title: alpha-synuclein and LRRK2: partners in crime.
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Lin et al. report that LRRK2 modulates age-related neurodegeneration caused by overexpression of alpha-synuclein in the forebrain of transgenic mice. Overexpression of LRRK2 accelerates the progression of alpha-synuclein-mediated neuropathological changes, whereas deletion of LRRK2 alleviates these alterations. The results reveal an interesting interaction between alpha-synuclein and LRRK2, two gene products linked to dominantly inherited Parkinson's disease.
authors.affiliation: Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Youren
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D000071158:Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic / Q000235:genetics; D008870:Microtubules / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000235:genetics; D051844:alpha-Synuclein / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D051844:alpha-Synuclein; C495280:LRRK2 protein, human; D000071158:Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases