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Title: | AMPA‐receptor‐mediated excitatory synaptic transmission is enhanced by iron‐induced α‐synuclein oligomers |
Authors: | Hüls, Sandra Högen, Tobias Vassallo, Neville Danzer, Karin M. Hengerer, Bastian Giese, Armin Herms, Jochen |
Keywords: | Receptors, AMPA Alpha-synuclein Neural transmission Parkinson's disease |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher: | Wiley Online Library |
Citation: | Hüls, S., Högen, T., Vassallo, N., Danzer, K. M., Hengerer, B., Giese, A., & Herms, J. (2011). AMPA‐receptor‐mediated excitatory synaptic transmission is enhanced by iron‐induced α‐synuclein oligomers. Journal of Neurochemistry, 117(5), 868-878. |
Abstract: | Aggregated α-synuclein (α-syn) is a characteristic pathological finding in Parkinson's disease and related disorders, such as dementia with Lewy bodies. Recent evidence suggests that α-syn oligomers represent the principal neurotoxic species; however, the pathophysiological mechanisms are still not well understood. Here, we studied the neurophysiological effects of various biophysically-characterized preparations of α-syn aggregates on excitatory synaptic transmission in autaptic neuronal cultures. Nanomolar concentrations of large α-syn oligomers, generated by incubation with organic solvent and Fe 3+ ions, were found to selectivity enhance evoked α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA)-receptor, but not NMDA-receptor, mediated synaptic transmission within minutes. Moreover, the analysis of spontaneous AMPA-receptor-mediated miniature synaptic currents revealed an augmented frequency. These results collectively indicate that large α-syn oligomers alter both pre- and post-synaptic mechanisms of AMPA-receptor-mediated synaptic transmission. The augmented excitatory synaptic transmission may directly contribute to nerve cell death in synucleinopathies. Indeed, already low micromolar glutamate concentrations were found to be toxic in primary cultured neurons incubated with large α-syn oligomers. In conclusion, large α-syn oligomers enhance both pre- and post-synaptic AMPA-receptor-mediated synaptic transmission, thereby aggravating intracellular calcium dyshomeostasis and contributing to excitotoxic nerve cell death in synucleinopathies. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45512 |
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