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ArticlePLoS biology2025

Plasma membrane remodeling in GM2 gangliosidoses drives synaptic dysfunction.

Alex S Nicholson, David A Priestman, Robin Antrobus, James C Williamson, Reuben Bush, Shannon J McKie, Henry G Barrow, Emily Smith, Kostantin Dobrenis, Nicholas A Bright and 2 more

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Article in PLoS biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Alex S NicholsonCambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
David A PriestmanDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Robin AntrobusCambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
James C WilliamsonCambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Reuben BushDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Shannon J McKieCambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Henry G BarrowCambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Emily SmithCambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Kostantin DobrenisDominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America.
Nicholas A BrightCambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Frances M PlattDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Janet E DeaneCambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4863-0330

Funding

SUPPORT FOR THE ROSE F KENNEDY IDDRC P50P50HD105352 · NICHD · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI SOPHIE MOLHOLM, Steven Upshaw Walkley · 2021 to 2026
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NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD105352Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycosphingolipids (GSL) are important bioactive membrane components. GSLs containing sialic acids, known as gangliosides, are highly abundant in the brain and diseases of ganglioside metabolism cause severe early-onset neurodegeneration. The ganglioside GM2 is processed by β-hexosaminidase A and when non-functional GM2 accumulates causing Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases. We have developed i3Neuron-based disease models demonstrating storage of GM2 and severe endolysosomal dysfunction. Additionally, the plasma membrane (PM) is significantly altered in its lipid and protein composition. These changes are driven in part by lysosomal exocytosis causing inappropriate accumulation of lysosomal proteins on the cell surface. There are also significant changes in synaptic protein abundances with direct functional impact on neuronal activity. Lysosomal proteins are also enriched at the PM in GM1 gangliosidosis supporting that lysosomal exocytosis is a conserved mechanism of PM proteome change in these diseases. This work provides mechanistic insights into neuronal dysfunction in gangliosidoses highlighting that these are severe PM disorders with implications for other lysosomal and neurodegenerative diseases.

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Cell MembraneGangliosidoses, GM2SynapsesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalExocytosisHumansLysosomesMiceNeurons

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PMID40608809
PMCPMC12251256

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