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Isogenic Human iPSC Parkinson’s Model Shows Nitrosative Stress-Induced Dysfunction in MEF2-PGC1α Transcription

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Ryan, Scott D.; Dolatabadi, Nima; Chan, Shing Fai; Zhang, Xiaofei; Akhtar, Mohd Waseem; Parker, James; Soldner, Frank; Sunico, Carmen R.; Nagar, Saumya; Talantova, Maria; Lopez, Kevin; Nutter, Anthony; Shan, Bing; Molokanova, Elena; Zhang, Yaoyang; Han, Xuemei; Nakamura, Tomohiro; Masliah, Eliezer; Yates, John R.; Nakanishi, Nobuki; Andreyev, Aleksander Y.; Okamoto, Shu-ichi; Jaenisch, Rudolf; Ambasudhan, Rajesh; Lipton, Stuart A.; Lee, Brian, 1975-; ... Show more Show less
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by loss of A9 dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). An association has been reported between PD and exposure to mitochondrial toxins, including environmental pesticides paraquat, maneb, and rotenone. Here, using a robust, patient-derived stem cell model of PD allowing comparison of A53T α-synuclein (α-syn) mutant cells and isogenic mutation-corrected controls, we identify mitochondrial toxin-induced perturbations in A53T α-syn A9 DA neurons (hNs). We report a pathway whereby basal and toxin-induced nitrosative/oxidative stress results in S-nitrosylation of transcription factor MEF2C in A53T hNs compared to corrected controls. This redox reaction inhibits the MEF2C-PGC1α transcriptional network, contributing to mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptotic cell death. Our data provide mechanistic insight into gene-environmental interaction (GxE) in the pathogenesis of PD. Furthermore, using small-molecule high-throughput screening, we identify the MEF2C-PGC1α pathway as a therapeutic target to combat PD.
Date issued
2013-12
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103881
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology; Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Journal
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Ryan, Scott D., Nima Dolatabadi, Shing Fai Chan, Xiaofei Zhang, Mohd Waseem Akhtar, James Parker, Frank Soldner, et al. "Isogenic Human iPSC Parkinson’s Model Shows Nitrosative Stress-Induced Dysfunction in MEF2-PGC1α Transcription." Cell 155:6 (December 2015), pp.1351-1364.
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00928674

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