α-Synuclein and huntingtin exon 1 amyloid fibrils bind laterally to the cellular membrane.

ABSTRACT: Fibrillar aggregates involved in neurodegenerative diseases have the ability to spread from one cell to another in a prion-like manner. The underlying molecular mechanisms, in particular the binding mode of the fibrils to cell membranes, are poorly understood. In this work we decipher the modality by which aggregates bind to the cellular membrane, one of the obligatory steps of the propagation cycle. By characterizing the binding properties of aggregates made of α-synuclein or huntingtin exon 1 protein displaying similar composition and structure but different lengths to mammalian cells we demonstrate that in both cases aggregates bind laterally to the cellular membrane, with aggregates extremities displaying little or no role in membrane binding. Lateral binding to artificial liposomes wa

SUBMITTER: Monsellier E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4725933 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature