期刊
CELLS
卷 11, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells11101649
关键词
Parkinson's disease; autoantibodies; STIP1; autoimmunity; neurodegeneration
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资金
- Singapore Ministry of Health's National Medical Research Council STaR [NMRC/STaR/0030/2018]
- Biomedical Research Council, A*STAR
- Parkinson's disease Clinical Translational Research, SPARK II, open fund large collaborative grant [MOH-000207-00]
- Parkinson's disease Clinical Translational Research, SPARK II, Clinician Scientist Award [MOH-000687-00]
This study identified stress-inducible phosphoprotein 1 (STIP1) as a potential neuroprotective factor targeted by PD-specific autoantibodies. Clinical and neuro-immunological studies revealed high levels of STIP1 autoantibodies in PD patients and identified four PD-specific B cell epitopes. This suggests the possible involvement of autoimmune mechanisms in PD and highlights the potential of STIP1 as an endogenous neuroprotective agent.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating movement disorder characterised by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. As neuroprotective agents mitigating the rate of neurodegeneration are unavailable, the current therapies largely focus only on symptomatic relief. Here, we identified stress-inducible phosphoprotein 1 (STIP1) as a putative neuroprotective factor targeted by PD-specific autoantibodies. STIP1 is a co-chaperone with reported neuroprotective capacities in mouse Alzheimer's disease and stroke models. With human dopaminergic neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, STIP1 was found to alleviate staurosporine-induced neurotoxicity. A case-control study involving 50 PD patients (average age = 62.94 +/- 8.48, Hoehn and Yahr >2 = 55%) and 50 age-matched healthy controls (HCs) (average age = 63.1 +/- 8) further revealed high levels of STIP1 autoantibodies in 20% of PD patients compared to 10% of HCs. Using an overlapping peptide library covering the STIP1 protein, we identified four PD-specific B cell epitopes that were not recognised in HCs. All of these epitopes were located within regions crucial for STIP1's chaperone function or prion protein association. Our clinical and neuro-immunological studies highlight the potential of the STIP1 co-chaperone as an endogenous neuroprotective agent in PD and suggest the possible involvement of autoimmune mechanisms via the production of autoantibodies in a subset of individuals.
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