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ArticleChemical science2022

An antibody scanning method for the detection of α-synuclein oligomers in the serum of Parkinson's disease patients.

Klara Kulenkampff, Derya Emin, Roxine Staats, Yu P Zhang, Laila Sakhnini, Antonina Kouli, Oded Rimon, Evgeniia Lobanova, Caroline H Williams-Gray, Francesco A Aprile and 3 more

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Article in Chemical science, 2022. 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, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Klara KulenkampffCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK mv245@cam.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7121-2957
Derya EminYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK dk10012@cam.ac.uk.
Roxine StaatsCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK mv245@cam.ac.uk.
Yu P ZhangYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK dk10012@cam.ac.uk.
Laila SakhniniCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK mv245@cam.ac.uk.
Antonina KouliJohn Van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge UK.
Oded RimonCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK mv245@cam.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5848-2968
Evgeniia LobanovaYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK dk10012@cam.ac.uk.
Caroline H Williams-GrayJohn Van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge UK.
Francesco A AprileCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK mv245@cam.ac.uk.
Pietro SormanniCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK mv245@cam.ac.uk.
David KlenermanYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK dk10012@cam.ac.uk.
Michele VendruscoloCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK mv245@cam.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3616-1610
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

European Research Council 669237Medical Research Council MR/R007446/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Misfolded α-synuclein oligomers are closely implicated in the pathology of Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathies. The elusive nature of these aberrant assemblies makes it challenging to develop quantitative methods to detect them and modify their behavior. Existing detection methods use antibodies to bind α-synuclein aggregates in biofluids, although it remains challenging to raise antibodies against α-synuclein oligomers. To address this problem, we used an antibody scanning approach in which we designed a panel of 9 single-domain epitope-specific antibodies against α-synuclein. We screened these antibodies for their ability to inhibit the aggregation process of α-synuclein, finding that they affected the generation of α-synuclein oligomers to different extents. We then used these antibodies to investigate the size distribution and morphology of soluble α-synuclein aggregates in serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples from Parkinson's disease patients. Our results indicate that the approach that we present offers a promising route for the development of antibodies to characterize soluble α-synuclein aggregates in biofluids.

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