Abstract
Significance Certain oligomeric species generated during the self-assembly of specific proteins into ordered fibrillar aggregates are likely to be key players in the initiation and spreading of neurodegenerative diseases. We have purified stable toxic oligomeric species of α-synuclein and defined and minimized their degree of heterogeneity, which has allowed us to identify distinct subgroups of oligomers and determine their structural properties and three-dimensional molecular architectures. All the oligomeric subgroups possess approximately cylindrical architectures with marked similarities to amyloid fibrils, suggesting that these types of oligomers are kinetically trapped during protein self-assembly. The relative stabilities and inherent pathological roles of different amyloid oligomers are likely to result from the multiplicity of pathways of the misfolding process and the remarkably slow rates of structural conversions.
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Chen, S. W., Drakulic, S., Deas, E., Ouberai, M., Aprile, F. A., Arranz, R., Ness, S., Roodveldt, C., Guilliams, T., De-Genst, E. J., Klenerman, D., Wood, N. W., Knowles, T. P. J., Alfonso, C., Rivas, G., Abramov, A. Y., Valpuesta, J. M., Dobson, C. M., & Cremades, N. (2015). Structural characterization of toxic oligomers that are kinetically trapped during α-synuclein fibril formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(16).
Authors
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- Serene W. Chen (first)
- Srdja Drakulic (additional)
- Emma Deas (additional)
- Myriam Ouberai (additional)
- Francesco A. Aprile (additional)
- Rocío Arranz (additional)
- Samuel Ness (additional)
- Cintia Roodveldt (additional)
- Tim Guilliams (additional)
- Erwin J. De-Genst (additional)
- David Klenerman (additional)
- Nicholas W. Wood (additional)
- Tuomas P.J. Knowles (additional)
- Carlos Alfonso (additional)
- Germán Rivas (additional)
- Andrey Y. Abramov (additional)
- José María Valpuesta (additional)
- Christopher M. Dobson (additional)
- Nunilo Cremades (additional)
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Created | 10 years, 4 months ago (April 8, 2015, 11:18 p.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 12:16 a.m.) |
Indexed | 4 minutes ago (Aug. 26, 2025, 2:40 a.m.) |
Issued | 10 years, 4 months ago (April 8, 2015) |
Published | 10 years, 4 months ago (April 8, 2015) |
Published Online | 10 years, 4 months ago (April 8, 2015) |
Published Print | 10 years, 4 months ago (April 21, 2015) |
@article{Chen_2015, title={Structural characterization of toxic oligomers that are kinetically trapped during α-synuclein fibril formation}, volume={112}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421204112}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.1421204112}, number={16}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Chen, Serene W. and Drakulic, Srdja and Deas, Emma and Ouberai, Myriam and Aprile, Francesco A. and Arranz, Rocío and Ness, Samuel and Roodveldt, Cintia and Guilliams, Tim and De-Genst, Erwin J. and Klenerman, David and Wood, Nicholas W. and Knowles, Tuomas P.J. and Alfonso, Carlos and Rivas, Germán and Abramov, Andrey Y. and Valpuesta, José María and Dobson, Christopher M. and Cremades, Nunilo}, year={2015}, month=apr }