CSPα reduces aggregates and rescues striatal dopamine release in α-synuclein transgenic mice

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α-Synuclein aggregation at the synapse is an early event in Parkinson's disease and is associated with impaired striatal synaptic function and dopaminergic neuronal death. The cysteine string protein (CSPα) and α-synuclein have partially overlapping roles in maintaining synaptic function and mutations in each cause neurodegenerative diseases. CSPα is a member of the DNAJ/HSP40 family of co-chaperones and like α-synuclein, chaperones the SNARE complex assembly and controls neurotransmitter release. α-Synuclein can rescue neurodegeneration in CSPαKO mice. However, whether α-synuclein aggregation alters CSPα expression and function is unknown. Here we show that α-synuclein aggregation at the synapse is associated with a decrease in synaptic CSPα and a reduction in the complexes that CSPα forms with HSC70 and STGa. We further show that viral delivery of CSPα rescues in vitro the impaired vesicle recycling in PC12 cells with α-synuclein aggregates and in vivo reduces synaptic α-synuclein aggregates increasing monomeric α-synuclein and restoring normal dopamine release in 1-120hαSyn mice. These novel findings reveal a mechanism by which α-synuclein aggregation alters CSPα at the synapse, and show that CSPα rescues α-synuclein aggregation-related phenotype in 1-120hαSyn mice similar to the effect of α-synuclein in CSPαKO mice. These results implicate CSPα as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of early-stage Parkinson's disease.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:144

Enthalten in:

Brain : a journal of neurology - 144(2021), 6 vom: 28. Juli, Seite 1661-1669

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Caló, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Hidari, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Wegrzynowicz, Michal [VerfasserIn]
Dalley, Jeffrey W [VerfasserIn]
Schneider, Bernard L [VerfasserIn]
Podgajna, Martyna [VerfasserIn]
Anichtchik, Oleg [VerfasserIn]
Carlson, Emma [VerfasserIn]
Klenerman, David [VerfasserIn]
Spillantini, Maria Grazia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

α-synuclein
Alpha-Synuclein
CSPα
Cysteine string protein
DNAJ chaperone family
Dopamine
HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins
Journal Article
Membrane Proteins
Parkinson’s disease
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Synapse
VTD58H1Z2X

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Date Completed 24.09.2021

Date Revised 01.02.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/brain/awab076

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323161928