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Temporal Expression of Mutant LRRK2 in Adult Rats Impairs Dopamine Reuptake

Hongxia Zhou1,* ✉, Cao Huang1,*, Jianbin Tong1, Weimin C Hong2, Yong-Jian Liu2,✉, Xu-Gang Xia1,✉

1. Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
2. Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Zhou H, Huang C, Tong J, Hong WC, Liu YJ, Xia XG. Temporal Expression of Mutant LRRK2 in Adult Rats Impairs Dopamine Reuptake. Int J Biol Sci 2011; 7(6):753-761. doi:10.7150/ijbs.7.753. https://www.ijbs.com/v07p0753.htm
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Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) results from progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. Most PD cases are sporadic, but some have pathogenic mutation in the individual genes. Mutation of the leucine-rich repeat kinase-2 (LRRK2) gene is associated with familial and sporadic PD, as exemplified by G2019S substitution. While constitutive expression of mutant LRRK2 in transgenic mice fails to induce neuron death, transient expression of the disease gene by viral delivery causes a substantial loss of dopaminergic neurons in mice. To further assess LRRK2 pathogenesis, we created inducible transgenic rats expressing human LRRK2 with G2019S substitution. Temporal overexpression of LRRK2G2019S in adult rats impaired dopamine reuptake by dopamine transporter (DAT) and thus enhanced locomotor activity, the phenotypes that were not observed in transgenic rats constitutively expressing the gene throughout life time. Reduced DAT binding activity is an early sign of dopaminergic dysfunction in asymptomatic subjects carrying pathogenic mutation in LRRK2. Our transgenic rats recapitulated the initiation process of dopaminergic dysfunction caused by pathogenic mutation in LRRK2. Inducible transgenic approach uncovered phenotypes that may be obscured by developmental compensation in constitutive transgenic rats. Finding in inducible LRRK2 transgenic rats would guide developing effective strategy in transgenic studies: Inducible expression of transgene may induce greater phenotypes than constitutive gene expression, particularly in rodents with short life time.

Keywords: LRRK2, Parkinson's disease, rats, genetic model, dopamine transporter, dopaminergic neurons


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Zhou, H., Huang, C., Tong, J., Hong, W.C., Liu, Y.J., Xia, X.G. (2011). Temporal Expression of Mutant LRRK2 in Adult Rats Impairs Dopamine Reuptake. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 7(6), 753-761. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.7.753.

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Zhou, H.; Huang, C.; Tong, J.; Hong, W.C.; Liu, Y.J.; Xia, X.G. Temporal Expression of Mutant LRRK2 in Adult Rats Impairs Dopamine Reuptake. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2011, 7 (6), 753-761. DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.7.753.

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Zhou H, Huang C, Tong J, Hong WC, Liu YJ, Xia XG. Temporal Expression of Mutant LRRK2 in Adult Rats Impairs Dopamine Reuptake. Int J Biol Sci 2011; 7(6):753-761. doi:10.7150/ijbs.7.753. https://www.ijbs.com/v07p0753.htm

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Zhou H, Huang C, Tong J, Hong WC, Liu YJ, Xia XG. 2011. Temporal Expression of Mutant LRRK2 in Adult Rats Impairs Dopamine Reuptake. Int J Biol Sci. 7(6):753-761.

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