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Induction of α-synuclein aggregate formation by CSF exosomes from patients with Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

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Stuendl, Anne, Kunadt, Marcel, Kruse, Niels, Bartels, Claudia, Moebius, Wiebke, Danzer, Karin M., Mollenhauer, Brit, Schneider, Anja·2016·Brain

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Extracellular α-synuclein has been proposed as a crucial mechanism for induction of pathological aggregate formation in previously healthy cells. In vitro, extracellular α-synuclein is partially associated with exosomal vesicles. Recently, we have provided evidence that exosomal α-synuclein is present in the central nervous system in vivo. We hypothesized that exosomal α-synuclein species from patients with α-synuclein related neurodegeneration serve as carriers for interneuronal disease transmission. We isolated exosomes from cerebrospinal fluid from patients with Parkinson’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, progressive supranuclear palsy as a non-α-synuclein related disorder that clinically overlaps with Parkinson’s disease, and neurological controls. Cerebrospinal fluid exosome numbers, α-synuclein protein content of cerebrospinal fluid exosomes and their potential to induce oligomerization of α-synuclein were analysed. The quantification of cerebrospinal fluid exosomal α-synuclein showed distinct differences between patients with Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. In addition, exosomal α-synuclein levels correlated with the severity of cognitive impairment in cross-sectional samples from patients with dementia with Lewy bodies. Importantly, cerebrospinal fluid exosomes derived from Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies induce oligomerization of α-synuclein in a reporter cell line in a dose-dependent manner. Our data suggest that cerebrospinal fluid exosomes from patients with Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies contain a pathogenic species of α-synuclein, which could initiate oligomerization of soluble α-synuclein in target cells and confer disease pathology. Stuendl et al. show that CSF exosomes of patients with Parkinson’s disease or dementia with Lewy bodies contain α-synuclein and induce α-synuclein aggregation in a reporter cell line. Thus, exosomes may support inter-neuronal transmission of α-synuclein pathology. CSF exosomal α-synuclein may serve as a biomarker in α-synuclein-related neurodegeneration.

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Stuendl, A., Kunadt, M., Kruse, N., Bartels, C., Moebius, W., Danzer, K. M., Mollenhauer, B., & Schneider, A.
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  • Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
  • Universität Ulm (DE)
  • German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
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Schneider, Anja
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Published
2015-12-08
Volume
139
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2
Pages
481-494
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  • 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2156
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Keywords
alpha-synuclein, exosomes, cerebrospinal fluid, Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, progressive supranuclear palsy, protein aggregation, oligomerization, biomarkers, cognitive impairment
MeSH terms
Cerebrospinal Fluid, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Parkinson Disease, Cohort Studies, Lewy Body Disease, alpha-Synuclein, Exosomes, Protein Aggregates

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