TY - JOUR
T1 - An integrated genomic approach to dissect the genetic landscape regulating the cell-to-cell transfer of α-synuclein
AU - Kara, Eleanna
AU - Crimi, Alessandro
AU - Wiedmer, Anne
AU - Emmenegger, Marc
AU - Manzoni, Claudia
AU - Bandres-Ciga, Sara
AU - D'Sa, Karishma
AU - Reynolds, Regina H.
AU - Botía, Juan A.
AU - Losa, Marco
AU - Lysenko, Veronika
AU - Carta, Manfredi
AU - Heinzer, Daniel
AU - Avar, Merve
AU - Chincisan, Andra
AU - Blauwendraat, Cornelis
AU - García-Ruiz, Sonia
AU - Pease, Daniel
AU - Mottier, Lorene
AU - Carrella, Alessandra
AU - Beck-Schneider, Dezirae
AU - Magalhães, Andreia D.
AU - Aemisegger, Caroline
AU - Theocharides, Alexandre P.A.
AU - Fan, Zhanyun
AU - Marks, Jordan D.
AU - Hopp, Sarah C.
AU - Abramov, Andrey Y.
AU - Lewis, Patrick A.
AU - Ryten, Mina
AU - Hardy, John
AU - Hyman, Bradley T.
AU - Aguzzi, Adriano
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/6/8
Y1 - 2021/6/8
N2 - Neuropathological and experimental evidence suggests that the cell-to-cell transfer of α-synuclein has an important role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the mechanism underlying this phenomenon is not fully understood. We undertook a small interfering RNA (siRNA), genome-wide screen to identify genes regulating the cell-to-cell transfer of α-synuclein. A genetically encoded reporter, GFP-2A-αSynuclein-RFP, suitable for separating donor and recipient cells, was transiently transfected into HEK cells stably overexpressing α-synuclein. We find that 38 genes regulate the transfer of α-synuclein-RFP, one of which is ITGA8, a candidate gene identified through a recent PD genome-wide association study (GWAS). Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and weighted protein-protein network interaction analysis (WPPNIA) show that those hits cluster in networks that include known PD genes more frequently than expected by random chance. The findings expand our understanding of the mechanism of α-synuclein spread.
AB - Neuropathological and experimental evidence suggests that the cell-to-cell transfer of α-synuclein has an important role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the mechanism underlying this phenomenon is not fully understood. We undertook a small interfering RNA (siRNA), genome-wide screen to identify genes regulating the cell-to-cell transfer of α-synuclein. A genetically encoded reporter, GFP-2A-αSynuclein-RFP, suitable for separating donor and recipient cells, was transiently transfected into HEK cells stably overexpressing α-synuclein. We find that 38 genes regulate the transfer of α-synuclein-RFP, one of which is ITGA8, a candidate gene identified through a recent PD genome-wide association study (GWAS). Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and weighted protein-protein network interaction analysis (WPPNIA) show that those hits cluster in networks that include known PD genes more frequently than expected by random chance. The findings expand our understanding of the mechanism of α-synuclein spread.
KW - Braak hypothesis
KW - GWAS
KW - ITGA8
KW - high-throughput screen
KW - siRNA
KW - weighted gene co-expression network analysis
KW - weighted protein-protein network interaction analysis
KW - α-synuclein
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U2 - 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109189
DO - 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109189
M3 - Article
C2 - 34107263
AN - SCOPUS:85107937682
SN - 2211-1247
VL - 35
JO - Cell Reports
JF - Cell Reports
IS - 10
M1 - 109189
ER -