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ArticleMolecular neurobiology2016

Pseudocatalytic Antiaggregation Activity of Antibodies: Immunoglobulins can Influence α-Synuclein Aggregation at Substoichiometric Concentrations.

Leonid Breydo, Dave Morgan, Vladimir N Uversky

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Article in Molecular neurobiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leonid BreydoDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Dave MorganByrd Alzheimer Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Vladimir N UverskyDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA. vuversky@health.usf.edu.
USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute · US

Funding

NINDS NIH HHS NS76308
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein aggregation is involved in a variety of diseases. Alteration of the aggregation pathway, either to produce less toxic structures or to increase aggregate clearance, is a promising therapeutic route. Both active and passive immunization has been used for this purpose. However, the mechanism of action of antibodies on protein aggregates is not completely clear especially given poor ability of antibodies to cross blood-brain barrier. Here, we have shown that antibodies can interfere with protein aggregation at substoichiometric concentrations (as low as 1:1000 antibody to protein ratio). This is an indication that antibodies interact with aggregation intermediates in chaperone-like manner altering the aggregation pathways at very low antibody levels. This observation supports earlier suggestions that antibodies can inhibit aggregation by interaction with low abundance aggregation intermediates.

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Protein Aggregatesalpha-SynucleinAntibodiesBenzothiazolesBiocatalysisBiological AssayCircular DichroismFluorescenceKineticsProtein Aggregation, PathologicalThiazolesalpha-SynucleinAntibodiesBenzothiazolesProtein AggregatesThiazolesthioflavin TAntibodiesParkinson’s diseaseProtein aggregationα-Synuclein

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PMID25833100
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