2017
Parkinson Sac Domain Mutation in Synaptojanin 1 Impairs Clathrin Uncoating at Synapses and Triggers Dystrophic Changes in Dopaminergic Axons
Cao M, Wu Y, Ashrafi G, McCartney AJ, Wheeler H, Bushong EA, Boassa D, Ellisman MH, Ryan TA, De Camilli P. Parkinson Sac Domain Mutation in Synaptojanin 1 Impairs Clathrin Uncoating at Synapses and Triggers Dystrophic Changes in Dopaminergic Axons. Neuron 2017, 93: 882-896.e5. PMID: 28231468, PMCID: PMC5340420, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.01.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDopaminergic axonsEarly-onset parkinsonism patientsEndocytic dysfunctionNeurological manifestationsParkinsonism patientsDystrophic changesParkinson's diseaseDorsal striatumHuman patientsClathrin-coated intermediatesParkin levelsHomozygous mutationMutant brainsSynaptojanin 1Domain mutationsTerminal changesPatientsStriking accumulationAxonsDiseaseMiceSynapsesSynaptic vesicle endocytosisMutationsDysfunction
2001
PIP Kinase Iγ Is the Major PI(4,5)P2 Synthesizing Enzyme at the Synapse
Wenk M, Pellegrini L, Klenchin V, Di Paolo G, Chang S, Daniell L, Arioka M, Martin T, De Camilli P. PIP Kinase Iγ Is the Major PI(4,5)P2 Synthesizing Enzyme at the Synapse. Neuron 2001, 32: 79-88. PMID: 11604140, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(01)00456-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptojanin 1Clathrin-coated intermediatesPolyphosphoinositide phosphatase synaptojanin-1Coat recruitmentActin functionClathrin coatPositive regulatorEndocytic zonesPIPKIgammaSynthesizing enzymesRecruitmentIgammaSynapseDephosphorylationEndocytosisMajor brainElevated levelsRegulatorProteinActinEnzymeMembrane