Association of Common Variants in the Glucocerebrosidase Gene with High Susceptibility to Parkinson's Disease among Chinese

Xiong Zhang ； Qiong-Qiong Bao ； Xiao-Sai Zhuang ； Shi-Rui Gan ； Dan Zhao ； Yun Liu ； Qiao Hu ； Ying Chen ； Fei-Yan Zhu ； Lian Wang ； Ning Wang

《The Chinese Journal of Physiology》 55卷6期 (2012/12) Pp. 398-404

https://doi.org/10.4077/CJP.2012.BAA076

並列摘要

The genetic variants in glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene have been previously examined as potential susceptibility factors for Parkinson's disease (PD). Although of great interest, possible role of GBA gene in PD has not been well investigated in eastern Chinese population. To explore this association, we conducted a genetic screen of three common GBA variants (p.L444P, p.N370S, and p.R120W) in a casecontrol cohort comprised of 638 subjects of Chinese ethnicity. In order to provide a more precise estimate of this association, a meta-analysis was performed. We found that the GBA p.L444P allele was significantly more frequent (P = 0.001) in the PD patients (6/195 = 3.08%) than in the controls (0/443). The p.L444P mutation, but not p.N370S and p.R120W, was found to be associated with PD. Combined analysis including all previously published ancestral Chinese data yielded a highly significant association between the GBA gene and an increased risk for PD (OR = 8.13, 95% CI, 4.43-14.92, P ＜ 0.00001). Our study suggests that the GBA gene may be a susceptibility gene for PD in the Chinese population. Efforts to elucidate in detail this interesting and biologically plausible genetic association are warranted.

並列關鍵字

Parkinson's disease ； glucocerebrosidase ； genetic association studies ； risk factors ； meta-analysis

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