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ArticleNature communications2024

The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway rescues lysosomal dysfunction in Parkinson's disease patient iPSC derived midbrain neurons.

Willayat Y Wani, Friederike Zunke, Nandkishore R Belur, Joseph R Mazzulli

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Glutamine metabolism in health and disease.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  8. Parkinson's disease and glucose metabolism impairment.Translational neurodegeneration · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Willayat Y WaniThe Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Friederike ZunkeThe Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Nandkishore R BelurThe Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Joseph R MazzulliThe Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. jmazzulli@northwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7692-2381

Funding

Vascular Structure and Function in Cognitive AgingP01AG003949 · NIA · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI Charles B Hall · 1985 to 2026
$73.9M
Research Education ComponentP30AG062677 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI NILUFER ERTEKIN-TANER · 2019 to 2026
$33.5M
Neuropathology CoreP30AG013854 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI ROGALSKI, EMILY J · 1996 to 2020
$28.9M
The role of a-synuclein accumulation in lysosomal hydrolase trafficking and functionR01NS092823 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Joseph R Mazzulli · 2015 to 2026
$4.8M
Examining the role of glycosphingolipids in the progression and heterogeneity of synucleinopathiesRF1NS109157 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MAZZULLI, JOSEPH R · 2019 to 2019
$1.9M
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (Michael J. Fox Foundation) MJFF-021532NIA NIH HHS P01 AG003949NIA NIH HHS P30 AG013854NIA NIH HHS P30 AG062677NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS092823NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS109157U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) R01NS092823
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disrupted glucose metabolism and protein misfolding are key characteristics of age-related neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease, however their mechanistic linkage is largely unexplored. The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway utilizes glucose and uridine-5'-triphosphate to generate N-linked glycans required for protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum. Here we find that Parkinson's patient midbrain cultures accumulate glucose and uridine-5'-triphosphate, while N-glycan synthesis rates are reduced. Impaired glucose flux occurred by selective reduction of the rate-limiting enzyme, GFPT2, through disrupted signaling between the unfolded protein response and the hexosamine pathway. Failure of the unfolded protein response and reduced N-glycosylation caused immature lysosomal hydrolases to misfold and accumulate, while accelerating glucose flux through the hexosamine pathway rescued hydrolase function and reduced pathological α-synuclein. Our data indicate that the hexosamine pathway integrates glucose metabolism with lysosomal activity, and its failure in Parkinson's disease occurs by uncoupling of the unfolded protein response-hexosamine pathway axis. These findings offer new methods to restore proteostasis by hexosamine pathway enhancement.

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Biosynthetic PathwaysGlucoseHexosaminesInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsLysosomesMesencephalonNeuronsParkinson DiseaseUnfolded Protein Responsealpha-SynucleinGlutamine-Fructose-6-Phosphate Transaminase (Isomerizing)GlycosylationHumansalpha-SynucleinGlucoseGlutamine-Fructose-6-Phosphate Transaminase (Isomerizing)Hexosamines

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