Lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase is a novel risk gene for Alzheimer disease.
Lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase (LCK) is a lymphoid-specific, Src family protein tyrosine kinase that is known to play a pivotal role in T-cell activation and interact with the T-cell coreceptors, CD4 and CD8. It has been shown to be significantly down-regulated in Alzheimer disease (AD) hippocampus compared with non-demented controls. Furthermore, it is located in a previously identified genetic linkage region (1p34-36) associated with AD. Therefore, we consider it to be a candidate gene for AD. We examined the relationship between AD and the LCK and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genes in 376 AD (including 323 late-onset AD (LOAD) cases and 53 early-onset AD (EOAD) cases) and 378 non-demented controls using a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). The polymorphism in intron 1 (+6424 A/G) was significantly associated with AD risk. The odds ratio (OR) for total AD associated with the GG genotype was 1.41 (95% CI=1.06-1.87) and that for LOAD was 1.37 (95%CI=1.02-1.85), while that for APOE-epsilon4 was 5.06 (95% CI=3.60-7.12). In the APOE-epsilon4 non-carrier subgroup, the GG genotype also showed significant association (OR=1.66; 95% CI=1.16-2.38). These results indicate that the LCK is a novel risk gene for AD regardless of the APOE genotype.
Zhong
Wangtao
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Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan.
Yamagata
Hidehisa D
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Taguchi
Keiko
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Akatsu
Hiroyasu
H
Kamino
Kouzin
K
Yamamoto
Takayuki
T
Kosaka
Kenji
K
Takeda
Masatoshi
M
Kondo
Ikuko
I
Miki
Tetsuro
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D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D053327:Apolipoprotein E4; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012307:Risk Factors
D053327:Apolipoprotein E4; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases