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- Title
Intranasal administration of trehalose reduces α-synuclein oligomers and accelerates α-synuclein aggregation.
- Authors
Tanaka, Makoto T; Miki, Yasuo; Mori, Fumiaki; Kon, Tomoya; Furukawa, Tomonori; Shimoyama, Shuji; Tatara, Yota; Ozaki, Taku; Bettencourt, Conceição; Warner, Thomas T; Wakabayashi, Koichi
- Abstract
Abnormal α-synuclein (αSyn), including an oligomeric form of αSyn, accumulates and causes neuronal dysfunction in the brains of patients with multiple system atrophy. Neuroprotective drugs that target abnormal αSyn aggregation have not been developed for the treatment of multiple system atrophy. In addition, treating diseases at an early stage is crucial to halting the progress of neuronal damage in neurodegeneration. In this study, using early-stage multiple system atrophy mouse model and in vitro kinetic analysis, we investigated how intranasal and oral administration of trehalose can improve multiple system atrophy pathology and clinical symptoms. The multiple system atrophy model showed memory impairment at least four weeks after αSyn induction. Behavioural and physiological analyses showed that intranasal and oral administration of trehalose reversed memory impairments to near-normal levels. Notably, trehalose treatment reduced the amount of toxic αSyn and increased the aggregated form of αSyn in the multiple system atrophy model brain. In vitro kinetic analysis confirmed that trehalose accelerated the aggregate formation of αSyn. Based on our findings, we propose a novel strategy whereby accelerated αSyn aggregate formation leads to reduced exposure to toxic αSyn oligomers, particularly during the early phase of disease progression.
- Subjects
INTRANASAL administration; ALPHA-synuclein; TREHALOSE; MULTIPLE system atrophy; ORAL drug administration
- Publication
Brain Communications, 2024, Vol 6, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
2632-1297
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/braincomms/fcae193