An antibody scanning method for the detection of α-synuclein oligomers in the serum of Parkinson's disease patients
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Journal Article
Abstract
Misfolded α-synuclein oligomers are closely implicated in the pathology of Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathies. The elusive nature of these aberrant assemblies makes it challenging to develop quantitative methods to detect them and modify their behavior. Existing detection methods use antibodies to bind α-synuclein aggregates in biofluids, although it remains challenging to raise antibodies against α-synuclein oligomers. To address this problem, we used an antibody scanning approach in which we designed a panel of 9 single-domain epitope-specific antibodies against α-synuclein. We screened these antibodies for their ability to inhibit the aggregation process of α-synuclein, finding that they affected the generation of α-synuclein oligomers to different extents. We then used these antibodies to investigate the size distribution and morphology of soluble α-synuclein aggregates in serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples from Parkinson's disease patients. Our results indicate that the approach that we present offers a promising route for the development of antibodies to characterize soluble α-synuclein aggregates in biofluids.
Date Acceptance
2022-09-16
Citation
Chemical Science, 13 (46), pp.13815-13828
ISSN
2041-6520
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Start Page
13815
End Page
13828
Journal / Book Title
Chemical Science
Volume
13
Issue
46
Copyright Statement
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2sc00066k
Subjects
03 Chemical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2022-09-22