RasGRP1 is a causal factor in the development of l-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease

  • Mehdi Eshraghi
  • , Uri Nimrod Ramírez-Jarquín
  • , Neelam Shahani
  • , Tommaso Nuzzo
  • , Arianna de Rosa
  • , Supriya Swarnkar
  • , Nicole Galli
  • , Oscar Rivera
  • , George Tsaprailis
  • , Catherina Scharager-Tapia
  • , Gogce Crynen
  • , Qin Li
  • , Marie Laure Thiolat
  • , Erwan Bezard
  • , Alessandro Usiello
  • , Srinivasa Subramaniam

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Abstract

The therapeutic effects of l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-DOPA) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) severely diminishes with the onset of abnormal involuntary movement, l-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID). However, the molecular mechanisms that promote LID remain unclear. Here, we demonstrated that RasGRP1 [(guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF)] controls the development of LID. l-DOPA treatment rapidly up-regulated RasGRP1 in the striatum of mouse and macaque model of PD. The lack of RasGRP1 in mice (RasGRP1−/−) dramatically diminished LID without interfering with the therapeutic effects of l-DOPA. Besides acting as a GEF for Ras homolog enriched in the brain (Rheb), the activator of the mammalian target of rapamycin kinase (mTOR), RasGRP1 promotes l-DOPA-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and the mTOR signaling in the striatum. High-resolution tandem mass spectrometry analysis revealed multiple RasGRP1 downstream targets linked to LID vulnerability. Collectively, the study demonstrated that RasGRP1 is a critical striatal regulator of LID.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbereaaz7001
JournalScience Advances
Volume6
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2020

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