Suppression of dynamin GTPase decreases -synuclein uptake by neuronal and oligodendroglial cells: A potent therapeutic target for synucleinopathy

Masatoshi Konno, Takafumi Hasegawa, Toru Baba, Emiko Miura, Naoto Sugeno, Akio Kikuchi, Fabienne C. Fiesel, Tsutomu Sasaki, Masashi Aoki, Yasuto Itoyama, Atsushi Takeda

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Abstract

Background: The intracellular deposition of misfolded proteins is a common neuropathological hallmark of most neurodegenerative disorders. Increasing evidence suggests that these pathogenic proteins may spread to neighboring cells and induce the propagation of neurodegeneration. Results: In this study, we have demonstrated that -synuclein (SYN), a major constituent of intracellular inclusions in synucleinopathies, was taken up by neuronal and oligodendroglial cells in both a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Once incorporated, the extracellular SYN was immediately assembled into high-molecular-weight oligomers and subsequently formed cytoplasmic inclusion bodies. Furthermore, SYN uptake by neurons and cells of the oligodendroglial lineage was markedly decreased by the genetic suppression and pharmacological inhibition of the dynamin GTPases, suggesting the involvement of the endocytic pathway in this process. Conclusions: Our findings shed light on the mode of SYN uptake by neuronal and oligodendroglial cells and identify therapeutic strategies aimed at reducing the propagation of protein misfolding.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number38
JournalMolecular neurodegeneration
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

Keywords

  • -synuclein
  • Dynamin
  • Endocytosis
  • Inclusions
  • Multiple system atrophy
  • Neuron
  • Oligodendroglia
  • Parkinsons disease
  • Sertraline
  • Transmission

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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