Molecular pathology of neurodegenerative diseases by cryo-EM of amyloids

SHW Scheres, B Ryskeldi-Falcon, M Goedert - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abnormal assembly of tau, α-synuclein, TDP-43 and amyloid-β proteins into amyloid
filaments defines most human neurodegenerative diseases. Genetics provides a direct link …

Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future

PC Ke, R Zhou, LC Serpell, R Riek… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid diseases are global epidemics with profound health, social and economic
implications and yet remain without a cure. This dire situation calls for research into the …

Pathological structural conversion of α-synuclein at the mitochondria induces neuronal toxicity

ML Choi, A Chappard, BP Singh, C Maclachlan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Aggregation of alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) drives Parkinson's disease (PD), although the initial
stages of self-assembly and structural conversion have not been directly observed inside …

Small soluble α-synuclein aggregates are the toxic species in Parkinson's disease

D Emin, YP Zhang, E Lobanova, A Miller, X Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Soluble α-synuclein aggregates varying in size, structure, and morphology have been
closely linked to neuronal death in Parkinson's disease. However, the heterogeneity of …

α-Synuclein aggregation nucleates through liquid–liquid phase separation

S Ray, N Singh, R Kumar, K Patel, S Pandey, D Datta… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract α-Synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation and amyloid formation is directly linked with
Parkinson's disease pathogenesis. However, the early events involved in this process …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation and neurodegenerative diseases: a disturbance in the force

A Zbinden, M Pérez-Berlanga, P De Rossi… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Protein aggregation is the main hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. Many proteins
found in pathological inclusions are known to undergo liquid-liquid phase separation, a …

Widespread occurrence of the droplet state of proteins in the human proteome

M Hardenberg, A Horvath, V Ambrus… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
A wide range of proteins have been reported to condensate into a dense liquid phase,
forming a reversible droplet state. Failure in the control of the droplet state can lead to the …

The release of toxic oligomers from α-synuclein fibrils induces dysfunction in neuronal cells

R Cascella, SW Chen, A Bigi, JD Camino… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The self-assembly of α-synuclein (αS) into intraneuronal inclusion bodies is a key
characteristic of Parkinson's disease. To define the nature of the species giving rise to …

Structural basis of membrane disruption and cellular toxicity by α-synuclein oligomers

G Fusco, SW Chen, PTF Williamson, R Cascella… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Oligomeric species populated during the aggregation process of α-synuclein have been
linked to neuronal impairment in Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative …

Protein misfolding, amyloid formation, and human disease: a summary of progress over the last decade

F Chiti, CM Dobson - Annual review of biochemistry, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Peptides and proteins have been found to possess an inherent tendency to convert from
their native functional states into intractable amyloid aggregates. This phenomenon is …