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Development and validation of an expanded antibody toolset that captures alpha-synuclein pathological diversity in Lewy body diseases

Altay, Melek Firat  
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Kumar, Senthil T.
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Burtscher, Johannes  
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December 7, 2023
Npj Parkinsons Disease

The abnormal aggregation and accumulation of alpha-synuclein (aSyn) in the brain is a defining hallmark of synucleinopathies. Various aSyn conformations and post-translationally modified forms accumulate in pathological inclusions and vary in abundance among these disorders. Relying on antibodies that have not been assessed for their ability to detect the diverse forms of aSyn may lead to inaccurate estimations of aSyn pathology in human brains or disease models. To address this challenge, we developed and characterized an expanded antibody panel that targets different sequences and post-translational modifications along the length of aSyn, and that recognizes all monomeric, oligomeric, and fibrillar aSyn conformations. Next, we profiled aSyn pathology across sporadic and familial Lewy body diseases (LBDs) and reveal heterogeneous forms of aSyn pathology, rich in Serine 129 phosphorylation, Tyrosine 39 nitration and N- and C-terminal tyrosine phosphorylations, scattered both to neurons and glia. In addition, we show that aSyn can become hyperphosphorylated during processes of aggregation and inclusion maturation in neuronal and animal models of aSyn seeding and spreading. The validation pipeline we describe for these antibodies paves the way for systematic investigations into aSyn pathological diversity in the human brain, peripheral tissues, as well as in cellular and animal models of synucleinopathies.

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research article
DOI
10.1038/s41531-023-00604-y
Web of Science ID

WOS:001116156700001

Author(s)
Altay, Melek Firat  
Kumar, Senthil T.
Burtscher, Johannes  
Jagannath, Somanath  
Strand, Catherine
Miki, Yasuo
Parkkinen, Laura
Holton, Janice L.
Lashuel, Hilal A  
Date Issued

2023-12-07

Publisher

Nature Portfolio

Published in
Npj Parkinsons Disease
Volume

9

Issue

1

Start page

161

Subjects

Life Sciences & Biomedicine

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Multiple System Atrophy

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Parkinsons-Disease

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Alzheimers-Disease

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In-Vitro

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Proteomic Identification

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Filamentous Inclusions

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Cytoplasmic Inclusions

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Monoclonal-Antibodies

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Brain Pathology

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Transgenic Mice

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
LMNN  
FunderGrant Number

Swiss National Science Foundation

31ER30_186198

Michael J Fox Foundation

MJFF-020698

EPFL

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February 20, 2024
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