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ArticleResearch (Washington, D.C.)2025

Cortical Single-Cell Primers of Abnormal Brain Activity in Parkinson's Disease.

Daniela Mirzac, Martin B Glaser, Svenja L Kreis, Florian Ringel, Manuel Bange, Damian M Herz, StanislavA Groppa, Lilia Rotaru, Viviane Almeida, Jenny Blech and 9 more

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19 authors.

Daniela MirzacDepartment of Neurology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3405-216X
Martin B GlaserDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Svenja L KreisInstitute of Physiology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Florian RingelDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Manuel BangeDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Damian M HerzDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
StanislavA GroppaDepartment of Neurology nr. 2, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
Lilia RotaruNeurology and Neurosurgery Institute "Diomid Gherman", Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
Viviane AlmeidaDepartment of Neurology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Jenny BlechDepartment of Neurology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Mohammadsaleh OshaghiDepartment of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and Centre for Bioinformatics, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway.
Sebastian KunzInstitute of Immunology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Matthias KleinInstitute of Immunology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Jonas PaulsenDepartment of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and Centre for Bioinformatics, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway.
Heiko J LuhmannInstitute of Physiology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Tobias BoppInstitute of Immunology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Philip L de JagerCenter for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Sergiu GroppaDepartment of Neurology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Gabriel Gonzalez-EscamillaDepartment of Neurology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7209-1736

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abnormal brain oscillatory activity is a well-established hallmark of bradykinesia and motor impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD), yet its molecular underpinnings remain unclear. To address this gap, we analyzed over 100,000 single-cell RNA transcriptomes from fresh dorsolateral prefrontal cortex tissue of individuals with PD and non-PD controls, undergoing deep brain stimulation-2 cohorts, which open up an unprecedent window to the characterization of human cortical brain tissue, aiming to uncover the molecular mechanisms of abnormal brain oscillatory activity in PD. Fresh brain tissue samples offer a unique opportunity to precisely elucidate the molecular underpinnings of known, clinically relevant electrophysiological hallmarks of neurodegeneration, which can be used to inform targeted therapeutic strategies. We depicted in microglia and astrocytes enrichment of mitochondrial electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation pathways, which were directly linked to the increase of pathological brain activity and the decrease of prokinetic brain activity. Additionally, the abnormal phase-amplitude coupling of beta-gamma brain activity was related to the dysfunction of oligodendrocyte precursor cells and inflammasome activation mediated by lymphocyte-driven adaptive immunity. We identified a distinct set of dysregulated genes from the mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation pathways, mitochondrial electron transport at the intersection of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration, suggesting pivotal roles in PD pathology. This unique dataset provides unprecedented insights into the immune and metabolic dysregulation underlying PD, offering a mechanistic framework for understanding invasive transcriptomic biomarkers related to prokinetic and pathologic brain activity in PD.

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