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Decoding Parkinson’s Disease Pathogenesis: The Role of Deregulated mRNA Translation

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Martin, Ian·2016·Journal of Parkinson’s Disease

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Mutations in a number of genes cause rare familial forms of Parkinson’s disease and provide profound insight into potential mechanisms governing disease pathogenesis. Recently, a role for translation and metabolism of mRNA has emerged in the development of various neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson’s disease (PD). In PD, preliminary evidence supports a role for aberrant translation in the disease process stemming from mutations in several genes. Translation control is central to maintaining organism homeostasis under variable environmental conditions and deregulation of this may predispose to certain stressors. Hypothetically, deregulated translation may be detrimental to neuronal viability in PD through the misexpression of a subset of transcripts or through the impact of excessive bulk translation on energy consumption and burden on protein homeostatic mechanisms. While compelling preliminary evidence exists to support a role for translation in PD, much more work is required to identify specific mechanisms linking altered translation to the disease process.

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  • Defects in mRNA translation are linked to autosomal dominant PD and autosomal recessive PD, where there is aberrant bulk protein synthesis coupled to neurodegeneration.

    “Defects in mRNA translation are linked to autosomal dominant PD (5,6) and autosomal recessive PD (7), where there is aberrant bulk protein synthesis that is coupled to neurodegeneration (8,9).”

    From Enhanced mTORC1 signaling and Protein Synthesis in Parkinson’s Disease Pathogenesis Disease Pathogenesis (2022) · cites this paper as [8]

    The ‘Deregulated Translation in Parkinson’s Disease’ section (page unavailable) reports elevated bulk protein synthesis linked to neurodegenerative phenotypes in a mutant LRRK2 fly model. It also links pink1 and parkin pathology to translation, but explicitly says there is no direct evidence that either gene dysregulates global mRNA translation in PD. Thus, the claim extends the bulk-synthesis finding beyond what the paper supports. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Martin, I.
Affiliations
Oregon Health & Science University (US)
Corresponding author
Martin, Ian
Venue
Journal of Parkinson’s Disease
Published
2016-01-29
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
17-27
ISSN
  • 1877-7171 (ISSN-L)
  • 1877-718X
OpenAlex
W2310986698
Cited by
23
References
89
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2017: 1
FWCI
0.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Parkinson s Disease (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Aging (K01AG050718)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Keywords
Parkinson's disease, mRNA translation, translational regulation, familial Parkinson's disease mutations, neurodegeneration, proteostasis, neuronal viability, translational stress, energy consumption
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Parkinson Disease, RNA, Messenger, Protein Biosynthesis

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