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ArticleNeurotoxicity research2019

Novel Alpha-Synuclein Oligomers Formed with the Aminochrome-Glutathione Conjugate Are Not Neurotoxic.

Sandro Huenchuguala, Birgitta Sjödin, Bengt Mannervik, Juan Segura-Aguilar

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Article in Neurotoxicity research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sandro HuenchugualaMolecular and Clinical Pharmacology, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia, 1027, Santiago-7, Chile.
Birgitta SjödinDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden.
Bengt MannervikDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden.
Juan Segura-AguilarMolecular and Clinical Pharmacology, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia, 1027, Santiago-7, Chile. jsegura@med.uchile.cl.
Stockholm University · SEUniversity of Chile · CL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aminochrome induces neurotoxic alpha-synuclein oligomer formation relevant to the etiology of Parkinson's disease. Oxidative stress produces aminochrome from dopamine, but conjugation with glutathione catalyzed by glutathione transferase M2-2 significantly decreases aminochrome-induced toxicity and alpha-synuclein oligomer formation. Notably, in the presence of the aminochrome-glutathione conjugate, previously unknown species of alpha-synuclein oligomers are formed. These aminochrome-glutathione oligomers of alpha-synuclein differ from formerly characterized oligomers and (i) have high molecular weight, and are stable and SDS-resistant, as determined by the Western blot method, (ii) show positive NBT-quinone-protein staining, which indicates the formation of alpha-synuclein adducts containing aminochrome. Furthermore, aminochrome-glutathione alpha-synuclein oligomers (iii) have distinctive shape and size, as determined by transmission electron microscopy, and (iv) are not toxic in U373MG cells. In conclusion, glutathione conjugated with aminochrome induces a new type of alpha-synuclein oligomers of a different size and shape, which have no demonstrable toxicity.

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alpha-SynucleinCell DeathCell Line, TumorGlutathioneGlutathione TransferaseHumansIndolequinonesOxidative Stressalpha-Synucleinaminochrome 1Glutathioneglutathione S-transferase Mu 2Glutathione TransferaseIndolequinonesAlpha-synucleinAminochromeDopamineGlutathioneGlutathione transferaseOligomersParkinson’s disease

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