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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

"Janus-Faced" α-Synuclein: Role in Parkinson's Disease.

Bipul Ray, Arehally M Mahalakshmi, Sunanda Tuladhar, Abid Bhat, Asha Srinivasan, Christophe Pellegrino, Anbarasu Kannan, Srinivasa Rao Bolla, Saravana Babu Chidambaram, Meena Kishore Sakharkar

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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10 authors.

Bipul RayDepartment of Pharmacology, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, India.
Arehally M MahalakshmiDepartment of Pharmacology, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, India.
Sunanda TuladharDepartment of Pharmacology, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, India.
Abid BhatDepartment of Pharmacology, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, India.
Asha SrinivasanDivision of Nanoscience & Technology, Faculty of Life Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, India.
Christophe PellegrinoInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Institute of Mediterranean Neurobiology, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
Anbarasu KannanDepartment of Protein Chemistry and Technology, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, India.
Srinivasa Rao BollaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan City, Kazakhstan.
Saravana Babu ChidambaramDepartment of Pharmacology, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, India.
Meena Kishore SakharkarCollege of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a pathological condition characterized by the aggregation and the resultant presence of intraneuronal inclusions termed Lewy bodies (LBs) and Lewy neurites which are mainly composed of fibrillar α-synuclein (α-syn) protein. Pathogenic aggregation of α-syn is identified as the major cause of LBs deposition. Several mutations in α-syn showing varied aggregation kinetics in comparison to the wild type (WT) α-syn are reported in PD (A30P, E46K, H 50Q, G51D, A53E, and A53T). Also, the cell-to-cell spread of pathological α-syn plays a significant role in PD development. Interestingly, it has also been suggested that the pathology of PD may begin in the gastrointestinal tract and spread via the vagus nerve (VN) to brain proposing the gut-brain axis of α-syn pathology in PD. Despite multiple efforts, the behavior and functions of this protein in normal and pathological states (specifically in PD) is far from understood. Furthermore, the etiological factors responsible for triggering aggregation of this protein remain elusive. This review is an attempt to collate and present latest information on α-syn in relation to its structure, biochemistry and biophysics of aggregation in PD. Current advances in therapeutic efforts toward clearing the pathogenic α-syn via autophagy/lysosomal flux are also reviewed and reported.

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autophagygut–brain axisneurotoxicityParkinson’s diseaseα-synuclein

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