title: The association of mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase gene (ALDH2) polymorphism with susceptibility to late-onset Alzheimer's disease in Chinese.
abstract: A functional polymorphism of mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase gene (ALDH2 1/2 polymorphism) can influence the accumulation of acetaldehyde which may have a role in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and is widely prevalent among Mongoloids. Therefore ALDH2 1/2 polymorphism may represent a good candidate for genetic risk factors for AD, especially in East Asian. A case-control study from Japan found that ALDH2*2 was associated with late-onset AD (LOAD), interacting synergistically with the presence of the apolipoprotein E allele 4 (APOE epsilon4). But the subsequent studies in Koreans didn't find the similar result. To determine whether the ALDH2 gene 1/2 polymorphism contributes to the risk for LOAD in Chinese, we have investigated 188 sporadic LOAD patients and 223 healthy controls from Chinese. A significantly increased risk of AD in the carriers of ALDH2*2 allele (OR=3.11, 95% CI 2.06-4.69, P<0.001) was observed. After stratifying by APOE epsilon4 status, increased LOAD risks associated with the ALDH2 2 allele carriers only in the APOE epsilon4 non-carriers (chi2=31.79, df=1, P<0.001) and with the 2-allele in either groups (chi2=6.64 df=1, P=0.0099 and chi2=37.38, df=1, P<0.001) were seen. These results suggested that the ALDH2 gene 1/2 polymorphism might be a risk factor for LOAD and dependent on APOE epsilon4 status in Chinese.
authors.affiliation: National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, 100081, China.
authors.forename: Binbin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Sirui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Sainan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Ze
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yan-Chen
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chenguang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D000071396:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D053327:Apolipoprotein E4 / Q000235:genetics; D044466:Asian People; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D053327:Apolipoprotein E4; C096127:ALDH2 protein, human; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D000071396:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial