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ArticleChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2025

Interactions of Neurodegenerative Disease Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Probe Candidates with the C-Terminus of α-Synuclein Fibrils.

Kyle D Shaffer, Ryann M Perez, Marshall G Lougee, Vinayak V Pagar, Hee Jong Kim, Ho Young Kim, Benjamin A Garcia, Robert H Mach, E James Petersson

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Article in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Kyle D ShafferDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Ryann M PerezDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Marshall G LougeeDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Vinayak V PagarDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Hee Jong KimDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Ho Young KimDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Benjamin A GarciaDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Robert H MachDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
E James PeterssonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3854-9210

Funding

Medicinal Chemistry CoreU19NS110456 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ROBERT H MACH · 2019 to 2026
$44.1M
Training in Alzheimer’s and Age-Related Neurodegenerative DiseasesT32AG000255 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ALICE S CHEN-PLOTKIN, VIRGINIA M LEE · 1997 to 2026
$12.5M
Quantitative mass spectrometry for comprehending epigenetic mechanisms in a new underlying neurological developmental disorderR01HD106051 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Benjamin A Garcia · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Predoctoral Training at the Chemistry-Biology InterfaceT32GM133398 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ronen Marmorstein, Ernest James Petersson · 2020 to 2026
$2.4M
Studying Aggregation in Neurodegenerative Disease using Synthetic ProteinsRF1NS103873 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PETERSSON, ERNEST JAMES · 2023 to 2023
$1.8M
Bruker RapifleX MALDI TOF/TOF Mass SpectrometerS10OD030460 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PETERSSON, ERNEST JAMES · 2021 to 2021
$881k
Combining Chemical Biology and Machine Learning to Generate Reproducible Amyloid FibrilsF31AG090063 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PEREZ, RYANN MICHAEL · 2024 to 2024
$45k
Age Related Neurodegenerative Disease Training Grant fellowship NIH T32 AG000255mass spectrometers NIH S10 OD030460NIA NIH HHS F31 AG090063NIA NIH HHS T32 AG000255NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD106051NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM133398NIH HHS R01 HD106051NIH HHS RF1 NS103873NIH HHS S10 OD030460NIH HHS U19 NS110456NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS103873NINDS NIH HHS U19 NS110456NMR NSF CHE 1827457University of Pennsylvania
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibrillar aggregation of α-synuclein (αS) is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD) and related disorders, including multiple system atrophy (MSA) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Herein, the fibril interactions of two candidate positron emission tomography (PET) imaging ligands, M503 and HY-215, being developed for imaging of PD/DLB and MSA, respectively, are investigated. Photo-crosslinking mass spectrometry is used to determine the sites of their binding to in vitro fibrils, and Förster resonance energy transfer with fluorescently labeled proteins is used to analyze conformational changes in the disordered αS C-terminus. Taken together, these studies show that the MSA-selective PET lead, HY-215, interacts with the C-terminus, unlike the PD-selective lead M503. This study indicates that interactions with the often-ignored disordered regions of αS fibrils should be considered in the development of PET probes and other therapeutic small molecules.

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alpha-SynucleinNeurodegenerative DiseasesPositron-Emission TomographyHumansLigandsParkinson Diseasealpha-SynucleinLigandsalpha‐synucleinfluorescencenoncanonical amino acidsParkinson's diseasephoto‐crosslinking

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PMID41078085
PMCPMC12631007

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