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ArticleStem cell reports2017

Altered Differentiation Potential of Gaucher's Disease iPSC Neuronal Progenitors due to Wnt/β-Catenin Downregulation.

Ola Awad, Leelamma M Panicker, Rania M Deranieh, Manasa P Srikanth, Robert A Brown, Antanina Voit, Tejasvi Peesay, Tea Soon Park, Elias T Zambidis, Ricardo A Feldman

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ola AwadDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, HSF-1, Room 380, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Leelamma M PanickerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, HSF-1, Room 380, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Rania M DeraniehDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, HSF-1, Room 380, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Manasa P SrikanthDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, HSF-1, Room 380, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Robert A BrownDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, HSF-1, Room 380, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Antanina VoitDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, HSF-1, Room 380, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Tejasvi PeesayDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, HSF-1, Room 380, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Tea Soon ParkInstitute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Division of Pediatric Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Elias T ZambidisInstitute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Division of Pediatric Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Ricardo A FeldmanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, HSF-1, Room 380, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: rfeldman@som.umaryland.edu.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Wilmer Core Grant for Vision ResearchP30EY001765 · NEI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Jiang Qian · 1985 to 2026
$22.1M
Embryonic vascular stem-progenitors for treatment of ischemic retinopathiesR01EY032113 · NEI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ZAMBIDIS, ELIAS T. · 2021 to 2024
$2.0M
Pluripotent Stem Cell Vascular Therapies for Ischemic RetinopathiesR01EY023962 · NEI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ZAMBIDIS, ELIAS T. · 2014 to 2018
$1.8M
Functional Vascular Progenitors from Naive Human iPSCR01HD082098 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ZAMBIDIS, ELIAS T. · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of HSC Generated from iPS and ESCR03HL096220 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FRIEDMAN, ALAN D, ZAMBIDIS, ELIAS T. · 2009 to 2009
$41k
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001765NEI NIH HHS R01 EY023962NEI NIH HHS R01 EY032113NHLBI NIH HHS R03 HL096220NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD082098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gaucher's disease (GD) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the GBA1 gene, which encodes acid β-glucocerebrosidase (GCase). Severe GBA1 mutations cause neuropathology that manifests soon after birth, suggesting that GCase deficiency interferes with neuronal development. We found that neuronopathic GD induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neuronal progenitor cells (NPCs) exhibit developmental defects due to downregulation of canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling and that GD iPSCs' ability to differentiate to dopaminergic (DA) neurons was strikingly reduced due to early loss of DA progenitors. Incubation of the mutant cells with the Wnt activator CHIR99021 (CHIR) or with recombinant GCase restored Wnt/β-catenin signaling and rescued DA differentiation. We also found that GD NPCs exhibit lysosomal dysfunction, which may be involved in Wnt downregulation by mutant GCase. We conclude that neuronopathic mutations in GCase lead to neurodevelopmental abnormalities due to a critical requirement of this enzyme for canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling at early stages of neurogenesis.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationDopaminergic NeuronsGaucher DiseaseGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsLysosomesMutationNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesisPyridinesPyrimidinesWnt Signaling PathwayChir 99021PyridinesPyrimidinesdopaminergic developmentdopaminergic neuronsGaucher diseaseGBA1glucocerebrosidaseiPSCslysosomal storage diseaseneurodegenerationneuronal progenitorsParkinson's diseaseWnt/β-catenin

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PMID29198828
PMCPMC5785733
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