Transmission of α-synuclein seeds in neurodegenerative disease: recent developments

Differential α-synuclein expression contributes to selective vulnerability of hippocampal neuron subpopulations to fibril-induced toxicity

(2018) Esteban Luna et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Autophagy inhibition promotes SNCA/alpha-synuclein release and transfer via extracellular vesicles with a hybrid autophagosome-exosome-like phenotype

(2018) Georgia Minakaki et al.   Autophagy

Resonance assignments of an α-synuclein fibril prepared in Tris buffer at moderate ionic strength

(2018) Alexander M. Barclay et al.   Biomolecular NMR Assignments

Specific glycosaminoglycan chain length and sulfation patterns are required for cell uptake of tauversusα-synuclein and β-amyloid aggregates

(2018) Barbara E. Stopschinski et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cellular milieu imparts distinct pathological α-synuclein strains in α-synucleinopathies

(2018) Chao Peng et al.   NATURE

Intercellular transfer of pathogenic α-synuclein by extracellular vesicles is induced by the lipid peroxidation product 4-hydroxynonenal

(2018) Shi Zhang et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING

Identification of a highly neurotoxic α-synuclein species inducing mitochondrial damage and mitophagy in Parkinson’s disease

(2018) Diego Grassi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Exosomal secretion of α-synuclein as protective mechanism after upstream blockage of macroautophagy

(2018) Natascha Fussi et al.   Cell Death & Disease

Cryo-EM structure of alpha-synuclein fibrils

(2018) Ricardo Guerrero-Ferreira et al.   eLife

α-Synuclein fibril-induced paradoxical structural and functional defects in hippocampal neurons

(2018) Jessica M. Froula et al.   Acta Neuropathologica Communications

DNAJC5 facilitates USP19-dependent unconventional secretion of misfolded cytosolic proteins

(2018) Yue Xu et al.   Cell Discovery

Amyloid fibril structure of α-synuclein determined by cryo-electron microscopy

(2018) Yaowang Li et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Cryo-EM of full-length α-synuclein reveals fibril polymorphs with a common structural kernel

(2018) Binsen Li et al.   Nature Communications

Membrane binding, internalization, and sorting of alpha-synuclein in the cell

(2018) Caterina Masaracchia et al.   Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Selective imaging of internalized proteopathic α-synuclein seeds in primary neurons reveals mechanistic insight into transmission of synucleinopathies

(2017) Richard J. Karpowicz et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

α-Synuclein promotes dilation of the exocytotic fusion pore

(2017) Todd Logan et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Familial Parkinson’s point mutation abolishes multiple system atrophy prion replication

(2017) Amanda L. Woerman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TMEM175 deficiency impairs lysosomal and mitochondrial function and increases α-synuclein aggregation

(2017) Sarah Jinn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impaired endo-lysosomal membrane integrity accelerates the seeding progression of α-synuclein aggregates

(2017) Peizhou Jiang et al.   Scientific Reports

Brain-derived exosomes from dementia with Lewy bodies propagate α-synuclein pathology

(2017) Jennifer Ngolab et al.   Acta Neuropathologica Communications

α-Synuclein Amyloids Hijack Prion Protein to Gain Cell Entry, Facilitate Cell-to-Cell Spreading and Block Prion Replication

(2017) Suzana Aulić et al.   Scientific Reports

Axonal transport and secretion of fibrillar forms of α-synuclein, Aβ42 peptide and HTTExon 1

(2016) Michel Brahic et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Tunneling nanotubes spread fibrillar α‐synuclein by intercellular trafficking of lysosomes

(2016) Saïda Abounit et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Proteolysis of α-synuclein fibrils in the lysosomal pathway limits induction of inclusion pathology

(2016) Amanda N. Sacino et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Unconventional secretion of misfolded proteins promotes adaptation to proteasome dysfunction in mammalian cells

(2016) Jin-Gu Lee et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Solid-state NMR structure of a pathogenic fibril of full-length human α-synuclein

(2016) Marcus D Tuttle et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Pathological  -synuclein transmission initiated by binding lymphocyte-activation gene 3

(2016) X. Mao et al.   SCIENCE

Solid-state NMR structure of a pathogenic fibril of full-length human α-synuclein

(2016) Marcus D Tuttle et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Molecular and Biological Compatibility with Host Alpha-Synuclein Influences Fibril Pathogenicity

(2016) Kelvin C. Luk et al.   Cell Reports

Phosphoproteomics reveals that Parkinson's disease kinase LRRK2 regulates a subset of Rab GTPases

(2016) Martin Steger et al.   eLife

Direct Observation of α-Synuclein Amyloid Aggregates in Endocytic Vesicles of Neuroblastoma Cells

(2016) Mihaela M. Apetri et al.   PLoS One

Exposure to bacterial endotoxin generates a distinct strain of α-synuclein fibril

(2016) Changyoun Kim et al.   Scientific Reports

TMEM175 Is an Organelle K + Channel Regulating Lysosomal Function

(2015) Chunlei Cang et al.   CELL

Fibril growth and seeding capacity play key roles in α-synuclein-mediated apoptotic cell death

(2015) A-L Mahul-Mellier et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION

Effects of Serine 129 Phosphorylation on α-Synuclein Aggregation, Membrane Association, and Internalization

(2015) Filsy Samuel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

α-Synuclein strains cause distinct synucleinopathies after local and systemic administration

(2015) W. Peelaerts et al.   NATURE

Intrastriatal injection of pre-formed mouse α-synuclein fibrils into rats triggers α-synuclein pathology and bilateral nigrostriatal degeneration

(2015) Katrina L. Paumier et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Evidence for α-synuclein prions causing multiple system atrophy in humans with parkinsonism

(2015) Stanley B. Prusiner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Haploinsufficiency of cathepsin D leads to lysosomal dysfunction and promotes cell-to-cell transmission of α-synuclein aggregates

(2015) E-J Bae et al.   Cell Death & Disease

Parkinson-causing α-synuclein missense mutations shift native tetramers to monomers as a mechanism for disease initiation

(2015) Ulf Dettmer et al.   Nature Communications

Progressive Aggregation of Alpha-Synuclein and Selective Degeneration of Lewy Inclusion-Bearing Neurons in a Mouse Model of Parkinsonism

(2015) Valerie R. Osterberg et al.   Cell Reports

ATP13A2/PARK9 Regulates Secretion of Exosomes and  -Synuclein

(2014) T. Tsunemi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Formation of α-synuclein Lewy neurite–like aggregates in axons impedes the transport of distinct endosomes

(2014) Laura A. Volpicelli-Daley et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

VPS35 dysfunction impairs lysosomal degradation of α-synuclein and exacerbates neurotoxicity in a Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease

(2014) Emiko Miura et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

α-Synuclein Immunotherapy Blocks Uptake and Templated Propagation of Misfolded α-Synuclein and Neurodegeneration

(2014) Hien T. Tran et al.   Cell Reports

Lewy body extracts from Parkinson disease brains trigger α-synuclein pathology and neurodegeneration in mice and monkeys

(2013) Ariadna Recasens et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Distinct α-Synuclein Strains Differentially Promote Tau Inclusions in Neurons

(2013) Jing L. Guo et al.   CELL

Lewy Body-like α-Synuclein Aggregates Resist Degradation and Impair Macroautophagy

(2013) Selcuk A. Tanik et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Function of α-Synuclein

(2013) Jacob T. Bendor et al.   NEURON

Alpha-Synuclein Induces Lysosomal Rupture and Cathepsin Dependent Reactive Oxygen Species Following Endocytosis

(2013) David Freeman et al.   PLoS One

Heparan sulfate proteoglycans mediate internalization and propagation of specific proteopathic seeds

(2013) B. B. Holmes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural and functional characterization of two alpha-synuclein strains

(2013) Luc Bousset et al.   Nature Communications

Native α-synuclein induces clustering of synaptic-vesicle mimics via binding to phospholipids and synaptobrevin-2/VAMP2

(2013) Jiajie Diao et al.   eLife

Neuron-to-neuron transmission of α-synuclein fibrils through axonal transport

(2012) Eric C. Freundt et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Lipid Peroxidation Product 4-Hydroxy-2-Nonenal Promotes Seeding-Capable Oligomer Formation and Cell-to-Cell Transfer of α-Synuclein

(2012) Eun-Jin Bae et al.   ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING

Intracerebral inoculation of pathological α-synuclein initiates a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative α-synucleinopathy in mice

(2012) Kelvin C. Luk et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Deficiency of ATP13A2 Leads to Lysosomal Dysfunction,  -Synuclein Accumulation, and Neurotoxicity

(2012) M. Usenovic et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Antibody-Aided Clearance of Extracellular  -Synuclein Prevents Cell-to-Cell Aggregate Transmission

(2012) E.-J. Bae et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Suppression of dynamin GTPase decreases α-synuclein uptake by neuronal and oligodendroglial cells: a potent therapeutic target for synucleinopathy

(2012) Masatoshi Konno et al.   Molecular Neurodegeneration

Pathological  -Synuclein Transmission Initiates Parkinson-like Neurodegeneration in Nontransgenic Mice

(2012) K. C. Luk et al.   SCIENCE

A Unifying Role for Prions in Neurodegenerative Diseases

(2012) S. B. Prusiner   SCIENCE

A Mutation in VPS35, Encoding a Subunit of the Retromer Complex, Causes Late-Onset Parkinson Disease

(2011) Alexander Zimprich et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Dopamine promotes formation and secretion of non-fibrillar alpha-synuclein oligomers

(2011) He-Jin Lee et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

α-Synuclein occurs physiologically as a helically folded tetramer that resists aggregation

(2011) Tim Bartels et al.   NATURE

Exogenous α-Synuclein Fibrils Induce Lewy Body Pathology Leading to Synaptic Dysfunction and Neuron Death

(2011) Laura A. Volpicelli-Daley et al.   NEURON

Characterization of Lewy body pathology in 12- and 16-year-old intrastriatal mesencephalic grafts surviving in a patient with Parkinson's disease

(2010) Jia-Yi Li et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

 -Synuclein Promotes SNARE-Complex Assembly in Vivo and in Vitro

(2010) J. Burre et al.   SCIENCE

Exogenous  -synuclein fibrils seed the formation of Lewy body-like intracellular inclusions in cultured cells

(2009) K. C. Luk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transplanted dopaminergic neurons develop PD pathologic changes: A second case report

(2008) Jeffrey H. Kordower et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Lewy bodies in grafted neurons in subjects with Parkinson's disease suggest host-to-graft disease propagation

(2008) Jia-Yi Li et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Lewy body–like pathology in long-term embryonic nigral transplants in Parkinson's disease

(2008) Jeffrey H Kordower et al.   NATURE MEDICINE