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ReviewFree radical biology & medicine2021

Protein S-nitrosylation and oxidation contribute to protein misfolding in neurodegeneration.

Tomohiro Nakamura, Chang-Ki Oh, Xu Zhang, Stuart A Lipton

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Review in Free radical biology & medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomohiro NakamuraNeurodegeneration New Medicines Center and Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. Electronic address: tnakamura@scripps.edu.
Chang-Ki OhNeurodegeneration New Medicines Center and Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Xu ZhangNeurodegeneration New Medicines Center and Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Stuart A LiptonNeurodegeneration New Medicines Center and Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA; Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA. Electronic address: slipton@scripps.edu.
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Novel Proteomics Approach to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder & Drug AbuseDP1DA041722 · NIDA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI LIPTON, STUART A · 2016 to 2020
$7.0M
Leadership in AD/ADRD Drug DiscoveryR35AG071734 · NIA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI LIPTON, STUART A · 2021 to 2025
$5.4M
Omics Analyses of HIV and Substance Use DisorderR01DA048882 · NIDA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI REPUNTE-CANONIGO, VEZ · 2019 to 2023
$4.3M
Dynamic Interactions of the S-Nitrosoproteome in Type 2 Diabetes/Metabolic Syndrome and Alzheimer’s DiseaseRF1AG057409 · NIA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI LIPTON, STUART A · 2017 to 2020
$4.1M
S-Nitrosylation-Induced Posttranslational Modification and Aberrant Cell Signaling in Sporadic Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG056259 · NIA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI LIPTON, STUART A · 2017 to 2021
$3.3M
Neuroprotective Mechanisms of S-Nitrosylated ApoE2 in Aging and Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG061845 · NIA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI NAKAMURA, TOMOHIRO · 2018 to 2022
$2.4M
Modeling Parkinson's Disease with Isogenic hiPSC-Derived Dopaminergic NeuronsR01NS086890 · NINDS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI LIPTON, STUART A · 2014 to 2018
$2.1M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG056259NIA NIH HHS R01 AG061845NIA NIH HHS R35 AG071734NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG057409NIDA NIH HHS DP1 DA041722NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA048882NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS086890
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are characterized by progressive degeneration of synapses and neurons. Accumulation of misfolded/aggregated proteins represents a pathological hallmark of most neurodegenerative diseases, potentially contributing to synapse loss and neuronal damage. Emerging evidence suggests that misfolded proteins accumulate in the diseased brain at least in part as a consequence of excessively generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS). Mechanistically, not only disease-linked genetic mutations but also known risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases, such as aging and exposure to environmental toxins, can accelerate production of ROS/RNS, which contribute to protein misfolding - in many cases mimicking the effect of rare genetic mutations known to be linked to the disease. This review will focus on the role of RNS-dependent post-translational modifications, such as S-nitrosylation and tyrosine nitration, in protein misfolding and aggregation. Specifically, we will discuss molecular mechanisms whereby RNS disrupt the activity of the cellular protein quality control machinery, including molecular chaperones, autophagy/lysosomal pathways, and the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). Because chronic accumulation of misfolded proteins can trigger mitochondrial dysfunction, synaptic damage, and neuronal demise, further characterization of RNS-mediated protein misfolding may establish these molecular events as therapeutic targets for intervention in neurodegenerative diseases.

Indexed as

Neurodegenerative DiseasesProtein FoldingHumansNitric OxideOxidation-ReductionProteostasis DeficienciesNitric OxideAutophagyMolecular chaperonesProtein misfoldingProtein S-nitrosylationTyrosine nitrationUbiquitin-proteasome system

Identifiers

PMID34224817
PMCPMC8579830
OpenAlexW3180896056

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