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Skin α-synuclein deposits differ in clinical variants of synucleinopathy: an in vivo study

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submitted on 2024-05-29, 07:43 and posted on 2024-05-29, 07:44 authored by V. Donadio, A. Incensi, O. El-Agnaf, G. Rizzo, N. Vaikath, F. Del Sorbo, C. Scaglione, S. Capellari, A. Elia, M. Stanzani Maserati, R. Pantieri, R. Liguori

We aimed to characterize in vivo α-synuclein (α-syn) aggregates in skin nerves to ascertain: 1) the optimal marker to identify them; 2) possible differences between synucleinopathies that may justify the clinical variability. We studied multiple skin nerve α-syn deposits in 44 patients with synucleinopathy: 15 idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (IPD), 12 dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), 5 pure autonomic failure (PAF) and 12 multiple system atrophy (MSA). Ten healthy subjects were used as controls. Antibodies against native α-syn, C-terminal α-syn epitopes such as phosphorylation at serine 129 (p-syn) and to conformation-specific for α-syn mature amyloid fibrils (syn-F1) were used. We found that p-syn showed the highest sensitivity and specificity in disclosing skin α-syn deposits. In MSA abnormal deposits were only found in somatic fibers mainly at distal sites differently from PAF, IPD and DLB displaying α-syn deposits in autonomic fibers mainly at proximal sites. PAF and DLB showed the highest p-syn load with a widespread involvement of autonomic skin nerve fibers. In conclusion: 1) p-syn in skin nerves was the optimal marker for the in vivo diagnosis of synucleinopathies; 2) the localization and load differences of aggregates may help to identify specific diagnostic traits and support a different pathogenesis among synucleinopathies.

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Published in: Scientific Reports
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32588-8

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Open Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library.

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Springer Nature

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  • 2018

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