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- Title
Dopaminergic control of autophagic-lysosomal function implicates Lmx1b in Parkinson's disease.
- Authors
Laguna, Ariadna; Schintu, Nicoletta; Nobre, André; Alvarsson, Alexandra; Volakakis, Nikolaos; Jacobsen, Jesper Kjaer; Gómez-Galán, Marta; Sopova, Elena; Joodmardi, Eliza; Yoshitake, Takashi; Deng, Qiaolin; Kehr, Jan; Ericson, Johan; Svenningsson, Per; Shupliakov, Oleg; Perlmann, Thomas
- Abstract
The role of developmental transcription factors in maintenance of neuronal properties and in disease remains poorly understood. Lmx1a and Lmx1b are key transcription factors required for the early specification of ventral midbrain dopamine (mDA) neurons. Here we show that conditional ablation of Lmx1a and Lmx1b after mDA neuron specification resulted in abnormalities that show striking resemblance to early cellular abnormalities seen in Parkinson's disease. We found that Lmx1b was required for the normal execution of the autophagic-lysosomal pathway and for the integrity of dopaminergic nerve terminals and long-term mDA neuronal survival. Notably, human LMX1B expression was decreased in mDA neurons in brain tissue affected by Parkinson's disease. Thus, these results reveal a sustained and essential requirement of Lmx1b for the function of midbrain mDA neurons and suggest that its dysfunction is associated with Parkinson's disease pathogenesis.
- Subjects
LYSOSOMAL storage diseases; PARKINSON'S disease; PARKINSONIAN disorders; DOPAMINE; MESENCEPHALON; DOPAMINERGIC neurons
- Publication
Nature Neuroscience, 2015, Vol 18, Issue 6, p826
- ISSN
1097-6256
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nn.4004