Alpha-Synuclein-Specific Naturally Occurring Antibodies Inhibit Aggregation In Vitro and In Vivo

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Beitragende

  • Anne K Braczynski - , Universitätsklinikum Aachen (Autor:in)
  • Marc Sevenich - , Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-7: Structural Biochemistry) (Autor:in)
  • Ian Gering - , Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-7: Structural Biochemistry) (Autor:in)
  • Tatsiana Kupreichyk - , Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (Autor:in)
  • Emil D Agerschou - , Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (Autor:in)
  • Yannick Kronimus - , Universitätsklinikum Essen (Autor:in)
  • Pardes Habib - , Universitätsklinikum Aachen (Autor:in)
  • Matthias Stoldt - , Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (Autor:in)
  • Dieter Willbold - , Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (Autor:in)
  • Jörg B Schulz - , Universitätsklinikum Aachen (Autor:in)
  • Jan-Philipp Bach - , Universitätsklinikum Aachen (Autor:in)
  • Björn H Falkenburger - , Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Universitäts GefäßCentrum (Autor:in)
  • Wolfgang Hoyer - , Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (Autor:in)

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with motor and non-motor symptoms and characterized by aggregates of alpha-synuclein (αSyn). Naturally occurring antibodies (nAbs) are part of the innate immune system, produced without prior contact to their specific antigen, and polyreactive. The abundance of nAbs against αSyn is altered in patients with PD. In this work, we biophysically characterized nAbs against αSyn (nAbs-αSyn) and determined their biological effects. nAbs-αSyn were isolated from commercial intravenous immunoglobulins using column affinity purification. Biophysical properties were characterized using a battery of established in vitro assays. Biological effects were characterized in HEK293T cells transiently transfected with fluorescently tagged αSyn. Specific binding of nAbs-αSyn to monomeric αSyn was demonstrated by Dot blot, ELISA, and Surface Plasmon Resonance. nAbs-αSyn did not affect viability of HEK293T cells as reported by Cell Titer Blue and LDH Assays. nAbs-αSyn inhibited fibrillation of αSyn reported by the Thioflavin T aggregation assay. Altered fibril formation was confirmed with atomic force microscopy. In cells transfected with EGFP-tagged αSyn we observed reduced formation of aggresomes, perinuclear accumulations of αSyn aggregates. The results demonstrate that serum of healthy individuals contains nAbs that specifically bind αSyn and inhibit aggregation of αSyn in vitro. The addition of nAbs-αSyn to cultured cells affects intracellular αSyn aggregates. These findings help understanding the role of the innate immune systems for the pathogenesis of PD and suggest that systemic αSyn binding agents could potentially affect neuronal αSyn pathology.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
FachzeitschriftBiomolecules
Jahrgang12
Ausgabenummer3
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 18 März 2022
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMedCentral PMC8946620
Scopus 85126723898
ORCID /0000-0002-2387-526X/work/150328952

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Neurons/metabolism, Parkinson Disease/metabolism, alpha-Synuclein/metabolism