Alpha Synuclein S87N Mutant Pre-formed Fibrils

Human alpha synuclein S87N mutant (HuS87N) has Ser87 mutated to the equivalent mouse residue Asn87, effectively making it a human-mouse chimeric protein. Despite sequence differences at only seven residues, or 5% of the total 140 amino acids, the aggregation rate of wild-type mouse α-syn (MsWT) is faster than wild-type human α-syn (HuWT) in vitro. In wild-type mouse models, MsWT fibrils are more efficient than HuWT fibrils at inducing endogenous mouse α-syn pathology (1). A53T or S87N substitutions in human α-syn substantially accelerate fibrilization rates in vitro (2,3). Chimeric HuS87N fibrils show enhanced induction of α-syn pathology greater than both HuWT and MsWT fibrils in mice neuron cultures (4). Therefore, HuS87N is a good construct for inducing robust endogenous α-syn seeding and pathology in wild-type mice/cultures.

MAPT, 2N4R, Tau40 neurofibrillary tangle protein, paired-helical filament, PHFs, SNCA, NACP, PARK1, asyn, alpha-synuclein, pre-formed fibril, PFFs, mixed fibrils

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