Genome-wide linkage scan and association study of PARL to the expression of LHON families in Thailand.
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is the most common mitochondrially inherited disease causing blindness, preferentially in young adult males. Most of the patients carry the G11778A mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation. However, the marked incomplete penetrance and the gender bias indicate some additional genetic and/or environmental factors to disease expression. Herein, we first conducted a genome-wide linkage scan with 400 microsatellite markers in 9 large Thai LHON G11778A pedigrees. Using an affecteds-only nonparametric linkage analysis, 4 regions on chromosomes 3, 12, 13 and 18 showed Zlr scores greater than 2 (P < 0.025), which is consistently significant across several linkage statistics. The most suggestive marker D3S1565 (Zlr > 2 in 10 of 16 allele sharing models tested) was then expanded to include the region 3q26.2-3q28 covering SLC7A14 (3q26.2), MFN1 (3q26.32), MRPL47 (3q26.33), MCCC1 (3q27.1), PARL (3q27.1) and OPA1 (3q28-q29). All of these candidate genes were selected from the Maestro database and had known to be localized in mitochondria. Sixty tag SNPs were genotyped in 86 cases, 211 of their relatives and 32 unrelated Thai controls, by multiplex-PCR-based Invader assay. Analyses using a powerful association testing tool that adjusts for relatedness (the M(QLS) statistic) showed the most evidence of association between two SNPs, rs3749446 and rs1402000 (located in PARL presenilins-associated rhomboid-like) and LHON expression (both P = 8.8 x 10(-5)). The mitochondrial PARL protease has been recently known to play a role with a dynamin-related OPA1 protein in preventing apoptotic events by slowing down the release of cytochrome c out of mitochondrial cristae junctions. Moreover, PARL is required to activate the intramembranous proteolyses resulting in the degradation of an accumulated pro-apoptotic protein in the outer mitochondrial membrane. Under these circumstances, variants of PARL are suggested to influence cell death by apoptosis which has long been believed to intrigue the neurodegeneration of LHON.
Phasukkijwatana
Nopasak
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Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand.
Kunhapan
Bussaraporn
B
Stankovich
Jim
J
Chuenkongkaew
Wanicha L
WL
Thomson
Russell
R
Thornton
Timothy
T
Bahlo
Melanie
M
Mushiroda
Taisei
T
Nakamura
Yusuke
Y
Mahasirimongkol
Surakameth
S
Tun
Aung Win
AW
Srisawat
Chatchawan
C
Limwongse
Chanin
C
Peerapittayamongkol
Chayanon
C
Sura
Thanyachai
T
Suthammarak
Wichit
W
Lertrit
Patcharee
P
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D040181:Genetic Diseases, X-Linked / Q000235:genetics; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D045726:Metalloproteases / Q000235:genetics*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D029242:Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D013785:Thailand
D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D045726:Metalloproteases; C485223:PARL protein, human
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