Interplay between tau and α‐synuclein liquid–liquid phase separation

A Siegert, M Rankovic, F Favretto… - Protein …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In Parkinson's disease with dementia, up to 50% of patients develop a high number of tau‐
containing neurofibrillary tangles. Tau‐based pathologies may thus act synergistically with …

Ca2+ is a key factor in α-synuclein-induced neurotoxicity

PR Angelova, MHR Ludtmann… - Journal of cell …, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Aggregation of α-synuclein leads to the formation of oligomeric intermediates that can
interact with membranes to form pores. However, it is unknown how this leads to cell toxicity …

Phosphorylation at Ser-129 but not the phosphomimics S129E/D inhibits the fibrillation of α-synuclein

KE Paleologou, AW Schmid, CC Rospigliosi… - Journal of Biological …, 2008 - ASBMB
α-Synuclein (α-syn) phosphorylation at serine 129 is characteristic of Parkinson disease
(PD) and related α-synulceinopathies. However, whether phosphorylation promotes or …

Impact of the acidic C-terminal region comprising amino acids 109− 140 on α-synuclein aggregation in vitro

W Hoyer, D Cherny, V Subramaniam, TM Jovin - Biochemistry, 2004 - ACS Publications
The aggregation of α-synuclein, involved in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative
disorders such as Parkinson's disease, is enhanced in vitro by biogenic polyamines binding …

Role of α-synuclein carboxy-terminus on fibril formation in vitro

IVJ Murray, BI Giasson, SM Quinn, V Koppaka… - Biochemistry, 2003 - ACS Publications
Alpha-synuclein (α-syn) is the major component of intracellular inclusions in several
neurodegenerative diseases, and the conversion of soluble α-syn into filamentous …

Structural characterization of copper (II) binding to α-synuclein: Insights into the bioinorganic chemistry of Parkinson's disease

RM Rasia, CW Bertoncini, D Marsh… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
The aggregation of α-synuclein (AS) is characteristic of Parkinson's disease and other
neurodegenerative synucleinopathies. We demonstrate here that Cu (II) ions are effective in …

Looking beyond the core: the role of flanking regions in the aggregation of amyloidogenic peptides and proteins

SM Ulamec, DJ Brockwell, SE Radford - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Amyloid proteins are involved in many neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's
disease [Tau, Amyloid β (Aβ)], Parkinson's disease [alpha-synuclein (αSyn)], and …

Aggresomes formed by α-synuclein and synphilin-1 are cytoprotective

M Tanaka, YM Kim, G Lee, E Junn, T Iwatsubo… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
Lewy bodies (LBs), which are the hallmark pathologic features of Parkinson's disease and of
dementia with LBs, have several morphologic and molecular similarities to aggresomes …

Seeding induced by α‐synuclein oligomers provides evidence for spreading of α‐synuclein pathology

KM Danzer, SK Krebs, M Wolff, G Birk… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Lewy bodies, α‐synuclein (α‐syn) immunopositive intracellular deposits, are the
pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). Interestingly, Lewybody‐like structures …

Structural and functional insights into α-synuclein fibril polymorphism

S Mehra, L Gadhe, R Bera, AS Sawner, SK Maji - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Abnormal accumulation of aggregated α-synuclein (α-Syn) is seen in a variety of
neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple system atrophy …