Striatal neurodegenerative processes and α-synuclein phosphorylation are not halted by chronic LRRK2 inhibition. A, Western blot analysis of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and hwt α-synuclein (hwt α-syn; left) as well as phosphorylation of α-synuclein-S129 (α-syn pS129; right). i = ipsilateral to the viral injection; c = contralateral to the viral injection. B, Quantification of TH expression from ipsilateral and contralateral striatum normalized to STEP46 and presented as percentage of contralateral striatum shows a significant loss of TH expression in α-syn overexpressing rats in both treatment groups (one-way ANOVA, p < 0.001). C, The expression level of hwt α-synuclein normalized to STEP46 is not significantly different between groups (unpaired t test, p = 0.22). D, The α-synuclein-S129 phosphorylation from ipsilateral and contralateral striatum normalized to STEP46 and presented as percentage of contralateral striatum is not significantly different between groups (one-way ANOVA, p = 0.076). CTRL veh, CTRL PFE-360 and α-syn veh; N = 5, α-syn PFE-360 N = 6. Tukey’s multiple comparison is represented by the lines; ***p < 0.001.