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- Title
Pharmacological inhibition of LRRK2 cellular phosphorylation sites provides insight into LRRK2 biology.
- Authors
Zhao, Jing; Hermanson, Spencer B.; Carlson, Coby B.; Riddle, Steven M.; Vogel, Kurt W.; Bi, Kun; Nichols, R. Jeremy
- Abstract
Mutations in LRRK2 (leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) have been linked to inherited forms of PD (Parkinson’s disease). Substantial pre-clinical research and drug discovery efforts have focused on LRRK2 with the hope that small-molecule inhibitors of the enzyme may be valuable for the treatment or prevention of the onset of PD. The pathway to develop therapeutic or neuroprotective agents based on LRRK2 function (i.e. kinase activity) has been facilitated by the development of both biochemical and cell-based assays for LRRK2. LRRK2 is phosphorylated on Ser910, Ser935, Ser955 and Ser973 in the N-terminal domain of the enzyme, and these sites of phosphorylation are likely to be regulated by upstream enzymes in an LRRK2 kinaseactivity- dependent manner. Knowledge of these phosphorylation sites and their regulation can be adapted to high-throughput-screening-amenable platforms. The present review describes the utilization of LRRK2 phosphorylation as indicators of enzyme inhibition, as well as how such assays can be used to deconvolute the pathways in which LRRK2 plays a role.
- Subjects
HIGH throughput screening (Drug development); PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of leucine; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of amino acids; PARKINSON'S disease &; genetics
- Publication
Biochemical Society Transactions, 2012, Vol 40, Issue 5, p1158
- ISSN
0300-5127
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1042/BST20120137