GBA Variants and Parkinson Disease: Mechanisms and Treatments

L Smith, AHV Schapira - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The GBA gene encodes for the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase (GCase), which
maintains glycosphingolipid homeostasis. Approximately 5–15% of PD patients have …

Protein misfolding and amyloid nucleation through liquid–liquid phase separation

S Mukherjee, M Poudyal, K Dave, P Kadu… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is an emerging phenomenon in cell physiology and
diseases. The weak multivalent interaction prerequisite for LLPS is believed to be facilitated …

Initiation and propagation of α-synuclein aggregation in the nervous system

BA Hijaz, LA Volpicelli-Daley - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
The two main pathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease are loss of dopamine neurons
in the substantia nigra pars compacta and proteinaceous amyloid fibrils composed mostly of …

Alpha synuclein aggregation drives ferroptosis: an interplay of iron, calcium and lipid peroxidation

PR Angelova, ML Choi, AV Berezhnov… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Protein aggregation and abnormal lipid homeostasis are both implicated in
neurodegeneration through unknown mechanisms. Here we demonstrate that aggregate …

Liquid-liquid phase separation of α-synuclein: a new mechanistic insight for α-synuclein aggregation associated with Parkinson's disease pathogenesis

S Mukherjee, A Sakunthala, L Gadhe… - Journal of molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aberrant aggregation of the misfolded presynaptic protein, α-Synuclein (α-Syn) into Lewy
body (LB) and Lewy neuritis (LN) is a major pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease …

Proteostasis of islet amyloid polypeptide: a molecular perspective of risk factors and protective strategies for type II diabetes

D Milardi, E Gazit, SE Radford, Y Xu… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The possible link between hIAPP accumulation and β-cell death in diabetic patients has
inspired numerous studies focusing on amyloid structures and aggregation pathways of this …

Dysregulated lipid metabolism and its role in α-synucleinopathy in Parkinson's disease

I Alecu, SAL Bennett - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, the main
pathological hallmark of which is the accumulation of α-synuclein (α-syn) and the formation …

Initiation and progression of α-synuclein pathology in Parkinson's disease

GK Tofaris - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2022 - Springer
Abstract α-Synuclein aggregation is a critical molecular process that underpins the
pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Aggregates may originate at synaptic terminals as a …

The role of lipids in Parkinson's disease

H **coy, B Wieringa, GJM Martens - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by a progressive
loss of dopaminergic neurons from the nigrostriatal pathway, formation of Lewy bodies, and …

Cholesterol catalyses Aβ42 aggregation through a heterogeneous nucleation pathway in the presence of lipid membranes

J Habchi, S Chia, C Galvagnion, TCT Michaels… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder associated with the aberrant
aggregation of the amyloid-β peptide. Although increasing evidence implicates cholesterol …