Neurodevelopmental defects and neurodegenerative phenotypes in human brain organoids carrying Parkinson's disease-linked DNAJC6 mutations.
Noviana WulansariWahyu Handoko Wibowo DarsonoHye-Ji WooMi-Yoon ChangJinil KimEun-Jin BaeWoong SunJu-Hyun LeeIl-Joo ChoHyogeun ShinSeung-Jae LeeSang-Hun LeePublished in: Science advances (2021)
Loss-of-function mutations of DNAJC6, encoding HSP40 auxilin, have recently been identified in patients with early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD). To study the roles of DNAJC6 in PD pathogenesis, we used human embryonic stem cells with CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene editing. Here, we show that DNAJC6 mutations cause key PD pathologic features, i.e., midbrain-type dopamine (mDA) neuron degeneration, pathologic α-synuclein aggregation, increase of intrinsic neuronal firing frequency, and mitochondrial and lysosomal dysfunctions in human midbrain-like organoids (hMLOs). In addition, neurodevelopmental defects were also manifested in hMLOs carrying the mutations. Transcriptomic analyses followed by experimental validation revealed that defects in DNAJC6-mediated endocytosis impair the WNT-LMX1A signal during the mDA neuron development. Furthermore, reduced LMX1A expression during development caused the generation of vulnerable mDA neurons with the pathologic manifestations. These results suggest that the human model of DNAJC6-PD recapitulates disease phenotypes and reveals mechanisms underlying disease pathology, providing a platform for assessing therapeutic interventions.
Keyphrases
- early onset
- endothelial cells
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- crispr cas
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- breast cancer cells
- embryonic stem cells
- oxidative stress
- single cell
- late onset
- poor prognosis
- pluripotent stem cells
- locally advanced
- metabolic syndrome
- squamous cell carcinoma
- heat shock protein
- signaling pathway
- cell death
- heat stress
- cell cycle arrest
- subarachnoid hemorrhage