Binding of neuronal α-synuclein to β-III tubulin and accumulation in a model of multiple system atrophy.
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by α-synuclein (α-syn) accumulation in oligodendrocytes and neurons. We generated a transgenic (Tg) mouse model in which human α-syn was overexpressed in oligodendrocytes. Our previous studies have revealed that oligodendrocytic α-syn inclusions induced neuronal α-syn accumulation, thereby resulting in progressive neuronal degeneration in mice. We also demonstrated that an insoluble complex of α-syn and β-III tubulin in microtubules progressively accumulated in neurons, thereby leading to neuronal degeneration. In the present study, we demonstrated that neuronal accumulation of the insoluble complex was derived from binding of α-syn to β-III tubulin and not from α-syn self-aggregation. Thus, interaction between α-syn and β-III tubulin plays an important role in neuronal α-syn accumulation in an MSA mouse model.
Laboratory of Research Resources, Research Institute for Longevity Sciences, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan.
Kimiko
K
Nakayama
Yasuyo
Y
Suzuki
Ikuru
I
Yazawa
D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D019578:Multiple System Atrophy / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D015739:Nocodazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D058105:Polymerization; D011485:Protein Binding; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D050257:Tubulin Modulators / Q000494:pharmacology; D051844:alpha-Synuclein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
C497604:SNCA protein, human; D014404:Tubulin; D050257:Tubulin Modulators; D051844:alpha-Synuclein; C462941:beta3 tubulin, mouse; D015739:Nocodazole; D012293:Rifampin