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The pathological form of a-synuclein (a-syn) is transmitted through neural circuits in the brains of Parkinson disease (PD) patients and amplifies misfolded a-syn, further forming intracellular deposits. However, the details of a-syn pre-formed fibrils (PFFs) transmission in vivo have not been fully elucidated. By inoculating Quantum dots (QD)-labeled a-syn PFFs (QD-a-syn PFFs) into the unilateral striatum, we detected QD-a-syn PFFs in brain homogenates obtained from the ipsilateral and contralateral sides of the inoculated site and further obtained QD-a-syn PFFs enriched-particles with fluorescence-activated organelle sorting. Proteomic analysis suggested that QD-a-syn PFFs-enriched particles in the contralateral side were associated with component proteins of synapse. In contrast, QD-a-syn PFFs-enriched particles in the ipsilateral side were associated with proteins belonging to ER components. Immunostaining of brain sections confirmed that QD-a-syn PFFs in the contralateral side were co-localized with synaptic vesicle marker proteins in the cortex and striatum. Additionally, QD-a-syn PFFs in the ipsilateral side were more co-localized with ER marker proteins compared to the contralateral side. These results correspond to proteomic analysis. This study provides potential candidates for the subcellular localization of a-syn PFFs in vivo during the dissemination phase of seeds. These subcellular compartments could be involved in the transmission of seeds.

Amyloid fibril deposits are a main source of pathology in neurodegenerative diseases. Normal proteins such as tau, alpha-synuclein, TDP-43 and others could form specific conformational fibrils called amyloid, which deposited in the brains of neurodegenerative diseases. Although the pathological roles of amyloids in cell death have been discussed a lot, their other functions have not been investigated well. Here, we studied the effect of amyloids on DNA transfection in vivo. We injected quantum dot labeled or non-labeled amyloid-preformed fibrils (PFFs) and a green fluorescent protein (EGFP) expression vector into organs including brain, testis, liver and calf muscle. GFP expression patterns were examined by immunohistochemistry and western blotting. At 24 h after injection, EGFP was predominantly expressed in the neurons in the cortex and the striatum, Leydig cells in testis, hepatocytes in the liver and muscle cells. EGFP expression was inhibited by an endocytosis inhibitor, sertraline in the brain and testis. The amyloid-PFFs potentiated Ca

Huntington Disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by expanded CAG repeats in the exon1 of huntingtin gene (HTT). The mutant HTT affects the transcriptional profile of neurons by disrupting the activities of transcriptional machinery and alters expression of many genes. In this study, we identified dysregulated non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) in medium spiny neurons of 4-week-old HD model mouse. Also, we observed the intracellular localizations of Abhd11os and Neat1 ncRNAs by ViewRNA in situ hybridization, which could provide more precise detection, suggesting that it is a useful method to investigate the expression changes of genes with low expression levels.