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ArticlePloS one2010

The HSP70 molecular chaperone is not beneficial in a mouse model of alpha-synucleinopathy.

Derya R Shimshek, Matthias Mueller, Christoph Wiessner, Tatjana Schweizer, P Herman van der Putten

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Article in PloS one, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Opportunities and challenges for molecular chaperone modulation to treat protein-conformational brain diseases.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2013
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  15. Yet another role for SIRT1: reduction of α-synuclein aggregation in stressed neurons.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2012
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  16. α-Synuclein in Parkinson's disease.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2012
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  17. SIRT1 protects against α-synuclein aggregation by activating molecular chaperones.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Derya R ShimshekNeuroscience Research, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland. derya.shimshek@novartis.com
Matthias Mueller
Christoph Wiessner
Tatjana Schweizer
P Herman van der Putten
Novartis (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAggregation and misfolded alpha-synuclein is thought to be central in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Heat-shock proteins (HSPs) that are involved in refolding and degradation processes could lower the aggregate load of alpha-synuclein and thus be beneficial in alpha-synucleinopathies. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsWe co-overexpressed human A53T point-mutated alpha-synuclein and human HSP70 in mice, both under the control of Thy1 regulatory sequences. Behavior read-outs showed no beneficial effect of HSP70 expression in mice. In contrast, motor coordination, grip strength and weight were even worse in the alpha-synucleinopathy model in the presence of HSP70 overexpression. Biochemical analyses revealed no differences in alpha-synuclein oligomers/aggregates, truncations and phosphorylation levels and alpha-synuclein localization was unchanged in immunostainings. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Overexpressing HSP70 in a mouse model of alpha-synucleinopathy did not lower the toxic load of alpha-synuclein species and had no beneficial effect on alpha-synuclein-related motor deficits.

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alpha-SynucleinAnimalsBody WeightDisease Models, AnimalGenetic TherapyHand StrengthHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansMiceMice, TransgenicMotor ActivityParkinson DiseasePoint MutationProtein FoldingProtein MultimerizationTreatment Failurealpha-SynucleinHSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins

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PMID20368804
PMCPMC2848858
OpenAlexW2087006939

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