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Dinendra L Abeyawardhane1, Ricardo D Fernández1, Denver R Heitger1
1Department of Chemistry , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , Virginia 23284 , United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|November 14, 2018
Resumen
La alfa-sinucleína unida al cobre (αS) activa el oxígeno, causando la vinculación y potencialmente influyendo en el Parkinson.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La neurociencia
- La bioquímica
- Química de las proteínas
Sus antecedentes:
- La agregación de alfa-sinucleína (αS) es fundamental para la patogénesis de la enfermedad de Parkinson.
- Comprender las modificaciones postraslacionales de αS, como la formación de ditirosina, es crucial para el desarrollo de biomarcadores.
- Los mecanismos precisos que impulsan estas modificaciones permanecen en gran medida sin aclarar.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el papel mecanicista del cobre (Cu) y de los residuos específicos de αS en la reticulación de la ditirosina.
- Para aclarar la función del residuo H50 en el enlace y la agregación de αS.
- Explorar el impacto del cobre y la reticulación en la propensión a la agregación de αS.
Principales métodos:
- Estudió el αS N-terminalmente acetilado ligado al cobre (NAcαS) y su interacción con el oxígeno (O2).
- Utilizó la mutagenesis dirigida al sitio, sustituyendo H50 por glutamina (Q) para crear H50Q-αS.
- Se analizaron los patrones de enlaces cruzados intermoleculares e intramoleculares y la propensión a la agregación.
Principales resultados:
- La αS-CuI activa la O2, promoviendo el enlace cruzado de ditirosina tanto intermolecular (núcleo fibrilar) como intramolecular (terminal C).
- La mutación H50Q abolió el enlace cruzado intermolecular y el enlace cruzado localizado a la región C-terminal.
- H50Q-αS-CuI exhibió una agregación mejorada en comparación con αS-CuI.
Conclusiones:
- La histidina 50 (H50) juega un papel crítico en la facilitación de la reticulación intermolecular de la ditirosina en la αS.
- La coordinación de histidina de largo alcance es necesaria para estabilizar la transición de CuI a CuII durante la reactividad de CuI/O2.
- El cobre y el enlace cruzado intermolecular pueden modular la fibrilación αS, ofreciendo información sobre los mecanismos de la enfermedad de Parkinson.
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