Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Cardiolipin exposure on the outer mitochondrial membrane modulates α-synuclein

  • Tammy Ryan,
  • Vladimir V. Bamm,
  • Morgan G. Stykel,
  • Carla L. Coackley,
  • Kayla M. Humphries,
  • Rhiannon Jamieson-Williams,
  • Rajesh Ambasudhan,
  • Dick D. Mosser,
  • Stuart A. Lipton,
  • George Harauz,
  • Scott D. Ryan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03241-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Cardiolipin is a phospholipid component of the inner mitochondrial membrane. Here the authors demonstrate that cardiolipin interacts with mutant α-synuclein, and that impaired cardiolipin function can lead to spread of α-synuclein between neurons.