Genetic variants of the alpha-synuclein gene SNCA are associated with multiple system atrophy.
<h4>Background</h4>Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by parkinsonism, cerebellar ataxia and autonomic dysfunction. Pathogenic mechanisms remain obscure but the neuropathological hallmark is the presence of alpha-synuclein-immunoreacti...
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| author | Ammar Al-Chalabi Alexandra Dürr Nicholas W Wood Michael H Parkinson Agnes Camuzat Jean-Sébastien Hulot Karen E Morrison Alan Renton Sigurd D Sussmuth Bernhard G Landwehrmeyer Albert Ludolph Yves Agid Alexis Brice P Nigel Leigh Gilbert Bensimon NNIPPS Genetic Study Group |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by parkinsonism, cerebellar ataxia and autonomic dysfunction. Pathogenic mechanisms remain obscure but the neuropathological hallmark is the presence of alpha-synuclein-immunoreactive glial cytoplasmic inclusions. Genetic variants of the alpha-synuclein gene, SNCA, are thus strong candidates for genetic association with MSA. One follow-up to a genome-wide association of Parkinson's disease has identified association of a SNP in SNCA with MSA.<h4>Methodology/findings</h4>We evaluated 32 SNPs in the SNCA gene in a European population of 239 cases and 617 controls recruited as part of the Neuroprotection and Natural History in Parkinson Plus Syndromes (NNIPPS) study. We used 161 independently collected samples for replication. Two SNCA SNPs showed association with MSA: rs3822086 (P = 0.0044), and rs3775444 (P = 0.012), although only the first survived correction for multiple testing. In the MSA-C subgroup the association strengthened despite more than halving the number of cases: rs3822086 P = 0.0024, OR 2.153, (95% CI 1.3-3.6); rs3775444 P = 0.0017, OR 4.386 (95% CI 1.6-11.7). A 7-SNP haplotype incorporating three SNPs either side of rs3822086 strengthened the association with MSA-C further (best haplotype, P = 8.7 x 10(-4)). The association with rs3822086 was replicated in the independent samples (P = 0.035).<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>We report a genetic association between MSA and alpha-synuclein which has replicated in independent samples. The strongest association is with the cerebellar subtype of MSA.<h4>Trial registration</h4>ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00211224. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7bccaa6d77b74e6e9ba36a3a7d206bc42025-08-20T03:25:59ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032009-09-0149e711410.1371/journal.pone.0007114Genetic variants of the alpha-synuclein gene SNCA are associated with multiple system atrophy.Ammar Al-ChalabiAlexandra DürrNicholas W WoodMichael H ParkinsonAgnes CamuzatJean-Sébastien HulotKaren E MorrisonAlan RentonSigurd D SussmuthBernhard G LandwehrmeyerAlbert LudolphYves AgidAlexis BriceP Nigel LeighGilbert BensimonNNIPPS Genetic Study Group<h4>Background</h4>Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by parkinsonism, cerebellar ataxia and autonomic dysfunction. Pathogenic mechanisms remain obscure but the neuropathological hallmark is the presence of alpha-synuclein-immunoreactive glial cytoplasmic inclusions. Genetic variants of the alpha-synuclein gene, SNCA, are thus strong candidates for genetic association with MSA. One follow-up to a genome-wide association of Parkinson's disease has identified association of a SNP in SNCA with MSA.<h4>Methodology/findings</h4>We evaluated 32 SNPs in the SNCA gene in a European population of 239 cases and 617 controls recruited as part of the Neuroprotection and Natural History in Parkinson Plus Syndromes (NNIPPS) study. We used 161 independently collected samples for replication. Two SNCA SNPs showed association with MSA: rs3822086 (P = 0.0044), and rs3775444 (P = 0.012), although only the first survived correction for multiple testing. In the MSA-C subgroup the association strengthened despite more than halving the number of cases: rs3822086 P = 0.0024, OR 2.153, (95% CI 1.3-3.6); rs3775444 P = 0.0017, OR 4.386 (95% CI 1.6-11.7). A 7-SNP haplotype incorporating three SNPs either side of rs3822086 strengthened the association with MSA-C further (best haplotype, P = 8.7 x 10(-4)). The association with rs3822086 was replicated in the independent samples (P = 0.035).<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>We report a genetic association between MSA and alpha-synuclein which has replicated in independent samples. The strongest association is with the cerebellar subtype of MSA.<h4>Trial registration</h4>ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00211224.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0007114&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Ammar Al-Chalabi Alexandra Dürr Nicholas W Wood Michael H Parkinson Agnes Camuzat Jean-Sébastien Hulot Karen E Morrison Alan Renton Sigurd D Sussmuth Bernhard G Landwehrmeyer Albert Ludolph Yves Agid Alexis Brice P Nigel Leigh Gilbert Bensimon NNIPPS Genetic Study Group Genetic variants of the alpha-synuclein gene SNCA are associated with multiple system atrophy. PLoS ONE |
| title | Genetic variants of the alpha-synuclein gene SNCA are associated with multiple system atrophy. |
| title_full | Genetic variants of the alpha-synuclein gene SNCA are associated with multiple system atrophy. |
| title_fullStr | Genetic variants of the alpha-synuclein gene SNCA are associated with multiple system atrophy. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genetic variants of the alpha-synuclein gene SNCA are associated with multiple system atrophy. |
| title_short | Genetic variants of the alpha-synuclein gene SNCA are associated with multiple system atrophy. |
| title_sort | genetic variants of the alpha synuclein gene snca are associated with multiple system atrophy |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0007114&type=printable |
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