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Ng XY, Cao M. Dysfunction of synaptic endocytic trafficking in Parkinson's disease. Neural Regen Res 2024; 19:2649-2660. [PMID: 38595283 PMCID: PMC11168511 DOI: 10.4103/nrr.nrr-d-23-01624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
Abstract
Parkinson's disease is characterized by the selective degeneration of dopamine neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway and dopamine deficiency in the striatum. The precise reasons behind the specific degeneration of these dopamine neurons remain largely elusive. Genetic investigations have identified over 20 causative PARK genes and 90 genomic risk loci associated with both familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease. Notably, several of these genes are linked to the synaptic vesicle recycling process, particularly the clathrin-mediated endocytosis pathway. This suggests that impaired synaptic vesicle recycling might represent an early feature of Parkinson's disease, followed by axonal degeneration and the eventual loss of dopamine cell bodies in the midbrain via a "dying back" mechanism. Recently, several new animal and cellular models with Parkinson's disease-linked mutations affecting the endocytic pathway have been created and extensively characterized. These models faithfully recapitulate certain Parkinson's disease-like features at the animal, circuit, and cellular levels, and exhibit defects in synaptic membrane trafficking, further supporting the findings from human genetics and clinical studies. In this review, we will first summarize the cellular and molecular findings from the models of two Parkinson's disease-linked clathrin uncoating proteins: auxilin (DNAJC6/PARK19) and synaptojanin 1 (SYNJ1/PARK20). The mouse models carrying these two PARK gene mutations phenocopy each other with specific dopamine terminal pathology and display a potent synergistic effect. Subsequently, we will delve into the involvement of several clathrin-mediated endocytosis-related proteins (GAK, endophilin A1, SAC2/INPP5F, synaptotagmin-11), identified as Parkinson's disease risk factors through genome-wide association studies, in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis. We will also explore the direct or indirect roles of some common Parkinson's disease-linked proteins (alpha-synuclein (PARK1/4), Parkin (PARK2), and LRRK2 (PARK8)) in synaptic endocytic trafficking. Additionally, we will discuss the emerging novel functions of these endocytic proteins in downstream membrane traffic pathways, particularly autophagy. Given that synaptic dysfunction is considered as an early event in Parkinson's disease, a deeper understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying synaptic vesicle endocytic trafficking may unveil novel targets for early diagnosis and the development of interventional therapies for Parkinson's disease. Future research should aim to elucidate why generalized synaptic endocytic dysfunction leads to the selective degeneration of nigrostriatal dopamine neurons in Parkinson's disease.
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- Xin Yi Ng
- Programme in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Programme in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Cotrin JC, Piergiorge RM, Gonçalves AP, Pereira JS, Gerber AL, de Campos Guimarães AP, de Vasconcelos ATR, Santos-Rebouças CB. Co-occurrence of PRKN and SYNJ1 variants in Early-Onset Parkinson's disease. Metab Brain Dis 2024:10.1007/s11011-024-01362-3. [PMID: 38836947 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-024-01362-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease globally, with a fast-growing prevalence. The etiology of PD exhibits a multifactorial complex nature and remains challenging. Herein, we described clinical, molecular, and integrative bioinformatics findings from a Brazilian female affected by Early-Onset PD (EOPD) harboring a recurrent homozygous pathogenic deletion in the parkin RBR E3 ubiquitin protein ligase gene (PRKN; NM_004562.3:c.155delA; p.Asn52Metfs*29; rs754809877), along with a novel heterozygous variant in the synaptojanin 1 gene (SYNJ1; NM_003895.3:c.62G > T; p.Cys21Phe; rs1486511197) found by Whole Exome Sequencing. Uncommon or unreported PRKN-related clinical features in the patient include cognitive decline, auditory and visual hallucinations, REM sleep disorder, and depression, previously observed in SYNJ1-related conditions. Moreover, PRKN interacts with endophilin A1, which is a major binding partner of SYNJ1. This protein plays a pivotal role in regulating the dynamics of synaptic vesicles, particularly in the context of endocytosis and recycling processes. Altogether, our comprehensive analyses underscore a potential synergistic effect between the PRKN and SYNJ1 variants over the pathogenesis of EOPD.
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- Juliana Cordovil Cotrin
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, PHLC - sala 501F, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, PHLC - sala 501F, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, PHLC - sala 501F, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil
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- Movement Disorders Section, Neurology Service, Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory (LABINFO), National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC), Petrópolis, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, PHLC - sala 501F, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil.
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Paccosi E, Proietti-De-Santis L. Parkinson's Disease: From Genetics and Epigenetics to Treatment, a miRNA-Based Strategy. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24119547. [PMID: 37298496 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders, characterized by an initial and progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta via a potentially substantial contribution from protein aggregates, the Lewy bodies, mainly composed of α-Synuclein among other factors. Distinguishing symptoms of PD are bradykinesia, muscular rigidity, unstable posture and gait, hypokinetic movement disorder and resting tremor. Currently, there is no cure for PD, and palliative treatments, such as Levodopa administration, are directed to relieve the motor symptoms but induce severe side effects over time. Therefore, there is an urgency for discovering new drugs in order to design more effective therapeutic approaches. The evidence of epigenetic alterations, such as the dysregulation of different miRNAs that may stimulate many aspects of PD pathogenesis, opened a new scenario in the research for a successful treatment. Along this line, a promising strategy for PD treatment comes from the potential exploitation of modified exosomes, which can be loaded with bioactive molecules, such as therapeutic compounds and RNAs, and can allow their delivery to the appropriate location in the brain, overcoming the blood-brain barrier. In this regard, the transfer of miRNAs within Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-derived exosomes has yet to demonstrate successful results both in vitro and in vivo. This review, besides providing a systematic overview of both the genetic and epigenetic basis of the disease, aims to explore the exosomes/miRNAs network and its clinical potential for PD treatment.
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- Elena Paccosi
- Unit of Molecular Genetics of Aging, Department of Ecology and Biology (DEB), University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- Unit of Molecular Genetics of Aging, Department of Ecology and Biology (DEB), University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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Yahya V, Di Fonzo A, Monfrini E. Genetic Evidence for Endolysosomal Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease: A Critical Overview. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076338. [PMID: 37047309 PMCID: PMC10094484 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the aging population, and no disease-modifying therapy has been approved to date. The pathogenesis of PD has been related to many dysfunctional cellular mechanisms, however, most of its monogenic forms are caused by pathogenic variants in genes involved in endolysosomal function (LRRK2, VPS35, VPS13C, and ATP13A2) and synaptic vesicle trafficking (SNCA, RAB39B, SYNJ1, and DNAJC6). Moreover, an extensive search for PD risk variants revealed strong risk variants in several lysosomal genes (e.g., GBA1, SMPD1, TMEM175, and SCARB2) highlighting the key role of lysosomal dysfunction in PD pathogenesis. Furthermore, large genetic studies revealed that PD status is associated with the overall “lysosomal genetic burden”, namely the cumulative effect of strong and weak risk variants affecting lysosomal genes. In this context, understanding the complex mechanisms of impaired vesicular trafficking and dysfunctional endolysosomes in dopaminergic neurons of PD patients is a fundamental step to identifying precise therapeutic targets and developing effective drugs to modify the neurodegenerative process in PD.
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- Vidal Yahya
- Dino Ferrari Center, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy;
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Neurology Unit, 20122 Milan, Italy;
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Neurology Unit, 20122 Milan, Italy;
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- Dino Ferrari Center, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy;
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Neurology Unit, 20122 Milan, Italy;
- Correspondence:
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Jacquemyn J, Kuenen S, Swerts J, Pavie B, Vijayan V, Kilic A, Chabot D, Wang YC, Schoovaerts N, Corthout N, Verstreken P. Parkinsonism mutations in DNAJC6 cause lipid defects and neurodegeneration that are rescued by Synj1. NPJ Parkinsons Dis 2023; 9:19. [PMID: 36739293 PMCID: PMC9899244 DOI: 10.1038/s41531-023-00459-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Recent evidence links dysfunctional lipid metabolism to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease, but the mechanisms are not resolved. Here, we generated a new Drosophila knock-in model of DNAJC6/Auxilin and find that the pathogenic mutation causes synaptic dysfunction, neurological defects and neurodegeneration, as well as specific lipid metabolism alterations. In these mutants, membrane lipids containing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, including phosphatidylinositol lipid species that are key for synaptic vesicle recycling and organelle function, are reduced. Overexpression of another protein mutated in Parkinson's disease, Synaptojanin-1, known to bind and metabolize specific phosphoinositides, rescues the DNAJC6/Auxilin lipid alterations, the neuronal function defects and neurodegeneration. Our work reveals a functional relation between two proteins mutated in Parkinsonism and implicates deregulated phosphoinositide metabolism in the maintenance of neuronal integrity and neuronal survival.
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- Julie Jacquemyn
- grid.511015.1VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Mission Lucidity, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.17089.370000 0001 2190 316XPresent Address: Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Department of Physiology, Department of Cell Biology, Group on Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
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- grid.511015.1VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Mission Lucidity, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- grid.511015.1VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Mission Lucidity, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- grid.511015.1VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Mission Lucidity, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,VIB-Bioimaging Core, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- grid.511015.1VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Mission Lucidity, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- grid.511015.1VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Mission Lucidity, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- grid.511015.1VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Mission Lucidity, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- grid.511015.1VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Mission Lucidity, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.11486.3a0000000104788040Present Address: VIB Technology Watch, Technology Innovation Laboratory, VIB, Gent, Belgium
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- grid.511015.1VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Mission Lucidity, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- grid.511015.1VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Mission Lucidity, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,VIB-Bioimaging Core, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- grid.511015.1VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium ,grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Mission Lucidity, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Cocaine-regulated trafficking of dopamine transporters in cultured neurons revealed by a pH sensitive reporter. iScience 2022; 26:105782. [PMID: 36594015 PMCID: PMC9804146 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Cocaine acts by inhibiting plasma membrane dopamine transporter (DAT) function and altering its surface expression. The precise manner and mechanism by which cocaine regulates DAT trafficking, especially at neuronal processes, are poorly understood. In this study, we engineered and validated the use of DAT-pHluorin for studying DAT localization and its dynamic trafficking at neuronal processes of cultured mouse midbrain neurons. We demonstrate that unlike neuronal soma and dendrites, which contain a majority of the DATs in weakly acidic intracellular compartments, axonal DATs at both shafts and boutons are primarily (75%) localized to the plasma membrane, whereas large varicosities contain abundant intracellular DAT within acidic intracellular structures. We also demonstrate that cocaine exposure leads to a Synaptojanin1-sensitive DAT internalization process followed by membrane reinsertion that lasts for days. Thus, our study reveals the previously unknown dynamics and molecular regulation for cocaine-regulated DAT trafficking in neuronal processes.
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Jr RH, Dang LH, Chen J, Lee JH, Marquer C. Triplication of Synaptojanin 1 in Alzheimer's Disease Pathology in Down Syndrome. Curr Alzheimer Res 2022; 19:CAR-EPUB-127977. [PMID: 36464875 DOI: 10.2174/1567205020666221202102832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Revised: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Down Syndrome (DS), caused by triplication of human chromosome 21 (Hsa21) is the most common form of intellectual disability worldwide. Recent progress in healthcare has resulted in a dramatic increase in the lifespan of individuals with DS. Unfortunately, most will develop Alzheimer's disease like dementia (DS-AD) as they age. Understanding similarities and differences between DS-AD and the other forms of the disease - i.e., late-onset AD (LOAD) and autosomal dominant AD (ADAD) - will provide important clues for the treatment of DS-AD. In addition to the APP gene that codes the precursor of the main component of amyloid plaques found in the brain of AD patients, other genes on Hsa21 are likely to contribute to disease initiation and progression. This review focuses on SYNJ1, coding the phosphoinositide phosphatase synaptojanin 1 (SYNJ1). First, we highlight the function of SYNJ1 in the brain. We then summarize the involvement of SYNJ1 in the different forms of AD at the genetic, transcriptomic, proteomic and neuropathology levels in humans. We further examine whether results in humans correlate with what has been described in murine and cellular models of the disease and report possible mechanistic links between SYNJ1 and the progression of the disease. Finally, we propose a set of questions that would further strengthen and clarify the role of SYNJ1 in the different forms of AD.
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- Robert Hwang Jr
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY 10032, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY 10032, USA
- G. H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
- Departments of Epidemiology and Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY 10032, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY 10032, USA
- G. H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
- Departments of Epidemiology and Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY 10032, USA
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY 10032, USA
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Maj M, Taylor CL, Landau K, Toriello HV, Li D, Bhoj EJ, Hakonarson H, Nelson B, Gluschitz S, Walker RH, Sobering AK. A novel SYNJ1 homozygous variant causing developmental and epileptic encephalopathy in an Afro-Caribbean individual. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2022; 11:e2064. [PMID: 36148638 PMCID: PMC9834178 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.2064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND SYNJ1 encodes Synaptojanin-1, a dual-function poly-phosphoinositide phosphatase that is expressed in the brain to regulate neuronal synaptic vesicle dynamics. Biallelic SYNJ1 variants cause a spectrum of clinical manifestations, from early onset parkinsonism to developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. METHODS Proband-only exome sequencing was used to identify a homozygous SYNJ1 pathogenic variant in an individual with epileptic encephalopathy. Sanger sequencing was used to confirm the variant. RESULTS We present an Afro-Caribbean female who developed uncontrollable seizures shortly after birth, accompanied by developmental delay and severe generalized dystonia. She had homozygosity for a novel c.242-2A > G variant in SYNJ1 with both parents being heterozygous carriers. An older sister was reported to have had a similar presentation but was not examined. Both siblings died at an approximate age of 16 years. CONCLUSIONS We report a novel pathogenic variant in SYNJ1 present in homozygosity leading to developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Currently, there are only 4 reports describing 10 individuals with SYNJ1-related developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. This case expands the clinical knowledge and the allelic heterogeneity associated with SYNJ1 variants.
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- Mary Maj
- Department of BiochemistrySt. George's University School of MedicineSt. George'sGrenada
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- Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership Campus of the Medical College of GeorgiaAthensGeorgiaUSA
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- Department of BiochemistrySt. George's University School of MedicineSt. George'sGrenada
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- Department of Pediatrics and Human DevelopmentMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Center for Applied GenomicsThe Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA,Division of Human Genetics, Department of PediatricsThe Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA,Department of PediatricsUniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of MedicinePhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Center for Applied GenomicsThe Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA,Division of Human Genetics, Department of PediatricsThe Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA,Department of PediatricsUniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of MedicinePhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Human DevelopmentMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA,Center for Applied GenomicsThe Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA,Department of PediatricsUniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of MedicinePhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Pediatrics WardGrenada General HospitalSt. George'sGrenada,Clinical Teaching UnitSt. George's University School of MedicineSt. George'sGrenada
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- Department of Anatomical SciencesSt. George's University School of MedicineSt. George'sGrenada
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- Department of NeurologyJames J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical CenterBronxNew YorkUSA,Department of NeurologyMount Sinai School of MedicineNew York CityNew YorkUSA
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- Department of BiochemistrySt. George's University School of MedicineSt. George'sGrenada,Department of Basic Sciences, University of Georgia Health Sciences CampusAugusta University/University of Georgia Medical PartnershipAthensGeorgiaUSA,Windward Islands Research and Education FoundationSt. George'sGrenada
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Huang Y, Wei J, Cooper A, Morris MJ. Parkinson's Disease: From Genetics to Molecular Dysfunction and Targeted Therapeutic Approaches. Genes Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gendis.2021.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Choudhry H, Aggarwal M, Pan PY. Mini-review: Synaptojanin 1 and its implications in membrane trafficking. Neurosci Lett 2021; 765:136288. [PMID: 34637856 PMCID: PMC8572151 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.136288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
Abstract
This mini-review aims to summarize a growing body of literature on synaptojanin 1 (Synj1), a phosphoinositide phosphatase that was initially known to have a prominent role in synaptic vesicle recycling. Synj1 is coded by the SYNJ1 gene, whose mutations and variants are associated with an increasing number of neurological disorders. To better understand the mechanistic role of Synj1 in disease pathogenesis, we review details of phosphoinositide signaling pathways and the reported involvement of Synj1 in membrane trafficking with a specific focus on Parkinson’s disease (PD). Recent studies have tremendously advanced our understanding of Synj1 protein structure and function while broadening our view of how Synj1 regulates synaptic membrane trafficking and endosomal trafficking in various organisms and cell types. A growing body of evidence points to inefficient membrane trafficking as key pathogenic mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases associated with abnormal Synj1 expression. Despite significant progress made in the field, the mechanism by which Synj1 connects to trafficking, signaling, and pathogenesis is lacking and remains to be addressed.
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- Hassaam Choudhry
- Dept. of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Dept. of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Dept. of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Schechter M, Sharon R. An Emerging Role for Phosphoinositides in the Pathophysiology of Parkinson’s Disease. JOURNAL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2021; 11:1725-1750. [PMID: 34151859 PMCID: PMC8609718 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-212684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Recent data support an involvement of defects in homeostasis of phosphoinositides (PIPs) in the pathophysiology of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Genetic mutations have been identified in genes encoding for PIP-regulating and PIP-interacting proteins, that are associated with familial and sporadic PD. Many of these proteins are implicated in vesicular membrane trafficking, mechanisms that were recently highlighted for their close associations with PD. PIPs are phosphorylated forms of the membrane phospholipid, phosphatidylinositol. Their composition in the vesicle’s membrane of origin, as well as membrane of destination, controls vesicular membrane trafficking. We review the converging evidence that points to the involvement of PIPs in PD. The review describes PD- and PIP-associated proteins implicated in clathrin-mediated endocytosis and autophagy, and highlights the involvement of α-synuclein in these mechanisms.
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- Meir Schechter
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Riboldi GM, Frattini E, Monfrini E, Frucht SJ, Fonzo AD. A Practical Approach to Early-Onset Parkinsonism. JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE 2021; 12:1-26. [PMID: 34569973 PMCID: PMC8842790 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-212815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Early-onset parkinsonism (EO parkinsonism), defined as subjects with disease onset before the age of 40 or 50 years, can be the main clinical presentation of a variety of conditions that are important to differentiate. Although rarer than classical late-onset Parkinson’s disease (PD) and not infrequently overlapping with forms of juvenile onset PD, a correct diagnosis of the specific cause of EO parkinsonism is critical for offering appropriate counseling to patients, for family and work planning, and to select the most appropriate symptomatic or etiopathogenic treatments. Clinical features, radiological and laboratory findings are crucial for guiding the differential diagnosis. Here we summarize the most important conditions associated with primary and secondary EO parkinsonism. We also proposed a practical approach based on the current literature and expert opinion to help movement disorders specialists and neurologists navigate this complex and challenging landscape.
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- Giulietta M Riboldi
- The Marlene and Paolo Fresco Institute for Parkinson's and Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
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- IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Neurology Unit, Milan, Italy.,Dino Ferrari Center, Neuroscience Section, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation , University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Neurology Unit, Milan, Italy.,Dino Ferrari Center, Neuroscience Section, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation , University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- The Marlene and Paolo Fresco Institute for Parkinson's and Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
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- IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Neurology Unit, Milan, Italy
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Pan PY, Sheehan P, Wang Q, Zhu X, Zhang Y, Choi I, Li X, Saenz J, Zhu J, Wang J, El Gaamouch F, Zhu L, Cai D, Yue Z. Synj1 haploinsufficiency causes dopamine neuron vulnerability and alpha-synuclein accumulation in mice. Hum Mol Genet 2021; 29:2300-2312. [PMID: 32356558 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Synaptojanin1 (synj1) is a phosphoinositide phosphatase with dual SAC1 and 5'-phosphatase enzymatic activities in regulating phospholipid signaling. The brain-enriched isoform has been shown to participate in synaptic vesicle (SV) recycling. More recently, recessive human mutations were identified in the two phosphatase domains of SYNJ1, including R258Q, R459P and R839C, which are linked to rare forms of early-onset Parkinsonism. We now demonstrate that Synj1 heterozygous deletion (Synj1+/-), which is associated with an impaired 5'-phosphatase activity, also leads to Parkinson's disease (PD)-like pathologies in mice. We report that male Synj1+/- mice display age-dependent motor function abnormalities as well as alpha-synuclein accumulation, impaired autophagy and dopaminergic terminal degeneration. Synj1+/- mice contain elevated 5'-phosphatase substrate, PI(4,5)P2, particularly in the midbrain neurons. Moreover, pharmacological elevation of membrane PI(4,5)P2 in cultured neurons impairs SV endocytosis, specifically in midbrain neurons, and further exacerbates SV trafficking defects in Synj1+/- midbrain neurons. We demonstrate down-regulation of SYNJ1 transcript in a subset of sporadic PD brains, implicating a potential role of Synj1 deficiency in the decline of dopaminergic function during aging.
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- Ping-Yue Pan
- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,James J Peters VA Medical Center, Research & Development, Bronx, NY 10468 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,James J Peters VA Medical Center, Research & Development, Bronx, NY 10468 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,James J Peters VA Medical Center, Research & Development, Bronx, NY 10468 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA.,The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029 USA
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Liu Q, Bautista-Gomez J, Higgins DA, Yu J, Xiong Y. Dysregulation of the AP2M1 phosphorylation cycle by LRRK2 impairs endocytosis and leads to dopaminergic neurodegeneration. Sci Signal 2021; 14:14/693/eabg3555. [PMID: 34315807 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.abg3555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Mutations in the kinase LRRK2 and impaired endocytic trafficking are both implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Expression of the PD-associated LRRK2 mutant in mouse dopaminergic neurons was shown to disrupt clathrin-mediated endocytic trafficking. Here, we explored the molecular mechanism linking LRRK2 to endocytosis and found that LRRK2 bound to and phosphorylated the μ2 subunit of the adaptor protein AP2 (AP2M1), a core component of the clathrin-mediated endocytic machinery. Analysis of human SH-SY5Y cells and mouse neurons and tissues revealed that loss of LRRK2 abundance or kinase function resulted in decreased phosphorylation of AP2M1, which is required for the initial formation of clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs). In contrast, overexpression of LRRK2 or expression of a Parkinson's disease-associated gain-of-function mutant LRRK2 (G2019S) inhibited the uncoating of AP2M1 from CCVs at later stages and prevented new cycles of CCV formation. Thus, the abundance and activity of LRRK2 must be calibrated to ensure proper endocytosis. Dysregulated phosphorylation of AP2M1 from the brain but not thyroid tissues of LRRK2 knockout and G2019S-knockin mice suggests a tissue-specific regulatory mechanism of endocytosis. Furthermore, we found that LRRK2-dependent phosphorylation of AP2M1 mediated dopaminergic neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model of PD. Together, our findings provide a mechanistic link between LRRK2, AP2, and endocytosis in the pathogenesis of PD.
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- Qinfang Liu
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA. .,Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030, USA. .,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Bastioli G, Regoni M, Cazzaniga F, De Luca CMG, Bistaffa E, Zanetti L, Moda F, Valtorta F, Sassone J. Animal Models of Autosomal Recessive Parkinsonism. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9070812. [PMID: 34356877 PMCID: PMC8301401 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9070812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder. The neuropathological hallmark of the disease is the loss of dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta. The clinical manifestations of PD are bradykinesia, rigidity, resting tremors and postural instability. PD patients often display non-motor symptoms such as depression, anxiety, weakness, sleep disturbances and cognitive disorders. Although, in 90% of cases, PD has a sporadic onset of unknown etiology, highly penetrant rare genetic mutations in many genes have been linked with typical familial PD. Understanding the mechanisms behind the DA neuron death in these Mendelian forms may help to illuminate the pathogenesis of DA neuron degeneration in the more common forms of PD. A key step in the identification of the molecular pathways underlying DA neuron death, and in the development of therapeutic strategies, is the creation and characterization of animal models that faithfully recapitulate the human disease. In this review, we outline the current status of PD modeling using mouse, rat and non-mammalian models, focusing on animal models for autosomal recessive PD.
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- Guendalina Bastioli
- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.B.); (M.R.); (L.Z.); (F.V.)
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.B.); (M.R.); (L.Z.); (F.V.)
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neurology 5 and Neuropathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy; (F.C.); (C.M.G.D.L.); (E.B.); (F.M.)
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- Division of Neurology 5 and Neuropathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy; (F.C.); (C.M.G.D.L.); (E.B.); (F.M.)
- Laboratory of Prion Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, 34136 Trieste, Italy
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- Division of Neurology 5 and Neuropathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy; (F.C.); (C.M.G.D.L.); (E.B.); (F.M.)
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.B.); (M.R.); (L.Z.); (F.V.)
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neurology 5 and Neuropathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy; (F.C.); (C.M.G.D.L.); (E.B.); (F.M.)
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.B.); (M.R.); (L.Z.); (F.V.)
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.B.); (M.R.); (L.Z.); (F.V.)
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Correspondence:
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Pan PY, Zhu J, Rizvi A, Zhu X, Tanaka H, Dreyfus CF. Synaptojanin1 deficiency upregulates basal autophagosome formation in astrocytes. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:100873. [PMID: 34126070 PMCID: PMC8258991 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Macroautophagy dysregulation is implicated in multiple neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. While autophagy pathways are heavily researched in heterologous cells and neurons, regulation of autophagy in the astrocyte, the most abundant cell type in the mammalian brain, is less well understood. Missense mutations in the Synj1 gene encoding Synaptojanin1 (Synj1), a neuron-enriched lipid phosphatase, have been linked to Parkinsonism with seizures. Our previous study showed that the Synj1 haploinsufficient (Synj1+/−) mouse exhibits age-dependent autophagy impairment in multiple brain regions. Here, we used cultured astrocytes from Synj1-deficient mice to investigate its role in astrocyte autophagy. We report that Synj1 is expressed in low levels in astrocytes and represses basal autophagosome formation. We demonstrate using cellular imaging that Synj1-deficient astrocytes exhibit hyperactive autophagosome formation, represented by an increase in the size and number of GFP-microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3 structures. Interestingly, Synj1 deficiency is also associated with an impairment in stress-induced autophagy clearance. We show, for the first time, that the Parkinsonism-associated R839C mutation impacts autophagy in astrocytes. The impact of this mutation on the phosphatase function of Synj1 resulted in elevated basal autophagosome formation that mimics Synj1 deletion. We found that the membrane expression of the astrocyte-specific glucose transporter GluT-1 was reduced in Synj1-deficient astrocytes. Consistently, AMP-activated protein kinase activity was elevated, suggesting altered glucose sensing in Synj1-deficient astrocytes. Expressing exogenous GluT-1 in Synj1-deficient astrocytes reversed the autophagy impairment, supporting a role for Synj1 in regulating astrocyte autophagy via disrupting glucose-sensing pathways. Thus, our work suggests a novel mechanism for Synj1-related Parkinsonism involving astrocyte dysfunction.
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- Ping-Yue Pan
- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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Zou L, Tian Y, Zhang Z. Dysfunction of Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis in Parkinson's Disease. Front Integr Neurosci 2021; 15:619160. [PMID: 34093144 PMCID: PMC8172812 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2021.619160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease. It is a chronic and progressive disorder estimated to affect at least 4 million people worldwide. Although the etiology of PD remains unclear, it has been found that the dysfunction of synaptic vesicle endocytosis (SVE) in neural terminal happens before the loss of dopaminergic neurons. Recently, accumulating evidence reveals that the PD-linked synaptic genes, including DNAJC6, SYNJ1, and SH3GL2, significantly contribute to the disruptions of SVE, which is vital for the pathogenesis of PD. In addition, the proteins encoded by other PD-associated genes such as SNCA, LRRK2, PRKN, and DJ-1 also play key roles in the regulation of SVE. Here we present the facts about SVE-related genes and discussed their potential relevance to the pathogenesis of PD.
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- Li Zou
- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Lesage S, Mangone G, Tesson C, Bertrand H, Benmahdjoub M, Kesraoui S, Arezki M, Singleton A, Corvol JC, Brice A. Clinical Variability of SYNJ1-Associated Early-Onset Parkinsonism. Front Neurol 2021; 12:648457. [PMID: 33841314 PMCID: PMC8027075 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.648457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Autosomal recessive early-onset parkinsonism is clinically and genetically heterogeneous. Mutations of three genes, PRKN, PINK1, and DJ-1 cause pure phenotypes usually characterized by levodopa-responsive Parkinson's disease. By contrast, mutations of other genes, including ATP13A2, PLA2G6, FBXO7, DNAJC6, SYNJ1, VPS13C, and PTRHD1, cause rarer, more severe diseases with a poor response to levodopa, generally with additional atypical features. We performed data mining on a gene panel or whole-exome sequencing in 460 index cases with early-onset (≤ 40 years) Parkinson's disease, including 57 with autosomal recessive disease and 403 isolated cases. We identified two isolated cases carrying biallelic mutations of SYNJ1 (double-heterozygous p.D791fs/p.Y232H and homozygous p. Y832C mutations) and two siblings with the recurrent homozygous p.R258Q mutation. All four variants were absent or rare in the Genome Aggregation Database, were predicted to be deleterious on in silico analysis and were found to be highly conserved between species. The patient with both the previously unknown p.D791fs and p.Y232H mutations presented with dystonia-parkinsonism accompanied by a frontal syndrome and oculomotor disturbances at the age of 39. In addition, two siblings from an Algerian consanguineous family carried the homozygous p.R258Q mutation and presented generalized tonic-clonic seizures during childhood, with severe intellectual disability, followed by progressive parkinsonism during their teens. By contrast, the isolated patient with the homozygous p. Y832C mutation, diagnosed at the age of 20, had typical parkinsonism, with no atypical symptoms and slow disease progression. Our findings expand the mutational spectrum and phenotypic profile of SYNJ1-related parkinsonism.
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- Suzanne Lesage
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau-Paris Brain Institute-ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, CIC Neurosciences, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau-Paris Brain Institute-ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, CIC Neurosciences, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau-Paris Brain Institute-ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, CIC Neurosciences, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau-Paris Brain Institute-ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, CIC Neurosciences, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau-Paris Brain Institute-ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, CIC Neurosciences, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau-Paris Brain Institute-ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, CIC Neurosciences, Paris, France
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Zou L, Zhang X, Xiong M, Meng L, Tian Y, Pan L, Yuan X, Chen G, Wang Z, Bu L, Yao Z, Zhang Z, Ye K, Zhang Z. Asparagine endopeptidase cleaves synaptojanin 1 and triggers synaptic dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis 2021; 154:105326. [PMID: 33677035 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases, which is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway. Synaptic dysfunction impairs dopamine turnover and contributes to the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic dysfunction and dopaminergic neuronal vulnerability in PD are not clear. Here, we report that synaptojanin 1 (SYNJ1), a polyphosphoinositide phosphatase concentrated at nerve terminals, is a substrate of a cysteine proteinase, asparagine endopeptidase (AEP). SYNJ1 is cleaved by the cysteine proteinase AEP at N599 in the brains of PD patients. AEP-mediated cleavage of SYNJ1 disrupts neuronal phosphoinositide homeostasis and causes synaptic dysfunction. Overexpression of the AEP-generated fragments of SYNJ1 triggers synaptic dysfunction and the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons, inducing motor defects in the α-synuclein transgenic mice. Blockage of AEP-mediated cleavage of SYJN1 alleviates the pathological and behavioral defects in a mouse model of PD. Our results demonstrate that the fragmentation of SYNJ1 by AEP mediates synaptic dysfunction and dopaminergic neuronal degeneration in PD.
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- Li Zou
- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- PET-CT/MRI Center, Faculty of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
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Gcwensa NZ, Russell DL, Cowell RM, Volpicelli-Daley LA. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Synaptic and Axon Degeneration in Parkinson's Disease. Front Cell Neurosci 2021; 15:626128. [PMID: 33737866 PMCID: PMC7960781 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2021.626128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that impairs movement as well as causing multiple other symptoms such as autonomic dysfunction, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder, hyposmia, and cognitive changes. Loss of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) and loss of dopamine terminals in the striatum contribute to characteristic motor features. Although therapies ease the symptoms of PD, there are no treatments to slow its progression. Accumulating evidence suggests that synaptic impairments and axonal degeneration precede neuronal cell body loss. Early synaptic changes may be a target to prevent disease onset and slow progression. Imaging of PD patients with radioligands, post-mortem pathologic studies in sporadic PD patients, and animal models of PD demonstrate abnormalities in presynaptic terminals as well as postsynaptic dendritic spines. Dopaminergic and excitatory synapses are substantially reduced in PD, and whether other neuronal subtypes show synaptic defects remains relatively unexplored. Genetic studies implicate several genes that play a role at the synapse, providing additional support for synaptic dysfunction in PD. In this review article we: (1) provide evidence for synaptic defects occurring in PD before neuron death; (2) describe the main genes implicated in PD that could contribute to synapse dysfunction; and (3) show correlations between the expression of Snca mRNA and mouse homologs of PD GWAS genes demonstrating selective enrichment of Snca and synaptic genes in dopaminergic, excitatory and cholinergic neurons. Altogether, these findings highlight the need for novel therapeutics targeting the synapse and suggest that future studies should explore the roles for PD-implicated genes across multiple neuron types and circuits.
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- Nolwazi Z Gcwensa
- Department of Neurobiology, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Civitan International Research Center, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Civitan International Research Center, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Southern Research, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Civitan International Research Center, Birmingham, AL, United States
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Galosi S, Martinelli S, Pannone L, Terrinoni A, Venditti M, Pizzi S, Ciolfi A, Chillemi G, Gigliotti F, Cesario S, Tartaglia M, Leuzzi V. Co-occurring SYNJ1 and SHANK3 variants in a girl with intellectual disability, early-onset parkinsonism and catatonic episodes. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2021; 84:5-7. [PMID: 33515856 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 11/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- S Galosi
- Department of Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy; Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- DIBAF, Università Della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
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Gao Y, Nicolson T. Temporal Vestibular Deficits in synaptojanin 1 ( synj1) Mutants. Front Mol Neurosci 2021; 13:604189. [PMID: 33584199 PMCID: PMC7874208 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.604189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The lipid phosphatase synaptojanin 1 (synj1) is required for the disassembly of clathrin coats on endocytic compartments. In neurons such activity is necessary for the recycling of endocytosed membrane into synaptic vesicles. Mutations in zebrafish synj1 have been shown to disrupt the activity of ribbon synapses in sensory hair cells. After prolonged mechanical stimulation of hair cells, both phase locking of afferent nerve activity and the recovery of spontaneous release of synaptic vesicles are diminished in synj1 mutants. Presumably as a behavioral consequence of these synaptic deficits, synj1 mutants are unable to maintain an upright posture. To probe vestibular function with respect to postural control in synj1 mutants, we developed a method for assessing the vestibulospinal reflex (VSR) in larvae. We elicited the VSR by rotating the head and recorded tail movements. As expected, the VSR is completely absent in pcdh15a and lhfpl5a mutants that lack inner ear function. Conversely, lhfpl5b mutants, which have a selective loss of function of the lateral line organ, have normal VSRs, suggesting that the hair cells of this organ do not contribute to this reflex. In contrast to mechanotransduction mutants, the synj1 mutant produces normal tail movements during the initial cycles of rotation of the head. Both the amplitude and temporal aspects of the response are unchanged. However, after several rotations, the VSR in synj1 mutants was strongly diminished or absent. Mutant synj1 larvae are able to recover, but the time required for the reappearance of the VSR after prolonged stimulation is dramatically increased in synj1 mutants. Collectively, the data demonstrate a behavioral correlate of the synaptic defects caused by the loss of synj1 function. Our results suggest that defects in synaptic vesicle recycling give rise to fatigue of ribbons synapses and possibly other synapses of the VS circuit, leading to the loss of postural control.
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- Yan Gao
- Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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Schechter M, Atias M, Abd Elhadi S, Davidi D, Gitler D, Sharon R. α-Synuclein facilitates endocytosis by elevating the steady-state levels of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:18076-18090. [PMID: 33087443 PMCID: PMC7939461 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.015319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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α-Synuclein (α-Syn) is a protein implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). It is an intrinsically disordered protein that binds acidic phospholipids. Growing evidence supports a role for α-Syn in membrane trafficking, including, mechanisms of endocytosis and exocytosis, although the exact role of α-Syn in these mechanisms is currently unclear. Here we investigate the associations of α-Syn with the acidic phosphoinositides (PIPs), phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) and phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate (PI(3,4)P2). Our results show that α-Syn colocalizes with PIP2 and the phosphorylated active form of the clathrin adaptor protein 2 (AP2) at clathrin-coated pits. Using endocytosis of transferrin as an indicator for clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME), we find that α-Syn involvement in endocytosis is specifically mediated through PI(4,5)P2 levels on the plasma membrane. In accord with their effects on PI(4,5)P2 levels, the PD associated A30P, E46K, and A53T mutations in α-Syn further enhance CME in neuronal and nonneuronal cells. However, lysine to glutamic acid substitutions at the KTKEGV repeat domain of α-Syn, which interfere with phospholipid binding, are ineffective in enhancing CME. We further show that the rate of synaptic vesicle (SV) endocytosis is differentially affected by the α-Syn mutations and associates with their effects on PI(4,5)P2 levels, however, with the exception of the A30P mutation. This study provides evidence for a critical involvement of PIPs in α-Syn-mediated membrane trafficking.
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- Meir Schechter
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Overhoff M, De Bruyckere E, Kononenko NL. Mechanisms of neuronal survival safeguarded by endocytosis and autophagy. J Neurochem 2020; 157:263-296. [PMID: 32964462 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Multiple aspects of neuronal physiology crucially depend on two cellular pathways, autophagy and endocytosis. During endocytosis, extracellular components either unbound or recognized by membrane-localized receptors (termed "cargo") become internalized into plasma membrane-derived vesicles. These can serve to either recycle the material back to the plasma membrane or send it for degradation to lysosomes. Autophagy also uses lysosomes as a terminal degradation point, although instead of degrading the plasma membrane-derived cargo, autophagy eliminates detrimental cytosolic material and intracellular organelles, which are transported to lysosomes by means of double-membrane vesicles, referred to as autophagosomes. Neurons, like all non-neuronal cells, capitalize on autophagy and endocytosis to communicate with the environment and maintain protein and organelle homeostasis. Additionally, the highly polarized, post-mitotic nature of neurons made them adopt these two pathways for cell-specific functions. These include the maintenance of the synaptic vesicle pool in the pre-synaptic terminal and the long-distance transport of signaling molecules. Originally discovered independently from each other, it is now clear that autophagy and endocytosis are closely interconnected and share several common participating molecules. Considering the crucial role of autophagy and endocytosis in cell type-specific functions in neurons, it is not surprising that defects in both pathways have been linked to the pathology of numerous neurodegenerative diseases. In this review, we highlight the recent knowledge of the role of endocytosis and autophagy in neurons with a special focus on synaptic physiology and discuss how impairments in genes coding for autophagy and endocytosis proteins can cause neurodegeneration.
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- Melina Overhoff
- CECAD Cluster of Excellence, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- CECAD Cluster of Excellence, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- CECAD Cluster of Excellence, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Kumar S, Yadav N, Pandey S, Muthane UB, Govindappa ST, Abbas MM, Behari M, Thelma BK. Novel and reported variants in Parkinson's disease genes confer high disease burden among Indians. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2020; 78:46-52. [PMID: 32707456 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Genetic heterogeneity in Parkinson's disease (PD) has been unambiguously reported across different populations. Assuming a higher genetic load, we tested variant burden in PD genes to an early onset PD cohort from India. METHODS Whole exome sequencing was performed in 250 PD patients recruited following MDS-UPDRS criteria. The number of rare variants in the 20 known PD genes per exome were used to calculate average rare variant burden with the 616 non-PD exomes available in-house as a comparison group. SKAT-O test was used for gene level analysis. RESULTS 80 patients harboured rare variants in 20 PD genes, of which six had known pathogenic variants accounting for 2.4% of the cohort. Of 80 patients, 12 had homozygous and nine had likely compound heterozygous variants in recessive PD genes and 59 had heterozygous variants in only dominant PD genes. Of the 16 novel variants of as yet unknown significance identified, four homozygous across ATP13A2, PRKN, SYNJ1 and PARK7; and 12 heterozygous among LRRK2, VPS35, EIF4G1 and CHCHD2 were observed. SKAT-O test suggested a higher burden in GBA (punadjusted = 0.002). Aggregate rare variant analysis including 75 more individuals with only heterozygous variants in recessive PD genes (excluding GBA), with an average of 0.85 protein-altering rare variants per PD patient exome versus 0.51 in the non-PD group, revealed a significant enrichment (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION This first study in an early onset PD cohort among Indians identified 16 novel variants in known genes and also provides evidence for a high genetic burden in this ethnically distinct population.
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- Sumeet Kumar
- Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Govind Ballabh Pant Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
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- Parkinson's and Aging Research Foundation, Bengaluru, India
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- Parkinson's and Aging Research Foundation, Bengaluru, India
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- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India.
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Verma SS, Bergmeijer TO, Gong L, Reny JL, Lewis JP, Mitchell BD, Alexopoulos D, Aradi D, Altman RB, Bliden K, Bradford Y, Campo G, Chang K, Cleator JH, Déry JP, Dridi NP, Fernandez-Cadenas I, Fontana P, Gawaz M, Geisler T, Gensini GF, Giusti B, Gurbel PA, Hochholzer W, Holmvang L, Kim EY, Kim HS, Marcucci R, Montaner J, Backman JD, Pakyz RE, Roden DM, Schaeffeler E, Schwab M, Shin JG, Siller-Matula JM, Ten Berg JM, Trenk D, Valgimigli M, Wallace J, Wen MS, Kubo M, Lee MTM, Whaley R, Winter S, Klein TE, Shuldiner AR, Ritchie MD. Genomewide Association Study of Platelet Reactivity and Cardiovascular Response in Patients Treated With Clopidogrel: A Study by the International Clopidogrel Pharmacogenomics Consortium. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2020; 108:1067-1077. [PMID: 32472697 PMCID: PMC7689744 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.1911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Antiplatelet response to clopidogrel shows wide variation, and poor response is correlated with adverse clinical outcomes. CYP2C19 loss‐of‐function alleles play an important role in this response, but account for only a small proportion of variability in response to clopidogrel. An aim of the International Clopidogrel Pharmacogenomics Consortium (ICPC) is to identify other genetic determinants of clopidogrel pharmacodynamics and clinical response. A genomewide association study (GWAS) was performed using DNA from 2,750 European ancestry individuals, using adenosine diphosphate‐induced platelet reactivity and major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events as outcome parameters. GWAS for platelet reactivity revealed a strong signal for CYP2C19*2 (P value = 1.67e−33). After correction for CYP2C19*2 no other single‐nucleotide polymorphism reached genomewide significance. GWAS for a combined clinical end point of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke (5.0% event rate), or a combined end point of cardiovascular death or myocardial infarction (4.7% event rate) showed no significant results, although in coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary intervention, and acute coronary syndrome subgroups, mutations in SCOS5P1, CDC42BPA, and CTRAC1 showed genomewide significance (lowest P values: 1.07e−09, 4.53e−08, and 2.60e−10, respectively). CYP2C19*2 is the strongest genetic determinant of on‐clopidogrel platelet reactivity. We identified three novel associations in clinical outcome subgroups, suggestive for each of these outcomes.
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- Shefali Setia Verma
- Department of Genetics and Institute for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, St. Antonius Center for Platelet Function Research, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Internal Medicine, Béziers Hospital, Béziers, France.,Geneva Platelet Group, School of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Geneva Platelet Group and Division of Angiology and Haemostasis, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine and Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Geriatrics Research and Education Clinical Center, Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Center Balatonfüred, Balatonfüred, Hungary
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- Department of Bioengineering, Genetics and Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research and Drug Development, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Institute for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara and Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, Cotignola, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Division, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Cardiology and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, University Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Neurology, Stroke Pharmacogenomics and Genetics Group, Sant Pau Institute of Research, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.,Geneva Platelet Group and Division of Angiology and Haemostasis, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Medizinische Klinik III, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research and Drug Development, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inje University, Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inje University, Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine and Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Medicine, Pharmacology, and Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,Department of Clinical Pharmacology, and Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inje University, Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, South Korea.,Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics Research Center, Inje University, Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Centre for Preclinical Research and Technology (CEPT), Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, St. Antonius Center for Platelet Function Research, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany.,Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Heart Centre Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.,Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Institute for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Meir S, Merav A, Suaad AE, Dana D, Daniel G, Ronit S. α-Synuclein facilitates endocytosis by elevating the steady-state levels of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate.. [DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.18.158709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
Abstract
Abstractα-Synuclein (α-Syn) is a protein implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). It is an intrinsically disordered protein that binds acidic phospholipids. Growing evidence supports a role for α-Syn in membrane trafficking, including, mechanisms of endocytosis and exocytosis, although the exact role of α-Syn in these mechanisms is currently unclear. Here we have investigated the role of α-Syn in membrane trafficking through its association with acidic phosphoinositides (PIPs), such as phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI4,5P2) and phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate (PI3,4P2). Our results show that α-Syn colocalizes with PIP2 and the phosphorylated active form of the clathrin adaptor AP2 at clathrin-coated pits. Using endocytosis of transferrin, an indicator of clathrin mediated endocytosis (CME), we find that α-Syn involvement in endocytosis is specifically mediated through PI4,5P2 levels. We further show that the rate of synaptic vesicle (SV) endocytosis is differentially affected by α-Syn mutations. In accord with their effects on PI4,5P2 levels at the plasma membrane, the PD associated E46K and A53T mutations further enhance SV endocytosis. However, neither A30P mutation, nor Lysine to Glutamic acid substitutions at the KTKEGV repeat domain of α-Syn, that interfere with phospholipid binding, affect SV endocytosis. This study provides evidence for a critical involvement of PIPs in α-Syn-mediated membrane trafficking.Significance Statementα-Synuclein (α-Syn) protein is known for its causative role in Parkinson’s disease. α-Syn is normally involved in mechanisms of membrane trafficking, including endocytosis, exocytosis and synaptic vesicles cycling. However, a certain degree of controversy regarding the exact role of α-Syn in these mechanisms persists. Here we show that α-Syn acts to increase plasma membrane levels PI4,5P2 and PI3,4P2 to facilitate clathrin mediated and synaptic vesicles endocytosis. Based on the results, we suggest that α-Syn interactions with the acidic phosphoinositides facilitate a shift in their homeostasis to support endocytosis.
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Smolders S, Van Broeckhoven C. Genetic perspective on the synergistic connection between vesicular transport, lysosomal and mitochondrial pathways associated with Parkinson's disease pathogenesis. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2020; 8:63. [PMID: 32375870 PMCID: PMC7201634 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-020-00935-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonian syndromes (APS) are symptomatically characterized by parkinsonism, with the latter presenting additionally a distinctive range of atypical features. Although the majority of patients with PD and APS appear to be sporadic, genetic causes of several rare monogenic disease variants were identified. The knowledge acquired from these genetic factors indicated that defects in vesicular transport pathways, endo-lysosomal dysfunction, impaired autophagy-lysosomal protein and organelle degradation pathways, α-synuclein aggregation and mitochondrial dysfunction play key roles in PD pathogenesis. Moreover, membrane dynamics are increasingly recognized as a key player in the disease pathogenesis due lipid homeostasis alterations, associated with lysosomal dysfunction, caused by mutations in several PD and APS genes. The importance of lysosomal dysfunction and lipid homeostasis is strengthened by both genetic discoveries and clinical epidemiology of the association between parkinsonism and lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs), caused by the disruption of lysosomal biogenesis or function. A synergistic coordination between vesicular trafficking, lysosomal and mitochondria defects exist whereby mutations in PD and APS genes encoding proteins primarily involved one PD pathway are frequently associated with defects in other PD pathways as a secondary effect. Moreover, accumulating clinical and genetic observations suggest more complex inheritance patters of familial PD exist, including oligogenic and polygenic inheritance of genes in the same or interconnected PD pathways, further strengthening their synergistic connection.Here, we provide a comprehensive overview of PD and APS genes with functions in vesicular transport, lysosomal and mitochondrial pathways, and highlight functional and genetic evidence of the synergistic connection between these PD associated pathways.
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- Stefanie Smolders
- Neurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, University of Antwerp - CDE, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Neurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, University of Antwerp - CDE, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgium.
- Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.
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Schechter M, Grigoletto J, Abd-Elhadi S, Glickstein H, Friedman A, Serrano GE, Beach TG, Sharon R. A role for α-Synuclein in axon growth and its implications in corticostriatal glutamatergic plasticity in Parkinson's disease. Mol Neurodegener 2020; 15:24. [PMID: 32228705 PMCID: PMC7104492 DOI: 10.1186/s13024-020-00370-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND α-Synuclein (α-Syn) is a protein implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). α-Syn has been shown to associate with membranes and bind acidic phospholipids. However, the physiological importance of these associations to the integrity of axons is not fully clear. METHODS Biochemical, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural analyses in cultured neurons, transgenic mouse brains, PD and control human brains. RESULTS We analyzed the ultrastructure of cross-sectioned axons localized to white matter tracts (WMTs), within the dorsal striatum of old and symptomatic α-Syn transgenic mouse brains. The analysis indicated a higher density of axons of thinner diameter. Our findings in cultured cortical neurons indicate a role for α-Syn in elongation of the main axon and its collaterals, resulting in enhanced axonal arborization. We show that α-Syn effect to enhance axonal outgrowth is mediated through its activity to regulate membrane levels of the acidic phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI4,5P2). Moreover, our findings link α-Syn- enhanced axonal growth with evidence for axonal injury. In relevance to disease mechanisms, we detect in human brains evidence for a higher degree of corticostriatal glutamatergic plasticity within WMTs at early stages of PD. However, at later PD stages, the respective WMTs in the caudate are degenerated with accumulation of Lewy pathology. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that through regulating PI4,5P2 levels, α-Syn acts to elongate the main axon and collaterals, resulting in a higher density of axons in the striatal WMTs. Based on these results we suggest a role for α-Syn in compensating mechanisms, involving corticostriatal glutamatergic plasticity, taking place early in PD.
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- Meir Schechter
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Kerem, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Kerem, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Kerem, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Electron Microscopy Unit, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Kerem, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Kerem, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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Cunningham LA, Moore DJ. Endosomal sorting pathways in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2020; 252:271-306. [PMID: 32247367 PMCID: PMC7206894 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2020.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The identification of Parkinson's disease (PD)-associated genes has created a powerful platform to begin to understand and nominate pathophysiological disease mechanisms. Herein, we discuss the genetic and experimental evidence supporting endolysosomal dysfunction as a major pathway implicated in PD. Well-studied familial PD-linked gene products, including LRRK2, VPS35, and α-synuclein, demonstrate how disruption of different aspects of endolysosomal sorting pathways by disease-causing mutations may manifest into PD-like phenotypes in many disease models. Newly-identified PD-linked genes, including auxilin, synaptojanin-1 and Rab39b, as well as putative risk genes for idiopathic PD (endophilinA1, Rab29, GAK), further support endosomal sorting deficits as being central to PD. LRRK2 may represent a nexus by regulating many distinct features of endosomal sorting, potentially via phosphorylation of key endocytosis machinery (i.e., auxilin, synaptojanin-1, endoA1) and Rab GTPases (i.e., Rab29, Rab8A, Rab10) that function within these pathways. In turn, LRRK2 kinase activity is critically regulated by Rab29 at the Golgi complex and retromer-associated VPS35 at endosomes. Taken together, the known functions of PD-associated gene products, the impact of disease-linked mutations, and the emerging functional interactions between these proteins points to endosomal sorting pathways as a key point of convergence in the pathogenesis of PD.
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- Lindsey A Cunningham
- Van Andel Institute Graduate School, Grand Rapids, MI, United States; Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, United States
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- Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, United States.
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Ebanks K, Lewis PA, Bandopadhyay R. Vesicular Dysfunction and the Pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease: Clues From Genetic Studies. Front Neurosci 2020; 13:1381. [PMID: 31969802 PMCID: PMC6960401 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common age-related neurodegenerative disorder with disabling motor symptoms and no available disease modifying treatment. The majority of the PD cases are of unknown etiology, with both genetics and environment playing important roles. Over the past 25 years, however, genetic analysis of patients with familial history of Parkinson’s and, latterly, genome wide association studies (GWAS) have provided significant advances in our understanding of the causes of the disease. These genetic insights have uncovered pathways that are affected in both genetic and sporadic forms of PD. These pathways involve oxidative stress, abnormal protein homeostasis, mitochondrial dysfunction, and lysosomal defects. In addition, newly identified PD genes and GWAS nominated genes point toward synaptic changes involving vesicles. This review will highlight the genes that contribute PD risk relating to intracellular vesicle trafficking and their functional consequences. There is still much to investigate on this newly identified and converging pathway of vesicular dynamics and PD, which will aid in better understanding and suggest novel therapeutic strategies for PD patients.
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- Kirsten Ebanks
- Reta Lila Weston Institute, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Clinical and Motor Neuroscience, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom.,Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
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- Reta Lila Weston Institute, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Clinical and Motor Neuroscience, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Morales-Briceño H, Mohammad SS, Post B, Fois AF, Dale RC, Tchan M, Fung VSC. Clinical and neuroimaging phenotypes of genetic parkinsonism from infancy to adolescence. Brain 2019; 143:751-770. [DOI: 10.1093/brain/awz345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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AbstractGenetic early-onset parkinsonism presenting from infancy to adolescence (≤21 years old) is a clinically diverse syndrome often combined with other hyperkinetic movement disorders, neurological and imaging abnormalities. The syndrome is genetically heterogeneous, with many causative genes already known. With the increased use of next-generation sequencing in clinical practice, there have been novel and unexpected insights into phenotype-genotype correlations and the discovery of new disease-causing genes. It is now recognized that mutations in a single gene can give rise to a broad phenotypic spectrum and that, conversely different genetic disorders can manifest with a similar phenotype. Accurate phenotypic characterization remains an essential step in interpreting genetic findings in undiagnosed patients. However, in the past decade, there has been a marked expansion in knowledge about the number of both disease-causing genes and phenotypic spectrum of early-onset cases. Detailed knowledge of genetic disorders and their clinical expression is required for rational planning of genetic and molecular testing, as well as correct interpretation of next-generation sequencing results. In this review we examine the relevant literature of genetic parkinsonism with ≤21 years onset, extracting data on associated movement disorders as well as other neurological and imaging features, to delineate syndromic patterns associated with early-onset parkinsonism. Excluding PRKN (parkin) mutations, >90% of the presenting phenotypes have a complex or atypical presentation, with dystonia, abnormal cognition, pyramidal signs, neuropsychiatric disorders, abnormal imaging and abnormal eye movements being the most common features. Furthermore, several imaging features and extraneurological manifestations are relatively specific for certain disorders and are important diagnostic clues. From the currently available literature, the most commonly implicated causes of early-onset parkinsonism have been elucidated but diagnosis is still challenging in many cases. Mutations in ∼70 different genes have been associated with early-onset parkinsonism or may feature parkinsonism as part of their phenotypic spectrum. Most of the cases are caused by recessively inherited mutations, followed by dominant and X-linked mutations, and rarely by mitochondrially inherited mutations. In infantile-onset parkinsonism, the phenotype of hypokinetic-rigid syndrome is most commonly caused by disorders of monoamine synthesis. In childhood and juvenile-onset cases, common genotypes include PRKN, HTT, ATP13A2, ATP1A3, FBX07, PINK1 and PLA2G6 mutations. Moreover, Wilson’s disease and mutations in the manganese transporter are potentially treatable conditions and should always be considered in the differential diagnosis in any patient with early-onset parkinsonism.
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- Hugo Morales-Briceño
- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Neurology Department, Children’s Westmead Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Radboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Neurology, Parkinson Centre Nijmegen (ParC) Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Neurology Department, Children’s Westmead Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
- Department of Genetic Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
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Botté A, Potier MC. Focusing on cellular biomarkers: The endo-lysosomal pathway in Down syndrome. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2019; 251:209-243. [PMID: 32057308 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2019.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Down syndrome (DS) is the most frequent chromosomal disorder. It is caused by the triplication of human chromosome 21, leading to increased dosage of a variety of genes including APP (Amyloid Precursor Protein). Mainly for this reason, individuals with DS are at high risk to develop Alzheimer's disease (AD). Extensive literature identified various morphological and molecular abnormalities in the endo-lysosomal pathway both in DS and AD. Most studies in this field investigated the causative role of APP (Amyloid Precursor Protein) in endo-lysosomal dysfunctions, thus linking phenotypes observed in DS and AD. In DS context, several lines of evidence and emerging hypotheses suggest that other molecular players and pathways may be implicated in these complex phenotypes. In this review, we outline the normal functioning of endosomal trafficking and summarize the research on endo-lysosomal dysfunction in DS in light of AD findings. We emphasize the role of genes of chromosome 21 implicated in endocytosis to explain endosomal abnormalities and set the limitations and perspectives of models used to explore endo-lysosomal dysfunction in DS and find new biomarkers. The review highlights the complexity of endo-lysosomal dysfunction in DS and suggests directions for future research in the field.
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- Alexandra Botté
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM), CNRS UMR7225, INSERM U1127, Sorbonne Université, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM), CNRS UMR7225, INSERM U1127, Sorbonne Université, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
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Xie F, Chen S, Cen ZD, Chen Y, Yang DH, Wang HT, Zhang BR, Luo W. A novel homozygous SYNJ1 mutation in two siblings with typical Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2019; 69:134-137. [PMID: 31751865 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 10/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mutations in the SYNJ1 have been associated with early onset of atypical Parkinson's disease (PARK20). Patients with PARK20 exhibit a wide phenotypic variability. Here, we report the clinical and genetic findings in two affected siblings with a novel homozygous SYNJ1 mutation. METHODS A consanguineous family with two affected siblings with Parkinson's disease was recruited. Both siblings underwent detailed neurological examinations. Whole genome sequencing was performed in the proband. RESULTS Both affected siblings presented with pure parkinsonism with no other atypical symptoms and a slow disease progression. The proband had an excellent response to levodopa. Performing the levodopa challenge test in the proband's older brother resulted in improvements in the parkinsonism signs. Genetic analysis identified a homozygous missense mutation in SYNJ1 (c.2495A > G, p.Y832C) in both of siblings. In silico analyses revealed that the mutation was deleterious. CONCLUSIONS Screening for SNYJ1 should be considered in patients with typical levodopa-responsive Parkinson's disease.
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- Fei Xie
- Department of Neurology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Cancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Cancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Cancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Cancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Cancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Niemann N, Jankovic J. Juvenile parkinsonism: Differential diagnosis, genetics, and treatment. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2019; 67:74-89. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Amodio G, Moltedo O, Fasano D, Zerillo L, Oliveti M, Di Pietro P, Faraonio R, Barone P, Pellecchia MT, De Rosa A, De Michele G, Polishchuk E, Polishchuk R, Bonifati V, Nitsch L, Pierantoni GM, Renna M, Criscuolo C, Paladino S, Remondelli P. PERK-Mediated Unfolded Protein Response Activation and Oxidative Stress in PARK20 Fibroblasts. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:673. [PMID: 31316342 PMCID: PMC6610533 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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PARK20, an early onset autosomal recessive parkinsonism is due to mutations in the phosphatidylinositol-phosphatase Synaptojanin 1 (Synj1). We have recently shown that the early endosomal compartments are profoundly altered in PARK20 fibroblasts as well as the endosomal trafficking. Here, we report that PARK20 fibroblasts also display a drastic alteration of the architecture and function of the early secretory compartments. Our results show that the exit machinery from the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) and the ER-to-Golgi trafficking are markedly compromised in patient cells. As a consequence, PARK20 fibroblasts accumulate large amounts of cargo proteins within the ER, leading to the induction of ER stress. Interestingly, this stressful state is coupled to the activation of the PERK/eIF2α/ATF4/CHOP pathway of the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR). In addition, PARK20 fibroblasts reveal upregulation of oxidative stress markers and total ROS production with concomitant alteration of the morphology of the mitochondrial network. Interestingly, treatment of PARK20 cells with GSK2606414 (GSK), a specific inhibitor of PERK activity, restores the level of ROS, signaling a direct correlation between ER stress and the induction of oxidative stress in the PARK20 cells. All together, these findings suggest that dysfunction of early secretory pathway might contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease.
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- Giuseppina Amodio
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Section of Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Section of Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive, and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive, and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive, and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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Pan PY, Zhu Y, Shen Y, Yue Z. Crosstalk between presynaptic trafficking and autophagy in Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis 2019; 122:64-71. [PMID: 29723605 PMCID: PMC10942671 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that profoundly affects one's motor functions. The disease is characterized pathologically by denervation of dopaminergic (DAergic) nigrostriatal terminal and degeneration of DAergic neurons in the substantia nigra par compacta (SNpc); however, the precise molecular mechanism underlying disease pathogenesis remains poorly understood. Animal studies in both toxin-induced and genetic PD models suggest that presynaptic impairments may underlie the early stage of DA depletion and neurodegeneration (reviewed in Schirinzi, T., et al. 2016). Supporting this notion, human genetic studies and genomic analysis have identified an increasing number of PD risk variants that are associated with synaptic vesicle (SV) trafficking, regulation of synaptic function and autophagy/lysosomal system (Chang, D., et al. 2017, reviewed in Trinh, J. & Farrer, M. 2013; Singleton, A.B., et al. 2013). Although the precise mechanism for autophagy regulation in neurons is currently unclear, many studies demonstrate that autophagosomes form at the presynaptic terminal (Maday, S. & Holzbaur, E.L. 2014; Vanhauwaert, R., et al. 2017; reviewed in Yue, Z. 2007). Growing evidence has revealed overlapping genes involved in both SV recycling and autophagy, suggesting that the two membrane trafficking processes are inter-connected. Here we will review emergent evidence linking SV endocytic genes and autophagy genes at the presynaptic terminal. We will discuss their potential relevance to PD pathogenesis.
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- Ping-Yue Pan
- Department of Neurology, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Avenue, Hess Research Center 9th Floor, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Neurology, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Avenue, Hess Research Center 9th Floor, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Genetic mimics of the non-genetic atypical parkinsonian disorders – the ‘atypical’ atypical. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2019; 149:327-351. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.irn.2019.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nguyen M, Wong YC, Ysselstein D, Severino A, Krainc D. Synaptic, Mitochondrial, and Lysosomal Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease. Trends Neurosci 2018; 42:140-149. [PMID: 30509690 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2018.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The discovery of genetic forms of Parkinson's disease (PD) has highlighted the importance of the autophagy/lysosomal and mitochondrial/oxidative stress pathways in disease pathogenesis. However, recently identified PD-linked genes, including DNAJC6 (auxilin), SYNJ1 (synaptojanin 1), and the PD risk gene SH3GL2 (endophilin A1), have also highlighted disruptions in synaptic vesicle endocytosis (SVE) as a significant contributor to disease pathogenesis. Additionally, the roles of other PD genes such as LRRK2, PRKN, and VPS35 in the regulation of SVE are beginning to emerge. Here we discuss the recent work on the contribution of dysfunctional SVE to midbrain dopaminergic neurons' selective vulnerability and highlight pathways that demonstrate the interplay of synaptic, mitochondrial, and lysosomal dysfunction in the pathogenesis of PD.
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- Maria Nguyen
- Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Clonazepam improves the symptoms of two siblings with novel variants in the SYNJ1 gene. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2018; 62:221-225. [PMID: 30473187 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2018.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Revised: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mutations in the SYNJ1 gene have been associated with early-onset of atypical Parkinson's disease or severe neurodegeneration with intractable seizures. Due to the rarity of the disease, there were limitations in the quality of available treatment options for SYNJ1-related diseases. METHODS Two affected siblings from a non-consanguineous family were evaluated through a set of clinical and laboratory tests. The genetic screening was performed through exome next generation sequencing. SYNJ1 mutant transcripts were purified and cloned into the vectors for Sanger sequence of single-stranded DNA. Relative level of the SYNJ1 transcript was measured by quantitative PCR. RESULTS The clinical features were characterized by a triad of symptomatic progression including diplopia, dystonia, and Parkinsonism. The dystonic symptoms were outstanding in the siblings, which preceded the Parkinsonism symptoms and became the main symptoms. Clonazepam resolved the clinical symptoms, especially the severe trunk dystonia and dystonic postures of limbs. Compound heterozygous variants (c.2579-2A > G; p.A860Gfs*5 and c.3845C > A; p.P1282L) were identified in the SYNJ1 gene co-segregating in this family. The proline residue is highly conserved across species and predicted to be damaging by several in silico tools. The splice site variant caused a skip of exon 20 and a significant reduction of the SYNJ1 transcript expression. CONCLUSIONS Our study expanded the clinical and genetic spectrums of the SYNJ1-related diseases. Although our study was a preliminary observation, it indicated that clonazepam could improve the dystonic symptoms caused by mutations in the SYNJ1 gene.
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Presynaptic Dysfunction by Familial Factors in Parkinson Disease. Int Neurourol J 2018; 22:S115-121. [PMID: 30396260 PMCID: PMC6234725 DOI: 10.5213/inj.1836216.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Parkinson disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer disease. The loss of specific brain area, the substantia nigra pars compacta is known as a major etiology, however it is not fully understood how this neurodegeneration is initiated and what precisely causes this disease. As one aspect of pathophysiology for PD, synaptic dysfunction (synaptopathy) is thought to be an earlier appearance for neurodegeneration. In addition, some of the familial factors cumulatively exhibit that these factors such as α-synuclein, leucine-rich repeat kinase 2, parkin, PTEN-induced kinase 1, and DJ-1 are involved in the regulation of synaptic function and missense mutants of familial factors found in PD-patient show dysregulation of synaptic functions. In this review, we have discussed the physiological function of these genetic factors in presynaptic terminal and how dysregulation of presynaptic function by genetic factors might be related to the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease.
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Ben Romdhan S, Sakka S, Farhat N, Triki S, Dammak M, Mhiri C. A Novel SYNJ1 Mutation in a Tunisian Family with Juvenile Parkinson's Disease Associated with Epilepsy. J Mol Neurosci 2018; 66:273-278. [PMID: 30187305 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-018-1167-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Mutations in SYNJ1 gene have been described in few families with juvenile atypical Parkinson disease (PD). This gene encodes for "Synaptojanin 1," an enzyme playing a major role in the phosphorylation and the recycling of synaptic vesicles. In this study, we report two siblings, from a consanguineous Tunisian family, presenting juvenile PD. Both siblings developed mild Parkinsonism at 16 and 21 years old respectively. One patient had generalized tonic-clonic seizures since the age of 7 years. There was no evidence of sleep or autonomic dysfunctions and psychiatric disorders in both cases, but they developed a moderate cognitive impairment. They kept a good respond to low doses of levodopa treatment with no dyskinesia or motor fluctuations. We designed an NGS-based screening of 22 currently most prevalent parkinsonism-associated genes. Genetic study revealed a novel compound heterozygous mutation (p.Leu1406Phefs*42 and p.Lys1321Glu) in SYNJ1 gene. The p.Lys1321Glu mutation is located in the proline-rich domain and leads to a significant change in the 3D structure of the protein (RMS = 12.58 Å). The p.Leu1406Phefs*42 mutation disrupt the AP2 binding sites and subsequently disable synaptic and vesicle endocytic recycling in neurons. This is the first report of mutation in the C-terminal domain of Synaptojanin 1 protein causing mild juvenile PD with generalized seizures, cognitive impairment, and good respond to levodopa treatment.
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- Sawssan Ben Romdhan
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Neurogénétique, Maladie de Parkinson et Maladies Cérébro-Vasculaires (LR-12-SP-19), Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, 3029, Sfax, Tunisia. .,Clinical Investigation Center (CIC), CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie. .,Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, INSERM U1127, Sorbonne Université, UPMC Paris VI univ. UMR_S1127, CNRS UMR 7225, 75013, Paris, France. .,École Pratique des Hautes Études EPHE, PSL Research University, Paris, France.
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Neurogénétique, Maladie de Parkinson et Maladies Cérébro-Vasculaires (LR-12-SP-19), Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, 3029, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Neurogénétique, Maladie de Parkinson et Maladies Cérébro-Vasculaires (LR-12-SP-19), Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, 3029, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Neurogénétique, Maladie de Parkinson et Maladies Cérébro-Vasculaires (LR-12-SP-19), Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, 3029, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Neurogénétique, Maladie de Parkinson et Maladies Cérébro-Vasculaires (LR-12-SP-19), Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, 3029, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Neurogénétique, Maladie de Parkinson et Maladies Cérébro-Vasculaires (LR-12-SP-19), Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, 3029, Sfax, Tunisia.,Clinical Investigation Center (CIC), CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie
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Surmeier DJ. Determinants of dopaminergic neuron loss in Parkinson's disease. FEBS J 2018; 285:3657-3668. [PMID: 30028088 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The cardinal motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) are caused by the death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc). Alpha-synuclein (aSYN) pathology and mitochondrial dysfunction have been implicated in PD pathogenesis, but until recently it was unclear why SNc dopaminergic neurons should be particularly vulnerable to these two types of insult. In this brief review, the evidence that SNc dopaminergic neurons have an anatomical, physiological, and biochemical phenotype that predisposes them to mitochondrial dysfunction and synuclein pathology is summarized. The recognition that certain traits may predispose neurons to PD-linked pathology creates translational opportunities for slowing or stopping disease progression.
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- Dalton James Surmeier
- Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Soukup SF, Vanhauwaert R, Verstreken P. Parkinson's disease: convergence on synaptic homeostasis. EMBO J 2018; 37:embj.201898960. [PMID: 30065071 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201898960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, affects millions of people globally. There is no cure, and its prevalence will double by 2030. In recent years, numerous causative genes and risk factors for Parkinson's disease have been identified and more than half appear to function at the synapse. Subtle synaptic defects are thought to precede blunt neuronal death, but the mechanisms that are dysfunctional at synapses are only now being unraveled. Here, we review recent work and propose a model where different Parkinson proteins interact in a cell compartment-specific manner at the synapse where these proteins regulate endocytosis and autophagy. While this field is only recently emerging, the work suggests that the loss of synaptic homeostasis may contribute to neurodegeneration and is a key player in Parkinson's disease.
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- Sandra-Fausia Soukup
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain& Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium .,Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain& Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain& Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium .,Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Miranda AM, Herman M, Cheng R, Nahmani E, Barrett G, Micevska E, Fontaine G, Potier MC, Head E, Schmitt FA, Lott IT, Jiménez-Velázquez IZ, Antonarakis SE, Di Paolo G, Lee JH, Hussaini SA, Marquer C. Excess Synaptojanin 1 Contributes to Place Cell Dysfunction and Memory Deficits in the Aging Hippocampus in Three Types of Alzheimer's Disease. Cell Rep 2018; 23:2967-2975. [PMID: 29874583 PMCID: PMC6040810 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The phosphoinositide phosphatase synaptojanin 1 (SYNJ1) is a key regulator of synaptic function. We first tested whether SYNJ1 contributes to phenotypic variations in familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) and show that SYNJ1 polymorphisms are associated with age of onset in both early- and late-onset human FAD cohorts. We then interrogated whether SYNJ1 levels could directly affect memory. We show that increased SYNJ1 levels in autopsy brains from adults with Down syndrome (DS/AD) are inversely correlated with synaptophysin levels, a direct readout of synaptic integrity. We further report age-dependent cognitive decline in a mouse model overexpressing murine Synj1 to the levels observed in human sporadic AD, triggered through hippocampal hyperexcitability and defects in the spatial reproducibility of place fields. Taken together, our findings suggest that SYNJ1 contributes to memory deficits in the aging hippocampus in all forms of AD.
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- Andre M Miranda
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, 4806-909 Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; G. H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, ICM, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, ICM, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0230, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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- Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0230, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA; Department of Pediatrics and Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine (UCI), Orange, CA 92668, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; G. H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Departments of Epidemiology and Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Sheehan P, Yue Z. Deregulation of autophagy and vesicle trafficking in Parkinson's disease. Neurosci Lett 2018; 697:59-65. [PMID: 29627340 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Revised: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized pathologically by the selective loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and the intracellular accumulation of α-synuclein in the Lewy bodies. While the pathogenic mechanisms of PD are poorly understood, many lines of evidence point to a role of altered autophagy and membrane trafficking in the development of the disease. Emerging studies show that connections between the deregulation of autophagy and synaptic vesicle (SV) trafficking may contribute to PD. Here we review the evidence that many PD related-genes have roles in both autophagy and SV trafficking and examine how deregulation of these pathways contributes to PD pathogenesis. This review also discusses recent studies aimed at uncovering the role of PD-linked genes in autophagy-lysosome function.
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- Patricia Sheehan
- Department of Neurology, The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029, USA.
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Recently, a new form of autosomal recessive early-onset parkinsonism (PARK20), due to mutations in the gene encoding the phosphoinositide phosphatase, Synaptojanin 1 (Synj1), has been reported. Several genes responsible for hereditary forms of Parkinson’s disease are implicated in distinct steps of the endolysosomal pathway. However, the nature and the degree of endocytic membrane trafficking impairment in early-onset parkinsonism remains elusive. Here, we show that depletion of Synj1 causes drastic alterations of early endosomes, which become enlarged and more numerous, while it does not affect the morphology of late endosomes both in non-neuronal and neuronal cells. Moreover, Synj1 loss impairs the recycling of transferrin, while it does not alter the trafficking of the epidermal growth factor receptor. The ectopic expression of Synj1 restores the functions of early endosomes, and rescues these trafficking defects in depleted cells. Importantly, the same alterations of early endosomal compartments and trafficking defects occur in fibroblasts of PARK20 patients. Our data indicate that Synj1 plays a crucial role in regulating the homeostasis and functions of early endosomal compartments in different cell types, and highlight defective cellular pathways in PARK20. In addition, they strengthen the link between endosomal trafficking and Parkinson’s disease.
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The genetics of Parkinson disease. Ageing Res Rev 2018; 42:72-85. [PMID: 29288112 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2017.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 321] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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About 15% of patients with Parkinson disease (PD) have family history and 5-10% have a monogenic form of the disease with Mendelian inheritance. To date, at least 23 loci and 19 disease-causing genes for parkinsonism have been found, but many more genetic risk loci and variants for sporadic PD phenotype have been identified in various association studies. Investigating the mutated protein products has uncovered potential pathogenic pathways that provide insights into mechanisms of neurodegeneration in familial and sporadic PD. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Parkinson's publication of An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, we provide a comprehensive and critical overview of the current clinical, neuropathological, and genetic understanding of genetic forms of PD. We also discuss advances in screening for genetic PD-related risk factors and how they impact genetic counseling and contribute to the development of potential disease-modifying therapies.
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Al Zaabi N, Al Menhali N, Al-Jasmi F. SYNJ1 gene associated with neonatal onset of neurodegenerative disorder and intractable seizure. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2017; 6:109-113. [PMID: 29179256 PMCID: PMC5823681 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2017] [Revised: 09/24/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Background Synaptojanin 1 is encoded by the SYNJ1(MIM 604297) and plays a major role in phosphorylation and recycling of synaptic vesicles. Mutation of SYNJ1 is associated with two distinct phenotypes; a known homozygous missense mutation (p.Arg258Gln) associated with early‐onset Parkinson disease (MIM 615530), whereas mutation with complete loss of SYNJ1 function result in a lethal neurodegenerative disease with intractable seizure and tauopathies (MIM 617389). Methods We report two related children from consanguineous family presented with intractable seizure, profound developmental delay, failure to thrive, acquired microcephaly, and hypotonia. The brain MRI is normal and EEG showed hypsarrhythmia. Result The diagnosis was achieved via whole‐genome sequencing which showed homozygous mutation in SYNJ1 (c.709C>T, p.Gln237*). Conclusion A clinical pattern of neonatal‐onset intractable seizure, profound developmental delay, muscular hypotonia, hypsarrhythmia, and no focal abnormality of brain MRI should prompt initiation of molecular genetic analysis of SYNJ1. Establishment of the diagnosis permits genetic counseling, prevents patients undergoing unhelpful diagnostic procedures and allows for accurate prognosis.
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- Nuha Al Zaabi
- Department of Pediatric, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Pediatric, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
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