ABSTRACT: To investigate differential protein and phospho-protein changes in the signaling cascades related to mutant G2019S LRRK2 using peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)
Project description:Gain-of kinase function variants in LRRK2 (leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) cause Parkinson’s disease (PD), albeit with incomplete and age-dependent penetrance, offering the prospect of disease-modifying treatment strategies via LRRK2 kinase inhibition. LRRK2 phosphorylates a subgroup of RabGTPases including Rab10 and pathogenic mutations enhance LRRK2-mediated phosphorylation of Rab10 at Thr73. In this study we analyse LRRK2 dependent Rab10Thr73 phosphorylation in human peripheral blood neutrophils isolated from 101 individuals using quantitative immunoblotting and mass spectrometry. Our cohort includes 42 LRRK2 mutation carriers (21 with the G2019S mutation that resides in the kinase domain and 21 with the R1441G mutation that lies within the ROC-COR domain), 27 patients with idiopathic PD, and 32 controls. We show that LRRK2 dependent Rab10 Thr73 phosphorylation is significantly elevated in all R1441G LRRKR2 mutation carriers irrespective of disease status. PD manifesting and non-manifesting G2019S mutation carriers as well as idiopathic PD samples did not display elevated Rab10 Thr73 phosphorylation. Furthermore, we analysed brain samples of 10 G2019S and 1 R1441H mutation carriers as well as 10 individuals with idiopathic PD and 10 controls. We find high variability for pRab10Thr73 phosphorylation amongst donors irrespective of genetic and disease state. We conclude that in vivo LRRK2 dependent pRab10Thr73 analysis in human peripheral blood neutrophils is a specific and robust biomarker for LRRK2 kinase activation for individuals with mutations such as R1441G that enhance pRab10Thr73 phosphorylation over 2-fold. We provide the first evidence that the LRRK2 R1441G mutation enhances LRRK2 kinase activity in a primary human cell.
Project description:<p>We describe one patient with a heterozygous missense mutation in the coiled-coil domain of STAT5B. This patient presented with leukocytosis, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, necrotizing granulomas, hyper-IgM and autoimmune thrombocytopenia. Mutant STAT5B protein was shown to dominantly-interfere with IL2-induced transcriptional activity resulting in global downregulation of STAT5-regulated genes in patient T cells. The patient exhibited an increase in CD4+ T effector memory cells in the peripheral blood and these cells were resistant to restimulation-induced cell death <i>in vitro</i>. </p>
Project description:In order to determine the microRNAs profile in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) from severe febrile with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection and investigate possible diagnostic value of these differential microRNAs.
Project description:The carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) orchestrates dynamic recruitment of specific cellular machines during different stages of transcription. Signature phosphorylation patterns of Y1S2P3T4S5P6S7 heptapeptide repeats of the CTD engage specific “readers.” While phospho-Ser5 and phospho-Ser2 marks are ubiquitous, phospho-Thr4 is reported to only impact specific genes. Here, we investigate the genome-wide occupancy of Pol II, phospho-Thr4, and key reader Rtt103 in WT and CTD-mutant strains of S. cerevisiae.
Project description:The carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) orchestrates dynamic recruitment of specific cellular machines during different stages of transcrption. Signature phosphorylation patterns of Y1S2P3T4S5P6S7 heptapeptide repeats of the CTD engage specific readers. While phospho-Ser5 and phospho-Ser2 marks are ubiquitous, phospho-Thr4 is reported to only impact specific genes. Here, we investigate the genome-wide occupancy of Pol II, phospho-Thr4, Hrr25, and key reader Rtt103 in WT and irreversibly sensitive Hrr25 (hrr25is) mutant strains of S. cerevisiae.
Project description:Interventions: Gold Standard:tissue or cytopathology;Index test:secreted LncRNA
Primary outcome(s): Differential expression of LncRNA in peripheral blood exosomes of patients
Study Design: Single arm
Project description:The carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) orchestrates dynamic recruitment of specific cellular machines during different stages of transcription. Signature phosphorylation patterns of Y1S2P3T4S5P6S7 heptapeptide repeats of the CTD engage specific “readers.” While phospho-Ser5 and phospho-Ser2 marks are ubiquitous, phospho-Thr4 is reported to only impact specific genes. Here, we investigate the RNA expression profile in WT and CTD-mutant strains of S. cerevisiae.
Project description:To investigate the differential dynamic plasma miRNA profiles during the peri-implantation period in patients with different reproductive outcomes following embryo transfer. 10 negative pregnancy (NP) patients, 10 biochemical pregnancy loss (BPL) patients, and 10 clinical pregnancy (CP) patients were enrolled for miRNA-seq in this study. Peripheral blood samples were collected at three time-points (ET0, ET11, and ET14) from BPL patients and CP patients, and samples were collected at two time-points (ET0 and ET11) from NP patients. Small RNA libraries were constructed using peripheral plasma RNA. miRNA-seq was used to investigate the differential dynamic peripheral miRNA changes between the three groups during the peri-implantation period.
Project description:Genetic mutations on leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) have been associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease. The Gly2019Ser (G2019S) mutation on LRRK2 gene is a relatively common cause of familial Parkinson's disease in Caucasian population. In this study, we generated H9 hESC harboring LRRK2 (G2019S) mutation by gene knockin. Wildtype and LRRK2 mutant hESC were differentiated into NSC using a chemically defined protocol. LRRK2 mutant NSC were treated with or without the LRRK2 kinase specific inhibitor (LRRK2-IN-1). Global gene expression analysis was performed to assess the overall similarity of gene expression profiles among three NSC groups (wildtype; LRRK2 mutant; LRRK2 mutant with inhibitor treatment).
Project description:To investigate the usefulness of gene expression as diagnostic biomarkers, we compared whole genome expression profiles of lumbar spinal cord with profiles of peripheral blood and tibialis anterior muscle in 16 mutant G93A-SOD1 mice and 15 wild type littermates.