A novel approach to evaluate alpha-synuclein seeding shows a wide heterogeneity in multiple system atrophy

Abstract Severalin vitroandin vivofindings have consistently shown that α-synuclein derived from multiple system atrophy (MSA) subjects has more seeding capacity than Parkinson’s disease-derived α-synuclein. However, reliable detection of α-synuclein derived from MSA using seeded amplification assays, such as the Real-Time Quaking-induced Conversion, has remained challenging. Here we demonstrate that the interaction of the Thioflavin T dye with α-synuclein from MSA and Parkinson’s disease patients can be modulated by the type of salt, pH, and ionic strength used to generate strain-specific reaction buffers. Employing this novel approach, we have generated a streamlined Real-Time Quaking-induced Conversion assay capable of categorizing MSA brains according to their α-synuclein seeding behavior, and to unravel a previously unrecognized heterogeneity in seeding activity between different brain regions of a given individual that goes beyond immunohistochemical observations and provide a framework for future molecular subtyping of MSA..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 07. Jan. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Martinez-Valbuena, Ivan [VerfasserIn]
Visanji, Naomi P. [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Ain [VerfasserIn]
Lau, Heather H. C. [VerfasserIn]
So, Raphaella W. L. [VerfasserIn]
Alshimemeri, Sohaila [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Seidman, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Luquin, Maria R. [VerfasserIn]
Watts, Joel C. [VerfasserIn]
Lang, Anthony E. [VerfasserIn]
Kovacs, Gabor G. [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2021.08.10.455800

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XBI032373023