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ArticleNPJ Parkinson's disease2022

Lysosomal lipid alterations caused by glucocerebrosidase deficiency promote lysosomal dysfunction, chaperone-mediated-autophagy deficiency, and alpha-synuclein pathology.

Alba Navarro-Romero, Irene Fernandez-Gonzalez, Jordi Riera, Marta Montpeyo, Merce Albert-Bayo, Tresa Lopez-Royo, Pablo Castillo-Sanchez, Clara Carnicer-Caceres, Jose Antonio Arranz-Amo, Laura Castillo-Ribelles and 4 more

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Article in NPJ Parkinson's disease, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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65citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Alba Navarro-RomeroNeurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)-Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain.
Irene Fernandez-GonzalezNeurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)-Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain.
Jordi RieraNeurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)-Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain.
Marta MontpeyoNeurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)-Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9241-1047
Merce Albert-BayoNeurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)-Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain.
Tresa Lopez-RoyoNeurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)-Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain.
Pablo Castillo-SanchezNeurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)-Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain.
Clara Carnicer-CaceresCatalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
Jose Antonio Arranz-AmoBiochemistry Service, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
Laura Castillo-RibellesBiochemistry Service, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
Eddie PradasNeurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)-Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain.
Josefina CasasInstitut de Química Avançada de Catalunya (IQAC-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.
Miquel VilaNeurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)-Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1352-989X
Marta Martinez-VicenteNeurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)-Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain. marta.martinez@vhir.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7053-2625
Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases · ESInstitució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats · ESVall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari · ESInstitute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia · ESUniversidad de Zaragoza · ESUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ES

Funding

Fundación BBVA (BBVA Foundation) NANOERTGovernment of Catalonia | Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya SLT006/17/00268Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (Michael J. Fox Foundation) MJFF 16182Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España (Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad) FPU18/05595Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Institute of Health Carlos III) PI17/00496Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Institute of Health Carlos III) PI20/00728
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in the GBA gene that encodes the lysosomal enzyme β-glucocerebrosidase (GCase) are a major genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD). In this study, we generated a set of differentiated and stable human dopaminergic cell lines that express the two most prevalent GBA mutations as well as GBA knockout cell lines as a in vitro disease modeling system to study the relationship between mutant GBA and the abnormal accumulation of α-synuclein. We performed a deep analysis of the consequences triggered by the presence of mutant GBA protein and the loss of GCase activity in different cellular compartments, focusing primarily on the lysosomal compartment, and analyzed in detail the lysosomal activity, composition, and integrity. The loss of GCase activity generates extensive lysosomal dysfunction, promoting the loss of activity of other lysosomal enzymes, affecting lysosomal membrane stability, promoting intralysosomal pH changes, and favoring the intralysosomal accumulation of sphingolipids and cholesterol. These local events, occurring only at a subcellular level, lead to an impairment of autophagy pathways, particularly chaperone-mediated autophagy, the main α-synuclein degradative pathway. The findings of this study highlighted the role of lysosomal function and lipid metabolism in PD and allowed us to describe a molecular mechanism to understand how mutations in GBA can contribute to an abnormal accumulation of different α-synuclein neurotoxic species in PD pathology.

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PMID36202848
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