Pharmacological inhibition of PARP-1 reduces alpha-synuclein- and MPP+-induced cytotoxicity in Parkinson's disease in vitro modelsTiago Fleming Outeiro
Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Bldg 114 3300, 16th St, Charlestown, MA 02129 4404, USA
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 357:596-602. 2007
..Further, our results suggest a rationale for the development of highly potent, bio-available, brain-penetrable PARP-1 inhibitors to provide therapeutic benefits for Parkinson's patients...
Sirtuin 2 inhibitors rescue alpha-synuclein-mediated toxicity in models of Parkinson's diseaseTiago Fleming Outeiro
Alzheimer s Research Unit, MGH, Harvard Medical School, CNY 114, 16th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
Science 317:516-9. 2007
..Furthermore, the inhibitors protected against dopaminergic cell death both in vitro and in a Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease. The results suggest a link between neurodegeneration and aging...
Small heat shock proteins protect against alpha-synuclein-induced toxicity and aggregationTiago Fleming Outeiro
Alzheimer s Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, MGH, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 351:631-8. 2006
..In addition, intracellular inclusions were immunopositive for endogenous Hsp27, and overexpression of this protein reduced aSyn aggregation in a cell culture model...
Interactions among alpha-synuclein, dopamine, and biomembranes: some clues for understanding neurodegeneration in Parkinson's diseaseJean Christophe Rochet
Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
J Mol Neurosci 23:23-34. 2004
..These variants might be useful to test whether membrane binding by alpha-synuclein is necessary for neurodegeneration in transgenic animal models of PD...
Yeast cells provide insight into alpha-synuclein biology and pathobiologyTiago Fleming Outeiro
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Science 302:1772-5. 2003
..This readily manipulable system provides an opportunity to dissect the molecular pathways underlying normal alpha-synuclein biology and the pathogenic consequences of its misfolding...
Pharmacological promotion of inclusion formation: a therapeutic approach for Huntington's and Parkinson's diseasesRuth A Bodner
Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room E18-505, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:4246-51. 2006
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Yeast as a drug discovery platform in Huntington's and Parkinson's diseasesTiago Fleming Outeiro
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Biotechnol J 1:258-69. 2006
..In addition, we discuss new yeast-based techniques for screening candidate therapeutic compounds for Huntington's and Parkinson's diseases...
Formation of toxic oligomeric alpha-synuclein species in living cellsTiago Fleming Outeiro
Alzheimer s Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, MGH Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
PLoS ONE 3:e1867. 2008
..However, to date, oligomeric species have not been identified in living cells...