Abstract
Parkinson’s disease and other synucleinopathies are characterized by the presence of intra-neuronal protein aggregates enriched in the presynaptic protein α-synuclein. α-synuclein is considered an intrinsically disordered 14 kDa monomer, and although poorly understood, its transition to higher-order multimeric species may play central roles in healthy neurons and during Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis. In this study, we demonstrate that α-synuclein exists as defined, subcellular-specific species that change characteristics in response to oxidative stress in neuroblastoma cells and in response to Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis in human cerebellum and frontal cortex. We further show that the phosphorylation patterns of different α-synuclein species are subcellular specific and dependent on the oxidative environment. Using high-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry, we identify a Parkinson’s disease enriched, cytosolic ~36-kDa α-synuclein species which can be recapitulated in Parkinson’s disease model neuroblastoma cells. The characterization of subcellular-specific α-synuclein features in neurodegeneration will allow for the identification of neurotoxic α-synuclein species, which represent prime targets to reduce α-synuclein pathogenicity.
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Abbreviations
- PD:
-
Parkinson’s disease
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- a-syn:
-
α-synuclein
- HPLC:
-
High-performance liquid chromatography
- LDH:
-
Lactate dehydrogenase
- EGFR:
-
Epidermal growth factor receptor
- Tim23:
-
Translocase of the inner membrane 23
- HEK293:
-
Human embryonic 293 cells
- Wt:
-
Wild type
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This research was funded by The Norwegian Research Council, The Western Norway Regional Health Authority, St. John’s University, The Norwegian Centre for Movement Disorders, The Norwegian Parkinson’s Association, and National Institutes of Health Shared Instrumentation Grant S10 RR027990 and P30 NS050276 from NINDS. We thank Dr. Lashuel for providing p-S129 and p-S87 monoclonal antibodies and for purified a-syn. We thank the New York Brain Bank for providing frozen cerebellum from post-mortem PD patients.
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Abdullah, R., Patil, K.S., Rosen, B. et al. Subcellular Parkinson’s Disease-Specific Alpha-Synuclein Species Show Altered Behavior in Neurodegeneration. Mol Neurobiol 54, 7639–7655 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-016-0266-8
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