Lysosomal dysfunction & autophagy
GBA/GCase, chaperone-mediated autophagy, macroautophagy and protein-clearance failure.
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Exercise and smoking: health rivals revealing shared protective mechanisms in Parkinson’s?
The authors cite autophagy enhancement (the cell's protein waste-clearance system) as one of the overlapping mechanisms linking exercise and tobacco-derived compounds to reduced PD risk, underscoring autophagy as a potential therapeutic target. -
'Garbage collectors' of the brain grind to a halt in fatal multiple system atrophy
The study highlights that when microglia lose their waste-clearance function, accumulated proteins and dying cells go unchecked — a protein-clearance failure parallel to lysosomal dysfunction. This finding reinforces the idea that failure of cellular housekeeping mechanisms is central to the rapid neurodegeneration seen in MSA.