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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Neuropathol. 2020 Jun 30;141(4):491–510. doi: 10.1007/s00401-020-02177-z

Table 1:

Select PD-relevant genes involved in vesicle trafficking and/or lipid homeostasis. Dark green indicates more direct aspects, light green more indirect aspects.

Gene/Protein ([reference] Connection to vesicle trafficking/function Connection to lipid homeostasis
SNCA/αS [see section 1] - binds to (small) vesicles
- KD and OE affect synaptic trafficking
- OE affects somatic trafficking
binds to membrane lipids
may bind to free FAs
may affect lipid metabolism
GBA/GCase [79] important for lysosome function key enzyme in glycolipid catabolism
SCARB2/LIMP2 [84, 116] chaperone for GBA trafficking Indirect effect on lipids via GBA
LRRK2 [94, 154] regulates endocytic/lysosomal/ER-Golgi trafficking may affect LD biology
RAB29/RAB7-L [56] endosomal Rab GTPase may affect LD biology
RAB39B [142] Endosomal/lysosomal/Golgi Rab GTPase may affect LD biology
VPS35 [153] retromer subunit; affects endosomal sorting may affect LD biology
VPS13C [84] endosomal sorting may affect LD biology
ATP6AP2 [64] ATPase cation transporter, lysosome may affect lysosomal steps of lipid biology
ATP13A2 [101] ATPase cation transporter, lysosome may affect lysosomal steps of lipid biology
SYT11/Synaptotagmin-11 [1] regulates lyso/autophagosome fusion; exocytosis may affect LD biology
SYNJ1/Synaptojanin-1 [92] regulates synaptic endocytosis phospholipase; affects lipid headgroups
DNAJC6/Auxilin-1 [43] neuron-specific clathrin-uncoating chaperone ?
PLA2G6 [83] indirect effects via membrane lipid composition phospholipase; affects lipid headgroups
SREBF-1 [41] indirect effects via membrane lipid composition transcription factor; regulates sterol synthesis
ELOVL7/FA-Elongase 7 [17, 69] indirect effects via membrane lipid composition affects chain length of membrane lipids
DGKQ [20, 84] indirect effects via membrane lipid composition diacylglycerol kinase; affects lipid headgroups