脑类器官在解决突触核蛋白病异质性方面的潜力。
The potential of brain organoids in addressing the heterogeneity of synucleinopathies.
作者信息
Diao Xiao-Jun, Soto Claudio, Wang Fei, Wang Yu, Wu Yun-Cheng, Mukherjee Abhisek
机构信息
Department of Neurology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Mitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
出版信息
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2025 Apr 28;82(1):188. doi: 10.1007/s00018-025-05686-w.
Synucleinopathies are a group of diseases characterized by neuronal and glial accumulation of α-synuclein (aSyn) linked with different clinical presentations, including Parkinson's disease (PD), Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDD), Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) and Multiple system atrophy (MSA). Interestingly, the structure of the aSyn aggregates can vary across different synucleinopathies. Currently, it is unclear how the aSyn protein can aggregate into diverse structures and affect distinct cell types and various brain regions, leading to different clinical symptoms. Recent advances in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)-based brain organoids (BOs) technology provide an unprecedented opportunity to define the etiology of synucleinopathies in human brain cells within their three-dimensional (3D) context. In this review, we will summarize current advances in investigating the mechanisms of synucleinopathies using BOs and discuss the scope of this platform to define mechanisms underlining the selective vulnerability of cell types and brain regions in synucleinopathies.
突触核蛋白病是一组以α-突触核蛋白(aSyn)在神经元和神经胶质中积累为特征的疾病,与不同的临床表现相关,包括帕金森病(PD)、帕金森病痴呆(PDD)、路易体痴呆(DLB)和多系统萎缩(MSA)。有趣的是,aSyn聚集体的结构在不同的突触核蛋白病中可能有所不同。目前,尚不清楚aSyn蛋白如何聚集成不同的结构并影响不同的细胞类型和各个脑区,从而导致不同的临床症状。基于诱导多能干细胞(iPSC)的脑类器官(BO)技术的最新进展为在三维(3D)环境下的人类脑细胞中确定突触核蛋白病的病因提供了前所未有的机会。在这篇综述中,我们将总结利用脑类器官研究突触核蛋白病机制的当前进展,并讨论该平台在确定突触核蛋白病中细胞类型和脑区选择性易损性潜在机制方面的范围。