Parkin, an E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, Plays an Essential Role in Mitochondrial Quality Control in Parkinson’s Disease

Autor: Nai-Hong Chen, Yi Zhang, Yu-He Yuan, Xiao-Le Wang, Zhen-Zhen Wang, Si-Tong Feng
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 41:1395-1411
ISSN: 1573-6830
0272-4340
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-020-00914-2
Popis: Parkinson's disease (PD), as one of the complex neurodegenerative disorders, affects millions of aged people. Although the precise pathogenesis remains mostly unknown, a significant number of studies have demonstrated that mitochondrial dysfunction acts as a major role in the pathogeny of PD. Both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA mutations can damage mitochondrial integrity. Especially, mutations in several genes that PD-linked have a closed association with mitochondrial dysfunction (e.g., Parkin, PINK1, DJ-1, alpha-synuclein, and LRRK2). Parkin, whose mutation causes autosomal-recessive juvenile parkinsonism, plays an essential role in mitochondrial quality control of mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial dynamics, and mitophagy. Therefore, we summarized the advanced studies of Parkin's role in mitochondrial quality control and hoped it could be studied further as a therapeutic target for PD.
Databáze: OpenAIRE