The docking of synaptic vesicles on the presynaptic membrane induced by α-synuclein is modulated by lipid composition

α-Synuclein is a presynaptic protein whose aberrant aggregation is associated with Parkinson’s disease. Here, the authors show how αSynuclein-induced docking of synaptic vesicles is modulated by the lipid composition changes typically observed in neurodegeneration using an in vitro system.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wing K. Man, Bogachan Tahirbegi, Michail D. Vrettas, Swapan Preet, Liming Ying, Michele Vendruscolo, Alfonso De Simone, Giuliana Fusco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21027-4