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Gómez-Tortosa, E., Newell, K., Irizarry, M. C., Sanders, J. L., Hyman, B. T. |
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Acta Neuropathologica; Apr2000, Vol. 99 Issue 4, p352-357, 6p |
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α-Synuclein is a presynaptic protein recently identified as a specific component of Lewy bodies (LB) and Lewy neurites. The aim of this study was to assess the morphology and distribution of α-synuclein immunoreactivity in cases of dementia with LB (DLB), and to compare α-synuclein with ubiquitin immunostaining. We examined substantia nigra, paralimbic regions (entorhinal cortex, cingulate gyrus, insula and hippocampus), and neocortex (frontal and occipital association cortices) with double α-synuclein and ubiquitin immunostaining in 25 cases meeting neuropathological criteria for DLB. α-Synuclein immunostaining was more specific than ubiquitin immunostaining in that it differentiated LB from globose tangles. It was also slightly more sensitive, staining 4–5% more intracytoplasmic structures, especially diffuse α-synuclein deposits that were ubiquitin negative. In addition to LB, α-synuclein staining showed filiform and globose neurites in the substantia nigra, CA2–3 regions of the hippocampus, and entorhinal cortex. A spectrum of α-synuclein staining was seen in substantia nigra: from diffuse “cloud-like” inclusions to aggregated intracytoplasmic inclusions with variable ubiquitin staining to classic LB. We hypothesize that these represent different stages in LB formation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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