Over the last decades, cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) have gained great interest due to their potential applications, mainly in the fields of agriculture and biomedicine. Promising effects of CeO2 NPs are recently shown in some neurodegenerative diseases, but the mechanism of action of these NPs in Parkinson’s disease (PD) remains to be investigated. This issue is addressed in the present study by using a yeast model based on the heterologous expression of the human α-synuclein (α-syn), the major component of Lewy bodies, which represent a neuropathological hallmark of PD. We observed that CeO2 NPs strongly reduce α-syn-induced toxicity in a dose-dependent manner. This effect is associated with the inhibition of cytoplasmic α-syn foci accumulation, resulting in plasma membrane localization of α-syn after NP treatment. Moreover, CeO2 NPs counteract the α-syn-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and decrease reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in yeast cells. In vitro binding assay using cell lysates showed that α-syn is adsorbed on the surface of CeO2 NPs, suggesting that these NPs may act as a strong inhibitor of α-syn toxicity not only acting as a radical scavenger, but through a direct interaction with α-syn in vivo.

Cerium oxide nanoparticles rescue α-synuclein-induced toxicity in a yeast model of Parkinson’s disease / Ruotolo, Roberta; DE GIORGIO, Giuseppe; Minato, Ilaria; Bianchi, Massimiliano G.; Bussolati, Ovidio; Marmiroli, Nelson. - In: NANOMATERIALS. - ISSN 2079-4991. - 10:2(2020), p. 235.235. [10.3390/nano10020235]

Cerium oxide nanoparticles rescue α-synuclein-induced toxicity in a yeast model of Parkinson’s disease

Ruotolo Roberta;Giuseppe De Giorgio;Ilaria Minato;Massimiliano G. Bianchi;Ovidio Bussolati;Nelson Marmiroli
2020-01-01

Abstract

Over the last decades, cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) have gained great interest due to their potential applications, mainly in the fields of agriculture and biomedicine. Promising effects of CeO2 NPs are recently shown in some neurodegenerative diseases, but the mechanism of action of these NPs in Parkinson’s disease (PD) remains to be investigated. This issue is addressed in the present study by using a yeast model based on the heterologous expression of the human α-synuclein (α-syn), the major component of Lewy bodies, which represent a neuropathological hallmark of PD. We observed that CeO2 NPs strongly reduce α-syn-induced toxicity in a dose-dependent manner. This effect is associated with the inhibition of cytoplasmic α-syn foci accumulation, resulting in plasma membrane localization of α-syn after NP treatment. Moreover, CeO2 NPs counteract the α-syn-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and decrease reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in yeast cells. In vitro binding assay using cell lysates showed that α-syn is adsorbed on the surface of CeO2 NPs, suggesting that these NPs may act as a strong inhibitor of α-syn toxicity not only acting as a radical scavenger, but through a direct interaction with α-syn in vivo.
2020
Cerium oxide nanoparticles rescue α-synuclein-induced toxicity in a yeast model of Parkinson’s disease / Ruotolo, Roberta; DE GIORGIO, Giuseppe; Minato, Ilaria; Bianchi, Massimiliano G.; Bussolati, Ovidio; Marmiroli, Nelson. - In: NANOMATERIALS. - ISSN 2079-4991. - 10:2(2020), p. 235.235. [10.3390/nano10020235]
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