Journal
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 393-399Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mds.24045
Keywords
Parkinson's disease; Lewy body disease; dementia; glucocerebrosidase; genetics
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- CIBERNED
- Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias [PI09/00098, PI07/1150]
- MRC [G0701075, G108/638, G0802760, G1001253] Funding Source: UKRI
- Alzheimers Research UK [ART-PPG2011A-14] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G1001253, G0802760, G0701075, G108/638] Funding Source: researchfish
- Parkinson's UK [G-0907] Funding Source: researchfish
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Mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene are associated with Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia. However, whether these alterations have any effect on the clinical course of Parkinson's disease is not clear. The glucocerebrosidase coding region was fully sequenced in 225 Parkinson's disease patients, 17 pathologically confirmed Lewy body dementia patients, and 186 controls from Spain. Twenty-two Parkinson's disease patients (9.8%) and 2 Lewy body dementia patients (11.8%) carried mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene, compared with only 1 control (0.5%); P = .016 and P = .021 for Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia, respectively. The N370S and the L444P mutations represented 50% of the alterations. Two novel variants, L144V and S488T, and 7 previously described alterations were also found. Alterations in glucocerebrosidase were associated with a significant risk of dementia during the clinical course of Parkinson's disease (age at onset, years of evolution, and sex-adjusted odds ratio, 5.8; P = .001). Mutation carriers did not show worse motor symptoms, had good response to L-dopa, and tended to present the intermediate parkinsonian phenotype. Our findings suggest that mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene not only increase the risk of both Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia but also strongly influence the course of Parkinson's disease with respect to the appearance of dementia. (c) 2011 Movement Disorder Society
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