Abstract:
:Alpha-synuclein is known to play an important role in several neurodegenerative diseases. Moreover, it is expressed in central nervous system neuronal tumors, and another member of the synuclein family, gamma-synuclein, is overexpressed in breast and ovarian carcinomas. However, the expression of alpha-synuclein has not been reported hitherto in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). In the present study, we investigated normal PNS tissue and schwannomas in human postmortem and biopsy samples using both immunocytochemistry and immunoelectron microscopy with antibodies against alpha-, beta- and gamma-synuclein. In normal PNS tissue, Schwann cells, but not axons or myelin, were immunopositive for alpha-synuclein. In schwannomas, almost all of the tumor cells showed diffuse cytoplasmic staining for alpha-synuclein (30 cases). Ultrastructurally, alpha-synuclein immunoreactivity was found in the cytoplasm of normal and neoplastic Schwann cells, in association with the plasma membrane, ribosomes, rough endoplasmic reticulum, small vesicles, Golgi apparatus and the nuclear outer membrane. No beta- or gamma-synuclein immunoreactivity was found in those cells. These results indicate that in the PNS, alpha-synuclein is a useful marker of Schwann cells and that it is not involved in tumorigenesis.
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Acta Neuropatholjournal_title
Acta neuropathologicaauthors
Mori F,Inenaga C,Yoshimoto M,Umezu H,Tanaka R,Takahashi H,Wakabayashi Kdoi
10.1007/s004010100443subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-02-01 00:00:00pages
145-51issue
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0001-6322issn
1432-0533journal_volume
103pub_type
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