Inflammation and IL-4 regulate Parkinson's and Crohn's disease associated kinase LRRK2

ABSTRACT: Mutations in Leucine-Rich Repeat protein Kinase 2 (LRRK2) are associated with Parkinson's Disease (PD) and Crohn's Disease (CD), but the regulation of LRRK2 during inflammation remains relatively unexplored. Here we describe the development of a flow cytometry-based assay to assess LRRK2 activity in individual cells and the generation of an EGFP-Lrrk2 knock-in reporter mouse to analyse cell-specific LRRK2 expression. Using these tools, we measured LRRK2 levels and activity in murine splenic and intestinal immune cells and in human blood. Anti-CD3 induced inflammation increases LRRK2 expression and activity in B-cells and monocytes, while in mature neutrophils, inflammation stimulates activity but reduces LRRK2 expression. A kinase-activating PD-associated LRRK2-R1441C mutation exacerbates

SUBMITTER: Dina Dikovskaya 

PROVIDER: S-SCDT-10_1038-S44319-025-00473-X | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other