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ArticleScientific reports2021

Influence of energy deficiency on the subcellular processes of Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta cell for understanding Parkinsonian neurodegeneration.

Vignayanandam Ravindernath Muddapu, V Srinivasa Chakravarthy

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vignayanandam Ravindernath MuddapuComputational Neuroscience Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Sardar Patel Road, Chennai, 600036, Tamil Nadu, India.
V Srinivasa ChakravarthyComputational Neuroscience Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Sardar Patel Road, Chennai, 600036, Tamil Nadu, India. schakra@ee.iitm.ac.in.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most prominent neurodegenerative disease around the world. Although it is known that PD is caused by the loss of dopaminergic cells in substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc), the decisive cause of this inexorable cell loss is not clearly elucidated. We hypothesize that "Energy deficiency at a sub-cellular/cellular/systems level can be a common underlying cause for SNc cell loss in PD." Here, we propose a comprehensive computational model of SNc cell, which helps us to understand the pathophysiology of neurodegeneration at the subcellular level in PD. The aim of the study is to see how deficits in the supply of energy substrates (glucose and oxygen) lead to a deficit in adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The study also aims to show that deficits in ATP are the common factor underlying the molecular-level pathological changes, including alpha-synuclein aggregation, reactive oxygen species formation, calcium elevation, and dopamine dysfunction. The model suggests that hypoglycemia plays a more crucial role in leading to ATP deficits than hypoxia. We believe that the proposed model provides an integrated modeling framework to understand the neurodegenerative processes underlying PD.

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Adenosine TriphosphateComputational BiologyComputer SimulationDopamineHumansHypoglycemiaMetabolic Networks and PathwaysNeurodegenerative DiseasesParkinson DiseasePars CompactaSubstantia NigraAdenosine TriphosphateDopamine

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PMID33462293
PMCPMC7814067
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