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- W88262425 abstract "Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease and affects about 1% of the population over 65 years old. This disorder can be both sporadic and familial and some genetic forms are due to mutations in SNCA gene, encoding for the protein alpha-synuclein (aS).PD pathological hallmarks are the prominent death of the dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and the presence of proteins and lipid inclusions, termed Lewy’s body (LBs), in the surviving neurons in parkinsonian brains. The main constituent of LBs is an aggregated fibrillar beta-sheet rich form of aS. aS aggregation process was widely studied in the past years: the protein is unfolded in its native state, but in pathological conditions it tends to aggregate forming oligomeric species. These oligomers constitute a heterogeneous and transient ensemble and rapidly convert into amyloid fibrils when they reach a critical concentration. Amyloid fibrils then deposit in LBs along with several other proteins and lipids. aS aggregation was mainly studied in vitro, but recently more efforts were put into the study of this process in cell and animal models, to identify not only aS aggregation intermediates, but also the associated toxic mechanism(s) that lead to neurons cell death in PD.In this thesis two main issues were faced: the study of aS aggregation in cells using unconventional methods and the characterization of the effects of the family of chaperone-like proteins 14-3-3, on aS aggregation.In the first part, two cellular models for the study of aS aggregation were set and characterized: the first one is obtained just overexpressing aS and allowed the characterization of an ensemble of heterogeneous oligomeric species (about 6±4 monomers per oligomer) using a new fluorescence microscopy method termed Number and Brightness analysis. These oligomeric species induced autophagic lysosomal pathway activation and mitochondrial fragmentation in this model. The second cellular model provides a method to study aS fibrils and larger aggregates in a physiological environment: aS was overexpressed in cells and aggregation was triggered by introducing in cell cytoplasm recombinant aS fibrils fragments, termed seeds. In both cases aS overexpression and aggregation cause cellular death, in good agreement with what was previously published by others groups.The characterization of aS aggregation in cells went further looking at the variation in cellular metabolism, possibly induced by mitochondrial damage. These changes were quantified measuring NADH fluorescence properties in the two models with respect to the control. These results showed that in cells presenting aS oligomer or aggregates, NADH fluorescence lifetime and emission spectra change, suggesting that these measurements may be used to detect aS aggregates in live cells and in vivo using a non-invasive dye-free method.The second part of the thesis concerns the ability of 14-3-3 chaperone-like proteins of interacting with aS and of interfering with aS aggregation process rescuing the induced toxicity in cells. Among the seven 14-3-3 isoforms, 14-3-3 eta can re-route aS amyloidogenic process in vitro, leading to the formation of curved objects rather than aS fibrils. These curved objects have diameters and curvatures that depend on 14-3-3 eta amount in the aggregation assays; moreover, 14-3-3 eta molecules were found in these aggregates, suggesting the formation of a stable complex between the two proteins. When aS amount is too large or seeds are used to trigger the aggregation process in vitro, 14-3-3 eta is not able any more to affect aS aggregation and is sequestered into aS fibrils. In cell models, 14-3-3 eta overexpression leads to a rescue when aS was only overexpressed, but not when aggregation in cell cytoplasm was triggered by seeds. Overexpressed 14-3-3 eta was found to interact with overexpressed aS using image correlation spectroscopy methods (cross raster image correlation spectroscopy and cross Number and Brightness analysis), mainly at plasma membrane. Moreover, 14-3-3 eta is sequestered into aggregates when aS aggregation is triggered by seeds, highlighting another possible toxic mechanism due to aS aggregation. All the results obtained in cells are in good agreement with the in vitro results previously reported, further suggesting that 14-3-3 proteins and eta isoform in particular are interesting in aS aggregation frame and may be used to interfere in the process to rescue its toxic effects." @default.
- W88262425 created "2016-06-24" @default.
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- W88262425 date "2013-01-30" @default.
- W88262425 modified "2023-09-27" @default.
- W88262425 title "Unraveling the mechanisms of alpha-synuclein aggregation and toxicity" @default.
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