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ArticleBiomolecules2023

Age-Related Changes of the Synucleins Profile in the Mouse Retina.

Sarah Batista Dias, Luísa de Lemos, Luís Sousa, Diogo B Bitoque, Gabriela Araújo Silva, Miguel C Seabra, Sandra Tenreiro

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Article in Biomolecules, 2023. 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, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sarah Batista DiasiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS|FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.
Luísa de LemosiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS|FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.
Luís SousaiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS|FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3235-6792
Diogo B BitoqueiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS|FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6536-6578
Gabriela Araújo SilvaiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS|FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5946-1918
Miguel C SeabraiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS|FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6404-4892
Sandra TenreiroiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS|FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7272-5842
Universidade Nova de Lisboa · PTUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia iNOVA4Health - UIDB/04462/2020 and UIDP/04462/2020Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022170Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia LS4FUTURE (LA/P/0087/2020)Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia PTDC/MED-PAT/29656/2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpha-synuclein (aSyn) plays a central role in Parkinson's disease (PD) and has been extensively studied in the brain. This protein is part of the synuclein family, which is also composed of beta-synuclein (bSyn) and gamma-synuclein (gSyn). In addition to its neurotoxic role, synucleins have important functions in the nervous system, modulating synaptic transmission. Synucleins are expressed in the retina, but they have been poorly characterized. However, there is evidence that they are important for visual function and that they can play a role in retinal degeneration. This study aimed to profile synucleins in the retina of naturally aged mice and to correlate their patterns with specific retinal cells. With aging, we observed a decrease in the thickness of specific retinal layers, accompanied by an increase in glial reactivity. Moreover, the aSyn levels decreased, whereas bSyn increased with aging. The colocalization of both proteins was decreased in the inner plexiform layer (IPL) of the aged retina. gSyn presented an age-related decrease at the inner nuclear layer but was not significantly changed in the ganglion cell layer. The synaptic marker synaptophysin was shown to be preferentially colocalized with aSyn in the IPL with aging. At the same time, aSyn was found to exist at the presynaptic endings of bipolar cells and was affected by aging. Overall, this study suggests that physiological aging can be responsible for changes in the retinal tissue, implicating functional alterations that could affect synuclein family function.

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alpha-SynucleinParkinson DiseaseAnimalsMiceNeuronsRetinaSynaptic Transmissionalpha-Synucleinagingdegenerationretinasynuclein

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PMID36671565
PMCPMC9855780
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