2020
PLD3 is a neuronal lysosomal phospholipase D associated with β‐amyloid plaques and cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease
Nackenoff A, Hohman T, Neuner S, Akers C, Weitzel N, Shostak A, Ferguson S, Bennett D, Schneider J, Jefferson A, Kaczorowski C, Schrag M. PLD3 is a neuronal lysosomal phospholipase D associated with β‐amyloid plaques and cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2020, 16 DOI: 10.1002/alz.043301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSporadic Alzheimer's diseaseΒ-amyloid plaquesAlzheimer's diseaseCerebral β-amyloidosisΒ-amyloid pathologyPhospholipase D3Normal human brainPre-frontal cortexAD-affected brainsFear conditioning taskReligious Orders StudyDystrophic neuritesAD brainΒ-amyloidosisMouse modelCognitive declineMouse brainPhospholipase D isoformsCognitive functionPathology severityMouse strainsDiseaseBrainRush MemoryMRNA levels
2017
Impaired JIP3-dependent axonal lysosome transport promotes amyloid plaque pathology
Gowrishankar S, Wu Y, Ferguson SM. Impaired JIP3-dependent axonal lysosome transport promotes amyloid plaque pathology. Journal Of Cell Biology 2017, 216: 3291-3305. PMID: 28784610, PMCID: PMC5626538, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201612148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJNK-interacting protein 3Plaque pathologyAmyloid plaquesAxonal swellingsAmyloid precursor protein-processing enzymeAmyloidogenic amyloid precursor protein processingAmyloid precursor protein processingAlzheimer's disease (AD) amyloid plaquesAmyloid plaque pathologyPrecursor protein processingAβ peptide levelsFocal axonal swellingsDystrophic axonsAxonal lysosomesMouse modelPeptide levelsProtein 3Lysosome accumulationLysosome transportPrimary culturesImportant regulatorPlaquesPathologyVivo importanceDisease relevance
2015
Massive accumulation of luminal protease-deficient axonal lysosomes at Alzheimer’s disease amyloid plaques
Gowrishankar S, Yuan P, Wu Y, Schrag M, Paradise S, Grutzendler J, De Camilli P, Ferguson SM. Massive accumulation of luminal protease-deficient axonal lysosomes at Alzheimer’s disease amyloid plaques. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: e3699-e3708. PMID: 26124111, PMCID: PMC4507205, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510329112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmyloid plaquesNeuronal lysosomesAlzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease brain pathologyLysosome accumulationAlzheimer's disease (AD) amyloid plaquesΒ-amyloid depositionΒ-amyloid depositsAmyloid precursor proteinLysosome-like organellesRetrograde axonal transportWild-type brainsSuch axonsSwollen axonsMassive accumulationAxonal lysosomesBrain pathologyAmyloidogenic processingMouse modelAmyloid depositsLuminal proteasesAxonal transportLocal impairmentNeuronal processesNeurodegenerative diseases