GBA mutations p.N370S and p.L444P are associated with Parkinson's disease in patients from Northern Brazil

ABSTRACT Mutations of the GBA gene have been reported in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) from a number of different countries, including Brazil. In order to confirm this pattern in a sample of PD patients from northern Brazil, we conducted a case-control study of the occurrence of the two most common mutations of the GBA gene (c.1226A>G; p.N370S and c.1448T>C; p.L444P) in a group of 81 PD patients and 81 control individuals, using PCR-RFLP, confirmed by the direct sequencing of the PCR products. In the patient group, three patients (3.7%) were heterozygous for the GBA c.1226A>G; p.N370S mutation, and three (3.7%) for GBA c.1448T>C; p.L444P Neither mutation was detected in the control group (p =0.0284). Patients with the c.1448T>C; p.L444P mutation showed a tendency to have an earlier disease onset, but a larger sample number is required to confirm this observation. Our results suggest an association between the GBA c.1226A>G; p.N370S and c.1448T>C; p.L444P mutations and the development of PD in the population of patients from the Northern Brazil.

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Main Authors:	Amaral,Carlos Eduardo de Melo, Lopes,Patrick Farias, Ferreira,Juliana Cristina Cardoso, Alves,Erik Artur Cortinhas, Montenegro,Marcella Vieira Barroso, Costa,Edmar Tavares da, Yamada,Elizabeth Sumi, Cavalcante,Fernando Otávio Quaresma, Santana-da-Silva,Luiz Carlos
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 2019
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2019000200073
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