Polyamines in Parkinson's disease: balancing between neurotoxicity and neuroprotection

S Vrijsen, M Houdou, A Cascalho… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The polyamines putrescine, spermidine, and spermine are abundant polycations of vital
importance in mammalian cells. Their cellular levels are tightly regulated by degradation …

Role of heavy metals (copper (Cu), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), iron (Fe) and lithium (Li)) induced neurotoxicity

B Vellingiri, A Suriyanarayanan, P Selvaraj… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition characterized by the dopamine
(DA) neuronal loss in the substantia nigra. PD impairs motor controls symptoms such as …

Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging

P Singh, K Gollapalli, S Mangiola, D Schranner… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Aging is associated with changes in circulating levels of various molecules, some of which
remain undefined. We find that concentrations of circulating taurine decline with aging in …

Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: from mechanistic insights to therapy

XY Gao, T Yang, Y Gu, XH Sun - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative movement
disorders worldwide. There are currently no cures or preventative treatments for PD …

Mitophagy and reactive oxygen species interplay in Parkinson's disease

B Xiao, J Kuruvilla, EK Tan - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2022 - nature.com
Mitophagy impairment and oxidative stress are cardinal pathological hallmarks in
Parkinson's disease (PD), a common age-related neurodegenerative condition. The specific …

A diet of oxidative stress–adapted bacteria improves stress resistance and lifespan in C. elegans via p38-MAPK

A Bhat, RL Cox, BG Hendrickson, NK Das… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Organisms across taxa face stresses including variable temperature, redox imbalance, and
xenobiotics. Successfully responding to stress and restoring homeostasis are crucial for …

MitoSegNet: easy-to-use deep learning segmentation for analyzing mitochondrial morphology

CA Fischer, L Besora-Casals, SG Rolland, S Haeussler… - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
While the analysis of mitochondrial morphology has emerged as a key tool in the study of
mitochondrial function, efficient quantification of mitochondrial microscopy images presents …

Nigral ATP13A2 depletion induces Parkinson's disease-related neurodegeneration in a pilot study in non-human primates

J Sikora, S Dovero, R Kinet, ML Arotcarena… - npj Parkinson's …, 2024 - nature.com
Lysosomal impairment is strongly implicated in Parkinson's disease (PD). Among the
several PD-linked genes, the ATP13A2 gene, associated with the PARK9 locus, encodes a …

A drug-like molecule engages nuclear hormone receptor DAF-12/FXR to regulate mitophagy and extend lifespan

M Chamoli, A Rane, A Foulger, SJ Chinta… - Nature aging, 2023 - nature.com
Autophagy–lysosomal function is crucial for maintaining healthy lifespan and preventing age-
related diseases. The transcription factor TFEB plays a key role in regulating this pathway …

Maackiain ameliorates 6-hydroxydopamine and SNCA pathologies by modulating the PINK1/Parkin pathway in models of Parkinson's disease in Caenorhabditis …

RT Tsai, CW Tsai, SP Liu, JX Gao, YH Kuo… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The movement disorder Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most frequently diagnosed
neurodegenerative disease, and is associated with aging, the environment, and genetic …