ABSTRACT: SNP genotype data from induced Pluripotent Stem cells from Parkinson's Disease patients harboring mutations in the GBA1 gene, and from healthy control donors
Project description:SNP Genotype and Gene Expression data from induced Pluripotent Stem cells from Parkinson's Disease patients harboring mutations in the GBA1 gene, and from healthy control donors
Project description:Gene expression data from induced Pluripotent Stem cells from Parkinson's Disease patients harboring mutations in the GBA1 gene, and from healthy control donors
Project description:We have generated human induced Pluripotent Stem cells (hiPSc) from Parkinson's Disease patients, using retrovirus-mediated delivery of reprogramming factors. hiPSc lines have been screened using SNP array to assess chromosomal stability (alongside the fibroblast lines from which they derived), and validation of the pluripotency of the hiPSc lines is provided by Pluritest assessment of transcriptome datasets, prior to differentiation to dopaminergic neuronal clutures and downstream functional assays. Fernandes H.J.R., Hartfield E.M., Badger J., Christian H. C., Emmanoulidou E., Vowles J., Evetts S., Vekrellis K., Talbot K., Hu M.T., James W., Cowley S.A., and Wade-Martins, R. Heterozygous glucocerebrosidase mutations in Parkinson's increase autophagic demand, but decrease capacity, in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived dopaminergic neuronal cultures. submitted for publication human iPSc lines were derived from human dermal fibroblasts from 2 Parkinson's Disease patients with heterozygous glucocerebrosidase mutations (GBA N370S) mutations, and 2 idiopathic Parkinson's Disease patients. SNP datasets from the 2 control individuals used in this study have been published previously [PMID 23951090; A mature physiological cellular model of human dopaminergic neurons Hartfield E.M., Yamasaki-Mann M., Fernandes H.J., Vowles., James W.S., Cowley S.A, and Wade-Martins R. In revision]
Project description:Mutations in the acid β-glucocerebrosidase (GBA1) gene, responsible for the lysosomal storage disorder Gaucher’s disease (GD), are the strongest genetic risk factor for Parkinson’s disease (PD) known to date. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration in these patients, we generated induced pluripotent stem cells from subjects with GD and PD harboring GBA1 mutations and differentiated them to midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Highly enriched neurons showed a reduction of glucocerebrosidase activity and protein levels, increased glucosylceramide and α-synuclein levels and autophagic/lysosomal defects. Quantitative proteomics profiling revealed an increase of the neuronal calcium-binding protein 2 (NECAB2) in diseased neurons. We found dysregulation of calcium homeostasis and increased vulnerability to stress responses involving elevation of cytosolic calcium in mutant neurons. Importantly, correction of the mutations rescued such pathological phenotypes. Our findings provide evidence for a link between GBA1 mutations and complex changes in autophagic/lysosomal system and intracellular calcium homeostasis, which underlie vulnerability to neurodegeneration.
Project description:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex systemic disease caused by neurodegenerative processes in the brain, in which the death of dopaminergic neurons (DN) of the substantia nigra is primarily noted. 50% of cases of familial PD are associated with mutations in the PARK2 gene. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and their neuronal derivatives are powerful tool for disease modeling. Here, we presented the transcriptome profiles for neural progenitors (NP) and neurons, presumably DN, differentiated from iPSC lines of healthy donors and PARK2 mutations-associated PD patients generated on an NextSeq 500 System (Illumina). A comparative transcriptome analysis of neuronal derivatives of healthy donors and patients with PD will allow determining the contribution of mutations of the PARK2 gene to PD pathogenesis upon neuronal differentiation.
Project description:We have generated human induced Pluripotent Stem cells (hiPSc) from Parkinson's Disease patients, using retrovirus-mediated delivery of reprogramming factors. hiPSc lines have been screened using SNP array to assess chromosomal stability (alongside the fibroblast lines from which they derived), and validation of the pluripotency of the hiPSc lines is provided by Pluritest assessment of transcriptome datasets, prior to differentiation to dopaminergic neuronal clutures and downstream functional assays. human iPSc lines were derived from human dermal fibroblasts from 2 Parkinson's Disease patients with heterozygous glucocerebrosidase mutations (GBA N370S) mutations, and 2 idiopathic Parkinson's Disease patients. SNP datasets from the 2 control individuals used in this study have been published previously [PMID 23951090; A mature physiological cellular model of human dopaminergic neurons Hartfield E.M., Yamasaki-Mann M., Fernandes H.J., Vowles., James W.S., Cowley S.A, and Wade-Martins R. In revision]
Project description:To investigate transcriptomic changes associated with Parkinson's disease development we compared frontal cortex gene expression across four Braak Lewy body stage groups. Additionally we investigated sex-specific gene expression differences in neuropathologically healthy donors and Parkinson's disease patients at Braak Lewy body stage 5. We investigated sex-specific gene expression differences in neuropathologically healthy donors and Parkinson's disease patients at Braak Lewy body stage 5.
Project description:The GBA1 gene encodes the lysosomal enzyme acid-β-glucocerebrosidase (GCase). GBA1 mutations cause the lysosomal storage disorder Gaucher disease (GD) and are a genetic risk factor for Parkinson´s disease (PD). Many GBA1 mutations cause aberrant GCase folding and processing but how these impinge on PD pathogenesis remains unclear. We addressed GCase functions in human dopaminergic (DA) neurons derived from engineered GBA1-deficient (GBA1-/-) embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and GBA1N370S PD patient-derived induced pluripotent cells (hiPSCs). GBA1-mutant DA neurons displayed aberrant morphologies and gene expression that were rescued by recombinant GCase treatment. GBA1-/- neurons have hyperactive Calcineurin (CaN) and nuclear localization of the Transcription Factor EB (TFEB). Expression of TFEB targets and lysosomal CLEAR network components were increased in GBA1-/- DA neurons and rescued by GCase replacement and CaN inhibition. Our findings reveal a link between increased CaN activity and loss of GCase, providing a mechanism for the disturbed lysosomal/autophagy pathways in GBA1-associated PD.
