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ArticleMolecular metabolism2025

Pervasive glycative stress links metabolic imbalance and muscle atrophy in early-onset Parkinson's disease.

Natalia Prudente de Mello, Michelle Tamara Berger, Kim A Lagerborg, Yingfei Yan, Jennifer Wettmarshausen, Susanne Keipert, Leopold Weidner, Janina Tokarz, Gabriele Möller, Stefano Ciciliot and 18 more

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Article in Molecular metabolism, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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28 authors.

Natalia Prudente de MelloInstitute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany; Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Michelle Tamara BergerAnalytical Food Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Environmental Health Center, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany.
Kim A LagerborgDepartments of Medicine and Pharmacology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Yingfei YanAnalytical Food Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Environmental Health Center, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany.
Jennifer WettmarshausenInstitute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany.
Susanne KeipertDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Leopold WeidnerAnalytical Food Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Environmental Health Center, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany.
Janina TokarzInstitute for Diabetes and Cancer, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research, Munich, Germany.
Gabriele MöllerInstitute for Diabetes and Cancer, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research, Munich, Germany.
Stefano CiciliotDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Pavia University, Pavia, Italy; Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy.
Safal WaliaInstitute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany; School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Yiming ChengInstitute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany.
Margarita ChudenkovaInstitute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany; Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Anna ArtatiMetabolomics and Proteomics Core Facility, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany.
Daniela Vogt WeisenhornInstitute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology, Munich, Germany.
Wolfgang WurstInstitute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology, Munich, Germany; Department of Developmental Genetics, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany.
Jerzy AdamskiInstitute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany; Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Roland NilssonDepartment of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Giovanni CossuDepartment of Neuroscience, Brotzu Hospital, Cagliari, Italy.
Agnita BoonDepartment of Neurology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Anneke KievitDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Wim MandemakersDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Vincenzo BonifatiDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Mohit JainDepartments of Medicine and Pharmacology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Martin JastrochDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Philippe Schmitt-KopplinAnalytical Food Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Environmental Health Center, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: philippe.schmittkopplin@helmholtz-munich.de.
Fabiana PerocchiInstitute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology, Munich, Germany; Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: fabiana.perocchi@helmholtz-munich.de.
Kenneth Allen DyarInstitute for Diabetes and Cancer, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: kenneth.dyar@helmholtz-munich.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveParkinson's disease (PD) is recognized as a systemic condition, with clinical features potentially modifiable by dietary intervention. Diets high in saturated fats and refined sugars significantly increase PD risk and exacerbate motor and non-motor symptoms, yet precise metabolic mechanisms are unclear. Our objective here was to investigate the interplay between diet and PD-associated phenotypes from a metabolic perspective.

methodsWe explored PARK7 KO mice under chronic glycative stress induced by prolonged high-fat high-sucrose (HFHS) diet. We investigated metabolic consequences by combining classical metabolic phenotyping (body composition, glucose tolerance, indirect calorimetry, functional assays of isolated mitochondria) with metabolomics profiling of biospecimens from mice and PD patients.

resultsWe found this obesogenic diet drives loss of fat and muscle mass in early-onset PD mice, with a selective vulnerability of glycolytic myofibers. We show that PD mice and early-onset familial PD patients are under pervasive glycative stress with pathological accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), including N-α-glycerinylarginine (α-GR) and N-α-glycerinyllysine (α-GK), two previously unknown glycerinyl-AGE markers.

conclusionsOur results offer the first proof for a direct link between diet, accumulation of AGEs and genetics of PD. We also expand the repertoire of clinically-relevant glycative stress biomarkers to potentially define at-risk patients before neurological or metabolic symptoms arise, and/or to monitor disease onset, progression, and effects of interventions.

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Muscular AtrophyParkinson DiseaseAnimalsDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGlycation End Products, AdvancedHumansMaleMetabolomicsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMuscle, SkeletalGlycation End Products, AdvancedAdvanced glycation endproducts (AGEs)BiomarkersGlycative stressGlycobiologyMuscle atrophyParkinson's disease

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PMCPMC12148662

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