A potential patient stratification biomarker for Parkinson´s disease based on LRRK2 kinase-mediated centrosomal alterations in peripheral blood-derived cells

Naaldijk, Yahaira; Fernández, Belén; Fasiczka, Rachel; Fdez, Elena; Leghay, Coline; Croitoru, Ioana; Kwok, John B.; Boulesnane, Yanisse; Vizeneux, Amelie; Mutez, Eugenie; Calvez, Camille; Destée, Alain; Taymans, Jean-Marc; Aragon, Ana Vinagre; Yarza, Alberto Bergareche; Padmanabhan, Shalini; Delgado, Mario; Alcalay, Roy N.; Chatterton, Zac; Dzamko, Nicolas; Halliday, Glenda; Ruiz-Martínez, Javier; Chartier-Harlin, Marie-Christine; Hilfiker, Sabine

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A potential patient stratification biomarker for Parkinson´s disease based on LRRK2 kinase-mediated centrosomal alterations in peripheral blood-derived cells

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Parkinson´s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative movement disorder and leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) is a promising therapeutic target for disease intervention. However, the ability to stratify patients who will benefit from such treatment modalities based on shared etiology is critical for the success of disease-modifying therapies. Ciliary and centrosomal alterations are commonly associated with pathogenic LRRK2 kinase activity and can be detected in many cell types. We previously found centrosomal deficits in immortalized lymphocytes from G2019S-LRRK2 PD patients. Here, to investigate whether such deficits may serve as a potential blood biomarker for PD which is susceptible to LRKK2 inhibitor treatment, we characterized patient-derived cells from distinct PD cohorts. We report centrosomal alterations in peripheral cells from a subset of early-stage idiopathic PD patients which is mitigated by LRRK2 kinase inhibition, supporting a role for aberrant LRRK2 activity in idiopathic PD. Centrosomal defects are detected in R1441G-LRRK2 and G2019S-LRRK2 PD patients and in non-manifesting LRRK2 mutation carriers, indicating that they accumulate prior to a clinical PD diagnosis. They are present in immortalized cells as well as in primary lymphocytes from peripheral blood. These findings indicate that analysis of centrosomal defects as a blood-based patient stratification biomarker may help nominate idiopathic PD patients who will benefit from LRRK2-related therapeutics.

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Introduction

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra which results in motor symptoms such as tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability. At the time of clinical diagnosis, a large percentage of these neurons have already degenerated¹. Whilst current therapies can temporarily improve motor symptoms, there are no treatments which slow or halt the disease. PD patients display differences in clinical symptoms and rates of disease progression which may reflect distinct underlying molecular and biological alterations^2,3. Hence, identifying biomarkers for the early diagnosis of at least some types of PD and for the assessment of therapeutic interventions has become a key challenge in the field.

Genetic variations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) are strongly implicated in PD risk. Distinct missense mutations are a frequent cause of autosomal-dominant inherited PD, and common variants in the LRRK2 gene are associated with a greater risk of developing idiopathic PD^4,5,6,7,8. All known familial missense mutations increase the kinase activity of LRRK2^9,10. Increased kinase activity has also been detected in PD patients with certain other genetic forms of PD and in postmortem brain tissue from at least some idiopathic PD patients^11,12,13. These findings indicate that increased LRRK2 activity may be implicated in a significant portion of PD cases.

LRRK2 is highly expressed in peripheral immune cells as compared to central nervous system¹⁴, suggesting that blood-based assays may allow for the identification of PD patients who share pathogenic mechanisms due to elevated LRRK2 activity. Increased LRRK2 kinase activity results in enhanced autophosphorylation and phosphorylation of substrates including Rab GTPases which act as master regulators of intracellular trafficking events^9,15,16,17. Therefore, expression or phosphorylation levels of LRRK2 and its Rab substrates have the potential to serve as biomarkers for PD due to increased LRRK2 activity¹⁸. However, extensive studies in blood-derived cells employing distinct approaches to detect levels/phosphorylation of LRRK2 or Rab substrates have been relatively unsuccessful in differentiating LRRK2 mutation PD patients or idiopathic PD patients from healthy controls^{18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28}.

Cellular consequences downstream of enhanced LRRK2 kinase activity such as lysosomal dysfunction²⁹, which can lead to lysosomal exocytosis, may comprise alternative LRRK2 biomarkers. Lysobisphosphatidic acid (also called BMP [bis(monoacylglycerol)phosphate]), a phospholipid in late endosomes/lysosomes, is increased in urine in G2019S-LRRK2 PD cases compared to healthy controls and is currently employed as a biomarker in clinical trials with LRRK2 kinase inhibitors^30,31,32. Similarly, increased LRRK2 autophosphorylation and Rab substrate phosphorylation can be detected in urinary exosomes from LRRK2 mutation PD patients^{33,34,35,36,37}, but none of these urinary measures reliably stratify idiopathic PD patients who may benefit from LRRK2 inhibitor treatment approaches. Hence, there exists an unmet need for patient stratification biomarkers able to define not only LRRK2 variant carriers but also subgroups of idiopathic PD patients who share the same LRRK2 kinase-mediated deficits.

Rab10 is a prominent LRRK2 kinase substrate^9,16. Phosphorylation of Rab10 impairs its normal function in membrane trafficking^38,39, but allows it to interact with a new set of effector proteins including RILPL1¹⁶. RILPL1 is localized at the mother centriole and recruits phosphorylated Rab10 to this location^40,41. The mother centriole forms the base upon which cilia are formed, and the centriolar phospho-Rab10/RILPL1 complex blocks cilia formation in a variety of cell types in vitro^16,40,42,43. Ciliogenesis deficits are also observed in certain neurons and astrocytes in pathogenic G2019S-LRRK2 or R1441C-LRRK2 knockin mouse models^40,44, suggesting that they are a direct cellular consequence of pathogenic LRRK2 mutations and observable in the intact rodent brain.

The LRRK2-mediated centriolar phospho-Rab10/RILPL1 complex plays additional roles in non-ciliated cells. In interphase cells, the mother and daughter centriole associate to form a single centrosome in a process called centriole cohesion. Upon centriole duplication in S phase of the cell cycle, the two centrosomes are held together by a process called centrosome cohesion, and both centriole and centrosome cohesion are mediated by a common set of linker proteins^{45,46,47,48,49,50}. We have previously shown that mutant LRRK2 causes centrosomal cohesion deficits which are dependent on the presence of RILPL1 and Rab10 in a variety of cell types in vitro^42,43,51. Centrosomal cohesion deficits were further observed in immortalized lymphocytes (LCLs) from a cohort of G2019S-LRRK2 PD patients as compared to healthy controls, and were reverted by the LRRK2 kinase inhibitor MLi2 in all cases⁵². MLi2-sensitive cohesion deficits were also present in several early-stage idiopathic PD patients, suggesting the possibility that this cellular readout may help to stratify idiopathic PD patients susceptible to LRRK2-related therapeutics⁵².

Here, we present evidence that LRRK2 kinase activity-mediated cohesion deficits are common to distinct LRRK2 mutation carriers, detectable in a subset of idiopathic PD patients and present in peripheral blood-derived cells. Our data substantiate a role for increased LRRK2 kinase activity in at least some idiopathic PD patients and suggest that blood-based PD patient stratification according to cohesion deficits may hold promise in the context of clinical trials with LRRK2 inhibitors.

Results

Centrosomal cohesion deficits in a subset of idiopathic PD patient-derived cells are mitigated by LRRK2 kinase inhibition

We first determined whether centrosomal cohesion deficits can be observed in a larger sampling of idiopathic PD patients. For this purpose, we employed patient-derived Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) from a cohort of PD patients (n = 35) and controls (n = 3) (Table 1). Centrosomes were only scored when positive for two distinct centrosomal markers (γ-tubulin and pericentrin), since the percentage of cells with duplicated centrosomes as determined by such an approach closely matches the percentage of cells in G2 phase as determined by flow cytometry⁵². In around 90% of cells from a healthy control LCL line, the distance between centrosomes was less than 1.3 μm. The remaining 10% of cells showed a separation of centrosomes by more than 1.3 μm, and these cells were considered as harboring split centrosomes⁵². When quantifying the distance between duplicated centrosomes in the different LCL lines, ten out of 35 PD LCLs displayed a centrosomal cohesion deficit which was similar to that in LCL lines from G2019S-LRRK2 PD patients⁵² (Fig. 1a–c). This deficit was reverted upon short-term incubation with the LRRK2 kinase inhibitor MLi2 in all cases (Fig. 1b–d). It was not associated with changes in the percentage of cells displaying two centrosomes (Fig. 1e), and did not correlate with sex or age at diagnosis (Table 1).

Table 1 Demographic details of participants.

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**Fig. 1: A subset of PD patient LCLs display centrosomal cohesion deficits reverted by short-term treatment with the LRRK2 kinase inhibitor MLi2.**

Quantitative immunoblotting of extracts from the different idiopathic PD LCLs showed highly variable levels of total LRRK2, but no differences in the levels of LRRK2 between LCLs with or without a centrosomal cohesion deficit (Fig. 2a, b). Similarly, no differences were observed in the levels of pS935-LRRK2, pT73-Rab10 or total Rab10 amongst idiopathic PD LCLs with or without a cohesion deficit (Fig. 2b). Correlation analysis was performed to determine possible associations between LRRK2 and pT73-Rab10 levels across all samples. This analysis indicated a significant positive correlation between LRRK2 levels and pT73-Rab10 phosphorylation (Fig. 2c). Thus, and similar to what we previously reported for a different cohort of idiopathic PD LCLs⁵², LRRK2 kinase activity-mediated centrosomal cohesion deficits are detectable in a subset of idiopathic PD samples, even though they do not correlate with increased LRRK2 or pT73-Rab10 levels as assessed by quantitative Western blotting techniques.

**Fig. 2: Analysis of LRRK2, S935-LRRK2, Rab10 and pT73-Rab10 levels in PD LCLs with or without a centrosome cohesion phenotype.**

Lysosomal damage causes LRRK2 kinase-mediated increases in pT73-Rab10 levels in both control and idiopathic PD patient-derived cells

Recent studies have shown that treatment of cells with the lysosome membrane-rupturing agent L-leucyl-L-leucine methyl ester (LLOMe) causes recruitment and activation of LRRK2 at damaged lysosomes which is associated with a potent increase in pT73-Rab10 levels^53,54,55. Consistent with these reports, LLOMe treatment caused a time-dependent increase in pT73-Rab10 levels which was reverted by MLi2 (Supplementary Fig. 1). This correlated with an MLi2-sensitive accumulation of pT73-Rab10 in vesicular structures near the centrosome which were positive for the endolysosomal marker LAMP1 (Supplementary Fig. 2) and with a cohesion deficit which was reverted by MLi2 (Supplementary Fig. 3). Moreover, the LLOMe-mediated alterations were observed in both healthy control and G2019S-LRRK2 LCLs (Supplementary Figs. 1–3). Hence, we reasoned that LLOMe-triggered LRRK2 activation may allow us to better detect potential differences in pT73-Rab10 levels amongst idiopathic PD LCL lines. Cells were treated with or without LLOMe and MLi2, and the LLOMe-induced increase in pT73-Rab10 levels was determined for each cell line. LLOMe treatment induced a similar increase in pT73-Rab10 levels in control LCLs and in idiopathic PD LCLs irrespective of whether they displayed a centrosomal cohesion phenotype (Fig. 3a, b). The LLOMe-induced increase in pT73-Rab10 levels was reduced upon MLi2 treatment in most cases (Fig. 3c, Supplementary Fig. 4). Interestingly though, some idiopathic PD LCLs did not display a LLOMe-induced increase in pT73-Rab10 levels (Fig. 3b). Such lack of LLOMe-mediated potentiation of pT73-Rab10 levels marginally correlated with high basal levels of pT73-Rab10 in the absence of LLOMe treatment (Fig. 3d), and further work is required to determine whether these idiopathic PD patient-derived cells already harbor lysosomal damage and thus display maximal LRRK2 kinase activity. In either case, these data show that neither basal nor LLOMe-induced pT73-Rab10 levels correlate with the MLi2-sensitive centrosomal cohesion deficits observed in a subset of idiopathic PD LCLs.

**Fig. 3: Effects of LLOMe treatment on LRRK2 kinase-mediated pT73-Rab10 levels.**

Identification of gene variants in idiopathic PD samples

We next wondered whether the centrosomal cohesion deficits in the idiopathic PD LCLs may be due to genetic alterations in select genes impacting upon centrosomal cohesion in a LRRK2 kinase activity-mediated manner. Whole exome sequencing revealed single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in PD-relevant genes for some LCL lines (Supplementary Table 1). Amongst the idiopathic PD lines which displayed a centrosomal cohesion deficit, one line harbored a variant in the translational repressor GIGYF2, a gene at the PARK11 locus with an unconfirmed link to PD^56,57. Amongst the PD lines without a cohesion deficit, one displayed a variant in ATP13A2, and two displayed a known pathogenic missense mutation in PRKN (Supplementary Table 1). Since heterozygous mutations in the GBA gene are the most frequent known genetic risk factor for PD, we additionally performed long-range PCR and Sanger sequencing of the GBA gene⁵⁸, which allowed for identification of the E326K variant known to be associated with PD risk in two lines without a cohesion phenotype (Supplementary Table 1). Therefore, the MLi2-sensitive cohesion deficits observed in a subset of idiopathic PD samples are not due to mutations in LRRK2 or in other genes related to PD risk, raising the possibility that variants unrelated to disease risk may be mediating the phenotype.

Whole exome sequencing data were next analyzed to determine whether any other gene (or combination thereof) may be a better pharmacogenomic predictor than a PD gene mutation. Gene burden analyses indicated no significant burden of rare variants for any single gene after correcting for multiple comparisons (Supplementary Tables 2–4). The highest association between the centrosomal cohesion phenotype and rare variants was found within the TBC1D3D gene (Supplementary Table 3), a member of the TBC1D3 family which may act as an effector protein for Rab5⁵⁹ (p = 1.44 × 10⁻⁵). Another association was observed with rare variants in NOTCH2NLC (p = 0.00055851) (Supplementary Table 3), and repeat expansions in NOTCH2NLC have recently been detected in idiopathic PD cases^60,61. Pathway analysis indicated a significant over-representation of a KEGG pathway (hsa04612: Antigen processing and presentation, FDR = 0.0032, enrichment ratio 27.71) (Supplementary Table 2), and the same gene list was also significantly enriched for a specific domain (PF06758: Repeat of unknown function (DUF1220), FDR = 1.14 e-07) and comprising the NBPF10, NBPF12, NBPF14, NBPF9 and PDE4DIP genes (Supplementary Table 3).

Interestingly, TBC1D3, NOTCH2NL and DUF1220 domain-containing genes are all hominoid-specific genes which have undergone duplications during evolution^62,63. Expression of either TBC1D3, NOTCH2NL or DUF1220 protein domains drives proliferation of neural stem and progenitor cells and promotes cortical brain expansion and folding^64,65,66,67. Whilst further validation using in vitro cellular models and knockdown or overexpression studies are warranted, these findings are consistent with a role for these gene products in centrosome-mediated effects which may affect a cell´s response to MLi2.

Cohesion deficits in LCLs from distinct LRRK2 mutation carriers

It is unknown whether centrosomal deficits are a phenotype common to carriers of distinct LRRK2 mutations. To address this question, we analyzed another cohort of subjects (n = 10 controls, n = 12 R1441G-LRRK2 PD, n = 9 R1441G-LRRK2 non-manifesting carriers (NMC), n = 7 G2019S-LRRK2 PD, n = 6 G2019S-LRRK2 NMC, n = 4 idiopathic PD) (Table 2). Several tubes of highly concentrated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were obtained from all patients, and 1–2 tubes were employed to generate EBV-transformed LCLs.

Table 2 Demographic details for PD and control patients.

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A control LCL line was stained with an antibody against pericentrin. Based on a frequency histogram of the distances between two pericentrin-positive dots⁶⁸, the mean distance was around 1.2 μm (Supplementary Fig. 5), with around 25% of cells showing a distance bigger than 1.3 μm. Around 60% of cells displayed two pericentrin-positive dots (Supplementary Fig. 5), which is three times higher than the amount of LCLs in G2/M phase as determined by flow cytometry⁵². Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation assays to detect DNA synthesis which occurs concomitant with centrosome duplication events further indicated only a small percentage of LCLs in S phase of the cell cycle (Supplementary Fig. 5). Therefore, analysis of the distance between two pericentrin-positive dots not only measures the cohesion between duplicated centrosomes from cells in S and G2 phases, but also the cohesion between centrioles from cells in G1 phase of the cell cycle. Such centrosome/centriole (C/C) splitting was defined as the percentage of cells with a distance between two pericentrin-positive dots greater than 1.3 μm (Supplementary Fig. 5).

Analysis of C/C cohesion revealed a deficit in both R1441G-LRRK2 and G2019S-LRRK2 PD LCLs which was reverted by MLi2 in all cases (Fig. 4a–c). The C/C cohesion deficit was reflected by an overall increase in the mean distance between the two pericentrin-positive structures and was not associated with changes in the percentage of cells displaying two dots (Supplementary Fig. 6). A significant C/C splitting deficit was also observed in the four idiopathic PD LCLs (Fig. 4b, c), but the small sample size did not allow us to estimate the prevalence of the splitting phenotype in idiopathic PD patients from this demographic sampling. Importantly, both R1441G-LRRK2 and G2019S-LRRK2 mutation NMCs displayed a C/C cohesion deficit relative to healthy age-matched controls which was sensitive to MLi2 in most cases (Fig. 4b, c). C/C splitting in R1441G-LRRK2 PD and G2019S-LRRK2 PD strongly predicted a PD diagnosis with a ROC area under the curve c-statistic of 1.0, with a lower value obtained for R1441G-LRRK2 and G2019S-LRRK2 NMCs (Supplementary Fig. 7). No significant correlations were found between C/C splitting levels and any demographic or clinical data (Supplementary Fig. 8).

**Fig. 4: C/C cohesion deficits in *R1441G-LRRK2* and *G2019S-LRRK2* LCLs.**

Quantitative immunoblotting showed highly variable levels of total LRRK2 which were not significantly different amongst control, R1441G-LRRK2 PD, R1441G-LRRK2 NMC, G2019S-LRRK2 PD, G2019S-LRRK2 NMC and idiopathic PD LCLs, whilst the levels of total Rab10 were more similar (Fig. 5a, b). There were no significant differences in pT73-Rab10 levels amongst control, LRRK2 mutation PD, LRRK2 NMC and idiopathic PD samples, even though pT73-Rab10 levels were susceptible to MLi2 treatment in most cases (Fig. 5c, Supplementary Figs. 9–10). Correlation analysis indicated a significant positive correlation between LRRK2 levels and pT73-Rab10 levels (Fig. 5d), but there was no correlation between the extent of C/C splitting and either pT73-Rab10 or total LRRK2 levels (Supplementary Fig. 11). Hence, LRRK2 kinase activity-mediated C/C cohesion deficits are present in both manifesting and non-manifesting LRRK2 mutation carriers but do not correlate with increased pT73-Rab10 or LRRK2 levels as assessed by quantitative Western blotting techniques. Since the C/C splitting phenotype results from the pericentrosomal accumulation of pT73-Rab10, we stained a subset of healthy control, R1441G-LRRK2 PD and R1441G-LRRK2 NMC LCLs for both pericentrin and pT73-Rab10 (Supplementary Fig. 12). However, and similar to what we observed with Western blotting techniques, the percentage of LCLs displaying detectable pT73-Rab10 accumulation was highly variable and was not different between control and R1441G-LRRK2 mutation carriers (Supplementary Fig. 12).

**Fig. 5: Analysis of LRRK2, Rab10 and pT73-Rab10 levels in *R1441G-LRRK2* and *G2019S-LRRK2* LCLs.**

Cohesion deficits in PBMC lymphocytes from LRRK2 mutation carriers

PBMCs are routinely used for biomarker studies and are currently employed in the clinic to measure target engagement for LRRK2 and other PD-relevant therapeutics. Since the majority (70–90%) of human PBMCs is composed of lymphocytes⁶⁹, we evaluated whether the C/C cohesion phenotype was also observed in non-immortalized blood-derived peripheral cells. Staining of control and G2019S-LRRK2 PD PBMC preparations obtained from the LRRK2 Biobanking Initiative revealed extensive cell death and debris, even though lymphocytes could be identified by their known small cell size with a nuclear diameter <10 μm (Supplementary Fig. 13). In contrast, monocytes displayed a larger and typical kidney bean-shaped nucleus which was independently confirmed by employing purified monocyte preparations (Supplementary Fig. 13).

Our PBMC preparations had been collected and cryopreserved under conditions optimal for subsequent cell biological analysis, and they were next employed to determine the C/C cohesion phenotype. Analysis of cells with a nuclear diameter <10 μm indicated a mean distance between two pericentrin-positive dots of around 1.1 μm, with around 60% of cells displaying a two-dot phenotype (Supplementary Fig. 14). BrdU incorporation assays showed a negligible amount of cells in S phase (Supplementary Fig. 5), again consistent with the notion that we are also detecting centriolar cohesion deficits in G1 phase of the cell cycle. C/C splitting was defined when the distance was >1.3 μm, and a test-retest reliability assay employing another cryopreserved PBMC tube from the same healthy control patient indicated that the phenotype was stable (Supplementary Fig. 14).

C/C cohesion was analyzed from lymphocytes with a nuclear diameter <10 μm from all patient-derived PBMCs. As compared to healthy age-matched controls, R1441G-LRRK2 PD and G2019S-LRRK2 PD lymphocytes displayed a C/C splitting phenotype which was reverted by MLi2 in all cases (Fig. 6a–c). The cohesion phenotype was reflected by an overall increase in the mean distance between the pericentrin-positive dots without changes in the percentage of cells displaying two dots (Supplementary Fig. 15). An MLi2-sensitive splitting phenotype was also observed in lymphocytes from idiopathic PD patients and in lymphocytes from R1441G-LRRK2 and G2019S-LRRK2 NMCs (Fig. 6b, c, Supplementary Fig. 7). Finally, over the entire sample cohort there was a good correlation between the C/C cohesion phenotype as determined from PBMCs versus that determined from LCLs (Supplementary Fig. 16). Altogether, these data indicate that C/C cohesion deficits are a blood-based cellular biomarker which is detectable in lymphocytes from LRRK2 mutation carriers and some idiopathic PD patients as compared to healthy controls and which is responsive to LRRK2 kinase inhibition.

**Fig. 6: C/C cohesion deficits in lymphocytes from *R1441G-LRRK2* and *G2019S-LRRK2* mutation carriers.**

Discussion

Here, we probed for LRRK2 kinase-mediated centrosomal alterations in two different cohorts of PD patient-derived cells. Based on whole exome sequencing and long-range PCR and Sanger sequencing of idiopathic PD patients, none of the patient samples with a cohesion deficit had mutations in genes known to cause PD. Cohesion deficits were observed in a significant percentage of idiopathic PD patients and were reverted by a LRRK2 kinase inhibitor in all cases. These data are consistent with previous reports^12,31 and indicate that the wildtype LRRK2 kinase activity is increased in at least a subset of idiopathic PD patients.

All patients with PD due to either the R1441G or the G2019S mutation in LRRK2 and all non-manifesting LRRK2 mutation carriers showed an MLi2-reversible cohesion deficit. These data demonstrate that cohesion deficits serve as a robust cellular biomarker for the presence of pathogenic LRRK2 mutations in peripheral blood-derived cells which may begin to appear prior to a clinical PD diagnosis. In contrast, LRRK2 PD or idiopathic PD samples did not display an increase in the levels of pT73-Rab10 as compared to age-matched healthy controls. These findings are consistent with previous studies which also failed to detect a robust increase in pT73-Rab10 levels in LRRK2 PD or idiopathic PD patients^{20,21,22,23,24,26,27,28,52}. It is known that total LRRK2 levels in PBMCs and LCLs vary widely among individuals^24,52, which may mask an overall increase in pT73-Rab10 levels. We also observed vastly different levels of total LRRK2, and a positive correlation between total LRRK2 levels and pT73-Rab10 levels. However, the cohesion deficits did not correlate with the levels of total LRRK2 or pT73-Rab10. In addition, we were unable to detect pS106-Rab12 levels in LCLs (Supplementary Fig. 17), even though this phospho-Rab protein serves as a reliable marker of LRRK2 kinase activity in some cell types^70,71. The cohesion deficits were reverted by short-term treatment with MLi2 in all cases, and a reversal of the splitting phenotype was also observed with various structurally distinct LRRK2 inhibitors (Supplementary Fig. 17)⁵¹. Hence, the cohesion defects are driven by a LRRK2 kinase-mediated process, perhaps influenced by additional cellular effects of LRRK2 and involving additional kinase substrates. In either case, these data indicate that pT73-Rab10 levels accurately reflect target engagement of LRRK2 kinase inhibitors but are not able to stratify PD patients with increased LRRK2 activity.

LLOMe addition to control cells triggered centrosomal splitting, and a subset of idiopathic PD patients also displayed centrosomal defects, suggesting that centrosomal splitting may be a proxy measure of some form of cellular damage related to lysosomal function. When treating idiopathic PD LCLs with LLOMe to trigger lysosomal damage-induced LRRK2 activation, we observed that some samples did not display a LLOMe-induced increase in pT73-Rab10 levels. These included the two patient samples with mutations in PRKN as well as the two patient samples with mutations in GBA. The latter is consistent with the idea that lysosomal deficits cause activation of wildtype LRRK2. In addition, these data suggest that quantifying LLOMe-mediated alterations in pT73-Rab10, rather than pT73-Rab10 levels per se, may be a suitable approach to nominate PD patients with lysosomal dysfunction and consequent LRRK2 activation. More extensive studies with LCLs harboring distinct GBA mutations are required to corroborate these observations.

A gene burden analysis of the idiopathic PD samples did not reveal a significant burden of rare variants for any single gene which correlated with the cohesion phenotype. Whilst the PD cohort available here was statistically underpowered for such analysis, it nevertheless highlighted several candidate modifier genes which may impact upon the cohesion phenotype. Interestingly, rare variants which associated with the cohesion phenotype were detected in three groups of genes (TBC1D3, NOTCH2NL, DUF1220 domain-containing genes) which are all hominoid-specific, implicated in the proliferation of neural stem and progenitor cells and involved in cortical brain expansion and folding^{62,63,64,65,66,67}. Of note, one of the DUF1220 domain-containing genes is PDE4DIP (phosphodiesterase 4D-interacting protein, also called myomegalin). Myomegalin is a paralogue of CDK5RAP2 which localizes to the centrosome and recruits the cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase PDE4D to this location^72,73. Myomegalin loss dislocates PDE4D from the centrosome causing local PKA overactivation and inhibition of hedgehog (Hh) signaling, which is followed by decreased neural precursor cell proliferation⁷⁴. We have previously shown that the cohesion deficits mediated by mutant LRRK2 are due to the kinase activity-mediated displacement of centrosomal CDK5RAP2⁴². In future work, it will be important to determine whether and how the myomegalin/PDE4D pathway impacts upon cohesion in a manner mitigated by LRRK2 kinase inhibition.

The MLi2-sensitive centrosomal defects as quantified here reflect defects in the cohesion of duplicated centrosomes as observed in S and G2 phases of the cell cycle, but also defects in the cohesion of centrioles as observed in G1 phase. Both centrosome and centriole cohesion are mediated by a small set of proteins including CDK5RAP2^45,46 and can be monitored by staining for pericentrin, a marker for the pericentriolar material⁷⁵. Pericentrin has also been shown to interact with kinesin-1 to drive centriole motility⁴⁹. Given the reported links between Rab phosphorylation, motor adapter protein recruitment and microtubule-mediated transport processes^53,76,77, it will be interesting to determine whether the LRRK2-mediated cohesion deficits are due to a similar phospho-Rab/motor protein interaction which is followed by inappropriate microtubule-mediated transport. In either case, and given that peripheral blood-derived cells including monocytes, neutrophils and lymphocytes are non-ciliated cells⁷⁸, the LRRK2-mediated centrosomal defects may be particularly pronounced in those cells and thus able to serve as robust cellular biomarker for PD due to increased LRRK2 activity.

Although EBV DNA is mostly maintained in an episomal form, it can be integrated into the host genome, and a large portion of the population worldwide is positive for EBV^79,80. The centrosome splitting phenotype was not observed in LCLs from healthy control patients in either this or our previous study⁵², suggesting that EBV-based immortalization does not serve as a confounder for the centrosome-specific effects. However, whilst all 34 LRRK2 mutation carriers displayed a splitting phenotype when assessed from PBMCs, this phenotype was clearly lost upon immortalization in two cases (Supplementary Figure 16), highlighting the importance of analyzing cellular phenotypes in primary patient-derived cells.

Recent studies indicate that mitochondrial DNA damage may be another potential biomarker for PD which is reversed by LRRK2 kinase inhibitors and detectable in LCLs and PBMCs, even though it does not correlate with increased pT73-Rab10 levels^81,82,83,84. It will be important to determine whether idiopathic PD patients with a cohesion deficit also display high levels of mitochondrial DNA damage, or whether these biomarkers are detecting distinct cellular outcomes of increased LRRK2 activity. Similarly, it will be interesting to determine whether idiopathic PD patients with pre-existing lysosomal damage as assessed by the lack of a LLOMe-stimulated increase in pT73-Rab10 levels display high levels of mitochondrial DNA damage. Importantly, cohesion deficits as determined in this study are not only observable in immortalized lymphocytes but also in PBMCs, and thus easily translatable to clinical settings.

A main limitation of the present study is the need for high-resolution confocal imaging. Future studies employing flow cytometry-based imaging and automated image quantification may allow for higher-throughput determination of cohesion deficits in peripheral blood from PD patients. We have shown cohesion deficits in LRRK2 mutation carriers and in some early-stage idiopathic PD patients which were reversed by MLi2 in all cases. Whilst these results indicate that the cohesion deficits reflect a LRRK2-mediated process, it is unknown how they may be modulated by disease progression or disease severity. In addition, it is unknown whether cohesion defects as determined in the blood are mirrored by centrosomal/ciliary defects in the brain^40,44, and evidence for LRRK2 kinase-mediated ciliary defects in the human brain is currently lacking. It is also unknown whether the cohesion defects observed in lymphocytes trigger peripheral immune responses which then initiate a neurodegenerative cascade⁸⁵, possibly in the absence of centrosomal/ciliary defects in the brain. Finally, another limitation of our study is sample size, and our present findings require replication in a larger patient cohort.

In sum, we here provide evidence that cohesion deficits are present in primary lymphocytes from LRRK2 PD patients and non-manifesting LRRK2 mutation carriers. They are also observed in a subset of early-stage idiopathic PD patients and are sensitive to LRRK2 kinase treatment. These data provide strong evidence for LRRK2-mediated cohesion deficits in a subset of idiopathic PD patients and support the future inclusion of this readout as a blood-based biomarker for patient enrichment in clinical trials with LRRK2-related therapeutics.

Methods

Study participants

For the first cohort, subjects were recruited with written informed consent and the study was approved by the University of New South Wales human research ethics committee. Patients were examined by neurologists specialized in movement disorders. None of the controls had a family history of PD.

For the second cohort, subjects were recruited at the Donostia University Hospital in San Sebastian with written informed consent, and the study was approved by the local ethics committee. Patients were examined by neurologists specialized in movement disorders, and the Movement Disorders Society Unified Parkinson´s Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) part III was used to define motor symptom severity. L-dopa-equivalent dose (LED) was calculated for all patients. Subjects participating in the study donated blood samples for DNA extraction and routine LRRK2 genotyping, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) for direct analysis as well as for lymphocyte immortalization. None of the controls had a family history of PD, and all control and idiopathic PD samples were negative for the G2019S-LRRK2 or R1441G-LRRK2 mutation.

Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) isolation and transformation

For the San Sebastian cohort, 35 ml of patient-derived blood was subjected to immediate purification of PBMCs using BD Vacutainer (CPT) Sodium Heparin tubes, and purified PBMCs were frozen at high cell density (1 × 10⁷ cells/tube) in cryopreservation medium (90% FBS, 10% DMSO). For all patients, 1–2 cryovials of purified PBMCs were employed to generate LCLs, and the remainder of cryovials was employed for direct analysis as described below. Lymphocytes were immortalized with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) according to standard transformation protocols⁸⁶ which include cell separation by gradient centrifugation and lymphocyte growth enhancement with 1% (v/v) of the mitogenic phytohemagglutinin-M (PHA-M, ThermoFisher 10576015).

Samples (n = 10) collected through the LRRK2 Biobanking Initiative at Columbia University were used for assay development. PBMCs were collected from patients and control subjects at the Movement Disorder Division in the Department of Neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Participants were screened for the LRRK2 G2019S mutation as well as several GBA1 mutations and variants²⁸. All participants provided written informed consent to take part in the study, and the study protocol was approved by the IRBs of both Columbia University (CUIMC). PBMCs were isolated using standard protocols as previously described⁸⁷. Cells were resuspended in RPMI medium containing 40% FBS and 10% DMSO, counted, and aliquoted at 3 × 10⁶ viable cells per cryovial. Frozen cells were stored at −80 °C.

Cell culture and treatments

LCLs were grown as previously described⁵². Briefly, cells were maintained in RPMI 1640 medium (ThermoFisher, 21870076) supplemented with 20% fetal bovine serum (ThermoFisher, 10437028), 2% L-glutamine (ThermoFisher, 25030081), 20 units/ml penicillin and 20 μg/ml streptomycin (ThermoFisher, 15140122) in T75 flasks (ThermoFisher, 156499) in 5% CO₂ at 37 °C. Cells were maintained at a density of 10⁶ cells/ml, with cell density monitored every other day using trypan blue staining. Cell clumps were dispersed by pipetting, and 500´000 cells/ml treated in 1.5 ml tubes with DMSO or 50 nM MLi2 (Abcam, ab254528) for 2 h before processing for immunocytochemistry. HEK293T, murine embryonic fibroblast (MEF) and A549 cells were cultured as previously described⁴². LRRK2-IN1 (Tocris, 4273/10), GSK2578215A (Tocris, 4629/5), CZC25146 (MedChemExpress, HY-15800), GNE-0877 (MedChemExpress, HY-15796), GNE-7915 (MedChemExpress, HY-18163), PF-06447475 (MedChemExpress, HY-12477) and PF-360 (MedChemExpress, HY-120085) were added at the indicated concentrations for 2 h before processing for immunocytochemistry where indicated.

Cryopreserved PBMCs were quickly thawed in a 37 °C waterbath, and transferred to 50 ml tubes containing 10 ml prelaid warm growth medium (RPMI 1640 medium with 20% fetal bovine serum, 2% L-glutamine, 20 units/ml penicillin and 20 μg/ml streptomycin), and cells centrifuged at 300 × g for 5 min at room temperature. The cell pellet was gently resuspended, and cells treated in growth medium in 12-well plates (1 × 10⁶ cells/well) with either DMSO or MLi2 (200 nM) for 30 min before processing for immunocytochemistry as described below.

Immunocytochemistry

Coverslips (13 mm diameter) were placed into 24-well plates and coated with Cell-Tak and Tissue Adhesive solution (Corning, 354240) according to manufacturer´s instructions. After 30 min incubation at 37 °C, the solution was removed and coverslips were rinsed twice with distilled water followed by air-drying. LCLs or PBMCs (500´000 cells/coverslip) were added to dry-coated coverslips and attached by slight centrifugation at 20 × g for 5 min at room temperature (without brake).

LCLs and PBMCs were fixed with 2% paraformaldehyde (PFA) in PBS for 20 min at room temperature followed by 5 min of ice-cold methanol fixation (for γ-tubulin staining only). Upon fixation, cells were permeabilized with 0.2% Triton-X100/PBS for 10 min at room temperature and blocked for 1 h in 0.5% BSA (w/v) (Millipore, 126579) in 0.2% Triton-X100/PBS (blocking buffer). Coverslips were incubated with primary antibodies in blocking buffer at 4 °C overnight. The following day, coverslips were washed three times for 10 min in 0.2% Triton-X100/PBS, followed by incubation with secondary antibodies in 0.2% Triton-X100/PBS for 1 h at room temperature. Coverslips were washed three times in 0.2% Triton-X100/PBS, rinsed in PBS, air-dried, and mounted in mounting medium with DAPI (Vector Laboratories, H-1200). Primary antibodies included mouse monoclonal anti-γ-tubulin (1:1000, Abcam ab11316), mouse monoclonal anti-LAMP1 (1:500, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-20011), rabbit polyclonal anti-pericentrin (1:1000, Abcam ab4448) and rabbit monoclonal anti-pT73-Rab10 (1:1000, Abcam ab241060). Secondary antibodies were all from Invitrogen, were employed at a 1:1000 dilution, and included Alexa488-conjugated goat anti-mouse (Invitrogen, A11001) or goat anti-rabbit (Invitrogen, A11008), Alexa568-conjugated goat anti-mouse (Invitrogen, A11004) or goat anti-rabbit (Invitrogen, A11011) and Alexa647-conjugated goat anti-rabbit (Invitrogen, A21244).

For bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling of HEK293T, A549, and LCLs, cells were labeled with 10 μM BrdU (Abcam, ab142567) in respective full medium for 24 h, followed by fixation using 2%PFA/PBS for 20 min at room temperature. For PBMCs, cells were cultured in full medium for 48 h in either the presence or absence of PHA-M (1% v/v) with 10 μM BrdU for the last 24 h, followed by fixation as described above. In all cases, cells were washed with PBS for 10 min, permeabilized with 0.2% Triton-X100/PBS for 10 min at room temperature followed by DNA hydrolysis with 1 M HCl in PBS/0.2% Triton-X100 for 1 h at room temperature. Coverslips were rinsed three times with PBS and blocked for 1 h in 5% BSA (w/v) (Millipore, 126579) in 0.2% Triton-X100/PBS (blocking buffer). BrdU incorporation was detected by immunocytochemistry using an FITC-labeled BrdU antibody staining kit (BD, 556028) according to manufacturer´s conditions.

Image acquisition and analysis

Images were either acquired on a Leica TCS-SP5 confocal microscope using a 63 × 1.4 NA oil UV objective (HCX PLAPO CS) or on an Olympus FV1000 Fluoview confocal microscope using a 60 × 1.2 NA water objective (UPlanSApo). Images were collected using single excitation for each wavelength separately and dependent on secondary antibodies, and the same laser intensity settings and exposure times were used for image acquisitions of individual experiments to be quantified. Around 13–16 image sections of selected areas were acquired with a step size of 0.5 μm, and maximum intensity projections of z-stack images analyzed and processed using Leica Applied Systems (LAS AF6000) image acquisition software or ImageJ. Only cells which displayed clear centrosomal staining were analyzed and in all cases, mitotic cells as determined by DAPI staining were excluded from the analysis. For both LCLs and PBMCs, 150–200 cells were quantified per sample, with nuclear diameter additionally determined for PBMC preparations. Sample processing and quantifications were performed blind to conditions. Some experimental conditions were independently quantified by an additional two observers blind to condition and at distinct research sites (Rutgers and Lille), with identical results obtained in all cases. Upon completion of all experiments, the patient code was unveiled for subsequent data analysis.

Quantification of the percentage of cells displaying pT73-Rab10 staining was performed over non-processed and non-saturated images acquired during the same time with the same laser intensities.

Cell extracts and Western blotting

LCL cell clumps were dispersed by pipetting, and 1 × 10⁶ cells were treated in 1.5 ml tubes with 1 mM LLOMe (Sigma, L7393) or with DMSO or 50 nM MLi2 for 2 h at 37 °C.

Cells were centrifuged at 120 × g for 5 min at room temperature, resuspended gently in 1 ml PBS and then pelleted again. The cell pellet was resuspended in 100 μl PBS containing protease/phosphatase inhibitors and 1× SDS sample buffer. Samples were briefly sonicated three times, centrifuged for 10 min at 4 °C, and the supernatant boiled at 95 °C for 5 min. Alternatively, the cell pellet was resuspended in 100 μl freshly-prepared lysis buffer 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 1% (v/v) Triton X 100, 1 mM EGTA, 1 mM Na₃VO₄, 50 mM NaF, 10 mM beta-glycerophosphate, 5 mM sodium pyrophosphate, 0.27 M sucrose, 0.1% (v/v) beta-mercaptoethanol, 1× cOmplete (EDTA-free) protease inhibitor cocktail (Roche, 04-693-124-001), 1 μg/ml Microcystin-LR (Enzo Life Sciences, Cat# number ALX-350-012-M001) and snap-frozen in liquid N₂ and stored at -80 °C. Protein concentration was estimated using the BCA assay (Pierce) according to manufacturer´s specifications. Extracts were mixed with SDS sample buffer supplemented with beta-mercaptoethanol (final volume 2.5% v/v) and heated at 95 °C for 5 min. Ten to fifteen micrograms of samples were loaded onto 4–20% precast polyacrylamide gels (Bio-Rad, 456-1096) and electrophoresed at 60 V (stacking) and 80 V (separating) in SDS running buffer (Tris-Glycine Running Buffer; 25 mM TRIS pH 8.6, 190 mM glycine, 0.1% SDS). Proteins were transferred to nitrocellulose membranes using the semi-dry Trans-Blot Turbo Transfer System (Biorad) for 10 min at constant 20 V (2.5 limit A). Membranes were blocked in 50% TBS (20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.6, 150 mM NaCl) containing 50% of blocking buffer (Li-COR Biosciences, Intercept blocking buffer (TBS), 927-60001) for 1 h at room temperature, followed by cropping into three pieces for Li-COR multiplexing (top piece until 75 kD, middle piece until 37 kD, bottom piece). Membranes were incubated with primary antibodies in 50% TBST (TBS containing 0.1% (v/v) Tween-20) in 50% of Li-COR blocking buffer overnight at 4 °C. The top piece was incubated with a rabbit anti-S935-LRRK2 antibody (1:500, Abcam, ab133450) multiplexed with a mouse monoclonal anti-LRRK2 antibody (1:1000, Antibodies Inc, 75-235). The middle piece was incubated with a mouse monoclonal anti-α-tubulin antibody (1:10´000, Sigma, clone DM1A), and the bottom piece was incubated with a rabbit monoclonal anti-pT73-Rab10 antibody (1:1000, Abcam, ab230261) multiplexed with a mouse monoclonal total Rab10 antibody (1:1000, Sigma, SAB5300028). Determination of Rab12 and phospho-Rab12 levels was performed from parallel membranes with either a rabbit monoclonal anti-pS106-Rab12 antibody (1:1000, Abcam, ab256487) or a rabbit polyclonal total Rab12 antibody (1:500, ProteinTech, 18843-1-AP). Membranes were washed three times for 10 min in 0.1% Tween-20/PBS, followed by incubation with secondary antibodies for 1 h at room temperature in 50% TBST in 50% Li-COR blocking buffer. Secondary antibodies included goat anti-rabbit IRDye 800CW and goat anti-mouse IRDye 680RD (1:10´000). Membranes were washed with 0.1% Tween-20/PBS for three times 10 min each. Blots were imaged via near-infrared fluorescent detection using Odyssey CLx imaging system, and quantification was performed using the instrument´s Image Studio software. For each LCL line, fresh extracts from 2–3 independent cultures were analyzed, and representative immunoblots are shown in the figures, with all immunoblots depicted in supplementary figures. All sample processing and quantifications were performed blind to conditions. Upon completion of all experiments, the patient code was unveiled for subsequent data analysis. All individual blots derive from the same experiment and were processed in parallel.

Sequencing and data analysis

Whole exome sequencing (WES, Macrogen Korea) and long-range PCR and Sanger sequencing of the GBA gene were performed as previously described^58,88. To identify potential genes/genetic variants that may mediate the MLi2-sensitive cohesion response, we examined the burden of rare (popmax AF < 0.0001 from gnomAD non-neuro population) mutations within subjects WES data. Both indels and SNVs were included in the analysis (multi-allelics were separated and indels were left-aligned). Variants previously identified within the ReFiNE full blacklist (0.01) were filtered. Only non-synonymous variants with functional refGene annotation in “splicing”, “exonic” or “exonic/splicing” were included. Gene burden analysis was performed using TRAPD⁸⁹ on all variants passing filters between TSS and TES. The UniProt (Apr 2020 hg38 release) of protein domain annotations were used for protein domain burden analysis. Rare variants were found within a total of 18,394 unique protein domains annotated to 4232 genes of which each were tested. For each gene/protein domain, a dominant and recessive test was performed. A dominant test uses cases with one or more variants within the gene of interest, whereas a recessive test uses 2 or more variants. The results from the burden test are summarized within Supplementary Tables 2–3. Note that none of the p-values pass false discovery rate correction (p < 0.05, Benjamini & Hochberg). Gene ontology was performed on genes with a p-value < 0.05 (uncorrected) from each model using PANTHER. For pathway analysis, the autosomal dominant model/protein domains gene list was scanned for over-representation of KEGG pathways (http://www.webgestalt.org/) and also using the String Site (https://string-db.org/cgi/input?sessionId=bYAdyBStPoNM&input_page_show_search=on).

Statistical analysis

Data were checked for normal distribution using the Shapiro-Wilk test. One-way ANOVA with Tukey´s post-hoc test was employed, with significance set at p < 0.05. All p-values are indicated in the legends to figures. Spearman correlations were used to determine associations between protein levels and/or splitting values. Paired t-test analysis was performed for comparison of the splitting phenotypes in the presence versus absence of MLi2. All statistical analyses and graphs employed the use of Prism software version 9.5 (GraphPad, San Diego, CA).

Reporting summary

Further information on research design is available in the Nature Research Reporting Summary linked to this article.

Data availability

The de-identified genetic data (whole exome sequence variant call file (VCF)) and their associated phenotype data (MLi2-sensitive cohesion phenotype) are available in Zenodo (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.1027821). Raw Western blot data are available as supplemental figures, and all raw images of cohesion determinations are available upon request.

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We thank all patients and their families for donating blood samples, which made this study possible. We thank Laura Montosa, Besma Brahmia and Rollanda Bernadin for help with image acquisition, and Laurine Vandevinkel and Claire Deldycke for their help with cell culture. This work was funded by grants from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson´s Research (MJFF-019358: SH, MCCH, JRM); (MJFF-020338: ND). The PBMC Collection at Columbia University was funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation (RNA).

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Yahaira Naaldijk, Rachel Fasiczka & Sabine Hilfiker
Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine ´López-Neyra¨, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 18016, Granada, Spain
Belén Fernández, Elena Fdez & Mario Delgado
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Conceptualization: S.H., M.C.C.H., J.R.M. Methodology: S.H., M.C.C.H, J.R.M. Investigation: Y.N., B.F., R.F., E.F., I.C., C.L., J.B.K., E.M., A.D., J.M.T., R.N.A., N.D., G.H., Y.B., A.V., C.C. Visualization: S.H., J.B.K., N.D. Funding acquisition: S.H., M.C.C.H., J.R.M., N.D., R.A. Project administration: S.H. Supervision: S.H., M.C.C.H., J.R.M., N.D. Writing – original draft: S.H. Writing – review and editing: Y.N., B.F., R.F., E.F., I.C., C.L., J.B.K., E.M., A.D., J.M.T., S.P., M.D., R.A., N.D., G.H., J.R.M., M.C.C.H., S.H.

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Naaldijk, Y., Fernández, B., Fasiczka, R. et al. A potential patient stratification biomarker for Parkinson´s disease based on LRRK2 kinase-mediated centrosomal alterations in peripheral blood-derived cells. npj Parkinsons Dis. 10, 12 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-023-00624-8

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-023-00624-8