muscles, and other tissues. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Researchers injected a toxic form of the alpha-synuclein protein into the dorsal striatum, a brain area involved in motor control, of 3-month-old mice and evaluated the protein buildup at 1, 3, and 6 months post-injection. (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)
  • When the team compared the protein accumulations from the mouse brains to the computational model, alpha-synuclein was found to spread primarily along specific brain pathways. (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)
  • In conclusion, a brain network computer-based model that visualizes alpha-synuclein spreading and takes into account both brain connectivity and genetic background may become a reliable way to test different protein spreading scenarios. (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)
  • Neuron-derived alpha-synuclein also reacts with TLR2 on neighboring glial cells,resulting in inflammation ofthe brain parenchyma. (neuramedy.com)
  • It was found that the gut microbiome of diseased patients caused alpha-synuclein, the substance present in Parkinson's patients, to clump in the brain compared to the gut microbiome of a healthy person transferred to mice with high levels of alpha-synuclein. (uaf.edu)
  • But did you know that there are different 'species' of alpha synuclein? (scienceofparkinsons.com)
  • In today's post, we will discuss what is meant by the word 'species', look at the different species of alpha synuclein, and explore what this new species could mean for the Parkinson's community. (scienceofparkinsons.com)
  • Extracellular alpha-synuclein is cleared by extracellular proteolytic enzymes or taken up by neighboring cells especially microglia and astrocytes and degraded within lysosomes. (theindianhour.com)
  • TLR2 also mediates neuron-to-neuron propagation of alpha-synuclein. (neuramedy.com)
  • Post-translational modifications of α-synuclein induced by nitrative stress have been linked to neurodegeneration. (parki-stgt.de)
  • In this experiment, I use antibodies, 1H5 and 2A4, to quickly identify relative amounts of alpha-syn in human PD blood plasma. (usf.edu)
  • We just released TWO brand-new Alpha-Synuclein antibodies! (antibodiesinc.com)
  • ELISA was performed by coating wells with 150 ng of each recombinant α-synuclein protein. (biolegend.com)
  • The Alpha Synuclein Elisa Kit For Mouse reagent is RUO (Research Use Only) to test human serum or cell culture lab samples. (aabioetica.org)
  • Description: A competitive ELISA for quantitative measurement of Mouse Alpha Synuclein oligomer in samples from blood, plasma, serum, cell culture supernatant and other biological fluids. (aabioetica.org)
  • We also discovered that some of the modifiers altered the intracellular distribution pattern of alpha-synuclein, and we are now exploring these effects in more detail in follow-up studies. (michaeljfox.org)
  • Stuiver M van Rossum M Selenko P Intracellular repair of oxidation-damaged alpha-synuclein fails to target C-terminal modification sites Nat Commun. (theindianhour.com)
  • Researchers are working to determine whether these changes alter the function of alpha-synuclein and how they influence the risk of developing multiple system atrophy. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Recombinant full length protein within Human Alpha-synuclein aa 1 to the C-terminus. (abcam.com)
  • Marie Kosco-Vilbois, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at AC Immune , leads a team that has successfully used the company's innovative Morphomer discovery platform to advance two alpha-synuclein tracers to human clinical testing. (ptproductsonline.com)
  • and α-Synuclein-112, which lacks residues 103-130. (biolegend.com)
  • One type changes single protein building blocks (amino acids) used to make alpha-synuclein. (medlineplus.gov)
  • We report an incidental 358.5 kb deletion spanning the region encoding for alpha-synuclein (αsyn) and multimerin1 (Mmrn1) in the Rab27a/Rab27b double knockout (DKO) mouse line previously developed by Tolmachova and colleagues in 2007. (nature.com)
  • synuclein a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is developing disease-modifying therapies for neurodegenerative diseases announced that. (theindianhour.com)