caa a22 4500 475845161 CHVBK 20180406123912.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/PL00000671 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/PL00000671 Alpha-synuclein and Parkinson's disease [Elektronische Daten] [C. B. Lücking, A. Brice*] Abstract.: The involvement of α-synuclein in neurodegenerative diseases was first suspected after the isolation of an α-synuclein fragment (NAC) from amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Later, two different α-synuclein mutations were shown to be associated with autosomal-dominant Parkinson's disease (PD), but only in a small number of families. However, the discovery that α-synuclein is a major component of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, the pathological hallmarks of PD, confirmed its role in PD pathogenesis. Pathological aggregation of the protein might be responsible for neurodegeneration. In addition, soluble oligomers of α-synuclein might be even more toxic than the insoluble fibrils found in Lewy bodies. Multiple factors have been shown to accelerate α-synuclein aggregation in vitro. Therapeutic strategies aimed to prevent this aggregation are therefore envisaged. Although little has been learned about its normal function, α-synuclein appears to interact with a variety of proteins and membrane phospholipids, and may therefore participate in a number of signaling pathways. In particular, it may play a role in regulating cell differentiation, synaptic plasticity, cell survival, and dopaminergic neurotransmission. Thus, pathological mechanisms based on disrupted normal function are also possible. Birkhäuser Verlag Basel,, 2000 Key words. Parkinson's disease nationallicence α-synuclein nationallicence genetics nationallicence neurodegeneration nationallicence aggregation nationallicence inclusions nationallicence toxicity nationallicence Lücking C. B. Hôpital de la Salpetrière, INSERM U 289, 47 Bd de l′Hôpital, 75013 Paris (France), Fax +33 1 44243658, e-mail: brice@ccr.jussieu.fr, FR aut Brice* A. Hôpital de la Salpetrière, INSERM U 289, 47 Bd de l′Hôpital, 75013 Paris (France), Fax +33 1 44243658, e-mail: brice@ccr.jussieu.fr, FR aut https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00000671 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00000671 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lücking C. B. Hôpital de la Salpetrière, INSERM U 289, 47 Bd de l′Hôpital, 75013 Paris (France), Fax +33 1 44243658, e-mail: brice@ccr.jussieu.fr, FR aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brice* A. Hôpital de la Salpetrière, INSERM U 289, 47 Bd de l′Hôpital, 75013 Paris (France), Fax +33 1 44243658, e-mail: brice@ccr.jussieu.fr, FR aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer