title: Different species of alpha-synuclein oligomers induce calcium influx and seeding.
abstract: Aggregation of alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) has been linked to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and other neurodegenerative diseases. Increasing evidence suggests that prefibrillar oligomers and protofibrils, rather than mature fibrils of alpha-syn, are the pathogenic species in PD. Despite extensive effort on studying oligomerization of alpha-syn, no studies have compared different oligomer species directly on a single-particle level and investigated their biological effects on cells. In this study, we applied a novel highly sensitive single molecule detection system that allowed a direct comparison of different oligomer types. Furthermore, we studied biological effects of different oligomer types on cells. For this purpose, we developed new oligomerization protocols, that enabled the use of these different oligomers in cell culture. We found that all of our three aggregation protocols resulted in heterogeneous populations of oligomers. Some types of oligomers induced cell death via disruption of cellular ion homeostasis by a presumably pore-forming mechanism. Other oligomer types could directly enter the cell resulting in increased alpha-syn aggregation. Based on our results, we propose that under various physiological conditions, heterogeneous populations of oligomeric forms will coexist in an equilibrium. These different oligomer types lead directly or indirectly to cell damage. Our data indicate that inhibition of early alpha-syn aggregation events would consequently prevent all alpha-syn oligomer related toxicities. This has important implications for the development of disease-modifying drugs for the treatment of PD and other synucleinopathies.
authors: Central Nervous System Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, 88397 Biberach, Germany. Karin.Danzer@bc.boehringer-ingelheim.com
authors: Karin M
authors: KM
authors: Danzer
authors: Dorothea
authors: D
authors: Haasen
authors: Anne R
authors: AR
authors: Karow
authors: Simon
authors: S
authors: Moussaud
authors: Matthias
authors: M
authors: Habeck
authors: Armin
authors: A
authors: Giese
authors: Hans
authors: H
authors: Kretzschmar
authors: Bastian
authors: B
authors: Hengerer
authors: Marcus
authors: M
authors: Kostka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001704:Biopolymers; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D053148:Caspase 3; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D006801:Humans; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force / Q000379:methods; D009154:Mutation / Q000502:physiology; D009447:Neuroblastoma; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014162:Transfection / Q000379:methods; D051844:alpha-Synuclein / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D051844:alpha-Synuclein; D053148:Caspase 3; D002118:Calcium
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