Seventy-four subjects, including 38 patients with PD and 36 age-matched normal controls, participated in this study. Imaging genetic association analysis was used to identify the specific influence of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on iron-related quantitative traits (QT). Genetic effects on iron deposition at the disease level, SNP level, and their interactive effect were highlighted.
Four strong SNP-QT associations were detected: rs602201-susceptibility of bilateral SN, rs198440-susceptibility of left SN, and rs7895403-susceptibility of left caudate head. Detailed analyses showed that: (1) significant iron deposition was exclusively found in bilateral SN in PD; (2) altered polymorphisms of the A allele/A- genotype of rs602201 and G allele/G- genotype of rs198440 and rs7895403 were more frequently observed in PD; (3) for rs602201, among all subjects, A- genotype carriers showed significantly increased iron content than TT genotype in bilateral SN; for rs198440 and rs7895403, G- carriers showed increased iron content than AA genotype in left SN and left caudate head, respectively; and (4) rs602201 exhibited significant SNP-by-disease interaction in bilateral SN.
This study shows that rs602201 and rs198440 have a stimulative impact on nigral iron deposition in PD, which provides improved understanding of iron-related pathogenesis in PD, and specifically, that vulnerability to iron deposition in SN is genetic-based.
方法:74个科目,
结果:检测到四种强SNP-QT关联:rs602201-双侧SN的易感性,
结论:这项研究表明,rs602201和rs198440对PD中的黑色铁沉积有促进作用,