Sentences with phrase «synuclein prevents»
Adding a tag called ubiquitin to the alpha synuclein prevents it sticking together into clumps (huntingtin does this too).
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Antibody - aided clearance of extracellular α - synuclein prevents cell - to - cell aggregate transmission.
They found that by attaching to a mitochondrial protein called TOM20, alpha - synuclein prevented the mitochondria from functioning optimally, which resulted in the production of less energy and more damaging cellular waste.
Not exact matches
The researchers hypothesize that these chaperone proteins may assist in the proper folding of alpha synuclein, which could prevent it from forming clumps.
With the new technology, the scientists hope to identifying ways to reduce alpha - synuclein production that can possibly prevent Parkinson's or its progression in patients diagnosed with the disease.
«Activation of these cell receptors appear to prevent brain cells from cleaning out the trash — the toxic buildup of proteins, such as alpha - synuclein, tau and amyloid, common in neurodegenerative diseases,» says the study's senior author, neurologist Charbel Moussa, MBBS, PhD, director of Georgetown's Laboratory for Dementia and Parkinsonism, and scientific and clinical research director of the GUMC Translational Neurotherapeutics Program.
Using cell cultures, the research team also found two ways to prevent the toxicity caused by alpha - synuclein: gene therapy that forced the neurons to make more TOM20 protein protected them from the alpha - synuclein; and a protein that was able to prevent alpha - synuclein from sticking to TOM20 prevented alpha - synuclein's harmful effects on mitochondria.
Scientists have been investigating treatments that could prevent alpha - synuclein from becoming malformed, but much of the research is still in its early stages, Liddle said.
«It's conceivable down the road that there could be ways to prevent alpha - synuclein misfolding, if you can make the diagnosis early.»
«Orally administered squalamine prevented the formation of toxic α - synuclein clumps in this complex animal, and rescued the animal from loss of mobility,» Zasloff explains.
«We could literally see that squalamine, given orally to the worms, did not allow alpha - synuclein to cluster, and prevented muscular paralysis inside the worms,» says the study's co-senior author, Michael Zasloff, MD, PhD, professor of surgery and pediatrics at Georgetown University School of Medicine and scientific director of the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute.
The pre-clinical study results show that the synthesized steroid, squalamine, prevents and eliminates alpha - synuclein build - up inside neurons by unsticking the protein from the inner wall of nerve cells, where it clings and clusters into toxic clumps, researchers say.
The pre-clinical study results show that squalamine prevents and eliminates α - synuclein build up inside neurons by unsticking the protein from the inner wall of nerve cells, where it clings and builds up into toxic clumps, researchers say.
«We could literally see that squalamine, given orally to the worms, did not allow α - synuclein to cluster, and prevented muscular paralysis inside the worms,» says the study's co-senior author, Michael Zasloff, MD, PhD, professor of surgery and pediatrics at Georgetown University School of Medicine and scientific director of the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute.
In this study, the researchers demonstrated in a series of in vitro experiments that squalamine, a positively charged molecule with a high affinity for negatively charged membranes, could literally «kick off» α - synuclein from negatively charged membranes, where the protein binds, preventing the formation of the toxic clumps.
«Our findings raise the possibility that an immunotherapy approach could be used to increase the immune system's tolerance for alpha - synuclein, which could help to ameliorate or prevent worsening symptoms in Parkinson's disease patients,» said Dr. Sette.
Parkinsonism also involves dopamine, but nutritional support should focus more on preventing or slowing the clumping of alpha - synuclein.