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Gil MJ, Manzano MS, Cuadrado ML, Fernández C, Góméz E, Matesanz C, Calero M, Rábano A. Argyrophilic Grain Pathology in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: Demographic, Clinical, Neuropathological, and Genetic Features. J Alzheimers Dis 2019; 63:1109-1117. [PMID: 29758948 DOI: 10.3233/jad-171115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a clinically, pathologically, and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders that affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. FTLD classification distinguishes three main neuropathological groups: FTLD-tau, FTLD-TDP, and FTLD-FUS. As a four-repeat tauopathy, argyrophilic grain disease (AGD) is included in the FTLD-tau group. AGD may also appear in association with other neuropathological disorders. We describe the demographic, clinical, neuropathological, and genetic characteristics of a series of FTLD cases presenting with AGD. For this purpose, a clinico-pathological study of 71 autopsy-confirmed FTLD cases from different tissue banks was performed. AGD was found in 52.1% of FTLD cases. The presence of AGD increased with the increasing age (up to 88.9% in cases older than 80 years; p < 0.001) and was associated with higher ages at onset (p < 0.001) and death (p < 0.001). In AGD cases, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) was the most frequent clinical diagnosis (29.7%) and gait disturbance was the most common symptom (64.5%); behavioral and language symptoms were less frequent as compared with non-AGD cases (p = 0.055; p = 0.012). PSP was the most frequent neuropathological diagnosis among cases with AGD (32.4%). This group also showed less brain atrophy (p = 0.094) and higher prevalence of Alzheimer (p = 0.002) and vascular pathology (p = 0.047) as compared to the non-AGD group. We also observed that H1/H1 genotype was overrepresented in AGD cases (p = 0.018) and that there was no association with any specific APOE allele. A subanalysis of PSP cases according to the AGD status was carried out, yielding no significant differences.
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- María José Gil
- Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario de Torrejón, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain.,Banco de Tejidos, Departamento de Neuropatología, Fundación Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Neurológicas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FCIEN-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Departamento de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Banco de Tejidos, Departamento de Neuropatología, Fundación Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Neurológicas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FCIEN-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Banco de Tejidos, Departamento de Neuropatología, Fundación Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Neurológicas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FCIEN-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.,Departamento de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Banco de Tejidos, Departamento de Neuropatología, Fundación Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Neurológicas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FCIEN-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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Gil MJ, Manzano MS, Cuadrado ML, Fernández C, Góméz E, Matesanz C, Calero M, Rábano A. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration: Study of a clinicopathological cohort. J Clin Neurosci 2018; 58:172-180. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2018.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Zhang CC, Zhu JX, Wan Y, Tan L, Wang HF, Yu JT, Tan L. Meta-analysis of the association between variants in MAPT and neurodegenerative diseases. Oncotarget 2018; 8:44994-45007. [PMID: 28402959 PMCID: PMC5546535 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.16690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) gene is compelling among the susceptibility genes of neurodegenerative diseases which include Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Our meta-analysis aimed to find the association between MAPT and the risk of these diseases. Published literatures were retrieved from MEDLINE and other databases, and 82 case-control studies were recruited. Six haplotype tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms (rs1467967, rs242557, rs3785883, rs2471738, del-In9 and rs7521) and haplotypes (H2 and H1c) were significantly associated with the above diseases. The odds ratios (ORs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) were evaluated by comparison in minor and major allele frequency using the R software. This study demonstrated that different variants in MAPT were associated with AD (rs2471738: OR= 1.04, 95%CI = 1.00 - 1.09; H2: OR = 0.94, 95% CI = 0.91 - 0.97), PD (H2: OR = 0.76, 95% CI = 0.74 - 0.79), PSP (rs242557: OR = 1. 96, 95% CI = 1. 71 - 2.25; rs2471738: OR = 1. 85, 95% CI = 1. 48 - 2.31; H2: OR = 0.20, 95% CI = 0.18 - 0.23), CBD (rs242557: OR = 2.51, 95%CI = 1. 66 -3.78; rs2471738: OR = 2.07, 95%CI = 1. 32 -3.23; H2: OR = OR = 0.30, 95% CI = 0.23 - 0.41) and ALS (H2: OR = 0.92, 95% CI = 0.86 - 0.98) instead of FTD (H2: OR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.78 - 1.32). In conclusion, MAPT is associated with risk of neurodegenerative diseases, suggesting crucial roles of tau in neurodegenerative processes.
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- Cheng-Cheng Zhang
- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Dalian Medical University, PR China
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- Clinical Skills Training Center, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, PR China
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- College of Medicine and Pharmaceutics, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Clinical Skills Training Center, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Dalian Medical University, PR China.,Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, PR China.,College of Medicine and Pharmaceutics, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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Huang R, Tian S, Cai R, Sun J, Xia W, Dong X, Shen Y, Wang S. Saitohin Q7R polymorphism is associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease susceptibility among caucasian populations: a meta-analysis. J Cell Mol Med 2017; 21:1448-1456. [PMID: 28211174 PMCID: PMC5542912 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.13079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Saitohin (STH) Q7R polymorphism has been reported to influence the individual's susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, conclusions remain controversial. Therefore, we performed this meta-analysis to explore the association between STH Q7R polymorphism and AD risk. Systematic literature searches were performed in the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science for studies published before 31 August 2016. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to assess the strength of the association using a fixed- or random-effects model. Subgroup analyses, Galbraith plot and sensitivity analyses were also performed. All statistical analyses were performed with STATA Version 12.0. A total of 19 case-control studies from 17 publications with 4387 cases and 3972 controls were included in our meta-analysis. The results showed that the Q7R polymorphism was significantly associated with an increased risk of AD in a recessive model (RR versus QQ+QR, OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.01-1.60, P = 0.040). After excluding the four studies not carried out in caucasians, the overall association was unchanged in all comparison models. Further subgroup analyses stratified by the time of AD onset, and the quality of included studies provided statistical evidence of significant increased risk of AD in RR versus QQ+QR model only in late-onset subjects (OR = 1.56, 95% CI = 1.07-2.26, P = 0.021) and in studies with high quality (OR = 1.37, 95% CI = 1.01-1.86, P = 0.043). This meta-analysis suggests that the RR genotype in saitohin Q7R polymorphism may be a human-specific risk factor for AD, especially among late-onset AD subjects and caucasian populations.
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- Rong Huang
- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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Association of rs62063857 Variant of the Saitohin Gene with Parkinson’s Disease. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2014; 35:115-21. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-014-0102-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Neurodegenerative Aspects in Vulnerability to Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders. Neurotox Res 2014; 26:400-13. [DOI: 10.1007/s12640-014-9473-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2014] [Revised: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Liu SY, Zeng FF, Chen ZW, Wang CY, Zhao B, Li KS. Vascular endothelial growth factor gene promoter polymorphisms and Alzheimer's disease risk: a meta-analysis. CNS Neurosci Ther 2013; 19:469-76. [PMID: 23575378 DOI: 10.1111/cns.12093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2012] [Revised: 02/10/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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AIM Conclusions on the association between polymorphisms in the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene promoter and risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are ambiguous, and sufficient evaluation of the association is lacking. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis of observational studies to explore the association between polymorphisms in the VEGF gene promoter and AD risk. METHODS Bibliographical searches were performed in the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases without any language limitations. Three investigators independently assessed abstracts for relevant studies and independently reviewed all eligible studies. A meta-analysis was conducted using a fixed- or random-effects model. Odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to assess the strength of association. All statistical analyses were performed using Stata 11.0 software. RESULTS The meta-analysis of 2787 AD cases and 2841 controls from eight published case-control studies on the -2578C/A polymorphism and 1422 AD cases and 1063 controls from four studies on the -1154G/A polymorphism did not show any significant associations. However, in a subgroup analysis stratified by the presence of APOE є4, associations were observed with APOE ε4 (-) for -2578C/A (A vs. C: OR = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.04-1.43, P = 0.014; A/A vs. C/C: OR = 1.59, 95% CI = 1.11-2.27, P = 0.011 and A/A vs. A/C + C/C: OR = 1.46, 95% CI = 1.08-1.99, P = 0.015) and -1154G/A (A vs. G: OR = 0.74, 95% CI = 0.62-0.89, P = 0.001; A/A vs. G/G: OR = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.37-0.87, P = 0.009; A/G vs. G/G: OR = 0.69, 95% CI = 0.53-0.89, P = 0.004 and A/A + A/G vs. G/G: OR = 0.66, 95% CI = 0.52-0.85, P = 0.001). CONCLUSION This meta-analysis showed the risk role of the -2578 polymorphism and the protective role of the -1154 polymorphism when the APOE є4 status was negative, suggesting that the two polymorphisms in the VEGF promoter may have opposing effects on AD risk in an APOE є4-independent manner.
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- Sheng-Yuan Liu
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Age-Related Cardiac and Cerebral Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China
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Serotonin transporter and saitohin genes in risk of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar dementia: preliminary findings. Neurol Sci 2010; 31:741-9. [PMID: 20852909 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-010-0400-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2009] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Serotonergic transmission impairment and abnormal phosphorylation of tau protein have been implicated in the physiopathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal lobar dementia (FTLD). Associations between a functional polymorphism (5-HTTLPR), in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene, and susceptibility to sporadic AD and FTLD have been reported. A polymorphism (Q7R) in saitohin gene inside the microtubule-associated protein tau gene has also been related to dementia. To determine the possible role of the two polymorphisms in susceptibility to AD and FTLD, we performed a case-control study collecting 218 Italian sporadic dementia patients and 54 controls. We found a significant excess of 5-HTTLPR short alleles and an interaction between 5-HTTLPR and Q7R polymorphisms in demented subjects. Our study confirms the role of 5-HTTLPR as a potential susceptibility factor for sporadic dementia in the Italian population, and suggests a possible interaction between 5-HTTLPR and Q7R polymorphisms in neurodegenerative diseases.
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Lin K, Tang M, Guo Y, Han H, Lin Y, Ma C. The Q7R polymorphism in the saitohin gene is rare in a southern Chinese population. Neurol Sci 2008; 29:431-4. [DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-1014-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2008] [Accepted: 09/01/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Sundar PD, Yu CE, Sieh W, Steinbart E, Garruto RM, Oyanagi K, Craig UK, Bird TD, Wijsman EM, Galasko DR, Schellenberg GD. Two sites in the MAPT region confer genetic risk for Guam ALS/PDC and dementia. Hum Mol Genet 2006; 16:295-306. [PMID: 17185385 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Unusual forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS-G), Parkinsonism dementia complex (PDC-G) and Guam dementia (GD) are found in Chamorros, the indigenous people of Guam. Neurofibrillary tangles composed of hyperphosphorylated tau are a neuropathologic feature of these closely related disorders. To determine if variation in the gene that encodes microtubule-associated protein tau gene (MAPT) contributes to risk for these disorders, we genotyped nine single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites and one insertion/deletion in the 5' end of MAPT in 54 ALS-G, 135 PDC-G, 153 GD and 258 control subjects, all of whom are Chamorros. Variation at three SNPs (sites 2, 6 and 9) influenced risk for ALS-G, PDC-G and GD. SNP2 acts through a dominant mechanism and is independent of the risk conferred by SNPs 6 and 9, the latter two acting by a recessive mechanism. Persons with the high-risk SNP6 and SNP9 AC/AC diplotype had an increased risk of 3-fold [95% confidence interval (CI)=1.10-8.25] for GD, 4-fold (95% CI=1.40-11.64) for PDC-G and 6-fold (95% CI=1.44-32.14) for ALS-G, compared to persons with other diplotypes after adjusting for SNP2. Carriers of the SNP2 G allele had an increased risk of 1.6-fold (95% CI=1.00-2.62) for GD, 2-fold (95% CI=1.28-3.66) for PDC-G, and 1.5-fold (95% CI=0.74-3.00) for ALS-G, compared to non-carriers after adjusting for SNPs 6 and 9. Others have shown that SNP6 is also associated with risk for progressive supranuclear palsy. These two independent cis-acting sites presumably influence risk for Guam neuro-degenerative disorders by regulating MAPT expression.
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- Purnima Desai Sundar
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Mateo I, Infante J, Llorca J, Rodríguez E, Berciano J, Combarros O. Association between glycogen synthase kinase-3beta genetic polymorphism and late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2006; 21:228-32. [PMID: 16428884 DOI: 10.1159/000091044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Aberrant phosphorylated tau is the major component of the neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains. Glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK-3beta) phosphorylates tau protein, and increased GSK-3beta expression has been associated with neurofibrillary tangles. Saitohin (STH) is a recently identified protein that shares tissue expression pattern with tau, and previous evidence in the Spanish population indicated that a polymorphism at codon 7 (Q7R) of the STH gene was associated with late-onset AD. Since both GSK-3beta and STH are related to tau, we examined the association between a polymorphism in the promoter region (-50) of the GSK-3beta gene and AD, either through an independent effect or through interaction with the STH (Q7R) polymorphism, in a well-defined group of 333 sporadic AD patients and 307 control subjects from Spain. The current study reveals that GSK-3beta (-50) TT genotype is associated with an increased risk (OR 1.99, p = 0.003) for late-onset (after the age of 72 years) AD. Our results indicate that both the GSK-3beta (-50) and STH (Q7R) polymorphisms increase the risk of late-onset (subjects >72 years) AD, although they appear to be independent and thus not to interact synergistically.
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- Ignacio Mateo
- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital (University of Cantabria), Santander, Spain
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Ghidoni R, Signorini S, Barbiero L, Sina E, Cominelli P, Villa A, Benussi L, Binetti G. The H2 MAPT haplotype is associated with familial frontotemporal dementia. Neurobiol Dis 2006; 22:357-62. [PMID: 16410051 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2005.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2005] [Revised: 10/14/2005] [Accepted: 11/29/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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There is now considerable evidence that the gene encoding for tau protein (MAPT) is implicated in frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The role of MAPT haplotypes in neurodegenerative diseases has been suggested, but their contribution in familial dementia has not been extensively investigated. Here, we investigated (1) the association between the MAPT haplotypes and sporadic (sFTD) or familial FTD (FFTD) (controls n = 99, sFTD n = 53, FFTD n = 50), (2) the interactive effect between MAPT haplotypes and APOE gene. We found an overrepresentation of H2 haplotype (OR = 1.83, P = 0.029) and of H2H2 genotype in FFTD patients (OR = 6.09, P = 0.007). This association was even stronger in APOE e4 negatives FFTD (H2: OR = 2.9, P = 0.001; H2H2: OR = 12.67, P = 0.001). Our results support idea that the MAPT H2 haplotype is a risk factor for FFTD. This locus could contain this or other inheritable genetic determinants contributing to increase risk of developing dementia.
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- Roberta Ghidoni
- NeuroBioGen Lab-Memory Clinic, IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio-Fatebenefratelli, via Pilastroni 4, 25125 Brescia, Italy
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Zuo L, van Dyck CH, Luo X, Kranzler HR, Yang BZ, Gelernter J. Variation at APOE and STH loci and Alzheimer's disease. Behav Brain Funct 2006; 2:13. [PMID: 16603077 PMCID: PMC1526745 DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-2-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2006] [Accepted: 04/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background The apolipoprotein E (APOE) and tau proteins play important roles in the pathological development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Many studies have shown an association between the APOE gene and AD. Association between AD and the newly discovered saitohin (STH) gene, nested within the intron of the tau gene, has been reported. The present study aimed to elucidate the association between APOE and AD, and between STH and AD in our sample. Methods The functional polymorphisms, rs429358 and rs7412, in the APOE gene (which together define the ε2, ε3, and ε4 alleles), and the Q7R SNP in the STH gene, were genotyped in 369 patients with AD and 289 healthy European-Americans. The associations between these two genes and AD were analyzed in a case-control design. Results Consistent with previously reported results, the frequencies of the APOE ε4 allele, ε4/ε4 genotype and ε3/ε4 genotype were significantly higher in AD cases than controls; the ε4/ε4 genotype frequency was significantly higher in early-onset AD (EOAD) than late-onset AD (LOAD); the frequencies of the ε2 allele, ε3 allele, ε3/ε3 genotype and ε2/ε3 genotype were significantly lower in AD cases than controls. Positive likelihood ratios (LRs+) of APOE alleles and genotypes increased in a linear trend with the number of ε4 alleles and decreased in a linear trend with the number of ε2 or ε3 alleles. There was no significant difference in the STH allele and genotype frequency distributions between AD cases and controls. Conclusion This study confirmed that the ε4 allele is a dose-response risk factor for AD and the ε4/ε4 genotype was associated with a significantly earlier age of onset. Moreover, we found that the ε2 allele was a dose-response protective factor for AD and the ε3 allele exerted a weaker dose-response protective effect for risk of AD compared with ε2. In a clinical setting, APOE genotyping could offer additional biological evidence of whether a subject may develop AD, but it is not robust enough to serve as an independent screening or predictive test in the diagnosis of AD. STH variation was not significantly associated with AD in our sample.
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- Lingjun Zuo
- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus, CT, USA
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- Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit and Cognitive Disorders Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus, CT, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus, CT, USA
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Forero DA, Arboleda G, Yunis JJ, Pardo R, Arboleda H. Association study of polymorphisms in LRP1, tau and 5-HTT genes and Alzheimer’s disease in a sample of Colombian patients. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2005; 113:1253-62. [PMID: 16362633 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-005-0388-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2005] [Accepted: 09/10/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Analysis of genetic susceptibility factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in populations with different genetic and environmental background may be useful to understand AD etiology. There are few genetic association studies of AD in Latin America. In the present work, we analyzed polymorphisms in 3 candidate genes; the LDL receptor related protein-1, the microtubule-associated protein Tau and the serotonin transporter genes in a sample of 106 Colombian AD patients and 97 control subjects. We did not find a significant allelic or genotypic association with any of the three polymorphisms analyzed using different statistical analysis, including a neural network model or different sample stratifications. To date, APOE polymorphisms are the only genetic risk factors identified for AD in the Colombian population. It may be factible that future combination of high-throughput genotyping platforms and multivariate analysis models may lead to the identification of other genetic susceptibility factors for AD in the Colombian population.
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- D A Forero
- Grupo de Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina e Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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Gao L, Tse SW, Conrad C, Andreadis A. Saitohin, Which Is Nested in the tau Locus and Confers Allele-specific Susceptibility to Several Neurodegenerative Diseases, Interacts with Peroxiredoxin 6. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:39268-72. [PMID: 16186110 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m506116200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Saitohin is a gene unique to humans and their closest relatives, the function of which is not yet known. Saitohin contains a single polymorphism (Q7R), and its Q and R alleles belong to the H1 and H2 tau haplotype, respectively. The Saitohin Q allele confers susceptibility to several neurodegenerative diseases. To get a handle on Saitohin function, we used it as a bait in a yeast two-hybrid screen. By this assay and subsequent co-immunoprecipitation and glutathione S-transferase pull-down assays, we discovered and confirmed that Saitohin interacts with peroxiredoxin 6, a unique member of that family that is bifunctional and the levels of which increase in Pick disease. The strength of the interaction appeared to be allele-specific, giving the first distinction between the two forms of Saitohin.
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- Lei Gao
- Shriver Center at University of Massachusetts Medical School, Waltham, Massachusetts 02452, USA
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Johansson A, Zetterberg H, Håkansson A, Nissbrandt H, Blennow K. TAU Haplotype and the Saitohin Q7R Gene Polymorphism Do Not Influence CSF Tau in Alzheimer’s Disease and Are Not Associated with Frontotemporal Dementia or Parkinson’s Disease. NEURODEGENER DIS 2005; 2:28-35. [PMID: 16909000 DOI: 10.1159/000086428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2004] [Accepted: 12/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent studies have described Saitohin(STH), a gene located in the human TAU gene. The corresponding protein shows a similar tissue expression to tau, which is involved in many neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease (AD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). A single nucleotide polymorphism in the STH gene has been suggested to be involved in sporadic AD and is in complete linkage disequilibrium with the TAU haplotype H1. OBJECTIVE A case-control study was performed to further explore the possible involvement of the STH Q7R polymorphism and the extended TAU haplotype in AD, FTD or PD. METHODS Patients with AD (n = 398), FTD (n = 96) and PD (n = 105), and controls (n = 186) were genotyped for the STH polymorphism and/or the TAU haplotype. Genotype data were related to levels of total-tau, phospho-tau and Abeta(1-42) in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) in more than 300 AD patients and to an amount of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the frontal cortex and hippocampus in patients with autopsy-confirmed AD. RESULTS The STH Q7R polymorphism and the TAU haplotype were in complete linkage disequilibrium in all patients (AD and FTD) and controls investigated for both genes. There were no significant differences in genotype or allele distributions in AD, FTD or PD cases compared to controls. Neither TAU haplotype nor STH influenced CSF levels of total-tau, phospho-tau and Abeta(1-42) significantly. In AD patients with neuropathological scores of plaque and tangles, no associations with TAU haplotype and STH were found. CONCLUSION We found no evidence that could support a major pathogenic role of STH and TAU haplotype in AD, FTD or PD.
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- Annica Johansson
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Unit of Neurochemistry, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Schraen-Maschke S, Dhaenens CM, Delacourte A, Sablonnière B. Microtubule-associated protein tau gene: a risk factor in human neurodegenerative diseases. Neurobiol Dis 2004; 15:449-60. [PMID: 15056452 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2003.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2003] [Revised: 12/10/2003] [Accepted: 12/10/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Tau is a microtubule-associated protein mainly expressed in neurons of central nervous system, which is crucial in the maintenance of these cells. It has a central role in the polymerization and stabilization of microtubules and in the traffic of organelles along axons and dendrites. Aggregates of hyperphosphorylated forms of tau protein participate in the formation of neurofibrillary tangles, which characterize numerous neurodegenerative disorders named tauopathies. The analysis of tau gene and the study of familial cases of tauopathies have led to the discovery of tau gene mutations that cause inherited dementia designated as Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). However, these familial cases remain rare compared to the sporadic tauopathies, the later involving both genetic and environmental etiologic factors. As tau pathology represents a primary pathogenic event in various neurodegenerative diseases, the hypothesis that tau genotype could influence the development of these diseases was tested by several groups. This review summarizes advances in the molecular genetics of the tau gene, as well as recent studies addressing the disease incidence of novel tau polymorphisms in different neurodegenerative diseases. Hopefully, the identification of several genetic defects of the tau gene will be helpful in improving our understanding of the role of tau protein in the pathogenesis of various neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Susanna Schraen-Maschke
- INSERM U422 and Département de Biochimie et de Biologie moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lille 2, Place de Verdun, 59045, Lille Cedex, France
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Conrad C, Vianna C, Schultz C, Thal DR, Ghebremedhin E, Lenz J, Braak H, Davies P. Molecular evolution and genetics of the Saitohin gene and tau haplotype in Alzheimer's disease and argyrophilic grain disease. J Neurochem 2004; 89:179-88. [PMID: 15030402 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2004.02320.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A single nucleotide polymorphism that results in an amino acid change (Q7R) has been identified in the Saitohin (STH) gene and was initially found to be over-represented in the homozygous state in subjects with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). More extensive studies provide limited support for the association with AD, but confirm an association of the Q allele with progressive supranuclear palsy and argyrophilic grain disease. A homologous sequence was found in the appropriate location of the rat and mouse tau genes, but there was no open reading frame allowing STH expression in these species, suggesting relatively recent evolution of this gene. In some non-human primates, the STH gene was identified, and this was found to differ from the human gene at two of 128 amino acids. All primates in which the STH gene was identified were homozygous for the R allele of STH, suggesting this is the ancestral allele. This observation was surprising, in that the Q allele is more common in human populations, and raises the possibility that natural selection has operated to favor individuals carrying this allele. The STH polymorphism is part of the tau gene haplotype, of which two major variants exist in human populations, the Q being part of the H1 haplotype and the R part of the H2 haplotype. More detailed studies confirm the H2 haplotype to be the ancestral tau gene. This situation is reminiscent of the evolution of the apolipoprotein (ApoE) gene, another locus that is potentially important for the risk of development of AD.
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- Chris Conrad
- Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
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Rademakers R, Cruts M, van Broeckhoven C. The role of tau (MAPT) in frontotemporal dementia and related tauopathies. Hum Mutat 2004; 24:277-95. [PMID: 15365985 DOI: 10.1002/humu.20086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Tau is a multifunctional protein that was originally identified as a microtubule-associated protein. In patients diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17, mutations in the gene encoding tau (MAPT) have been identified that disrupt the normal binding of tau to tubulin resulting in pathological deposits of hyperphosphorylated tau. Abnormal filamentous tau deposits have been reported as a pathological characteristic in several other neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal dementia, Pick Disease, Alzheimer disease, argyrophilic grain disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, and corticobasal degeneration. In the last five years, extensive research has identified 34 different pathogenic MAPT mutations in 101 families worldwide. In vitro, cell-free and transfected cell studies have provided valuable information on tau dysfunction and transgenic mice carrying human MAPT mutations are being generated to study the influence of MAPT mutations in vivo. This mutation update describes the considerable differences in clinical and pathological presentation of patients with MAPT mutations and summarizes the effect of the different mutations on tau functioning. In addition, the role of tau as a genetic susceptibility factor is discussed, together with the genetic evidence for additional causal genes for tau-positive as well as tau-negative dementia.
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- R Rademakers
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Neurogenetics Group, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
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Current awareness in geriatric psychiatry. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2003; 18:1149-56. [PMID: 14870737 DOI: 10.1002/gps.794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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