Alpha-synuclein aggregation in Parkinson's disease

E Srinivasan, G Chandrasekhar… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by distinct aging-
independent loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) region …

Aggregation of disordered proteins associated with neurodegeneration

PS Tsoi, MD Quan, JC Ferreon… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cellular deposition of protein aggregates, one of the hallmarks of neurodegeneration,
disrupts cellular functions and leads to neuronal death. Mutations, posttranslational …

Sequential CRISPR screening reveals partial NatB inhibition as a strategy to mitigate alpha-synuclein levels in human neurons

S Santhosh Kumar, NN Naseri, SR Pather… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Alpha-synuclein (αSyn) protein levels correlate with the risk and severity of Parkinson's
disease and related neurodegenerative diseases. Lowering αSyn is being actively …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of N-terminal acetylation on the aggregation of disease-related α-synuclein variants

R Bell, M Castellana-Cruz, A Nene, RJ Thrush… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mutations in the SNCA gene, which encodes the protein α-synuclein, have been linked with
early onset Parkinson's disease. The exact nature of this association, however, is still poorly …

The role of altered protein acetylation in neurodegenerative disease

F Kabir, R Atkinson, AL Cook, AJ Phipps… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Acetylation is a key post-translational modification (PTM) involved in the regulation of both
histone and non-histone proteins. It controls cellular processes such as DNA transcription …

NAC guides a ribosomal multienzyme complex for nascent protein processing

AM Lentzsch, D Yudin, M Gamerdinger… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Approximately 40% of the mammalian proteome undergoes N-terminal methionine excision
and acetylation, mediated sequentially by methionine aminopeptidase (MetAP) and N …

Neurons and glia interplay in α-synucleinopathies

P Mavroeidi, M Xilouri - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Accumulation of the neuronal presynaptic protein alpha-synuclein within proteinaceous
inclusions represents the key histophathological hallmark of a spectrum of …

Pharmacological inhibition of the integrated stress response accelerates disease progression in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mouse model

E Marlin, M Valencia, N Peregrín… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose The integrated stress response (ISR) regulates translation in
response to diverse stresses. ISR activation has been documented in amyotrophic lateral …

Effects of α-synuclein-associated post-translational modifications in Parkinson's disease

S He, F Wang, KKL Yung, S Zhang… - ACS chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
α-Synuclein (α-syn), a small highly conserved presynaptic protein containing 140 amino
acids, is thought to be the main pathological hallmark in related neurodegenerative …

α-Synuclein in Parkinson's disease and advances in detection

R Chen, X Gu, X Wang - Clinica chimica acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a threatening neurodegenerative disorder that seriously affects
patients' life quality. Substantial evidence links the overexpression and abnormal …