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Catalog
ASAP is committed to accelerating the pace of discovery and informing a path to a cure for Parkinson’s disease through collaboration, research-enabling resources, and data sharing. We’ve created this catalog to showcase the research outputs and tools developed by ASAP-funded programs.
Protocol
Collection of protocols for paper: “Glucocerebrosidase, a Parkinson´s disease-associated protein, is imported into mitochondria and regulates complex I assembly and function”
This is a collection of protocols used in a recent pre-print by the Deleidi Lab, Team Schapira. You can access pre-print at https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1521848/v1
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Lab Resource
x4 GBA plasmids
The below plasmids are deposited and available via Addgene: https://www.addgene.org/Anthony_Schapira/. These have been used in publication: 10.1093/hmg/ddac233
188580 WT GBA pcDNA3.1 GBA (Homo sapiens)
188581 E326K GBA pcDNA3.1 GBA (Homo sapiens)
188582 L444P GBA pcDNA3.1 GBA (Homo sapiens)
188583 N370S GBA pcDNA3.1 GBA (Homo sapiens)
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Protocol
Collection of protocols of Team Deleidi used in the publication: “LRRK2 kinase activity regulates GCase level and enzymatic activity differently depending on cell type in Parkinson’s disease”
Collection of protocols of Team Deleidi used in the publication: “LRRK2 kinase activity regulates GCase level and enzymatic activity differently depending on cell type in Parkinson’s disease.”
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Article
Response to: “Is Gauchian genotyping of GBA1 variants reliable?”
Preprint: To understand the cause of these discrepancies, the team reviewed their data, and concluded that they are misinterpreting Gauchian results in 8 of the 11 discrepant samples, and incorrectly using Gauchian to analyze low-coverage 1kGP samples.
Article
Sex distribution of GBA1 variant carriers with dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson’s disease
Sex distribution of GBA1 variant carriers with dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson’s disease.
Article
Evaluation of an adapted semi-automated DNA extraction for human salivary shotgun metagenomics
Preprint: This study demonstrates that the authors’ semi-automated protocol is suitable for shotgun metagenomic analysis, while allowing for a better sample treatment logistic with reduced technical variability and without compromising the structure of the oral microbiome.
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Article
Sphingolipid changes in Parkinson L444P GBA mutation fibroblasts promote α-synuclein aggregation
Publication: In this study, the lipid membrane composition of fibroblasts isolated from control subjects, patients with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson’s disease patients carrying the L444P GBA mutation (PD-GBA) was assayed using shotgun lipidomics. Findings suggest that L44P GBA mutations have a distinctly altered membrane lipid profile. View original preprint.
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Article
The activities of LRRK2 and GCase are positively correlated in clinical biospecimens and experimental models of Parkinson’s disease
Recent work suggests that LRRK2 kinase activity can modulate glucocerebrosidase (GCase) function. The authors investigated the relationship between LRRK2 and GBA1 by assessing GCase activity and found a positive correlation between the activities of LRRK2 and GCase in different cellular and ex vivo models. This is a preprint.
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Article
LRRK2 kinase activity regulates GCase level and enzymatic activity differently depending on cell type in Parkinson’s disease
Published: Recent work suggests that LRRK2 kinase activity can modulate glucocerebrosidase (GCase) function. The authors investigated the relationship between LRRK2 and GBA1 by assessing GCase activity and found a positive correlation between the activities of LRRK2 and GCase in different cellular and ex vivo models. View original preprint.
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Article
The GBA variant E326K is associated with alpha-synuclein aggregation and lipid droplet accumulation in human cell lines
Published: The GBA variant E326K is associated with alpha-synuclein aggregation and lipid droplet accumulation in human cell lines, (x6) GBA het and hom mutant fibroblasts. View original preprint.
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Protocol
Midbrain-like Organoids generation from hiPSCs
Protocol for generating midbrain organoids from human iPSCs. In this protocol we describe the differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) into human midbrain-like organoids (hMLOs). This protocol has been developed based from several published protocols.
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Article
GBA Variants and Parkinson Disease: Mechanisms and Treatments
Review: The GBA gene encodes for the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase (GCase). Around 5–15% of PD patients have mutations in the GBA gene. This review discusses the pathways associated with GBA-PD and highlights potential treatments which may act to target GCase and prevent neurodegeneration.
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