Targeting α‐synuclein aggregation and its role in mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease

ME Haque, M Akther, S Azam, IS Kim… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lewy bodies that contain aggregated α‐synuclein in dopamine neurons are the main culprit
for neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease. However, mitochondrial dysfunction has a …

[HTML][HTML] Lipids uniquely alter secondary structure and toxicity of lysozyme aggregates

M Matveyenka, K Zhaliazka, S Rizevsky… - FASEB journal: official …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abrupt aggregation of misfolded proteins is a hallmark of the large group of amyloid
pathologies that include diabetes type 2, Alzheimer and Parkinson's diseases. Protein …

NMR identification of a conserved Drp1 cardiolipin-binding motif essential for stress-induced mitochondrial fission

M Mahajan, N Bharambe, Y Shang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Mitochondria form tubular networks that undergo coordinated cycles of fission and fusion.
Emerging evidence suggests that a direct yet unresolved interaction of the …

The toxicities of A30P and A53T α-synuclein fibrils can be uniquely altered by the length and saturation of fatty acids in phosphatidylserine

A Ali, K Zhaliazka, T Dou, AP Holman… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain, hypothalamus, and
thalamus is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). Neuronal death is linked to the abrupt …

Role of saturation and length of fatty acids of phosphatidylserine in the aggregation of transthyretin

A Ali, K Zhaliazka, T Dou, AP Holman… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The progressive accumulation of transthyretin (TTR), a small protein that transports
thyroxine, in various organs and tissues is observed upon transthyretin amyloidosis, a …

Unravelling the structural organization of individual α-synuclein oligomers grown in the presence of phospholipids

T Dou, L Zhou, D Kurouski - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a severe neurological disorder that affects more than 1 million
people in the US alone. A hallmark of PD is the formation of intracellular α-synuclein (α-Syn) …

Electroneutral Polymer Nanodiscs Enable Interference‐Free Probing of Membrane Proteins in a Lipid‐Bilayer Environment

D Glueck, A Grethen, M Das, OP Mmeka, EP Patallo… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane proteins can be examined in near‐native lipid‐bilayer environments with the
advent of polymer‐encapsulated nanodiscs. These nanodiscs self‐assemble directly from …

Multiplicity of α-synuclein aggregated species and their possible roles in disease

P Gracia, JD Camino, L Volpicelli-Daley… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
α-Synuclein amyloid aggregation is a defining molecular feature of Parkinson's disease,
Lewy body dementia, and multiple system atrophy, but can also be found in other …

Elucidation of Secondary Structure and Toxicity of α-Synuclein Oligomers and Fibrils Grown in the Presence of Phosphatidylcholine and Phosphatidylserine

T Dou, M Matveyenka, D Kurouski - ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2023 - ACS Publications
Abrupt aggregation of α-synuclein (α-Syn) in the midbrain hypothalamus and thalamus is a
hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD), the fastest growing neurodegenerative pathology …

Lipids, lysosomes and mitochondria: insights into Lewy body formation from rare monogenic disorders

D Erskine, D Koss, VI Korolchuk, TF Outeiro… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
Accumulation of the protein α-synuclein into insoluble intracellular deposits termed Lewy
bodies (LBs) is the characteristic neuropathological feature of LB diseases, such as …