脑源性和体外接种的α-突触核蛋白纤维表现出不同的生物物理特征。
Brain-derived and in vitro-seeded alpha-synuclein fibrils exhibit distinct biophysical profiles.
机构信息
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford Parkinson's Disease Center, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
出版信息
Elife. 2024 Nov 25;13:RP92775. doi: 10.7554/eLife.92775.
The alpha-synuclein (αSyn) seeding amplification assay (SAA) that allows the generation of disease-specific in vitro seeded fibrils (SAA fibrils) is used as a research tool to study the connection between the structure of αSyn fibrils, cellular seeding/spreading, and the clinicopathological manifestations of different synucleinopathies. However, structural differences between human brain-derived and SAA αSyn fibrils have been recently highlighted. Here, we characterize the biophysical properties of the human brain-derived αSyn fibrils from the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease with and without dementia (PD, PDD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), multiple system atrophy (MSA), and compare them to the 'model' SAA fibrils. We report that the brain-derived αSyn fibrils show distinct biochemical profiles, which were not replicated in the corresponding SAA fibrils. Furthermore, the brain-derived αSyn fibrils from all synucleinopathies displayed a mixture of 'straight' and 'twisted' microscopic structures. However, the PD, PDD, and DLB SAA fibrils had a 'straight' structure, whereas MSA SAA fibrils showed a 'twisted' structure. Finally, the brain-derived αSyn fibrils from all four synucleinopathies were phosphorylated (S129). Interestingly, phosphorylated αSyn were carried over to the PDD and DLB SAA fibrils. Our findings demonstrate the limitation of the SAA fibrils modeling the brain-derived αSyn fibrils and pay attention to the necessity of deepening the understanding of the SAA fibrillation methodology.
α-突触核蛋白(αSyn)种子扩增测定(SAA)允许产生疾病特异性的体外接种纤维(SAA 纤维),被用作研究工具,以研究 αSyn 纤维的结构、细胞接种/传播之间的联系,以及不同突触核蛋白病的临床病理表现。然而,最近已经强调了人类大脑衍生的和 SAA αSyn 纤维之间的结构差异。在这里,我们从帕金森病伴痴呆(PD、PDD)、路易体痴呆(DLB)、多系统萎缩(MSA)患者的大脑中表征了人类大脑衍生的 αSyn 纤维的生物物理特性,并将其与“模型”SAA 纤维进行了比较。我们报告说,大脑衍生的 αSyn 纤维表现出不同的生化特征,这些特征在相应的 SAA 纤维中没有复制。此外,所有突触核蛋白病的大脑衍生的 αSyn 纤维都显示出“直”和“扭”微观结构的混合物。然而,PD、PDD 和 DLB 的 SAA 纤维具有“直”结构,而 MSA 的 SAA 纤维显示出“扭”结构。最后,所有四种突触核蛋白病的大脑衍生的 αSyn 纤维都被磷酸化(S129)。有趣的是,磷酸化的 αSyn 被转移到 PDD 和 DLB 的 SAA 纤维中。我们的发现表明 SAA 纤维模拟大脑衍生的 αSyn 纤维的局限性,并注意到加深对 SAA 纤维形成方法的理解的必要性。