Clinical and functional evidence for the pathogenicity of the LRRK2 p.Arg1067Gln variant

Shen Yang Lim; Tzi Shin Toh; Jia Wei Hor; Jia Lun Lim; Lei Cheng Lit; Azlina Ahmad-Annuar; Yi Wen Tay; Jia Nee Foo; Ebonne Yulin Ng; Kalai Arasu Muthusamy; Norlinah Mohamed Ibrahim; Khairul Azmi Ibrahim; Louis Chew Seng Tan; Jannah Zulkefli; Anis Nadhirah Khairul Anuar; Kirsten Black; Pawel Lis; Fei Xie; Zhidong Cen; Kai Shi Lim; Katja Lohmann; Shalini Padmanabhan; Dario R. Alessi; Wei Luo; Eng King Tan; Esther Sammler; Ai Huey Tan

doi:10.1038/s41531-025-00884-6

Clinical and functional evidence for the pathogenicity of the LRRK2 p.Arg1067Gln variant

Shen Yang Lim
, Tzi Shin Toh
, Jia Wei Hor
, Jia Lun Lim
, Lei Cheng Lit
, Azlina Ahmad-Annuar
, Yi Wen Tay
, Jia Nee Foo
, Ebonne Yulin Ng
, Kalai Arasu Muthusamy
, Norlinah Mohamed Ibrahim
, Khairul Azmi Ibrahim
, Louis Chew Seng Tan
, Jannah Zulkefli
, Anis Nadhirah Khairul Anuar
, Kirsten Black
, Pawel Lis
, Fei Xie
, Zhidong Cen
, Kai Shi Lim

Katja Lohmann, Shalini Padmanabhan, Dario R. Alessi, Wei Luo, Eng King Tan, Esther Sammler (Lead / Corresponding author), Ai Huey Tan (Lead / Corresponding author)

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LRRK2-related Parkinson’s disease (LRRK2-PD) is the most frequent form of monogenic PD worldwide, with important therapeutic opportunities, exemplified by the advancement in LRRK2 kinase inhibition studies/trials. However, many LRRK2 variants, especially those found in underrepresented populations, remain classified as variants of uncertain significance (VUS). Leveraging on Malaysian, Singaporean, and mainland Chinese PD datasets (n = 4901), we describe 12 Chinese-ancestry patients harboring the LRRK2 p.Arg1067Gln variant, more than doubling the number of previously reported cases (total n = 23, 87% East Asian, mean age of onset: 53.9 years). We determine that this variant is enriched in East Asian PD patients compared to population controls (OR = 8.0, 95% CI: 3.0–20.9), and provide supportive data for its co-segregation with PD, albeit with incomplete penetrance. Utilizing established experimental workflows, this variant showed increased LRRK2 kinase activity, by ~2-fold compared to wildtype and higher than the p.Gly2019Ser variant. Taken together, p.Arg1067Gln should be reclassified from a VUS to pathogenic for causing LRRK2-PD.

Original language	English
Article number	34
Number of pages	9
Journal	NPJ Parkinson's disease
Volume	11
Issue number	1
Early online date	23 Feb 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-025-00884-6
Publication status	Published - Dec 2025

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Clinical Neurology
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Lim, S. Y., Toh, T. S., Hor, J. W., Lim, J. L., Lit, L. C., Ahmad-Annuar, A., Tay, Y. W., Foo, J. N., Ng, E. Y., Muthusamy, K. A., Mohamed Ibrahim, N., Ibrahim, K. A., Tan, L. C. S., Zulkefli, J., Khairul Anuar, A. N., Black, K., Lis, P., Xie, F., Cen, Z., ... Tan, A. H. (2025). Clinical and functional evidence for the pathogenicity of the LRRK2 p.Arg1067Gln variant. NPJ Parkinson's disease, 11(1), Article 34. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-025-00884-6

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Clinical and functional evidence for the pathogenicity of the LRRK2 p.Arg1067Gln variant

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