2020
Role of VPS13, a protein with similarity to ATG2, in physiology and disease
Ugur B, Hancock-Cerutti W, Leonzino M, De Camilli P. Role of VPS13, a protein with similarity to ATG2, in physiology and disease. Current Opinion In Genetics & Development 2020, 65: 61-68. PMID: 32563856, PMCID: PMC7746581, DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2020.05.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutophagy-Related ProteinsBrainHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeurodevelopmental DisordersVesicular Transport ProteinsConceptsAutophagy protein ATG2N-terminal halfVPS13 proteinsMolecular functionsCellular processesFamily proteinsVps13Contact sitesAtg2Intracellular organellesFunctional studiesNovel mechanismProteinSimilar roleHydrophobic channelStructural studiesNeurodegenerative disordersPhysiologyDirect transferOrganellesSimilarityMutationsRoleLipidsBilayers
2016
Loss of SYNJ1 dual phosphatase activity leads to early onset refractory seizures and progressive neurological decline
Hardies K, Cai Y, Jardel C, Jansen AC, Cao M, May P, Djémié T, Le Camus C, Keymolen K, Deconinck T, Bhambhani V, Long C, Sajan SA, Helbig KL, Consortium A, Suls A, Balling R, Helbig I, De Jonghe P, Depienne C, De Camilli P, Weckhuysen S, Afawi Z, Baulac S, Barisic N, Caglayan H, Craiu D, De Kovel C, Lopez R, Guerrini R, Hjalgrim H, Lerche H, Jahn J, Klein K, Koeleman B, Leguern E, Lemke J, Marini C, Muhle H, Rosenow F, Serratosa J, Štěrbová K, Møller R, Palotie A, Striano P, Weber Y, Zara F. Loss of SYNJ1 dual phosphatase activity leads to early onset refractory seizures and progressive neurological decline. Brain 2016, 139: 2420-2430. PMID: 27435091, PMCID: PMC4995362, DOI: 10.1093/brain/aww180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgressive neurological declineEarly-onset refractory seizuresHomozygous missense variantEarly-onset parkinsonismRefractory seizuresNeurological declineOnset parkinsonismNeurodegenerative disease courseAdditional pathogenic variantsMissense variantsDifferent neurological diseasesHomozygous nonsense variantDual phosphatase activityDisease courseRefractory epilepsyTau pathologyClinical spectrumIntractable epilepsySevere epilepsySeizure pathophysiologySynaptic dysregulationLarge cohortSingle patientNeurological diseasesEpilepsy