Abstract
Lipid rafts are membrane microdomains particularly enriched in cholesterol, sphingolipids and saturated fatty acids. These microstructures play a key role in a plethora of mechanisms involved in cell signaling, synapsis, cell-cell communication and cell survival. In the last years, increasing evidence indicate that lipid rafts may be altered in age-related neuropathologies, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson disease even at asymptomatic stages. In particular, important changes in raft lipid composition are observed with the progression of these diseases, then inducing alterations in their physicochemical properties. Furthermore, these phenomena contribute to neuropathological events related to amyloidogenesis, aberrant protein aggregation and toxic cell signalling. In this review, we discuss some relevant data on the age-related molecular changes occurring in lipid rafts since the first stages of these neurodegenerative diseases. Further characterization of specific parameters associated with alterations of these microdomains may provide potential tools of diagnosis and prediction of these neuropathologies.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, biomarkers, cerebrospinal fluid, lipid rafts, lipids, Parkinson disease, signalosomes.
Current Alzheimer Research
Title:Lipid Raft Alterations in Aged-Associated Neuropathologies
Volume: 13 Issue: 9
Author(s): Raquel Marin, Noemí Fabelo, Cecilia Fernández-Echevarría, Ana Canerina-Amaro, Deiene Rodríguez-Barreto, David Quinto-Alemany, Fátima Mesa-Herrera and Mario Díaz
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Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, biomarkers, cerebrospinal fluid, lipid rafts, lipids, Parkinson disease, signalosomes.
Abstract: Lipid rafts are membrane microdomains particularly enriched in cholesterol, sphingolipids and saturated fatty acids. These microstructures play a key role in a plethora of mechanisms involved in cell signaling, synapsis, cell-cell communication and cell survival. In the last years, increasing evidence indicate that lipid rafts may be altered in age-related neuropathologies, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson disease even at asymptomatic stages. In particular, important changes in raft lipid composition are observed with the progression of these diseases, then inducing alterations in their physicochemical properties. Furthermore, these phenomena contribute to neuropathological events related to amyloidogenesis, aberrant protein aggregation and toxic cell signalling. In this review, we discuss some relevant data on the age-related molecular changes occurring in lipid rafts since the first stages of these neurodegenerative diseases. Further characterization of specific parameters associated with alterations of these microdomains may provide potential tools of diagnosis and prediction of these neuropathologies.
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Marin Raquel, Fabelo Noemí, Fernández-Echevarría Cecilia, Canerina-Amaro Ana, Rodríguez-Barreto Deiene, Quinto-Alemany David, Mesa-Herrera Fátima and Díaz Mario, Lipid Raft Alterations in Aged-Associated Neuropathologies, Current Alzheimer Research 2016; 13 (9) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205013666160314150017
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205013666160314150017 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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