LRRK2 functions in synaptic vesicle endocytosis through a kinase-dependent mechanism

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Titel: LRRK2 functions in synaptic vesicle endocytosis through a kinase-dependent mechanism

Beteiligte: Arranz, Amaia M.; Delbroek, Lore; Van Kolen, Kristof; Guimarães, Marco R.; Mandemakers, Wim; Daneels, Guy; Matta, Samer; Calafate, Sara; Shaban, Hamdy; Baatsen, Pieter; De Bock, Pieter-Jan; Gevaert, Kris; Vanden Berghe, Pieter; Verstreken, Patrik; De Strooper, Bart; Moechars, Diederik

Erschienen: The Company of Biologists, 2014

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1242/jcs.158196

ISSN: 1477-9137; 0021-9533

Schlagwörter: Cell Biology

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Beschreibung: Mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) are associated with Parkinson's disease, but the precise physiological function of the protein remains ill-defined. Recently, our group proposed a model in which LRRK2 kinase activity is part of an EndoA phosphorylation cycle that facilitates efficient vesicle formation at synapses in the Drosophila melanogaster neuromuscular junctions. Flies harbor only one LRRK gene that may encompass the functions of both mammalian LRRK1 and LRRK2. We therefore studied the role of LRRK2 in mammalian synaptic function and provide evidence that knockout or pharmacological inhibition of LRRK2 results in defects in synaptic vesicle endocytosis, altered synaptic morphology and impairments in neurotransmission. In addition, our data indicate that mammalian endophilin A1 (EndoA1) is phosphorylated by LRRK2 in vitro at T73 and S75, two residues in the BAR domain. Hence, our results indicate that LRRK2 kinase activity has an important role in the regulation of clathrin-mediated endocytosis of synaptic vesicles and subsequent neurotransmission at the synapse.

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