Author:
Schmitz Matthias,Candelise Niccolò,Canaslan Sezgi,Altmeppen Hermann C.,Matschke Jakob,Glatzel Markus,Younas Neelam,Zafar Saima,Hermann Peter,Zerr Inga
Abstract
Abstractα-Synucleinopathies, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and multiple system atrophy, are a class of neurodegenerative diseases exhibiting intracellular inclusions of misfolded α-synuclein (αSyn), referred to as Lewy bodies or oligodendroglial cytoplasmic inclusions (Papp–Lantos bodies). Even though the specific cellular distribution of aggregated αSyn differs in PD and DLB patients, both groups show a significant pathological overlap, raising the discussion of whether PD and DLB are the same or different diseases. Besides clinical investigation, we will focus in addition on methodologies, such as protein seeding assays (real-time quaking-induced conversion), to discriminate between different types of α-synucleinopathies. This approach relies on the seeding conversion properties of misfolded αSyn, supporting the hypothesis that different conformers of misfolded αSyn may occur in different types of α-synucleinopathies. Understanding the pathological processes influencing the disease progression and phenotype, provoked by different αSyn conformers, will be important for a personalized medical treatment in future.
Funder
Alzheimer Forschung Initiative
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience,Cognitive Neuroscience,Neurology (clinical)
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