Independent occurrence of I2020T mutation in the kinase domain of the leucine rich repeat kinase 2 gene in Japanese and German Parkinson's disease families.
To understand the genetic origin of I2020T mutation in the kinase domain of leucine rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2), we investigated the original PARK8 Japanese family (Sagamihara family) and a German family (family 32), both of which were found to harbor I2020T as the causal mutation for autosomal dominant familial Parkinson's disease (PD). Microsatellite-haplotype analysis around the LRRK2 gene indicated that the mutation-carrying haplotypes of the two families were distinct from each other. This indicated that the I2020T mutation, an essential pathogenic mutation of PARK8-related PD, had occurred independently in the two PD families.
Ohta
Etsuro
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Division of Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228-8555, Japan.
Hasegawa
Kazuko
K
Gasser
Thomas
T
Obata
Fumiya
F
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D025063:Chromosome Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D005820:Genetic Testing; D005838:Genotype; D005858:Germany / Q000208:ethnology; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D000071158:Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
C495280:LRRK2 protein, human; D000071158:Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases