A Dardis

AJ Hughes

AJ Reuser

CB Do

E Maniwang

E Sidransky

F Hopfner

H Michelakakis

J Bras

J Neumann

K Kalinderi

K Marder

K Sakanaka

M Zeigler

MA Nalls

P Olivova

RN Alcalay

S Chen

XK Zhang

ZS Nasreddine

AbstractMutations in glucocerebrosidase (GBA) are a common risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD). The scavenger receptor class B member 2 (SCARB2) gene encodes a receptor responsible for the transport of glucocerebrosidase (GCase) to the lysosome. Two common SNPs in linkage disequilibrium with SCARB2, rs6812193 and rs6825004, have been associated with PD and Lewy Body Disease in genome-wide association studies. Whether these SNPs are associated with altered glucocerebrosidase enzymatic activity is unknown. Our objective was to determine whether SCARB2 SNPs are associated with PD and with reduced GCase activity. The GBA gene was fully sequenced, and the LRRK2 G2019S and SCARB2 rs6812193 and rs6825004 SNPs were genotyped in 548 PD patients and 272 controls. GCase activity in dried blood spots was measured by tandem mass spectrometry. We tested the association between SCARB2 genotypes and PD risk in regression models adjusted for gender, age, and LRRK2 G2019S and GBA mutation status. We compared GCase activity between participants with different genotypes at rs6812193 and rs6825004. Genotype at rs6812193 was associated with PD status. PD cases were less likely to carry the T allele than the C allele (OR=0.71; P=0.004), but GCase enzymatic activity was similar across rs6812193 genotypes (C/C: 11.88 μmol/l/h; C/T: 11.80 μmol/l/h; T/T: 12.02 μmol/l/h; P=0.867). Genotype at rs6825004 was not associated with either PD status or GCase activity. In conclusion, our results support an association between SCARB2 genotype at rs6812193 and PD, but suggest that the increased risk is not mediated by GCase activity.</jats:p

Roy N Alcalay

Oren A Levy

Pavlina Wolf

Petra Oliva

Xiaokui Kate Zhang

Cheryl H Waters

Stanley Fahn

Un Jung Kang

Christopher Liong

Blair Ford

Pietro Mazzoni

Sheng Kuo

Amelie Johnson

Lan Xiong

Guy A Rouleau

Wendy K Chung

Karen S Marder

Ziv Gan-Or

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