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ReviewMolecular brain2025

Unraveling the mystery: How autophagy deficiency in dopaminergic neurons drives human Parkinson's disease.

Sachiko Noda, Nobutaka Hattori

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Review in Molecular brain, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sachiko NodaDepartment of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Nobutaka HattoriDepartment of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. nhattori@juntendo.ac.jp.

Funding

the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI Grant JP24K10496the Promotion of Science KAKENHI Grant JP24H00068
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpha-synuclein (α-synuclein), a key component of Lewy body pathology, is a classical hallmark of Parkinson's disease. In previous studies, our group has examined dopaminergic neuron-specific Atg7 autophagy-deficient mice, observing α-synuclein aggregation in vivo. This pathological process led to dopamine neuron loss and age-related motor impairments. Further, in a recent study, we developed a new mouse model by crossing human α-synuclein bacterial artificial chromosome transgenic mice with dopaminergic neuron-specific Atg7 conditional knockout mice to further investigate these mechanisms. These model mice exhibited accelerated Lewy body-like pathology and motor dysfunction, providing additional evidence that autophagy deficiency exacerbates synuclein toxicity in vivo. This nano-review provides essential clues that autophagy deficiency in dopamine neurons may contribute to the onset of human synuclein diseases.

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AutophagyDopaminergic NeuronsParkinson Diseasealpha-SynucleinAnimalsAutophagy-Related Protein 7Humansalpha-SynucleinAutophagy-Related Protein 7AutophagyDopaminergic neuronsParkinson’s diseaseΑ-synuclein

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PMID40708000
PMCPMC12288268

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