title: Genetic polymorphism of paraoxonase 1 (PON1) and susceptibility to Parkinson's disease.
abstract: Toxicologists have thought that the paraoxonase (PON) enzyme polymorphism might contribute to effects of pollutants and other environmental chemicals on susceptibility to cancer, birth defects and Parkinson's disease (PD). We studied a biallelic PON1 polymorphism at codon 192 (A and B alleles) in 166 patients with sporadic idiopathic PD. The frequency of the B (Arg) allele of PON1 was significantly increased in patients with PD than in healthy controls (chi2=8.75, df=1, P<0.005). The relative risk of PD in homozygotes for the B allele was 1.60 fold higher than individuals with the A (Gln) allele (chi2=7.38, df=1, P<0.01). Our data suggest that environmental neurotoxins metabolized by PON1 might be responsible for neurodegeneration with aging and that the B (Arg) allele form might have genetic susceptibility to PD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene, Ehime University School of Medicine, Onsen-gun, Ehime 791-0295, Japan. ikondo@melserv.m.ehime-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D043303:Aryldialkylphosphatase; D004950:Esterases / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004950:Esterases; D043303:Aryldialkylphosphatase; C468406:PON1 protein, human