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ArticleJournal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry2019

Blocking the FKBP12 induced dendrimeric burst in aberrant aggregation of α-synuclein by using the ElteN378 synthetic inhibitor.

Gabriella Caminati, Maria Raffaella Martina, Stefano Menichetti, Piero Procacci

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Article in Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gabriella CaminatiDepartment of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence , Sesto Fiorentino , Italy.
Maria Raffaella MartinaDepartment of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence , Sesto Fiorentino , Italy.
Stefano MenichettiCenter for Colloid and Surface Science (CSGI), University of Florence , Sesto Fiorentino , Italy.
Piero ProcacciCenter for Colloid and Surface Science (CSGI), University of Florence , Sesto Fiorentino , Italy.
Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase · ITUniversity of Florence · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α-Synuclein (α-syn), a disordered cytoplasmatic protein, plays a fundamental role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we have shown, using photophysical measurements, that addition of FKBP12 to α-syn solutions, dramatically accelerates protein aggregation, leading to an explosion of dendritic structures revealed by fluorescence and phase-contrast microscopy. We have further demonstrated that this aberrant α-syn aggregation can be blocked using a recently discovered non-immunosuppressive synthetic inhibitor of FKBP12, ElteN378. The role of FKBP12 and of ElteN378 in the α-syn aggregation mechanism has been elucidated using molecular dynamics simulations based on an effective coarse-grained model. The reported data not only reveal a new potent synthetic drug as a candidate for early stage treatment of α-syn dependent neurodegenerations but also pave the way to a deeper understanding of the mechanism of action of FKBP12 on α-syn oligomeric aggregation, a topic which is still controversial.

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alpha-SynucleinDendrimersKineticsMolecular Dynamics SimulationPiperidinesProtein AggregatesProtein BindingProtein ConformationSignal TransductionTacrolimus Binding Protein 1A1-(2-oxo-2-phenylacetyl)-N-(3-phenylpropyl)piperidine-2-carboxamidealpha-SynucleinDendrimersPiperidinesProtein AggregatesTacrolimus Binding Protein 1Aamyloid aggregationFKBP12 inhibitorParkinson’s diseasePD drugα-synuclein

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