A rare novel deletion of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene in Parkinson disease.
Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) enzyme is a rate limiting enzyme in dopamine biosynthesis. Missense mutation in both alleles of the TH gene is known to cause dopamine-related phenotypes, including dystonia and infantile Parkinsonism. However, it is not clear if single allele mutation in TH modifies the susceptibility to the adult form of Parkinson disease (PD). We reported a novel deletion of entire TH gene in an adult with PD. The deletion was first identified by copy number variation (CNV) analysis in a genome-wide association study using Illumina Infinium BeadChips. After screening 635 cases and 642 controls, the deletion was found in one PD case but not in any control. The deletion was confirmed by multiple quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays. There is no additional exonic single nucleotide variant in the one copy of TH gene of the patient. The patient has an age-at-onset of 54 years, no evidence for dystonia, and was responsive to L-DOPA. This case supports the importance of the TH gene in PD pathogenesis and raises more attention to rare variants in candidate genes being a risk factor for Parkinson disease.
Bademci
Güney
G
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Edwards
Todd L
TL
Torres
Andre L
AL
Scott
William K
WK
Züchner
Stephan
S
Martin
Eden R
ER
Vance
Jeffery M
JM
Wang
Liyong
L
D017668:Age of Onset; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D018628:Gene Dosage / Q000235:genetics; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000235:genetics*
D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
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