Identification and Rescue of -Synuclein Toxicity in Parkinson Patient-Derived Neurons
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Chung, Chee Yeun
Khurana, Vikram
Auluck, Pavan K.
Tardiff, Daniel F.
Mazzulli, Joseph R.
Soldner, Frank
Baru, Valeriya
Lou, Yali
Freyzon, Yelena
Cho, Sukhee
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October 2013
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Science
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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Chung, Chee Yeun, Vikram Khurana, Pavan K. Auluck, Daniel F. Tardiff, Joseph R. Mazzulli, Frank Soldner, Valeriya Baru, et al. “Identification and Rescue of -Synuclein Toxicity in Parkinson Patient-Derived Neurons.” Science 342, no. 6161 (October 24, 2013): 983–987.
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The induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell field holds promise for in vitro disease modeling. However, identifying innate cellular pathologies, particularly for age-related neurodegenerative diseases, has been challenging. Here, we exploited mutation correction of iPS cells and conserved proteotoxic mechanisms from yeast to humans to discover and reverse phenotypic responses to α-synuclein (αsyn), a key protein involved in Parkinson’s disease (PD). We generated cortical neurons from iPS cells of patients harboring αsyn mutations, who are at high risk of developing PD dementia. Genetic modifiers from unbiased screens in a yeast model of αsyn toxicity led to identification of early pathogenic phenotypes in patient neurons. These included nitrosative stress, accumulation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–associated degradation substrates, and ER stress. A small molecule identified in a yeast screen (NAB2), and the ubiquitin ligase Nedd4 it affects, reversed pathologic phenotypes in these neurons.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
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