Journal
CELLS
Volume 9, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells9112399
Keywords
Parkinson's disease; lysosomes; autophagy; lysosomal storage diseases; endocytosis; glucocerebrosidase; alpha-synuclein
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- Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria-Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain)-FEDER [PI17/00496]
- Michael J. Fox Foundation
- Silverstein Foundation [MJFF 16182]
- FPU doctoral fellowship from MINECO (Spain) [FPU18/05595]
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Lysosomal function has a central role in maintaining neuronal homeostasis, and, accordingly, lysosomal dysfunction has been linked to neurodegeneration and particularly to Parkinson's disease (PD). Lysosomes are the converging step where the substrates delivered by autophagy and endocytosis are degraded in order to recycle their primary components to rebuild new macromolecules. Genetic studies have revealed the important link between the lysosomal function and PD; several of the autosomal dominant and recessive genes associated with PD as well as several genetic risk factors encode for lysosomal, autophagic, and endosomal proteins. Mutations in these PD-associated genes can cause lysosomal dysfunction, and since alpha-synuclein degradation is mostly lysosomal-dependent, among other consequences, lysosomal impairment can affect alpha-synuclein turnover, contributing to increase its intracellular levels and therefore promoting its accumulation and aggregation. Recent studies have also highlighted the bidirectional link between Parkinson's disease and lysosomal storage diseases (LSD); evidence includes the presence of alpha-synuclein inclusions in the brain regions of patients with LSD and the identification of several lysosomal genes involved in LSD as genetic risk factors to develop PD.
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