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Cell-produced alpha-synuclein oligomers are targeted to, and impair, the 26S proteasome.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jun 2010
Emmanouilidou Evangelia, Stefanis Leonidas, Vekrellis Kostas
Abstract excerpt
Proteasomal dysfunction may play a role in neurodegenerative conditions and protein aggregation. Overexpression in neuronal cells of alpha-synuclein, a molecule linked to Parkinson's Disease, may lead to proteasomal dysfunction. Using PC12 cells stably expressing wild-type or mutant alpha-synuclein and gel filtration, we demonstrate that soluble, intermediate size oligomers of alpha-synuclein co-elute with the...
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