TY - JOUR
T1 - Haplotype analysis of the IGF2-INS-TH gene cluster in Parkinson's disease
AU - Sutherland, Greg
AU - Mellick, George
AU - Newman, Jeremy
AU - Double, Kay L.
AU - Stevens, Julia
AU - Lee, Linda
AU - Rowe, Dominic
AU - Silburn, Peter
AU - Halliday, Glenda M.
PY - 2008/6/5
Y1 - 2008/6/5
N2 - Idiopathic Parkinson's disease is a common movement disorder characterized by a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Its pathogenesis is postulated to involve complex interactions between genetic susceptibility and environmental exposures. The IGF2-INS-TH gene cluster on the telomeric end of human chromosome 11 is a gene rich region expressing several proteins important for dopamine neuron homeostasis. We used a haplotyping approach to determine whether common genetic variation in the IGF2-INS-TH cluster influences the risk of idiopathic Parkinson's disease in a Caucasian case-control group recruited from Brisbane, Australia. Three tagging polymorphisms, the SNPs, rs680 and rs689 and the microsatellite, HUMTH01, were genotyped in 215 cases and 215 age- and gender-matched controls. Eight common haplotypes accounted for 91% of the genetic variation in our control group and one haplotype, IGF2-INS-TH*6, was significantly under-represented among the cases with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (OR = 0.42, 95% CI = 0.25-0.72, P-value = 0.001). Analysis of the individual polymorphisms showed that the IGF2-rs680 alternate 'A' allele accounted for the majority of the protective effect. Our findings suggest that common genetic variants in the IGF2-INS-TH cluster modify susceptibility to idiopathic Parkinson's disease.
AB - Idiopathic Parkinson's disease is a common movement disorder characterized by a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Its pathogenesis is postulated to involve complex interactions between genetic susceptibility and environmental exposures. The IGF2-INS-TH gene cluster on the telomeric end of human chromosome 11 is a gene rich region expressing several proteins important for dopamine neuron homeostasis. We used a haplotyping approach to determine whether common genetic variation in the IGF2-INS-TH cluster influences the risk of idiopathic Parkinson's disease in a Caucasian case-control group recruited from Brisbane, Australia. Three tagging polymorphisms, the SNPs, rs680 and rs689 and the microsatellite, HUMTH01, were genotyped in 215 cases and 215 age- and gender-matched controls. Eight common haplotypes accounted for 91% of the genetic variation in our control group and one haplotype, IGF2-INS-TH*6, was significantly under-represented among the cases with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (OR = 0.42, 95% CI = 0.25-0.72, P-value = 0.001). Analysis of the individual polymorphisms showed that the IGF2-rs680 alternate 'A' allele accounted for the majority of the protective effect. Our findings suggest that common genetic variants in the IGF2-INS-TH cluster modify susceptibility to idiopathic Parkinson's disease.
KW - Association
KW - Chromosome 11
KW - Insulin-like growth factor 2
KW - Parkinson's disease
KW - Tyrosine hydroxylase
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U2 - 10.1002/ajmg.b.30633
DO - 10.1002/ajmg.b.30633
M3 - Article
C2 - 18085551
AN - SCOPUS:45149103349
SN - 1552-4841
VL - 147
SP - 495
EP - 499
JO - American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics
JF - American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics
IS - 4
ER -