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ArticleChemical science2026

Thermodynamic stability modulates chaperone-mediated disaggregation of α-synuclein fibrils.

Celia Fricke, Antonin Kunka, Rasmus K Norrild, Shuangyan Wang, Thi Lieu Dang, Jonas Folke, Mohammad Shahnawaz, Claudio Soto, Susana Aznar, Anne S Wentink and 2 more

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Article in Chemical science, 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Differential proteostasis imbalance and the molecular basis of distinct synucleinopathies and tauopathies.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026
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  3. α-Synuclein Forms Distinct Micelle-Like Assemblies at Low Ionic Strengths.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Competing chaperone pathways in α-synuclein disaggregation and aggregation dynamics.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Celia FrickeDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark Søltofts Plads, Building 227 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark alebu@dtu.dk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2039-6732
Antonin KunkaDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark Søltofts Plads, Building 227 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark alebu@dtu.dk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1170-165X
Rasmus K NorrildDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark Søltofts Plads, Building 227 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark alebu@dtu.dk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9120-2745
Shuangyan WangDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark Søltofts Plads, Building 227 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark alebu@dtu.dk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5026-7964
Thi Lieu DangCenter for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance Heidelberg Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4846-0715
Jonas FolkeCentre for Neuroscience and Stereology, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital Nielsine Nielsens Vej 6B, Entrance 11B Copenhagen DK-2400 Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0940-3098
Mohammad ShahnawazMitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston Houston TX USA.
Claudio SotoMitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston Houston TX USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-0524
Susana AznarCentre for Neuroscience and Stereology, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital Nielsine Nielsens Vej 6B, Entrance 11B Copenhagen DK-2400 Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7940-6246
Anne S WentinkLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University Einsteinweg 55 2333 CC Leiden Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-2427
Bernd BukauCenter for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance Heidelberg Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0521-7199
Alexander K BuellDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark Søltofts Plads, Building 227 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark alebu@dtu.dk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1161-3622

Funding

Production and Distribution of well-characterized polymorphic variants of alpha-synuclein aggregatesU24AG079685 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CLAUDIO SOTO · 2022 to 2026
$3.8M
Differentiation and characterization of conformational alpha-synuclein strains associated with Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathiesR01NS119689 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Sandra Pritzkow, Mohammad Shahnawaz · 2021 to 2026
$2.6M
NIA NIH HHS U24 AG079685NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS119689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aggregation of the intrinsically disordered protein alpha-synuclein into amyloid fibrils and their subsequent intracellular accumulation are hallmark features of several neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease, for which no curative treatments currently exist. In this study, we investigate the relationship between fibril morphology, thermodynamic stability, and susceptibility to disaggregation by the human chaperone system comprising HSP70, DNAJB1, and Apg2. By varying assembly conditions and incubation times, we generated alpha-synuclein fibrils with diverse morphological and biochemical properties, including a broad range of thermodynamic stabilities, which we quantified using a chemical depolymerization assay. The chaperone system effectively disaggregated three of the four fibril types, with efficiencies that correlated with their thermodynamic stabilities. One fibril type resisted disaggregation despite exhibiting a comparable stability to those that were disaggregated, suggesting that additional structural features influence chaperone susceptibility. Our findings establish a quantitative link between fibril stability and chaperone-mediated disaggregation for three

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PMCPMC12622358

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