LRRK2 p.M1646T is associated with glucocerebrosidase activity and with Parkinson's disease

Yuri L. Sosero, Eric Yu, Lynne Krohn, Uladzislau Rudakou, Kheireddin Mufti, Jennifer A. Ruskey, Farnaz Asayesh, Sandra B. Laurent, Dan Spiegelman, Stanley Fahn, Cheryl Waters, S. Pablo Sardi, Sara Bandres-Ciga, Roy N. Alcalay, Ziv Gan-Or, Konstantin Senkevich*

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Abstract

The LRRK2 p.G2019S Parkinson's disease (PD) variant is associated with elevated glucocerebrosidase (GCase) activity in peripheral blood. We aimed to evaluate the association of other LRRK2 variants with PD and its association with GCase activity. LRRK2 and GBA were fully sequenced in 1123 PD patients and 576 controls from the Columbia and PPMI cohorts, in which GCase activity was measured in dried blood spots by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. LRRK2 p.M1646T was associated with increased GCase activity in the Columbia University cohort (β = 1.58, p = 0.0003), and increased but not significantly in the PPMI cohort (β = 0.29, p = 0.58). p.M1646T was associated with PD (odds ratio = 1.18, 95% confidence interval = 1.09–1.28, p = 7.33E-05) in 56,306 PD patients and proxy-cases, and 1.4 million controls. Our results suggest that the p.M1646T variant is associated with risk of PD with a small effect and with increased GCase activity in peripheral blood.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)142.e1-142.e5
JournalNeurobiology of Aging
Volume103
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2021
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Amneal
HBHL
International Parkinson Disease Genomics Consortium
Kashiv Pharma
Lysosomal Therapeutics Inc.
Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative
Sun Pharma Advanced Research Co. LTD
US World Meds
National Institutes of HealthUL1 TR000040
National Institute on Aging
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeK02NS080915
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Brookdale Foundation
Roche
Biogen
McGill University
Acadia University
Parkinson's Foundation
Juno Therapeutics
Consortium canadien en neurodégénérescence associée au vieillissement
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé
Parkinson Canada
Canada First Research Excellence Fund

    Keywords

    • GBA
    • Glucocerebrosidase
    • LRRK2
    • Parkinson's disease

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