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.

Tool

pLenti HsATP10B_WT-T2A-His-flag-TMEM30A

Transfer plasmid for lentiviral vector production expressing Hs ATP10B WT and His/Flag tagged Hs TMEM30A.

Article

Lysosomal dysfunction in neurodegeneration: emerging concepts and methods

Review: This review summarizes key technological advances that have led to a better understanding of the contribution of the lysosome to neurodegeneration and highlights key questions to be addressed moving forward.

Tool

pLenti HsATP10B_D433N-T2A-His-flag-TMEM30A

Transfer plasmid for lentiviral vector production expressing Hs ATP10B D433N mutant and His/flag tagged Hs TMEM30A.

Protocol

Western blotting to detect ATP13A2 and ATP13A3

Protocol to detect ATP13A2 and ATP13A3 via Western blotting.

 

Article

Disruption of lysosomal proteolysis in astrocytes facilitates midbrain proteostasis failure in an early-onset PD model

Preprint: Accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) on biopolymers accompany cellular aging and drives poorly understood disease processes. Here, authors studied how AGEs contribute to development of early on-set Parkinson’s disease (PD) caused by loss-of-function of DJ1, a protein deglycase.

Protocol

Evaluating endocytic rate in cells

Assess endocytic rate in cells using tagged transferrin (Alexa647) and flow cytometry readout.

 

Protocol

Fluorescently labeled polyamine uptake (via Flow Cytometry)

Assess polyamine uptake capacities of a specific cell line after incubation with fluorescently labeled polyamines and mean fluorescence intensity acquisition via flow cytometry.

Article

Lyso-IP: Uncovering Pathogenic Mechanisms of Lysosomal Dysfunction

Review: The development of the Lyso-IP approach and similar methods now allow for lysosomal purification within ten minutes. This review discusses the impact of this new methodology in uncovering the role of lysosomes in neurodegenerative conditions.

Article

Neuropathological Features of Gaucher Disease and Gaucher Disease with Parkinsonism

Review: To better understand the disease pathogenesis of Gaucher Disease, the authors reviewed the neuropathological features associated with glucocerebrosidase deficiency, examining autopsy studies of rare patients with GD.

Article

The lipid flippase ATP10B enables cellular lipid uptake under stress conditions

The authors’ data show that the endo-/lysosomal lipid flippase ATP10B contributes to cellular PC uptake under specific cell stress conditions.

Article

Novel green fluorescent polyamines to analyze ATP13A2 and ATP13A3 activity in the mammalian polyamine transport system

Preprint: Cells acquire the polyamines putrescine (PUT), spermidine (SPD), and spermine (SPM) via the complementary action of polyamine uptake and synthesis pathways. The endosomal P5B-type ATPases ATP13A2 and ATP13A3 emerge as major determinants of mammalian polyamine uptake. Our biochemical evidence shows that fluorescently labeled polyamines are genuine substrates of ATP13A2.

 

Article

Rodent models based on endolysosomal genes involved in Parkinson’s disease

Review: This review summarizes parkinsonian phenotypes in rodent models targeting genes that have a role in endolysosomal pathways and future steps to better understand the contribution of endolysosomal dysfunction to PD.

Article

Inter-organellar communication in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease: looking beyond endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria contact sites

Review: Here, authors summarize the contributions of membrane contact sites in dysregulation of inter-organellar communication, taking findings from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s as major examples.