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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAnimalsAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesAxonsDisease Models, AnimalLysosomesMembrane ProteinsMicePlaque, AmyloidConceptsAmyloid 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