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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 636, Issue -, Pages 83-89Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.11.008
Keywords
Serine protease; Parkinson's disease; Synucleinopathies; Alpha-synuclein aggregation; Enzyme inhibition
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- Academy of Finland [267788, 2737991]
- University of Helsinki
- Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation
- Sigrid Juselius Foundation
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [267788, 267788] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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Lewy bodies, the histopathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease (PD), contain insoluble and aggregated alpha-synuclein (aSyn) and many other proteins, proposing a role for failure in protein degradation system in the PD pathogenesis. Proteasomal dysfunction has indeed been linked to PD and aSyn oligomers have been shown to inhibit proteasomes and autophagy. Our recent studies have shown that inhibitors of prolyl oligopeptidase (PREP) can prevent the aggregation and enhance the clearance of accumulated aSyn, and therefore, we wanted to study if PREP inhibition can overcome the aSyn aggregation and toxicity induced by lactacystin, a proteasomal inhibitor. The cells overexpressing human A30P or A53T mutated aSyn were incubated with lactacystin and a PREP inhibitor, KYP-2047, for 48 h. Theafter, the cells were fractioned, and the effects of lactacystin with/without 1 mu M KYP-2047 on aSyn aggregation and ubiquitin accumulation, cell viability and on autophagic markers (p62, Beclin1 and LC3BII) were studied. We found that KYP-2047 attenuated lactacystin-induced cell death in mutant aSyn overexpressing cells but not in non-overexpressing control cells. KYP-2047 reduced significantly SDS-insoluble high-molecular-weight aSyn oligomers that were in line with the cell viability results. In addition, significant reduction in protein accumulation marker, p62, was seen in SDS fraction while LC3BII, a marker for autophagosome formation, was increased, indicating to enhanced autophagy. Our results further streghten the possibilities for PREP inhibitors as a potential drug therapy against synucleinopathies and other protein aggregating diseases. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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