Targeting alpha-synuclein as a therapy for Parkinson's disease

CR Fields, N Bengoa-Vergniory… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders with a
global burden of approximately 6.1 million patients. Alpha-synuclein has been linked to both …

Alpha‐Synuclein in Parkinson's Disease: From Pathogenetic Dysfunction to Potential Clinical Application

L Xu, J Pu - Parkinson's disease, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease/synucleinopathy that develops slowly;
however, there is no efficient method of early diagnosis, nor is there a cure. Progressive …

α-Synuclein aggregation nucleates through liquid–liquid phase separation

S Ray, N Singh, R Kumar, K Patel, S Pandey, D Datta… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract α-Synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation and amyloid formation is directly linked with
Parkinson's disease pathogenesis. However, the early events involved in this process …

α‐synuclein suppresses microglial autophagy and promotes neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

HY Tu, BS Yuan, XO Hou, XJ Zhang, CS Pei, YT Ma… - Aging cell, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The cell‐to‐cell transfer of α‐synuclein (α‐Syn) greatly contributes to Parkinson's disease
(PD) pathogenesis and underlies the spread of α‐Syn pathology. During this process …

Endocytic vesicle rupture is a conserved mechanism of cellular invasion by amyloid proteins

WP Flavin, L Bousset, ZC Green, Y Chu… - Acta …, 2017 - Springer
Numerous pathological amyloid proteins spread from cell to cell during neurodegenerative
disease, facilitating the propagation of cellular pathology and disease progression …

Extent of N-terminus exposure of monomeric alpha-synuclein determines its aggregation propensity

AD Stephens, M Zacharopoulou, R Moons… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
As an intrinsically disordered protein, monomeric alpha-synuclein (aSyn) occupies a large
conformational space. Certain conformations lead to aggregation prone and non …

Do post-translational modifications influence protein aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases: a systematic review

LN Schaffert, WG Carter - Brain sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The accumulation of abnormal protein aggregates represents a universal hallmark of
neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs). Post-translational modifications (PTMs) regulate …

Constitutively active STING causes neuroinflammation and degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in mice

EM Szego, L Malz, N Bernhardt, A Rösen-Wolff… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) is activated after detection of cytoplasmic dsDNA by
cGAS (cyclic GMP-AMP synthase) as part of the innate immunity defence against viral …

Ultrastructural and biochemical classification of pathogenic tau, α-synuclein and TDP-43

A Tarutani, T Adachi, H Akatsu, Y Hashizume… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
Intracellular accumulation of abnormal proteins with conformational changes is the defining
neuropathological feature of neurodegenerative diseases. The pathogenic proteins that …

Phosphorylated exogenous alpha-synuclein fibrils exacerbate pathology and induce neuronal dysfunction in mice

M Karampetsou, MT Ardah, M Semitekolou… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Approximately 90% of alpha-synuclein (α-Synuclein) deposited in Lewy bodies is
phosphorylated at serine 129 suggesting that the accumulation of phosphorylated α …