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α-Synuclein Oligomers Displace Monomeric α-Synuclein from Lipid Membranes
ACS Nano. 2024 Jun 25. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10889.
Greta Šneiderienė 1, Magdalena A Czekalska 1 2 3, Catherine K Xu 1, Akhila K Jayaram 1 4, Georg Krainer 1 5, William E Arter 1, Quentin A E Peter 1, Marta Castellana-Cruz 1, Kadi Liis Saar 1, Aviad Levin 1, Thomas Mueller 2, Sebastian Fiedler 2, Sean R A Devenish 2, Heike Fiegler 2, Janet R Kumita 1 6, Tuomas P J Knowles 1 4
Abstract:
...Here, we address this challenge by using a suite of microfluidics-based assays that enable in-solution quantification of OαS-membrane interactions. We find that OαS bind more strongly to highly curved, rather than flat, lipid membranes. By comparing the membrane-binding properties of OαS and monomeric αS (MαS), we further demonstrate that OαS bind to membranes with up to 150-fold higher affinity than their monomeric counterparts. Moreover, OαS compete with and displace bound MαS from the membrane surface, suggesting that disruption to the functional binding of MαS to membranes may provide an additional toxicity mechanism in PD. These findings present a binding mechanism of oligomers to model membranes, which can potentially be targeted to inhibit the progression of PD.
PMID: 38916260
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