The Concentration of Hydrogen Peroxide Generated during Aggregation of a-Synuclein in vitro Is Lower than 5 nmol/L

Introduction a-Syn is a major component of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites in the brains of patients with neurode-generative diseases, such as Parkinson抯 disease, the Lewy body variant of Alzheimer抯 disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy.1,2 a-Syn is prone to aggregate in vitro and the aggregates appear to be toxic to neurons, though the reason for the cyto-toxicity remains unclear.3-6 Previous studies by electron spin resonance (ESR) showed that a-Syn could liberat…     

The Concentration of Hydrogen Peroxide Generated during Aggregation of α-Synuclein in vitro Is Lower than 5 nmol／L

Using a fluorometric method with a detection limit of 5 nmol/L, here it is reported that albeit positive results were got from bovine serum albumin (BSA) and chicken ovalbumin (OVA) as published in literature, no detectable amount of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was generated during α-synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation in vitro even in the presence of transition metal ions Cu(Ⅱ) or Fe(Ⅲ). The results suggest that the concentration of H2O2 generated during aggregation of α-Syn in vitro be lower than 5 nmol/L beyond the detection limit of the adopted method and it is far too poor to be responsible for the cytotoxicity of α-Syn aggregates, thus allowing people to extensively elucidate the mechanism underlying neurotoxicifies of the aggregates formed by some amyloidogenic proteins.