Journal
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 409-415Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.04.009
Keywords
CLAC; COL25A1; SNP; Association study; Linkage disequilibrium; Haplotype association; Population-based study
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- Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Ltd.
- Swedish Brain Power Initiative
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The COL25A1 gene, located in 4q25, encodes the CLAC protein, which has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. CLAC was originally identified in amyloid preparations from AD brain and has been shown to be associated with amyloid plaques, inhibition of A beta-fibril elongation and increased protease resistance of A beta-fibrils through direct binding to A beta. These biochemical data as well as the genomic location of the COL25A1 gene in chromosome 4q25 where we previously have reported a weak linkage-signal in Swedish AD families encouraged us to perform a case control association study of two LD blocks in COL25A1 using 817 AD cases and 364 controls. The LD blocks cover a putative A beta-binding motif and the variable 3' end of the gene. The analyses indicated association to three of eight analysed SNPs. We found further support for the association by replication in a Swedish population-based longitudinal sample set (a = 926). Thus, in addition to the biochemical data, there is now genetic evidence of association between COL25A1 and risk for Alzheimer's disease. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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