Review
Cell Biology
Francesco Cavallieri, Rubens G. Cury, Thiago Guimaraes, Valentina Fioravanti, Sara Grisanti, Jessica Rossi, Edoardo Monfrini, Marialuisa Zedde, Alessio Di Fonzo, Franco Valzania, Elena Moro
Summary: Parkinson's disease is a complex neurodegenerative disease characterized by early death of dopaminergic neurons and the presence of Lewy bodies with aggregated alpha-synuclein. The pathogenesis of PD is still under debate, with the alpha-synuclein aggregation hypothesized as one of the key factors. Environmental factors and genetic predisposition also contribute to PD, with monogenic PD accounting for 5-10% of cases. The identification of genetic variants associated with PD has opened up possibilities for personalized therapies.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jannik Prasuhn, Norbert Bruggemann
Summary: Future success of clinical trials in Parkinson's disease will rely on reliable biomarker development and extensive genetic testing to identify genetic cases. Genotype-dependent stratification of study participants and genotype-driven treatments will pave the road to individualized pathophysiology-based therapies in the future.
MOLECULAR MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Konstantin Senkevich, Uladzislau Rudakou, Ziv Gan-Or
Summary: Parkinson's disease is a complex disorder that may be a mixture of different diseases, with genes playing an important role in patient classification and drug development. GBA, LRRK2, and PRKN are key genes associated with PD, and targeting these genes could lead to novel therapeutic approaches.
Article
Neurosciences
Kai Yu Ma, Michiel R. Fokkens, Fulvio Reggiori, Muriel Mari, Dineke S. Verbeek
Summary: The p.D620N mutation of VPS35 is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, affecting the PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy process in PD.
TRANSLATIONAL NEURODEGENERATION
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tohru Kitada, Mustafa T. Ardah, M. Emdadul Haque
Summary: Parkin, discovered 25 years ago as the gene responsible for hereditary Parkinson's disease, remains a subject of intense research interest. Despite extensive efforts, the function and mechanism of the Parkin protein in neuronal cell death and pathogenesis remain unknown. This review highlights the chronological research on the parkin gene and discusses unresolved issues, new trends in research, and the relationship between parkin and tumorigenesis from the perspective of Parkin's redox molecule.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Neurosciences
Iryna Kamienieva, Jerzy Duszynski, Joanna Szczepanowska
Summary: The familial form of Parkinson's disease is linked to mutations in specific genes, with mutations in the parkin gene being one of the most common causes of early-onset PD. Mitochondrial dysfunction is an emerging active player in the pathology of neurodegenerative diseases, as mitochondria are highly dynamic structures integrated with many cellular functions.
TRANSLATIONAL NEURODEGENERATION
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chi-Jing Choong, Hideki Mochizuki, Cesar Borlongan
Summary: Mitochondrial dysregulation is strongly associated with the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), with mutated genes affecting mitochondrial features. Disruption of mitochondrial quality control and abnormal secretion of mitochondrial contents play a role in PD, and circulating mitochondrial DNAs can elicit inflammatory response.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Antonela Blazekovic, Kristina Gotovacjercic, Fran Borovecki
Summary: The study aimed to assess differences in 3'UTR variants of the SNCA gene in a cohort of PD patients and control subjects from Croatia, identifying a significantly higher occurrence of a particular variant in the PD population which has not been reported previously. Further research is needed to explore the role of these variants in PD development and their impact on disease pathology.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Avner Thaler, Nurit Omer, Nir Giladi, Tanya Gurevich, Anat Bar-Shira, Mali Gana-Weisz, Orly Goldstein, Meir Kestenbaum, Jesse M. Cedarbaum, Avi Orr-Urtreger, Shani Shenhar-Tsarfaty, Anat Mirelman
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the association between biochemical markers, PD severity, and prodromal PD probability score among carriers of GBA and LRRK2 mutations. The results showed that sub-clinical renal impairment is linked to an increased likelihood of prodromal PD, regardless of genetic status, suggesting a potential role of kidney function in PD pathogenesis.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Review
Cell Biology
Collin M. Bantle, Warren D. Hirst, Andreas Weihofen, Evgeny Shlevkov
Summary: Mitochondrial dysfunction is a key feature of Parkinson's disease, impacting the functions of astrocytes in the brain. Important astrocytic functions rely on healthy mitochondria, presenting new challenges for therapeutic development.
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Sitki Cem Parlar, Francis P. P. Grenn, Jonggeol Jeffrey Kim, Cornelis Baluwendraat, Ziv Gan-Or
Summary: This review aims to generate and share a comprehensive database for GBA1 variants reported in Parkinson's disease (PD) to support future research and clinical trials. A total of 371 GBA1 variants in PD were found and a browser containing up-to-date information on these variants was created. The classification and browser presented in this work will inform and support basic, translational, and clinical research on GBA1-PD.
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Yuri L. Sosero, Eric Yu, Lynne Krohn, Uladzislau Rudakou, Kheireddin Mufti, Jennifer A. Ruskey, Farnaz Asayesh, Sandra B. Laurent, Dan Spiegelman, Stanley Fahn, Cheryl Waters, S. Pablo Sardi, Sara Bandres-Ciga, Roy N. Alcalay, Ziv Gan-Or, Konstantin Senkevich
Summary: The study found that the LRRK2 p.M1646T variant is associated with an increased risk of PD and elevated GCase activity in peripheral blood. However, the effect of this variant on PD risk is relatively small.
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Zhengying Yu, Haipeng Wang, Wanyi Tang, Shaoyang Wang, Xiaoying Tian, Yujie Zhu, Hao He
Summary: A new optical method, UPLaS, has been developed to precisely and noninvasively induce localized mitochondrial Ca2+ oscillations, which directly initiates the PINK1-Parkin pathway for mitophagy.
CELL DEATH & DISEASE
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Dongbing Lai, Babak Alipanahi, Pierre Fontanillas, Tae-Hwi Schwantes-An, Jan Aasly, Roy N. Alcalay, Gary W. Beecham, Daniela Berg, Susan Bressman, Alexis Brice, Kathrin Brockman, Lorraine Clark, Mark Cookson, Sayantan Das, Vivianna Van Deerlin, Jordan Follett, Matthew J. Farrer, Joanne Trinh, Thomas Gasser, Stefano Goldwurm, Emil Gustavsson, Christine Klein, Anthony E. Lang, J. William Langston, Jeanne Latourelle, Timothy Lynch, Karen Marder, Connie Marras, Eden R. Martin, Cory Y. McLean, Helen Mejia-Santana, Eric Molho, Richard H. Myers, Karen Nuytemans, Laurie Ozelius, Haydeh Payami, Deborah Raymond, Ekaterina Rogaeva, Michael P. Rogers, Owen A. Ross, Ali Samii, Rachel Saunders-Pullman, Birgitt Schule, Claudia Schulte, William K. Scott, Caroline Tanner, Eduardo Tolosa, James E. Tomkins, Dolores Vilas, John Q. Trojanowski, Ryan Uitti, Jeffery M. Vance, Naomi P. Visanji, Zbigniew K. Wszolek, Cyrus P. Zabetian, Anat Mirelman, Nir Giladi, Avi Orr Urtreger, Paul Cannon, Brian Fiske, Tatiana Foroud
Summary: This study identified a variant in the intronic region of CORO1C that may modify the penetrance of LRRK2 mutations, and common Parkinson's disease associated variants collectively increase the penetrance of LRRK2 mutations.
ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jun Ogata, Kentaro Hirao, Kenya Nishioka, Arisa Hayashida, Yuanzhe Li, Hiroyo Yoshino, Soichiro Shimizu, Nobutaka Hattori, Yuzuru Imai
Summary: A novel LRRK2 variant-p.G2294R located in the WD40 domain was detected in a patient with familial Parkinson's disease through targeted gene-panel screening. This variant was found to be highly destabilized at the protein level. Experimental results showed upregulated expression of the LRRK2 p.G2294R protein in the patient's peripheral blood lymphocytes, while macrophages differentiated from the same blood sample exhibited decreased levels of LRRK2 protein. Additionally, reduced phagocytic activity was observed in pathogenic yeasts and alpha-synuclein fibrils.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Christine Y. Kim, Lan Luo, Qiping Yu, Ana Mirallave, Rachel Saunders-Pullman, Richard B. Lipton, Elan D. Louis, Seth L. Pullman
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Elan D. Louis, Eina H. Eliasen, Christine Y. Kim, Monica Ferrer, Shahin Gaini, Maria Skaalum Petersen
Article
Clinical Neurology
Mohamed Elfil, Nada Ahmed, Amritha Alapati, Rucha Bahekar, Mohamed Kandil, Christine Kim, Sara Schaefer, Sule Tinaz, Amar S. Patel, John M. de Figueiredo, Elan D. Louis, Brian B. Koo
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2020)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Christine Y. Kim, Thomas Wirth, Cecile Hubsch, Andrea H. Nemeth, Volkan Okur, Mathieu Anheim, Nathalie Drouot, Christine Tranchant, Gabrielle Rudolf, Jamel Chelly, Katrina Tatton-Brown, Cornelis Blauwendraat, Jean Paul G. Vonsattel, Etty Cortes, Roy N. Alcalay, Wendy K. Chung
ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY
(2020)
Letter
Clinical Neurology
Christine Y. Kim, Thomas Wirth, Cecile Hubsch, Andrea H. Nemeth, Volkan Okur, Mathieu Anheim, Nathalie Drouot, Christine Tranchant, Gabrielle Rudolf, Jamel Chelly, Katrina Tatton-Brown, Cornelis Blauwendraat, Jean Paul G. Vonsattel, Etty Cortes, Roy N. Alcalay, Wendy K. Chung
ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Lakshmi Warrior, Christine Y. Kim, Daniel J. Burdick, Daniel J. Ackerman, Luca Bartolini, Kendra R. Cagniart, Neha S. Dangayach, Elliot T. Dawson, Karen D. Orjuela, Gillian L. Gordon Perue, Jeremy K. Cutsforth-Gregory, Mona N. Bahouth, Jeffrey C. McClean, Gabriele C. DeLuca
Article
Clinical Neurology
Ana Vives-Rodriguez, Christine Y. Kim, Elan D. Louis
TREMOR AND OTHER HYPERKINETIC MOVEMENTS
(2018)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Christine Y. Kim, Elan D. Louis
TREMOR AND OTHER HYPERKINETIC MOVEMENTS
(2018)