Abstract
Background: Recently, a novel mutation in exon 24 of DNAJC13 gene (p.Asn855Ser, rs387907571) has been reported to cause autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease (PD) in a multi-incident Mennonite family. Methods: In the present study the mutation containing exon of the DNAJC13 gene has been sequenced in a Caucasian series consisting of 1938 patients with clinical PD and 838 with pathologically diagnosed Lewy body disease (LBD). Results: Our sequence analysis did not identify any coding variants in exon 24 of DNAJC13. Two previously described variants in intron 23 (rs200204728 and rs2369796) were observed. Conclusion: Our results indicate that the region surrounding the DNAJC13 p.Asn855Ser substitution is highly conserved and mutations in this exon are not a common cause of PD or LBD among Caucasian populations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1323-1325 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | European Journal of Neurology |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2015 |
Keywords
- DNAJC13
- Genetics
- Lewy body disease
- Parkinson's disease
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology