Mutations in the leucine rich repeat kinase 2 gene (LRRK2) cause hereditary Parkinson’s disease. We have developed an easy and robust method for assessing LRRK2-controlled phosphorylation of Rab10 in human peripheral blood neutrophils. This may help identify individuals with increased LRRK2 kinase pathway activity.
Fan, Y., Tonelli, F., Padmanabhan, S., Baptista, M. A., Riley, L., Smith, D., Marras, C., Howden, A., Alessi, D. R., Sammler, E. Human Peripheral Blood Neutrophil Isolation for Interrogating the Parkinson's Associated LRRK2 Kinase Pathway by Assessing Rab10 Phosphorylation. J. Vis. Exp. (157), e58956, doi:10.3791/58956 (2020).