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Kinetic Stabilization of the -Synuclein Protofibril by a Dopamine--Synuclein Adduct
Kelly A. Conway,*Jean-Christophe Rochet,*Robert M. Bieganski,Peter T. Lansbury Jr.
The substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease (PD) is depleted of
dopaminergic neurons and contains fibrillar Lewy bodies comprisingprimarily -synuclein. We screened a library to identify drug-likemolecules to probe the relation between neurodegeneration and-synuclein fibrilization. All but one of 15 fibril inhibitorswere
catecholamines related to dopamine. The inhibitory activityof dopamine
depended on its oxidative ligation to -synucleinand was selective
for the protofibril-to-fibril conversion, causingaccumulation of the
-synuclein protofibril. Adduct formationprovides an explanation for
the dopaminergic selectivity of -synuclein-associatedneurotoxicity
in PD and has implications for current and futurePD therapeutic and
diagnostic strategies.
Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, 65 Landsdowne Street,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*
These authors contributed equally to this work.
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
plansbury{at}rics.bwh.harvard.edu
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