Chemokines (RANTES and MCP-1) and chemokine-receptors (CCR2 and CCR5) gene polymorphisms in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex disorder characterized by the progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain. Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, affecting about 5% of the population older than 65 years. Several works have demonstrated the involvement of inflammation in the pathogenesis of both, PD and LOAD. Genetic susceptibility to develop PD and LOAD has also been widely recognised. Thus, functional polymorphisms at the genes encoding inflammatory proteins could influence the overall risk of developing these neurodegenerative disorders. We examined whether DNA-polymorphisms at the genes encoding chemokines MCP-1 (-2518 A/G) and RANTES (-403 A/G), and chemokine receptors 5 (CCR5, Delta32) and 2 (CCR2,V64I), were associated with the risk and/or the clinical outcome of LOAD and PD. A total of 200 PD, 326 LOAD, and 370 healthy controls were genotyped for the four polymorphisms, and genotype frequencies statistically compared. We did not find significant differences in the frequencies of the different genotypes between both groups of patients and controls. We conclude that the four DNA polymorphisms, which have been associated with several immuno-modulated diseases, did not contribute to the risk of PD or LOAD.
Genética Molecular-IRSIN/FRIAT, Hospital Central Asturias, Oviedo 33006, Spain.
Cecilia
C
Huerta
Victoria
V
Alvarez
Ignacio F
IF
Mata
Eliecer
E
Coto
René
R
Ribacoba
Carmen
C
Martínez
Marta
M
Blázquez
Luis M
LM
Guisasola
Carlos
C
Salvador
Carlos H
CH
Lahoz
Joaquín
J
Peña
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000235:genetics*; D018946:Chemokine CCL5 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D054390:Receptors, CCR2; D019713:Receptors, CCR5 / Q000235:genetics*; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods
C111835:CCL2 protein, human; C515334:CCR2 protein, human; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D018946:Chemokine CCL5; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D054390:Receptors, CCR2; D019713:Receptors, CCR5; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine