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Published in: Translational Neurodegeneration 1/2019

Open Access 01-12-2019 | Parkinson's Disease | Research

Efficient RT-QuIC seeding activity for α-synuclein in olfactory mucosa samples of patients with Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy

Authors: Chiara Maria Giulia De Luca, Antonio Emanuele Elia, Sara Maria Portaleone, Federico Angelo Cazzaniga, Martina Rossi, Edoardo Bistaffa, Elena De Cecco, Joanna Narkiewicz, Giulia Salzano, Olga Carletta, Luigi Romito, Grazia Devigili, Paola Soliveri, Pietro Tiraboschi, Giuseppe Legname, Fabrizio Tagliavini, Roberto Eleopra, Giorgio Giaccone, Fabio Moda

Published in: Translational Neurodegeneration | Issue 1/2019

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Abstract

Background

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder whose diagnosis is often challenging because symptoms may overlap with neurodegenerative parkinsonisms. PD is characterized by intraneuronal accumulation of abnormal α-synuclein in brainstem while neurodegenerative parkinsonisms might be associated with accumulation of either α-synuclein, as in the case of Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) or tau, as in the case of Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD) and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), in other disease-specific brain regions. Definite diagnosis of all these diseases can be formulated only neuropathologically by detection and localization of α-synuclein or tau aggregates in the brain. Compelling evidence suggests that trace-amount of these proteins can appear in peripheral tissues, including receptor neurons of the olfactory mucosa (OM).

Methods

We have set and standardized the experimental conditions to extend the ultrasensitive Real Time Quaking Induced Conversion (RT-QuIC) assay for OM analysis. In particular, by using human recombinant α-synuclein as substrate of reaction, we have assessed the ability of OM collected from patients with clinical diagnoses of PD and MSA to induce α-synuclein aggregation, and compared their seeding ability to that of OM samples collected from patients with clinical diagnoses of CBD and PSP.

Results

Our results showed that a significant percentage of MSA and PD samples induced α-synuclein aggregation with high efficiency, but also few samples of patients with the clinical diagnosis of CBD and PSP caused the same effect. Notably, the final RT-QuIC aggregates obtained from MSA and PD samples owned peculiar biochemical and morphological features potentially enabling their discrimination.

Conclusions

Our study provide the proof-of-concept that olfactory mucosa samples collected from patients with PD and MSA possess important seeding activities for α-synuclein. Additional studies are required for (i) estimating sensitivity and specificity of the technique and for (ii) evaluating its application for the diagnosis of PD and neurodegenerative parkinsonisms. RT-QuIC analyses of OM and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can be combined with the aim of increasing the overall diagnostic accuracy of these diseases, especially in the early stages.
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Metadata
Title
Efficient RT-QuIC seeding activity for α-synuclein in olfactory mucosa samples of patients with Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy
Authors
Chiara Maria Giulia De Luca
Antonio Emanuele Elia
Sara Maria Portaleone
Federico Angelo Cazzaniga
Martina Rossi
Edoardo Bistaffa
Elena De Cecco
Joanna Narkiewicz
Giulia Salzano
Olga Carletta
Luigi Romito
Grazia Devigili
Paola Soliveri
Pietro Tiraboschi
Giuseppe Legname
Fabrizio Tagliavini
Roberto Eleopra
Giorgio Giaccone
Fabio Moda
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Translational Neurodegeneration / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 2047-9158
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40035-019-0164-x

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