Modeling Parkinson's disease with the alpha-synuclein protein

M Gómez-Benito, N Granado, P García-Sanz… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) is a key protein involved in Parkinson's disease (PD) pathology. PD
is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neuronal cells in the substantia nigra pars …

Prying into the prion hypothesis for Parkinson's disease

P Brundin, R Melki - Journal of Neuroscience, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
In Parkinson's disease, intracellular α-synuclein inclusions form in neurons. We suggest that
prion-like behavior of α-synuclein is a key component in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis …

Like prions: the propagation of aggregated tau and α-synuclein in neurodegeneration

M Goedert, M Masuda-Suzukake, B Falcon - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The abnormal aggregation of a small number of known proteins underlies the most common
human neurodegenerative diseases. In tauopathies and synucleinopathies, the normally …

TDP-43 is intercellularly transmitted across axon terminals

MS Feiler, B Strobel, A Freischmidt, AM Helferich… - Journal of Cell …, 2015 - rupress.org
Transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 kD (TDP-43) is an aggregation-prone prion-
like domain-containing protein and component of pathological intracellular aggregates …

Increased DJ-1 and α-synuclein in plasma neural-derived exosomes as potential markers for Parkinson's disease

ZH Zhao, ZT Chen, RL Zhou, X Zhang… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The diagnosis of PD might be in difficulty, especially in the early stages. Therefore, the
identification of novel biomarkers is imperative for the diagnosis and monitoring disease …

Extensive uptake of α-synuclein oligomers in astrocytes results in sustained intracellular deposits and mitochondrial damage

V Lindström, G Gustafsson, LH Sanders… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2017 - Elsevier
The presence of Lewy bodies, mainly consisting of aggregated α-synuclein, is a pathological
hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The α …

Alpha-synuclein: mechanisms of release and pathology progression in synucleinopathies

IC Brás, TF Outeiro - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The accumulation of misfolded alpha-synuclein (aSyn) throughout the brain, as Lewy
pathology, is a phenomenon central to Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis. The …

Modeling Parkinson's Disease in C. elegans

JF Cooper, JM Van Raamsdonk - Journal of Parkinson's …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is an adult onset neurodegenerative disease that is characterized
by selective degeneration of neurons primarily in the substantia nigra. At present, the …

Parkinson's disease–associated LRRK2 interferes with astrocyte-mediated alpha-synuclein clearance

L Streubel-Gallasch, V Giusti, M Sandre, I Tessari… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative, progressive disease without a cure. To
prevent PD onset or at least limit neurodegeneration, a better understanding of the …

Effects of serine 129 phosphorylation on α-synuclein aggregation, membrane association, and internalization

F Samuel, WP Flavin, S Iqbal, C Pacelli… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Although trace levels of phosphorylated α-synuclein (α-syn) are detectable in normal brains,
nearly all α-syn accumulated within Lewy bodies in Parkinson disease brains is …