Sequential CRISPR screening reveals partial NatB inhibition as a strategy to mitigate alpha-synuclein levels in human neurons

S Santhosh Kumar, NN Naseri, SR Pather… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Alpha-synuclein (αSyn) protein levels correlate with the risk and severity of Parkinson's
disease and related neurodegenerative diseases. Lowering αSyn is being actively …

A novel tool for monitoring endogenous alpha-synuclein transcription by NanoLuciferase tag insertion at the 3′ end using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technique

S Basu, L Adams, S Guhathakurta, YS Kim - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract α-synuclein (α-SYN) is a major pathologic contributor to Parkinson's disease (PD).
Multiplication of α-SYN encoding gene (SNCA) is correlated with early onset of the disease …

Up-regulation of SNCA gene expression: implications to synucleinopathies

L Tagliafierro, O Chiba-Falek - Neurogenetics, 2016 - Springer
Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases that share a common
pathological lesion of intracellular protein inclusions largely composed by aggregates of …

Canthin-6-one accelerates alpha-synuclein degradation by enhancing UPS activity: drug target identification by CRISPR-Cas9 whole genome-wide screening …

NN Yuan, CZ Cai, MY Wu, Q Zhu, HX Su, M Li… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder
characterized by the accumulation of protein aggregates (namely Lewy bodies) in …

Targeted attenuation of elevated histone marks at SNCA alleviates α‐synuclein in Parkinson's disease

S Guhathakurta, J Kim, L Adams, S Basu… - EMBO Molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
Epigenetic deregulation of α‐synuclein plays a key role in Parkinson's disease (PD).
Analysis of the SNCA promoter using the ENCODE database revealed the presence of …

Inactive S. aureus Cas9 downregulates alpha-synuclein and reduces mtDNA damage and oxidative stress levels in human stem cell model of Parkinson's disease

D Sastre, F Zafar, CAM Torres, D Piper, D Kirik… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases, but no
disease modifying therapies have been successful in clinical translation presenting a major …

Analysis of striatal transcriptome in mice overexpressing human wild-type alpha-synuclein supports synaptic dysfunction and suggests mechanisms of neuroprotection …

Y Cabeza-Arvelaiz, SM Fleming, F Richter… - Molecular …, 2011 - Springer
Background Alpha synuclein (SNCA) has been linked to neurodegenerative diseases
(synucleinopathies) that include Parkinson's disease (PD). Although the primary …

[HTML][HTML] α-Synuclein antisense oligonucleotides as a disease-modifying therapy for Parkinson's disease

TA Cole, H Zhao, TJ Collier, I Sandoval, CE Sortwell… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disease with no approved
disease-modifying therapies. Multiplications, mutations, and single nucleotide …

Alpha-synuclein targeting therapeutics for Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathies

S Menon, S Armstrong, A Hamzeh, NP Visanji… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
α-Synuclein (asyn) is a key pathogenetic factor in a group of neurodegenerative diseases
generically known as synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with …

A druggable genome screen identifies modifiers of α-synuclein levels via a tiered cross-species validation approach

MWC Rousseaux, GE Vázquez-Vélez… - Journal of …, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
Accumulation of α-Synuclein (α-Syn) causes Parkinson's disease (PD) as well as other
synucleopathies. α-Syn is the major component of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, the …