Abberant alpha-synuclein confers toxicity to neurons in part through inhibition of chaperone-mediated autophagy.

BACKGROUND:The mechanisms through which aberrant alpha-synuclein (ASYN) leads to neuronal death in Parkinson's disease (PD) are uncertain. In isolated liver lysosomes, mutant ASYNs impair Chaperone Mediated Autophagy (CMA), a targeted lysosomal degradation pathway; however, whether this occurs...

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Main Authors: Maria Xilouri, Tereza Vogiatzi, Kostas Vekrellis, David Park, Leonidas Stefanis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2677735?pdf=render