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ArticlePloS one2015

Tool compounds robustly increase turnover of an artificial substrate by glucocerebrosidase in human brain lysates.

Zdenek Berger, Sarah Perkins, Claude Ambroise, Christine Oborski, Matthew Calabrese, Stephen Noell, David Riddell, Warren D Hirst

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zdenek BergerPfizer Neuroscience Research Unit, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America.
Sarah PerkinsPfizer Neuroscience Research Unit, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America.
Claude AmbroisePfizer Neuroscience Research Unit, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America.
Christine OborskiPfizer Neuroscience Research Unit, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America.
Matthew CalabresePfizer Structural Biology Group, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, United States of America.
Stephen NoellPfizer Primary Pharmacology Group, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, United States of America.
David RiddellPfizer Neuroscience Research Unit, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America.
Warren D HirstPfizer Neuroscience Research Unit, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America.
Pfizer (United States) · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in glucocerebrosidase (GBA1) cause Gaucher disease and also represent a common risk factor for Parkinson's disease and Dementia with Lewy bodies. Recently, new tool molecules were described which can increase turnover of an artificial substrate 4MUG when incubated with mutant N370S GBA1 from human spleen. Here we show that these compounds exert a similar effect on the wild-type enzyme in a cell-free system. In addition, these tool compounds robustly increase turnover of 4MUG by GBA1 derived from human cortex, despite substantially lower glycosylation of GBA1 in human brain, suggesting that the degree of glycosylation is not important for compound binding. Surprisingly, these tool compounds failed to robustly alter GBA1 turnover of 4MUG in the mouse brain homogenate. Our data raise the possibility that in vivo models with humanized glucocerebrosidase may be needed for efficacy assessments of such small molecules.

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AnimalsBrainCell-Free SystemGlucosylceramidaseGlycosylationHumansHymecromoneMice4-methylumbelliferyl-6-sulfo-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-glucopyranosideGlucosylceramidaseHymecromone

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PMID25763858
PMCPMC4357465
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