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Modelling the functional genomics of Parkinson's disease in Caenorhabditis elegans: LRRK2 and beyond

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BIOSCIENCE REPORTS
卷 41, 期 9, 页码 -

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PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20203672

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  1. Parkinson's UK [H-1702, G-2008]
  2. Medical Research Council [MR/N026004/1]
  3. Michael J Fox Foundation [18285]
  4. Aligning Science Against Parkinson's consortium [ASAP-0478]
  5. Parkinson's UK PhD Studentship [H-1702]

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The challenge in Parkinson's disease research lies in the complex genetic architecture, with Caenorhabditis elegans serving as a beneficial model to uncover molecular and cellular mechanisms of the disease. This review highlights the advantages of using C. elegans in studying PD, focusing on how it contributes to understanding PD genetics and pathogenesis.
For decades, Parkinson's disease (PD) cases have been genetically categorised into familial, when caused by mutations in single genes with a clear inheritance pattern in affected families, or idiopathic, in the absence of an evident monogenic determinant. Recently, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed how common genetic variability can explain up to 36% of PD heritability and that PD manifestation is often determined by multiple variants at different genetic loci. Thus, one of the current challenges in PD research stands in modelling the complex genetic architecture of this condition and translating this into functional studies. Caenorhabditis elegans provide a profound advantage as a reductionist, economical model for PD research, with a short lifecycle, straightforward genome engineering and high conservation of PD relevant neural, cellular and molecular pathways. Functional models of PD genes utilising C. elegans show many phenotypes recapitulating pathologies observed in PD. When contrasted with mammalian in vivo and in vitro models, these are frequently validated, suggesting relevance of C. elegans in the development of novel PD functional models. This review will discuss how the nematode C. elegans PD models have contributed to the uncovering of molecular and cellular mechanisms of disease, with a focus on the genes most commonly found as causative in familial PD and risk factors in idiopathic PD. Specifically, we will examine the current knowledge on a central player in both familial and idiopathic PD, Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) and how it connects to multiple PD associated GWAS candidates and Mendelian disease-causing genes.

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