title: DJ-1 is a Parkinson's disease susceptibility gene in southern Italy.
abstract: Mutations in the gene DJ-1 have been shown to be a rare cause of early-onset Parkinson's disease (EOPD). Since DJ-1 mutations have been found in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) from southern Italy, we aimed to investigate whether polymorphisms within the DJ-1 gene could represent a risk factor for sporadic PD. First, we genotyped 294 patients with PD and 298 controls coming from southern Italy to assess the distribution of the insertion/deletion (Ins/Del) polymorphism. In a second phase, we identified five single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) useful to delimit a region potentially involved and genotyped all patients and controls for these markers. All the markers analyzed were significantly associated with PD at both allelic and genotypic level. The most significant association with the disease was found at the Ins/Del polymorphism (p = 0.0001; adjusted odds ratio (OR ) = 2.05; confidence interval (CI ) = 1.36-3.08). When we considered a three-marker sliding window, we found a highly significant association between the disease and the haplotypes including markers rs17523802, Ins/Del, and rs3766606 (p = 0.0007) and markers Ins/Del, rs3766606 and rs7517357 (p = 0.0054). Our results indicate that polymorphisms located in a region spanning 3535 bp from the promoter to the intron 2 of the DJ-1 gene confer risk to sporadic PD in southern Italy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurological Sciences, National Research Council, Mangone (Cosenza), Italy.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: De Marco
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Annesi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tarantino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nicoletti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Civitelli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Messina
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authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Annesi
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authors.lastname: Arabia
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authors.lastname: Salsone
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authors.lastname: Condino
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authors.lastname: Novellino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Provenzano
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Rocca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colica
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morelli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scornaienchi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giofrè
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quattrone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015513:Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D000071617:Protein Deglycase DJ-1; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D015513:Oncogene Proteins; C105131:PARK7 protein, human; D000071617:Protein Deglycase DJ-1