Linkage and association study of late-onset Alzheimer disease families linked to 9p21.3.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

11-1-2008

Journal

Annals of Human Genetics

Volume

72

Issue

Pt 6

Inclusive Pages

725-31

DOI

10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00474.x

Keywords

Age of Onset; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; Family; Genes, p16; Genetic Linkage; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Humans; Middle Aged; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

Abstract

A chromosomal locus for late-onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD) has previously been mapped to 9p21.3. The most significant results were reported in a sample of autopsy-confirmed families. Linkage to this locus has been independently confirmed in AD families from a consanguineous Israeli-Arab community. In the present study we analyzed an expanded clinical sample of 674 late-onset AD families, independently ascertained by three different consortia. Sample subsets were stratified by site and autopsy-confirmation. Linkage analysis of a dense array of SNPs across the chromosomal locus revealed the most significant results in the 166 autopsy-confirmed families of the NIMH sample. Peak HLOD scores of 4.95 at D9S741 and 2.81 at the nearby SNP rs2772677 were obtained in a dominant model. The linked region included the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A gene (CDKN2A), which has been suggested as an AD candidate gene. By re-sequencing all exons in the vicinity of CDKN2A in 48 AD cases, we identified and genotyped four novel SNPs, including a non-synonymous, a synonymous, and two variations located in untranslated RNA sequences. Family-based allelic and genotypic association analysis yielded significant results in CDKN2A (rs11515: PDT p = 0.003, genotype-PDT p = 0.014). We conclude that CDKN2A is a promising new candidate gene potentially contributing to AD susceptibility on chromosome 9p.

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