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In Vivo Visual Screen for Dopaminergic Rab ? LRRK2-G2019S Interactions in Drosophila Discriminates Rab10 from Rab3.


ABSTRACT: LRRK2 mutations cause Parkinson's, but the molecular link from increased kinase activity to pathological neurodegeneration remains undetermined. Previous in vitro assays indicate that LRRK2 substrates include at least 8 Rab GTPases. We have now examined this hypothesis in vivo in a functional, electroretinogram screen, expressing each Rab with/without LRRK2-G2019S in selected Drosophila dopaminergic neurons. Our screen discriminated Rab10 from Rab3. The strongest Rab/LRRK2-G2019S interaction is with Rab10; the weakest with Rab3. Rab10 is expressed in a different set of dopaminergic neurons from Rab3. Thus, anatomical and physiological patterns of Rab10 are related. We conclude that Rab10 is a valid substrate of LRRK2 in dopaminergic neurons in vivo We propose that variations in Rab expression contribute to differences in the rate of neurodegeneration recorded in different dopaminergic nuclei in Parkinson's.

SUBMITTER: Petridi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7263684 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<i>In Vivo</i> Visual Screen for Dopaminergic <i>Rab ↔ LRRK2-G2019S</i> Interactions in <i>Drosophila</i> Discriminates <i>Rab10</i> from <i>Rab3</i>.

Petridi Stavroula S   Middleton C Adam CA   Ugbode Chris C   Fellgett Alison A   Covill Laura L   Elliott Christopher J H CJH  

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LRRK2 mutations cause Parkinson's, but the molecular link from increased kinase activity to pathological neurodegeneration remains undetermined. Previous <i>in vitro</i> assays indicate that LRRK2 substrates include at least 8 Rab GTPases. We have now examined this hypothesis <i>in vivo</i> in a functional, electroretinogram screen, expressing each <i>Rab</i> with/without <i>LRRK2-G2019S</i> in selected <i>Drosophila</i> dopaminergic neurons. Our screen discriminated Rab10 from Rab3. The stronge  ...[more]

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