Sarafian, Theodore A. published the artcileEnhanced mitochondrial inhibition by 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-acetaldehyde (DOPAL)-oligomerized α-synuclein, Application of (S)-2-hydroxysuccinic acid, the main research area is forebrain mitochondria oxygen consumption rate membrane potential alpha synuclein; RRID: AB_398107 ; RRID: AB_437779 ; RRID: SCR_003210 ; DOPAL; mitochondrial membrane potential; oxygen consumption rate; small molecule rescue; α-synuclein oligomers.
Oligomeric forms of α-synuclein are believed to cause mitochondrial injury, which may contribute to neurotoxicity in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Here oligomers of α-synuclein were prepared using the dopamine metabolite, DOPAL (3,4-dihydroxyphenylaldehyde), in the presence of guanidinium hydrochloride. Using isolated mouse brain mitochondria, DOPAL-oligomerized α-synuclein (DOS) significantly inhibited oxygen consumption rates compared with untreated, control-fibrillated, and dopamine-fibrillated synuclein, or with monomeric α-synuclein. Mitochondrial membrane potential studies using fluorescent probes, JC-1, and Safranin O, also detected enhanced inhibition by DOS compared with the other aggregated forms of α-synuclein. While diverse in chem. structure and mechanism, each compound has been reported to interact with mitochondrial complex I. The remaining set of chems. also did not disrupt oligomeric banding, attesting to the high structural stability of this α-synuclein proteoform. DOPAL and α-synuclein are both found in dopaminergic neurons, where their levels are elevated in PD and in animal models exposed to chem. toxicants, including agricultural pesticides. The current study provides further evidence of α-synuclein-induced mitochondrial injury and a likely role in PD neuropathol.
Journal of Neuroscience Research published new progress about Forebrain. 97-67-6 belongs to class alcohols-buliding-blocks, name is (S)-2-hydroxysuccinic acid, and the molecular formula is C4H6O5, Application of (S)-2-hydroxysuccinic acid.
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