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Parkinson's disease

Thomas, B., Beal, M. F.·2007·Human Molecular Genetics

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder characterized by a profound and selective loss of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. Clinical manifestations of this complex disease include motor impairments involving resting tremor, bradykinesia, postural instability, gait difficulty and rigidity. Current medications only provide symptomatic relief and fail to halt the death of dopaminergic neurons. A major hurdle in development of neuroprotective therapies are due to limited understanding of disease processes leading to death of dopaminergic neurons. While the etiology of dopaminergic neuronal demise is elusive, a combination of genetic susceptibilities and environmental factors seems to play a critical role. The majority of PD cases are sporadic however, the discovery of genes linked to rare familial forms of disease (encoding alpha-synuclein, parkin, DJ-1, PINK-1 and LRRK2) and studies from experimental animal models has provided crucial insights into molecular mechanisms in disease pathogenesis and identified probable targets for therapeutic intervention. Recent findings implicate mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative damage, abnormal protein accumulation and protein phosphorylation as key molecular mechanisms compromising dopamine neuronal function and survival as the underlying cause of pathogenesis in both sporadic and familial PD. In this review we provide an overview of the most relevant findings made by the PD research community in the last year and discuss how these significant findings improved our understanding of events leading to nigrostriatal dopaminergic degeneration, and identification of potential cell survival pathways that could serve as targets for neuroprotective therapies in preventing this disabling neurological illness.

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  • Pathogenic mutations in several genes including α-synuclein, parkin, UCHL-1, DJ-1, PINK-1, LRRK-2, NURR-1, tau, and HtrA2 directly or indirectly implicate a role of mitochondrial dysfunction in familial PD pathogenesis.

    “In addition to mtDNA mutations, pathogenic mutations in several genes including α–synuclein, parkin, UCHL-1, DJ-1, PINK-1, LRRK-2, NURR-1, tau, and HtrA2 also directly or indirectly implicate a role of mitochondrial dysfunction in familial PD pathogenesis3, 28, 29.”

    From Mitochondrial Approaches for Neuroprotection (2008) · cites this paper as [28]

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Authors
Thomas, B., & Beal, M. F.
Affiliations
Cornell University (US)
Corresponding author
Thomas, B.
Venue
Human Molecular Genetics
Published
2007-07-31
Volume
16
Issue
R2
Pages
R183-R194
ISSN
  • 0964-6906 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2083
OpenAlex
W4246230178
Cited by
748
References
111
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Human Molecular Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Neurological disorders and treatments
Keywords
Parkinson's disease, nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons, neurodegeneration, neuroprotective therapy, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, alpha-synuclein, Parkin, DJ-1, PINK1, LRRK2, familial Parkinson's disease, sporadic Parkinson's disease, protein aggregation, protein phosphorylation, cell survival pathways, pathogenesis
MeSH terms
Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2, Protein Deglycase DJ-1, PTEN-Induced Putative Kinase, Humans, Mitochondria, Models, Biological, Mutation, Oxidation-Reduction, Parkinson Disease, Protein Kinases, Oncogene Proteins, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, alpha-Synuclein

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