The Parkinson's disease risk gene cathepsin B promotes fibrillar alpha-synuclein clearance, lysosomal function and glucocerebrosidase activity in dopaminergic neurons.
Authors:Jones-Tabah J,He K,Karpilovsky N,Senkevich K,Deyab G,Pietrantonio I,Goiran T,Cousineau Y,Nikanorova D,Goldsmith T,Del Cid Pellitero E,Chen CX,Luo W,You Z,Abdian N,Ahmad J,Ruskey JA,Asayesh F,Spiegelman D,Fahn S,Waters C,Monchi O,Dauvilliers Y,Dupré N,Miliukhina I,Timofeeva A,Emelyanov A,Pchelina S,Greenbaum L,Hassin-Baer S,Alcalay RN,Milnerwood A,Durcan TM,Gan-Or Z,Fon EA
Journal:Molecular neurodegeneration
PubMed ID:39587654
Variants in the CTSB gene encoding the lysosomal hydrolase cathepsin B (catB) are associated with increased risk of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, neither the specific CTSB variants driving these associations nor the functional pathways that link catB to PD pathogenesis have been characterized. CatB activity contributes to lysosomal protein degradation ... More