Large α-synuclein oligomers inhibit neuronal SNARE-mediated vesicle docking

Autor: Dae-Hyuk Kweon, Mal-Gi Choi, Yeon-Kyun Shin, Nam Ki Lee, Jae-Yeol Kim, Ying Lai, Bong-Kyu Choi, Yoosoo Yang
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110:4087-4092
ISSN: 1091-6490
0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1218424110
Popis: Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies are featured with the formation of Lewy bodies composed mostly of α-synuclein (α-Syn) in the brain. Although evidence indicates that the large oligomeric or protofibril forms of α-Syn are neurotoxic agents, the detailed mechanisms of the toxic functions of the oligomers remain unclear. Here, we show that large α-Syn oligomers efficiently inhibit neuronal SNARE-mediated vesicle lipid mixing. Large α-Syn oligomers preferentially bind to the N-terminal domain of a vesicular SNARE protein, synaptobrevin-2, which blocks SNARE-mediated lipid mixing by preventing SNARE complex formation. In sharp contrast, the α-Syn monomer has a negligible effect on lipid mixing even with a 30-fold excess compared with the case of large α-Syn oligomers. Thus, the results suggest that large α-Syn oligomers function as inhibitors of dopamine release, which thus provides a clue, at the molecular level, to their neurotoxicity.
Databáze: OpenAIRE