title: Ancestral origins and worldwide distribution of the PRNP 200K mutation causing familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
abstract: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) belongs to a group of prion diseases that may be infectious, sporadic, or hereditary. The 200K point mutation in the PRNP gene is the most frequent cause of hereditary CJD, accounting for >70% of families with CJD worldwide. Prevalence of the 200K variant of familial CJD is especially high in Slovakia, Chile, and Italy, and among populations of Libyan and Tunisian Jews. To study ancestral origins of the 200K mutation-associated chromosomes, we selected microsatellite markers flanking the PRNP gene on chromosome 20p12-pter and an intragenic single-nucleotide polymorphism at the PRNP codon 129. Haplotypes were constructed for 62 CJD families originating from 11 world populations. The results show that Libyan, Tunisian, Italian, Chilean, and Spanish families share a major haplotype, suggesting that the 200K mutation may have originated from a single mutational event, perhaps in Spain, and spread to all these populations with Sephardic migrants expelled from Spain in the Middle Ages. Slovakian families and a family of Polish origin show another unique haplotype. The haplotypes in families from Germany, Sicily, Austria, and Japan are different from the Mediterranean or eastern European haplotypes. On the basis of this study, we conclude that founder effect and independent mutational events are responsible for the current geographic distribution of hereditary CJD associated with the 200K mutation.
authors: Clinical Neurogenetics Unit, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors: H S
authors: HS
authors: Lee
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Sambuughin
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Cervenakova
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Chapman
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Pocchiari
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Litvak
authors: H Y
authors: HY
authors: Qi
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Budka
authors: T
authors: T
authors: del Ser
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Furukawa
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Brown
authors: D C
authors: DC
authors: Gajdusek
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Long
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Korczyn
authors: L G
authors: LG
authors: Goldfarb
mesh_terms: D000682:Amyloid / Q000235:genetics*; D002890:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20 / Q000235:genetics; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005061:Europe, Eastern / Q000453:epidemiology; D005192:Family Health; D018703:Founder Effect; D005843:Geography; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007585:Jews / Q000235:genetics; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium / Q000235:genetics; D019083:Mediterranean Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D017354:Point Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics; D015995:Prevalence; D000072002:Prion Proteins; D011328:Prions; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D003062:Codon; C512656:PRNP protein, human; D000072002:Prion Proteins; D011328:Prions; D011498:Protein Precursors