Regulatory rare variants of the dopaminergic gene ANKK1 as potential risk factors for Parkinson’s disease

Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by cerebral dopamine depletion that causes motor and cognitive deficits. The dopamine-related gene ANKK1 has been associated with neuropsychiatric disorders with a dopaminergic deficiency in the striatum. This study aims to define the contribution o...

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Autores principales: Estela Pérez-Santamarina, Pedro García-Ruiz, Dolores Martínez-Rubio, Mario Ezquerra, Irene Pla-Navarro, Jorge Puente, María José Martí, Francesc Palau, Janet Hoenicka
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/b94e1e211a1843e58d9c48db44c76a82
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Sumario:Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by cerebral dopamine depletion that causes motor and cognitive deficits. The dopamine-related gene ANKK1 has been associated with neuropsychiatric disorders with a dopaminergic deficiency in the striatum. This study aims to define the contribution of ANKK1 rare variants in PD. We found in 10 out of 535 PD patients 6 ANKK1 heterozygous rare alleles located at the 5′UTR, the first exon, intron 1, and the nearby enhancer located 2.6 kb upstream. All 6 ANKK1 single nucleotide variants were located in conserved regulatory regions and showed significant allele-dependent effects on gene regulation in vitro. ANKK1 variant carriers did not show other PD-causing Mendelian mutations. Nevertheless, four patients were heterozygous carriers of rare variants of ATP7B gene, which is related to catecholamines. We also found an association between the polymorphic rs7107223 of the ANKK1 enhancer and PD in two independent clinical series (P = 0.007 and 0.021). rs7107223 functional analysis showed significant allele-dependent effects on both gene regulation and dopaminergic response. In conclusion, we have identified in PD patients functional variants at the ANKK1 locus highlighting the possible relevance of rare variants and non-coding regulatory regions in both the genetics of PD and the dopaminergic vulnerability of this disease.