期刊
JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
卷 129, 期 9, 页码 1792-1801出版社
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.180737
关键词
alpha-Synuclein; Ca2+ signalling; Parkinson's disease; Neuronal death
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资金
- Wellcome Trust
- Medical Research Council (MRC) Parkinson's Disease Consortium grant
- University of Sheffield
- MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit at the University of Dundee [WT089698]
- Leverhulme Trust
- Department of Health's National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre's funding streams
- Wellcome Trust [100172/Z/12/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
- MRC [MC_G1000735] Funding Source: UKRI
- Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) [AMS-SGCL5-Gandhi] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [MC_G1000735] Funding Source: researchfish
- Parkinson's UK [H-1006] Funding Source: researchfish
- Wellcome Trust [100172/Z/12/Z] Funding Source: researchfish
Aggregation of alpha-synuclein leads to the formation of oligomeric intermediates that can interact with membranes to form pores. However, it is unknown how this leads to cell toxicity in Parkinson's disease. We investigated the species-specific effects of alpha-synuclein on Ca2+ signalling in primary neurons and astrocytes using live neuronal imaging and electrophysiology on artificial membranes. We demonstrate that alpha-synuclein induces an increase in basal intracellular Ca2+ in its unfolded monomeric state as well as in its oligomeric state. Electrophysiology of artificial membranes demonstrated that alpha-synuclein monomers induce irregular ionic currents, whereas alpha-synuclein oligomers induce rare discrete channel formation events. Despite the ability of monomeric alpha-synuclein to affect Ca2+ signalling, it is only the oligomeric form of alpha-synuclein that induces cell death. Oligomer-induced cell death was abolished by the exclusion of extracellular Ca2+, which prevented the alpha-synuclein-induced Ca2+ dysregulation. The findings of this study confirm that alpha-synuclein interacts with membranes to affect Ca2+ signalling in a structure-specific manner and the oligomeric beta-sheet-rich alpha-synuclein species ultimately leads to Ca2+ dysregulation and Ca2+-dependent cell death.
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