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Effects of the toxic metals arsenite and cadmium on α-synuclein aggregation in vitro and in cells
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- Lorentzon, Emma, 1995 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kemi och molekylärbiologi,Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology,University of Gothenburg
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- Horvath, Istvan, 1979 (författare)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Kumar, Ranjeet, 1980 (författare)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Rodrigues, Joana Isabel (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kemi och molekylärbiologi,Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology,University of Gothenburg
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- Tamás, Markus J., 1970 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kemi och molekylärbiologi,Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology,University of Gothenburg
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- Wittung Stafshede, Pernilla, 1968 (författare)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- 2021-10-24
- 2021
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. - : MDPI AG. - 1661-6596 .- 1422-0067. ; 22:21
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Abstract
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- Exposure to heavy metals, including arsenic and cadmium, is associated with neurodegen-erative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. However, the mechanistic details of how these metals contribute to pathogenesis are not well understood. To search for underlying mechanisms involving α-synuclein, the protein that forms amyloids in Parkinson’s disease, we here assessed the effects of arsenic and cadmium on α-synuclein amyloid formation in vitro and in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (budding yeast) cells. Atomic force microscopy experiments with acetylated human α-synuclein demonstrated that amyloid fibers formed in the presence of the metals have a different fiber pitch compared to those formed without metals. Both metal ions become incorporated into the amyloid fibers, and cadmium also accelerated the nucleation step in the amyloid formation process, likely via binding to intermediate species. Fluorescence microscopy analyses of yeast cells expressing fluorescently tagged α-synuclein demonstrated that arsenic and cadmium affected the distribution of α-synuclein aggregates within the cells, reduced aggregate clearance, and aggravated α-synuclein toxicity. Taken together, our in vitro data demonstrate that interactions between these two metals and α-synuclein modulate the resulting amyloid fiber structures, which, in turn, might relate to the observed effects in the yeast cells. Whilst our study advances our understanding of how these metals affect α-synuclein biophysics, further in vitro characterization as well as human cell studies are desired to fully appreciate their role in the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Mikrobiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Microbiology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi -- Fysikalisk kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences -- Physical Chemistry (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Biokemi och molekylärbiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Cellbiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Cell Biology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Biofysik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Biophysics (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinsk bioteknologi -- Medicinsk bioteknologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Medical Biotechnology -- Medical Biotechnology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Amyloid formation
- Arsenic toxicity
- Cadmium toxicity
- Parkinson’s disease
- α-synuclein
- Cadmium toxicity
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