Mechanisms of autophagy–lysosome dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases

RA Nixon, DC Rubinsztein - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Autophagy is a lysosome-based degradative process used to recycle obsolete cellular
constituents and eliminate damaged organelles and aggregate-prone proteins. Their …

Autophagy in Parkinson's disease

X Hou, JO Watzlawik, FC Fiesel, W Springer - Journal of molecular biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Impaired protein homeostasis and accumulation of damaged or abnormally modified protein
are common disease mechanisms in many neurodegenerative disorders, including …

Alpha-synuclein: Pathology, mitochondrial dysfunction and neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease

EM Rocha, B De Miranda, LH Sanders - Neurobiology of disease, 2018 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex, chronic and progressive neurodegenerative
disease. While the etiology of PD is likely multifactorial, the protein α-synuclein is a central …

Manganese-induced neurotoxicity: a review of its behavioral consequences and neuroprotective strategies

TV Peres, MRC Schettinger, P Chen… - BMC Pharmacology and …, 2016 - Springer
Manganese (Mn) is an essential heavy metal. However, Mn's nutritional aspects are
paralleled by its role as a neurotoxicant upon excessive exposure. In this review, we …

Activation of β-glucocerebrosidase reduces pathological α-synuclein and restores lysosomal function in Parkinson's patient midbrain neurons

JR Mazzulli, F Zunke, T Tsunemi, NJ Toker… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the accumulation of α-synuclein (α-syn) within
Lewy body inclusions in the nervous system. There are currently no disease-modifying …

At the end of the autophagic road: an emerging understanding of lysosomal functions in autophagy

HM Shen, N Mizushima - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2014 - cell.com
In the past decade, autophagy studies have largely focused on the early stage of autophagy:
the molecular mechanisms leading to autophagosome formation. Recently, however, we …

Loss of P-type ATPase ATP13A2/PARK9 function induces general lysosomal deficiency and leads to Parkinson disease neurodegeneration

B Dehay, A Ramirez… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Parkinson disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder pathologically
characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons from the substantia nigra pars compacta …

The emerging roles of vacuolar-type ATPase-dependent Lysosomal acidification in neurodegenerative diseases

Q Song, B Meng, H Xu, Z Mao - Translational Neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
Background Lysosomes digest extracellular material from the endocytic pathway and
intracellular material from the autophagic pathway. This process is performed by the resident …

Lysosomal impairment in Parkinson's disease

B Dehay, M Martinez‐Vicente, GA Caldwell… - Movement …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Impairment of autophagy‐lysosomal pathways (ALPs) is increasingly regarded as a major
pathogenic event in neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). ALP …

Deficiency of ATP13A2 leads to lysosomal dysfunction, α-synuclein accumulation, and neurotoxicity

M Usenovic, E Tresse, JR Mazzulli… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
The autophagy-lysosomal pathway plays an important role in the clearance of long-lived
proteins and dysfunctional organelles. Lysosomal dysfunction has been implicated in …