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Quiescent Elongation of α-Synuclein Pre-form Fibrils Under Different Solution Conditions
The intracellular aggregation of α-synuclein in neurons/glia is considered to be a key step in the pathogenesis of synucleinopathy [including Parkinson’s disease (PD), dementia with Lewy body (DLB), multiple system atrophy (MSA), etc.]. Increasing evidence indicates that the initial pathological α-s...
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author | Mao, Hengxu Ye, Yongyi Sun, Xiang Qian, Chen Wang, Baoyan Xie, Linghai Zhang, Shizhong |
author_facet | Mao, Hengxu Ye, Yongyi Sun, Xiang Qian, Chen Wang, Baoyan Xie, Linghai Zhang, Shizhong |
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description | The intracellular aggregation of α-synuclein in neurons/glia is considered to be a key step in the pathogenesis of synucleinopathy [including Parkinson’s disease (PD), dementia with Lewy body (DLB), multiple system atrophy (MSA), etc.]. Increasing evidence indicates that the initial pathological α-synuclein aggregates can replicate themselves and propagate in a “seeding” manner to multiple areas of the brain and even to peripheral tissue, which makes it the most important biomarker for the diagnosis of synucleinopathies in recent years. The amplification and propagation capabilities of α-synuclein aggregates are very similar to those of prion-like diseases, which are based on the inherent self-recruitment capabilities of existing misfolded proteins. In vitro, the rapid recruitment process can be reproduced in a simplified model by adding a small amount of α-synuclein pre-formed fibrils to the monomer solution as fibril seeds, which may partially reveal the properties of α-synuclein aggregates. In this study, we explored the elongation rate of α-synuclein pre-formed fibrils under a quiescent incubation condition (rather than shaking/agitating). By using the ThT fluorescence assay, we compared and quantified the elongation fluorescence curves to explore the factors that affect fibril elongation. These factors include proteins’ concentration, temperature, NaCl strength, SDS, temperature pretreatment, and so on. Our work further describes the elongation of α-synuclein fibrils under quiescent incubation conditions. This may have important implications for the in vitro amplification and preservation of α-synuclein aggregates to further understand the prion-like transmission mechanism of PD. |
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spelling | pubmed-91755702022-06-09 Quiescent Elongation of α-Synuclein Pre-form Fibrils Under Different Solution Conditions Mao, Hengxu Ye, Yongyi Sun, Xiang Qian, Chen Wang, Baoyan Xie, Linghai Zhang, Shizhong Front Neurosci Neuroscience The intracellular aggregation of α-synuclein in neurons/glia is considered to be a key step in the pathogenesis of synucleinopathy [including Parkinson’s disease (PD), dementia with Lewy body (DLB), multiple system atrophy (MSA), etc.]. Increasing evidence indicates that the initial pathological α-synuclein aggregates can replicate themselves and propagate in a “seeding” manner to multiple areas of the brain and even to peripheral tissue, which makes it the most important biomarker for the diagnosis of synucleinopathies in recent years. The amplification and propagation capabilities of α-synuclein aggregates are very similar to those of prion-like diseases, which are based on the inherent self-recruitment capabilities of existing misfolded proteins. In vitro, the rapid recruitment process can be reproduced in a simplified model by adding a small amount of α-synuclein pre-formed fibrils to the monomer solution as fibril seeds, which may partially reveal the properties of α-synuclein aggregates. In this study, we explored the elongation rate of α-synuclein pre-formed fibrils under a quiescent incubation condition (rather than shaking/agitating). By using the ThT fluorescence assay, we compared and quantified the elongation fluorescence curves to explore the factors that affect fibril elongation. These factors include proteins’ concentration, temperature, NaCl strength, SDS, temperature pretreatment, and so on. Our work further describes the elongation of α-synuclein fibrils under quiescent incubation conditions. This may have important implications for the in vitro amplification and preservation of α-synuclein aggregates to further understand the prion-like transmission mechanism of PD. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9175570/ /pubmed/35692426 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.902077 Text en Copyright © 2022 Mao, Ye, Sun, Qian, Wang, Xie and Zhang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Mao, Hengxu Ye, Yongyi Sun, Xiang Qian, Chen Wang, Baoyan Xie, Linghai Zhang, Shizhong Quiescent Elongation of α-Synuclein Pre-form Fibrils Under Different Solution Conditions |
title | Quiescent Elongation of α-Synuclein Pre-form Fibrils Under Different Solution Conditions |
title_full | Quiescent Elongation of α-Synuclein Pre-form Fibrils Under Different Solution Conditions |
title_fullStr | Quiescent Elongation of α-Synuclein Pre-form Fibrils Under Different Solution Conditions |
title_full_unstemmed | Quiescent Elongation of α-Synuclein Pre-form Fibrils Under Different Solution Conditions |
title_short | Quiescent Elongation of α-Synuclein Pre-form Fibrils Under Different Solution Conditions |
title_sort | quiescent elongation of α-synuclein pre-form fibrils under different solution conditions |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9175570/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35692426 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.902077 |
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