mTOR independent alteration in ULK1 Ser758 phosphorylation following chronic LRRK2 kinase inhibition

Manzoni, C., Mamais, A., Dihanich, S., Soutar, M. P. M., Plun-Favreau, H., Bandopadhyay, R., Abeti, R., Giunti, P., Hardy, J., Cookson, M. R., Tooze, S. A. and Lewis, P. A. (2018) mTOR independent alteration in ULK1 Ser758 phosphorylation following chronic LRRK2 kinase inhibition. Bioscience Reports, 38 (2). BSR20171669. ISSN 0144-8463 doi: 10.1042/BSR20171669

Abstract/Summary

Unc-51 Like Kinase 1 (ULK1) is a critical regulator of the biogenesis of autophagosomes, the central component of the catabolic macroautophagy pathway. Regulation of ULK1 activity is dependent upon several phosphorylation events acting to repress or activate the enzymatic function of this protein. Phosphorylation of Ser758 ULK1 has been linked to repression of autophagosome biogenesis and was thought to be exclusively dependent upon mTOR complex 1 kinase activity. In this study, a novel regulation of Ser758 ULK1 phosphorylation is reported following prolonged inhibition of the Parkinson's disease linked protein Leucine Rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2). Here, modulation of Ser758 ULK1 phosphorylation following LRRK2 inhibition is decoupled from the repression of autophagosome biogenesis and independent of mTOR complex 1 activity.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/76657
Identification Number/DOI	10.1042/BSR20171669
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > School of Pharmacy > Division of Pharmacology
Uncontrolled Keywords	ULK1, autophagy, macroautophagy, LRRK2, Parkinson's Disease, neurodegeneration
Publisher	Portland Press
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