2023
Dopamine transporter and synaptic vesicle sorting defects underlie auxilin-associated Parkinson’s disease
Vidyadhara D, Somayaji M, Wade N, Yücel B, Zhao H, Shashaank N, Ribaudo J, Gupta J, Lam T, Sames D, Greene L, Sulzer D, Chandra S. Dopamine transporter and synaptic vesicle sorting defects underlie auxilin-associated Parkinson’s disease. Cell Reports 2023, 42: 112231. PMID: 36920906, PMCID: PMC10127800, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParkinson's diseaseMotor deficitsDopamine transporterPathogenesis of PDNigral dopaminergic lossProgressive motor deficitsΑ-synuclein pathologyEarly-onset Parkinson's diseaseDopamine sequestrationDopaminergic vulnerabilityDopaminergic lossKO micePresynaptic sitesKO brainNeurochemical analysisDorsal striatumKnockout miceCardinal featuresReuptake kineticsL-DOPADiseaseSynaptic autophagyFunction mutationsDeficitsMiceα-Synuclein Pathology and Reduced Neurogenesis in the Olfactory System Affect Olfaction in a Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease
Martin-Lopez E, Vidyadhara D, Liberia T, Meller S, Harmon L, Hsu R, Spence N, Brennan B, Han K, Yücel B, Chandra S, Greer C. α-Synuclein Pathology and Reduced Neurogenesis in the Olfactory System Affect Olfaction in a Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease. Journal Of Neuroscience 2023, 43: 1051-1071. PMID: 36596700, PMCID: PMC9908323, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1526-22.2022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsΑ-syn tg miceΑ-Syn pathologyOlfactory bulb neurogenesisProjection neuronsParkinson's diseaseOlfactory dysfunctionMutant α-synucleinOlfactory deficitsOlfactory pathwaySyn pathologyBehavioral deficitsMouse modelΑ-synucleinOB granule cellsΑ-synuclein pathologyOlfactory systemMonths of ageReduced neurogenesisFunctional deficitsPeriglomerular cellsMotor progressionPathologic changesMultiple symptomsSynaptic terminalsGranule cells
2012
Identification of CSPα Clients Reveals a Role in Dynamin 1 Regulation
Zhang YQ, Henderson MX, Colangelo CM, Ginsberg SD, Bruce C, Wu T, Chandra SS. Identification of CSPα Clients Reveals a Role in Dynamin 1 Regulation. Neuron 2012, 74: 136-150. PMID: 22500636, PMCID: PMC3328141, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.01.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein clientsDynamin 1T-SNARE SNAP-25Cysteine string protein αSynaptic vesicle endocytosisSynaptic vesicle fusionChaperone complexClient proteinsVesicle endocytosisSystematic proteomicsSynaptic vesicle numberSuch proteinsCSPαVesicle fusionSNAP-25Synapse maintenanceProtein αVesicle numberProteinNeuronal dysfunctionCochaperonesHsc70ProteomicsEndocytosisHippocampal cultures