Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: A designed ankyrin-repeat protein that targets Parkinson’s disease-associated LRRK2
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107469
Figure Lengend Snippet: DARP in E11 disrupts LRRK2 FL filament formation and decreases Rab8 phosphorylation in cells . A , modeling of E11 bound to the autoinhibited conformation of LRRK2 FL shows no steric clashes between E11 and LRRK2. B , the binding site of DARPin E11 on the WD40 domain overlaps with the WD40:WD40 dimerization interface that is involved in the formation of microtubule associated LRRK2 filaments. C , Rab8 phosphorylation in 293T cells overexpressing LRRK2 FL and GFP-Rab8, with or without DARPin E11-3xFLAG. 293T cells were transiently cotransfected with LRRK2 FL and GFP-Rab8 or LRRK2 FL , GFP-Rab8, and DARPin E11-3xFLAG for 48 h. Cells transfected only with LRRK2 FL and GFP-Rab8 were treated with DMSO or 2 μM MLi-2 for 1 h. Cells were lysed and immunoblotted for phospho-Rab8 (pT72), total GFP-Rab8, total LRRK2, DARPin E11-3xFLAG, and GAPDH. MW; molecular weight marker. D , quantification from five Western blots plotting the ratio of GFP-pRab8 to total GFP-Rab8. Plot points represent four technical replicates. Statistics were generated in GraphPad using a one-way ANOVA analysis with a Tukey’s multiple comparison of means. ∗∗∗∗ p <0.0001 DMSO and MLi-2, ∗∗ p = 0.0013 DMSO and DARPin E11, ∗∗ p = 0.0012 MLi-2 and DARPin E11. E and F , representative images of 293T cells expressing either GFP-LRRK2 FL ( E ) or GFP-LRRK2 FL and DARPin E11 ( F ), treated with DMSO or MLi-2 for 2 h. G , quantification of the percent cells (mean ± sd) with GFP-LRRK2 FL filaments in the presence or absence or DARPin E11. Each data point on the graph represents a technical replicate. Three or four independent replicates were done per condition, with each replicate containing 48 to 140 cells. Statistics were generated using an one Way ANOVA with a Tuckey’s multiple comparison of means. ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001. ns, not significant. The tabular data for this figure can also be accessed at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10530220 . DARPin, designed ankyrin-repeat protein; DMSO, dimethylsulfoxide; LRRK2, leucine rich repeat kinase 2.
Article Snippet: 293T cells (American Type Culture Collection, ATCC cat. no. CRL-3216, RRID: CVCL_0063) were transfected with 1000 ng of WT, full-length, untagged LRRK2 (pCDNA5-LRRK2) and 500 ng GFP-Rab8A (Addgene; RRID: Addgene_49543) or 1000 ng LRRK2, 500 ng GFP-Rab8A, and 500 ng of 8xHis-DARPin E11-3xFLAG using polyethylenimine.
Techniques: Phospho-proteomics, Binding Assay, Transfection, Molecular Weight, Marker, Western Blot, Generated, Comparison, Expressing