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Woerman AL, Bartz JC. Effect of host and strain factors on α-synuclein prion pathogenesis. Trends Neurosci 2024:S0166-2236(24)00084-5. [PMID: 38806297 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2024.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
Abstract
Prion diseases are a group of neurodegenerative disorders caused by misfolding of proteins into pathogenic conformations that self-template to spread disease. Although this mechanism is largely associated with the prion protein (PrP) in classical prion diseases, a growing literature indicates that other proteins, including α-synuclein, rely on a similar disease mechanism. Notably, α-synuclein misfolds into distinct conformations, or strains, that cause discrete clinical disorders including multiple system atrophy (MSA) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Because the recognized similarities between PrP and α-synuclein are increasing, this review article draws from research on PrP to identify the host and strain factors that impact disease pathogenesis, predominantly in rodent models, and focuses on key considerations for future research on α-synuclein prions.
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- Amanda L Woerman
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA; Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA.
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Paulus A, Yogarasa S, Kansiz M, Martinsson I, Gouras GK, Deierborg T, Engdahl A, Borondics F, Klementieva O. Correlative imaging to resolve molecular structures in individual cells: Substrate validation study for super-resolution infrared microspectroscopy. NANOMEDICINE : NANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOLOGY, AND MEDICINE 2022; 43:102563. [PMID: 35504462 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2022.102563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Light microscopy has been a favorite tool of biological studies for almost a century, recently producing detailed images with exquisite molecular specificity achieving spatial resolution at nanoscale. However, light microscopy is insufficient to provide chemical information as a standalone technique. An increasing amount of evidence demonstrates that optical photothermal infrared microspectroscopy (O-PTIR) is a valuable imaging tool that can extract chemical information to locate molecular structures at submicron resolution. To further investigate the applicability of sub-micron infrared microspectroscopy for biomedical applications, we analyzed the contribution of substrate chemistry to the infrared spectra acquired from individual neurons grown on various imaging substrates. To provide an example of correlative immunofluorescence/O-PTIR imaging, we used immunofluorescence to locate specific organelles for O-PTIR measurement, thus capturing molecular structures at the sub-cellular level directly in cells, which is not possible using traditional infrared microspectroscopy or immunofluorescence microscopy alone.
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- Agnes Paulus
- Medical Microspectroscopy, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Experimental Neuroinflammation Lab, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, 22180 Lund, Sweden.
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- Medical Microspectroscopy, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Photothermal Spectroscopy Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA
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- Experimental Dementia Research, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, 22180 Lund, Sweden
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- Experimental Dementia Research, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, 22180 Lund, Sweden
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- Experimental Neuroinflammation Lab, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, 22180 Lund, Sweden
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- Medical Microspectroscopy, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, BP 48, 91192 Gif Sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- Medical Microspectroscopy, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Lund Institute for Advanced Neutron and X-ray Science (LINXS), 223 70 Lund, Sweden.
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Ami D, Mereghetti P, Natalello A. Contribution of Infrared Spectroscopy to the Understanding of Amyloid Protein Aggregation in Complex Systems. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:822852. [PMID: 35463965 PMCID: PMC9023755 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.822852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a label-free and non-invasive technique that probes the vibrational modes of molecules, thus providing a structure-specific spectrum. The development of infrared spectroscopic approaches that enable the collection of the IR spectrum from a selected sample area, from micro- to nano-scale lateral resolutions, allowed to extend their application to more complex biological systems, such as intact cells and tissues, thus exerting an enormous attraction in biology and medicine. Here, we will present recent works that illustrate in particular the applications of IR spectroscopy to the in situ characterization of the conformational properties of protein aggregates and to the investigation of the other biomolecules surrounding the amyloids. Moreover, we will discuss the potential of IR spectroscopy to the monitoring of cell perturbations induced by protein aggregates. The essential support of multivariate analyses to objectively pull out the significant and non-redundant information from the spectra of highly complex systems will be also outlined.
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- Diletta Ami
- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
- *Correspondence: Diletta Ami, ; Antonino Natalello,
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
- *Correspondence: Diletta Ami, ; Antonino Natalello,
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