Does Dopamine Beta-Hydroxylase Deficiency increase risks of Parkinson's? by Connie b. Dellobuono

Answer by Connie b. Dellobuono:

DBS is the only enzyme involved in the synthesis of small-molecule neurotransmitters that is membrane-bound, making norepinephrine the only transmitter synthesized inside vesicles. It is expressed in noradrenergic nerve terminals of the central and peripheral nervous systems, as well as in chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine_beta-hydroxylase

Yes.
1. Reduced levels of CSF amyloid beta 1-42 were associated with more rapid cognitive decline in Lewy body dementia patients. Future prospective studies should include larger samples, centralized CSF analyses, longer follow-up, and biomarker-pathology correlation. © 2016 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

2. A staged pipeline, starting from our previous proteomic profiling followed by high-throughput targeted mass spectrometry (MS), to identify peptides in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for PD diagnosis and disease severity correlation
A panel of five peptides (derived from SPP1, LRP1, CSF1R, EPHA4, and TIMP1) was identified to provide an area under curve (AUC) of 0.873 (sensitivity = 76.7%, specificity = 80.0%) for PD versus healthy controls in the training set. The performance was essentially confirmed in the validation set (AUC = 0.853, sensitivity = 82.5%, specificity = 82.5%). Additionally, this panel could also differentiate the PD and AD groups (AUC = 0.990, sensitivity = 95.0%, specificity = 97.4%). Furthermore, a combination of two peptides belonging to proteins TIMP1 and APLP1 significantly correlated with disease severity as determined by the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale motor scores.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25556233

3.In Parkinson's disease, cerebrospinal fluid dopamine beta-hydroxylase was markedly diminished (16.3 +/- 2.9 versus 31.3 +/- 1.4 ng/ml, P < 0.001) and rose by 58 +/- 21% (P = 0.02) after adrenal-to-caudate chromaffin cell autografts. In congenital dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency, lack of detectable dopamine beta-hydroxylase immunoreactivity in cerebrospinal fluid or plasma suggests absent enzyme (rather than a catalytically defective enzyme) as the origin of the disorder.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25556233

Does Dopamine Beta-Hydroxylase Deficiency increase risks of Parkinson's?