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Separation and determination of alpha‐synuclein monomeric and oligomeric species using two electrophoretic approaches

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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a frequent degenerative disorder that is diagnosed based on clinical symptoms. When the first symptoms appear, more than 70% of the dopaminergic cells are already lost.… Click to show full abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a frequent degenerative disorder that is diagnosed based on clinical symptoms. When the first symptoms appear, more than 70% of the dopaminergic cells are already lost. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to have reliable biomarkers to diagnose much earlier PD. In this context, alpha‐synuclein (aSyn) is a protein of high interest because of its tendency to form oligomers and amyloid fibrils. The oligomeric forms seem to play a critical pathological role in PD. To date, most of studies aiming at detecting and quantifying aSyn oligomers were performed by immunoassays, mainly by ELISA using specific antibodies. In this study a capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) coupled with fluorescence detection method was developed to detect and quantify the oligomeric forms of aSyn formed in vitro. All the results obtained were supported by SDS–PAGE analysis, a widely used and well‐known technique but exhibiting a main drawback since it is not an automated technique. The repeatability and the intermediate precision of the method were evaluated, as well as the stability of the labeled and non‐labeled aSyn samples. After careful screening and optimization of various labeling reagents, 4‐fluoro‐7‐nitrobenzofurazan (NBD‐F) was selected and used to establish a calibration curve with monomeric fluorescently‐labeled aSyn. Finally, the method was used to study the effect of doxycycline on the oligomerization process. Altogether, our results show that CGE is a very promising automated technique to analyze aSyn monomers, as well as small oligomers.

Keywords: oligomeric species; separation determination; monomeric oligomeric; synuclein monomeric; alpha synuclein; determination alpha

Journal Title: ELECTROPHORESIS
Year Published: 2018

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