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Identification of a risk haplotype of the α-synuclein gene in Japanese with sporadic Parkinson's disease

✍ Scribed by Hideaki Kobayashi; Hiroshi Ujike; Junko Hasegawa; Mitsutoshi Yamamoto; Akihiro Kanzaki; Ichiro Sora

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
140 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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Abstract

α‐Synuclein is one of the main components of Lewy bodies, a pathological marker of Parkinson's disease (PD). Certain missense mutations of the α‐synuclein gene cause familial PD, but the role of the gene in sporadic PD is still controversial. We scrutinized polymorphisms of the α‐synuclein gene in a Japanese population and investigated their associations with sporadic cases of PD. The 5′ flanking region to intron 2 of the α‐synuclein gene (3.8 kb) and two polymorphisms in intron 4 previously reported in Caucasian sporadic cases of PD were analyzed in 185 sporadic PD and 191 controls. Five novel single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 16 reported SNPs, and one reported polynucleotide polymorphism (PNP) were found. Most of the polymorphisms examined were in linkage disequilibrium. Significant associations with PD were found in 15 of 21 SNPs, especially in intron 1 (IVS1+155 TmAn PNP and the IVS1+719 C>T SNP, P < 0.0001). Haplotype analysis showed that T10A7‐A‐A and T11A6‐G‐G haplotypes at three loci (IVS1+155 – IVS1+273 – IVS1+608) were strongly negative and positive risk factors of sporadic PD, respectively (odds ratios were 0.23 [95% confidence interval, 0.16–0.32] and 1.51 [95% confidence interval, 1.29–1.75]). In conclusion, our findings indicate that genetic variations of the α‐synuclein gene affect the development of sporadic PD. © 2006 Movement Disorder Society

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