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  • The landscape of multiscale...
    Wang, Qian; Zhang, Yuanxi; Wang, Minghui; Song, Won-Min; Shen, Qi; McKenzie, Andrew; Choi, Insup; Zhou, Xianxiao; Pan, Ping-Yue; Yue, Zhenyu; Zhang, Bin

    Nature communications, 11/2019, Letnik: 10, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    Genetic and genomic studies have advanced our knowledge of inherited Parkinson's disease (PD), however, the etiology and pathophysiology of idiopathic PD remain unclear. Herein, we perform a meta-analysis of 8 PD postmortem brain transcriptome studies by employing a multiscale network biology approach to delineate the gene-gene regulatory structures in the substantia nigra and determine key regulators of the PD transcriptomic networks. We identify STMN2, which encodes a stathmin family protein and is down-regulated in PD brains, as a key regulator functionally connected to known PD risk genes. Our network analysis predicts a function of human STMN2 in synaptic trafficking, which is validated in Stmn2-knockdown mouse dopaminergic neurons. Stmn2 reduction in the mouse midbrain causes dopaminergic neuron degeneration, phosphorylated α-synuclein elevation, and locomotor deficits. Our integrative analysis not only begins to elucidate the global landscape of PD transcriptomic networks but also pinpoints potential key regulators of PD pathogenic pathways.