Aggregates from mutant and wild-type α-synuclein proteins and NAC peptide induce apoptotic cell death in human neuroblastoma cells by formation of β-sheet and amyloid-like filaments

Omar Ali El-Agnaf, Ross Jakes, Martin D. Curran, Derek Middleton, Raffaele Ingenito, Elisabetta Bianchi, Antonello Pessi, David Neill, Andrew Wallace

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Abstract

α-Synuclein (α-syn) protein and a fragment of it, called NAC, have been found in association with the pathological lesions of a number of neurodegenerative diseases. Recently, mutations in the α-syn gene have been reported in families susceptible to an inherited form of Parkinson's disease. We have shown that human wild-type α-syn, mutant α-syn(Ala30Pro) and mutant α-syn(Ala53Thr) proteins can self-aggregate and form amyloid-like filaments. Here we report that aggregates of NAC and α-syn proteins induced apoptotic cell death in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. These findings indicate that accumulation of α-syn and its degradation products may play a major role in the development of the pathogenesis of these neurodegenerative diseases. Copyright (C) 1998 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-75
Number of pages5
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume440
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Nov 1998
Externally publishedYes

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Synucleins
Cell death
Neuroblastoma
Amyloid
Neurodegenerative diseases
Cell Death
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Peptides
Proteins
Parkinson Disease
Genes
Association reactions
Degradation
Mutation

Keywords

  • α-Synuclein
  • Amyloid
  • Lewy body
  • Neurodegenerative disease
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Toxicity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Molecular Biology

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Aggregates from mutant and wild-type α-synuclein proteins and NAC peptide induce apoptotic cell death in human neuroblastoma cells by formation of β-sheet and amyloid-like filaments. / Ali El-Agnaf, Omar; Jakes, Ross; Curran, Martin D.; Middleton, Derek; Ingenito, Raffaele; Bianchi, Elisabetta; Pessi, Antonello; Neill, David; Wallace, Andrew.

In: FEBS Letters, Vol. 440, No. 1-2, 27.11.1998, p. 71-75.

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Ali El-Agnaf, O, Jakes, R, Curran, MD, Middleton, D, Ingenito, R, Bianchi, E, Pessi, A, Neill, D & Wallace, A 1998, 'Aggregates from mutant and wild-type α-synuclein proteins and NAC peptide induce apoptotic cell death in human neuroblastoma cells by formation of β-sheet and amyloid-like filaments', FEBS Letters, vol. 440, no. 1-2, pp. 71-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(98)01418-5
Ali El-Agnaf O, Jakes R, Curran MD, Middleton D, Ingenito R, Bianchi E et al. Aggregates from mutant and wild-type α-synuclein proteins and NAC peptide induce apoptotic cell death in human neuroblastoma cells by formation of β-sheet and amyloid-like filaments. FEBS Letters. 1998 Nov 27;440(1-2):71-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(98)01418-5
Ali El-Agnaf, Omar ; Jakes, Ross ; Curran, Martin D. ; Middleton, Derek ; Ingenito, Raffaele ; Bianchi, Elisabetta ; Pessi, Antonello ; Neill, David ; Wallace, Andrew. / Aggregates from mutant and wild-type α-synuclein proteins and NAC peptide induce apoptotic cell death in human neuroblastoma cells by formation of β-sheet and amyloid-like filaments. In: FEBS Letters. 1998 ; Vol. 440, No. 1-2. pp. 71-75.
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