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Autoclave treatment fails to completely inactivate DLB alpha-synuclein seeding activity

Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, ISSN: 2405-5808, Vol: 34, Page: 101446
2023
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Synucleinopathies are characterized by the deposition of alpha-synuclein (α-syn) aggregates in brain tissue. Pathological α-syn aggregates propagate in a prion-like manner and display prion-like biochemical properties. Using RT-QuIC, we measured α-syn seeding activity from brains of Dementia with Lewy body (DLB) patients post autoclave. Here, we show that autoclaving at 121 °C removes one to two log 10 of α-syn seeding activity but the remaining 50% seeding dose (SD 50 ) is more than 10 7 /mg tissue. DLB brain samples autoclaved at 132 °C still revealed an SD 50 of approximately 10 6 /mg tissue. Our data suggest that DLB α-syn seeds are incompletely inactivated by standard autoclave, thus highlighting the need for evaluating laboratory procedures that fully inactivate them.

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