Evidence for Genetic Linkage of Alzheimer's Disease to Chromosome 10q

Author:

Bertram Lars1,Blacker Deborah23,Mullin Kristina1,Keeney Devon1,Jones Jennifer1,Basu Sanjay1,Yhu Stephen1,McInnis Melvin G.4,Go Rodney C. P.5,Vekrellis Konstantinos6,Selkoe Dennis J.6,Saunders Aleister J.1,Tanzi Rudolph E.1

Affiliation:

1. Genetics and Aging Unit, Department of Neurology,

2. Gerontology Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.

3. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

4. Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

5. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.

6. Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Abstract

Recent studies suggest that insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) in neurons and microglia degrades Aβ, the principal component of β-amyloid and one of the neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We performed parametric and nonparametric linkage analyses of seven genetic markers on chromosome 10q, six of which map near the IDE gene, in 435 multiplex AD families. These analyses revealed significant evidence of linkage for adjacent markers (D10S1671, D10S583, D10S1710, and D10S566), which was most pronounced in late-onset families. Furthermore, we found evidence for allele-specific association between the putative disease locus and marker D10S583, which has recently been located within 195 kilobases of the IDE gene.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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