New fly studies and review related to neurodegenerative diseases

Parkinson's-related studies:

Thomas RE, Andrews LA, Burman JL, Lin WY, Pallanck LJ. PINK1-Parkin Pathway Activity Is Regulated by Degradation of PINK1 in the Mitochondrial Matrix. PLoS Genet. 2014 May 29;10(5):e1004279. PMID: 24874806.

Chen AY, Xia S, Wilburn P, Tully T. Olfactory Deficits in an Alpha-Synuclein Fly Model of Parkinson's Disease. PLoS One. 2014 May 30;9(5):e97758. PMID: 24879013.

Martin I, Kim JW, Lee BD, Kang HC, Xu JC, Jia H, Stankowski J, Kim MS, Zhong J, Kumar M, Andrabi SA, Xiong Y, Dickson DW, Wszolek ZK, Pandey A, Dawson TM, Dawson VL. Ribosomal protein s15 phosphorylation mediates LRRK2 neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease. Cell. 2014 Apr 10;157(2):472-85. PMID: 24725412.

Cornelissen T, Haddad D, Wauters F, Van Humbeeck C, Mandemakers W, Koentjoro B, Sue C, Gevaert K, De Strooper B, Verstreken P, Vandenberghe W. The deubiquitinase USP15 antagonizes Parkin-mediated mitochondrial ubiquitination and mitophagy. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 May 22. PMID: 24852371.

Siddique YH, Naz F, Jyoti S. Effect of curcumin on lifespan, activity pattern, oxidative stress, and apoptosis in the brains of transgenic Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease. Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:606928. PMID: 24860828; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4016861.

Shukla AK, Pragya P, Chaouhan HS, Tiwari AK, Patel DK, Abdin MZ, Chowdhuri DK. Heat Shock Protein-70 (Hsp-70) Suppresses Paraquat-Induced Neurodegeneration by Inhibiting JNK and Caspase-3 Activation in Drosophila Model of Parkinson's Disease. PLoS One. 2014 Jun 2;9(6):e98886. PMID: 24887138.

Knight AL, Yan X, Hamamichi S, Ajjuri RR, Mazzulli JR, Zhang MW, Daigle JG, Zhang S, Borom AR, Roberts LR, Lee SK, DeLeon SM, Viollet-Djelassi C, Krainc D, O'Donnell JM, Caldwell KA, Caldwell GA. The Glycolytic Enzyme, GPI, Is a Functionally Conserved Modifier of Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration in Parkinson's Models. Cell Metab. 2014 May 28. PMID: 24882066.

ALS-related studies:

Hans F, Fiesel FC, Strong JC, Jäckel S, Rasse TM, Geisler S, Springer W, Schulz JB, Voigt A, Kahle PJ. UBE2E ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes and ubiquitin isopeptidase Y regulate TDP-43 ubiquitinylation. J Biol Chem. 2014 May 13. PMID: 24825905.

Salado IG, Redondo M, Bello ML, Perez C, Liachko NF, Kraemer BC, Miguel L, Lecourtois M, Gil C, Martinez A, Perez DI. Protein kinase CK-1 inhibitors as new potential drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Med Chem. 2014 Mar 27;57(6):2755-72. PMID: 24592867; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3969104.

Huntington's-related studies:

O'Rourke JG, Gareau JR, Ochaba J, Song W, Raskó T, Reverter D, Lee J, Monteys AM, Pallos J, Mee L, Vashishtha M, Apostol BL, Nicholson TP, Illes K, Zhu YZ, Dasso M, Bates GP, Difiglia M, Davidson B, Wanker EE, Marsh JL, Lima CD, Steffan JS, Thompson LM. SUMO-2 and PIAS1 modulate insoluble mutant huntingtin protein accumulation. Cell Rep. 2013 Jul 25;4(2):362-75. PMID: 23871671; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3931302.

SCA-related study:

Jia DD, Zhang L, Chen Z, Wang CR, Huang FZ, Duan RH, Xia K, Tang BS, Jiang H. Lithium chloride alleviates neurodegeneration partly by inhibiting activity of GSK3β in a SCA3 Drosophila model. Cerebellum. 2013 Dec;12(6):892-901. PMID: 23812869.

SMA-related study:

Wishart TM, Mutsaers CA, Riessland M, Reimer MM, Hunter G, Hannam ML, Eaton SL, Fuller HR, Roche SL, Somers E, Morse R, Young PJ, Lamont DJ, Hammerschmidt M, Joshi A, Hohenstein P, Morris GE, Parson SH, Skehel PA, Becker T, Robinson IM, Becker CG, Wirth B, Gillingwater TH. Dysregulation of ubiquitin homeostasis and β-catenin signaling promote spinal muscular atrophy. J Clin Invest. 2014 Apr 1;124(4):1821-34.  PMID: 24590288; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3973095.

Review:

Lee S, Bang SM, Lee JW, Cho KS. Evaluation of Traditional Medicines for Neurodegenerative Diseases Using Drosophila Models. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:967462. Review. PubMed PMID: 24790636; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3984789.