IMR Press / JIN / Volume 23 / Issue 1 / DOI: 10.31083/j.jin2301016
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The Effect of p.G2019S Mutation in the LRRK2 Gene on the Activity of Lysosomal Hydrolases and the Clinical Features of Parkinson's Disease Associated with p.N370S Mutation in the GBA1 Gene
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1 Molecular and Radiation Biophysics Division, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Center «Kurchatov Institute»,188300 Gatchina, Russia
2 Department of Molecular Genetic and Nanobiological Technologies Research Center, Pavlov First Saint-Petersburg State Medical University, 197022 Saint Petersburg, Russia
3 Neurology Department, Pavlov First Saint-Petersburg State Medical University, 197022 Saint Petersburg, Russia
4 Hereditary Metabolic Diseases Laboratory, Research Centre for Medical Genetics, 115522 Moscow, Russia
5 Scientific and Clinical Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Botulinum Therapy, Institute of the Human Brain RAS, 197376 Saint Petersburg, Russia
*Correspondence: usenko_ts@pnpi.nrcki.ru (Tatiana Usenko)
J. Integr. Neurosci. 2024, 23(1), 16; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.jin2301016
Submitted: 30 August 2023 | Revised: 29 October 2023 | Accepted: 31 October 2023 | Published: 16 January 2024
Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Mutations in the glucocerebrosidase (GBA1) and leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) genes, encoding lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase (GCase) and leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2), respectively, are the most common related to Parkinson’s disease (PD). Recent data suggest a possible functional interaction between GCase and LRRK2 and their involvement in sphingolipid metabolism. The aim of the present study was to describe the clinical course and evaluate the lysosomal enzyme activities and sphingolipid concentrations in blood of patients with PD associated with dual mutations p.N370S GBA1 and p.G2019S LRRK2 (p.N370S/GBA-p.G2019S/LRRK2-PD) as well as in blood of asymptomatic mutation carriers (p.N370S/GBA1-p.G2019S/LRRK2-carrier). Methods: One patient with p.N370S/GBA1-p.G2019S/LRRK2-PD and one p.N370S/GBA1-p.G2019S/LRRK2-carrier were enrolled. GBA1-associated PD (GBA1-PD), LRRK2-associated PD (LRRK2-PD), sporadic PD (sPD) patients were described earlier by our research group. A neuropsychiatric examination of the p.N370S/GBA1-p.G2019S/LRRK2-PD patient was carried out using scales (Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale (MoCA), Mini-mental State Examination scale (MMSE), Frontal Assessment Batter scale (FAB), Hospital Anxiety, and Depression Scale (HADS), etc). Lysosomal enzyme activity (GCase, alpha-galactosidase [GLA], acid sphingomyelinase [ASMase], galactosylcerebrosidase [GALC]) and sphingolipid concentrations (hexasylsphingosine [HexSph], lysoglobotriaosylsphingosine [LysoGb3], lysosphingomyelin [LysoSM]) were assessed with high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry in blood. The following comparison with the previously described groups of GBA1-PD and sPD patients were conducted. Results: Clinical features of p.N370S/GBA1-p.G2019S/LRRK2-PD included an early age of onset of the disease (46 years) and mild cognitive and affective disorders (MMSE = 29, MoCA = 23), despite a long (24 years) course of the disease. Interestingly, no differences were found in hydrolase activity and lysosphingolipid concentrations between the p.N370S/GBA1-p.G2019S/LRRK2-PD patient and GBA1-PD patients. However, GCase activity was lower in these groups than in LRRK2-PD, sPD, and controls. Additionally, the p.N370S/GBA1-p.G2019S/LRRK2-PD patient was characterized by a pronounced decreased in ASMase activity and increased LysoSM concentration compared to the p.N370S/GBA1-p.G2019S/LRRK2-carrier (p = 0.023, p = 0.027, respectively). Conclusions: Based on one patient, our results indicate a protective effect of the p.G2019S mutation in the LRRK2 gene on clinical course of p.N370S/GBA1-PD. The identified pronounced alteration of ASMase activity and LysoSM concentration in p.N370S/GBA1-p.G2019S/LRRK2-PD provide the basis for the further research.

Keywords
Parkinson's disease
GBA1
LRRK2
lysosomal enzyme activity
lysosphingolipids
Funding
22-25-00501/Russian Science Foundation Grant
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