Using single-vesicle technologies to unravel the heterogeneity of extracellular vesicles

G Bordanaba-Florit, F Royo, SG Kruglik… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are heterogeneous lipid containers with a complex molecular
cargo comprising several populations with unique roles in biological processes. These …

Parkinson disease: translating insights from molecular mechanisms to neuroprotection

SK Pirooznia, LS Rosenthal, VL Dawson… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Parkinson disease (PD) used to be considered a nongenetic condition. However, the
identification of several autosomal dominant and recessive mutations linked to monogenic …

Conformation and dynamics of the kinase domain drive subcellular location and activation of LRRK2

SH Schmidt, JH Weng, PC Aoto… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
To explore how pathogenic mutations of the multidomain leucine-rich repeat kinase 2
(LRRK2) hijack its finely tuned activation process and drive Parkinson's disease (PD), we …

LRRK2 structure-based activation mechanism and pathogenesis

X Zhang, A Kortholt - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mutations in the multidomain protein Leucine-rich-repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) have been
identified as a genetic risk factor for both sporadic and familial Parkinson's disease (PD) …

A critical LRRK at the synapse? The neurobiological function and pathophysiological dysfunction of LRRK2

N Kuhlmann, AJ Milnerwood - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Since the discovery of LRRK2 mutations causal to Parkinson's disease (PD) in the early
2000s, the LRRK2 protein has been implicated in a plethora of cellular processes in which …

Modeling Parkinson's disease in LRRK2 mice: focus on synaptic dysfunction and the autophagy-lysosomal pathway

F Albanese, C Domenicale, M Volta… - Biochemical Society …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Mutations in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene are associated with familial and
sporadic forms of Parkinson's disease (PD), for which the LRRK2 locus itself represents a …

The significance of electrical signals in maturing spermatozoa for phosphoinositide regulation through voltage-sensing phosphatase

T Kawai, S Morioka, H Miyata, RT Andriani… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Voltage-sensing phosphatase (VSP) exhibits voltage-dependent phosphatase activity
toward phosphoinositides. VSP generates a specialized phosphoinositide environment in …

[HTML][HTML] Disruption of Dopamine Homeostasis Associated with Alteration of Proteins in Synaptic Vesicles: A Putative Central Mechanism of Parkinson's Disease …

X Jin, X Si, X Lei, H Liu, A Shao, L Li - Aging and Disease, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vestigial dopaminergic cells in PD have selectivity for a sub-class of hypersensitive neurons
with the nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) tract. DA is modulated in pre-synaptic nerve terminals to …

LRRK2 G2019S and Parkinson's disease: insight from Neuroinflammation

XY Yao, LN Guan, Q Chen, C Ren - Postgraduate Medical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The multiple hypothesis holds that the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) requires
many factors such as heredity, environment and ageing. Mutations in Leucine-rich repeat …

Leucine rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) peptide modulators: Recent advances and future directions

LG Helton, HJ Rideout, FW Herberg… - Peptide …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Leucine rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) is the most common genetic contributor to Parkinson's
disease (PD), a complex neurodegenerative disorder affecting nearly 10 million people …