Mutations in presenilin 1, presenilin 2 and amyloid precursor protein genes in patients with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in Poland - PubMed (original) (raw)

doi: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00384-4.

Maria Styczyńska, Beata Pepłońska, Tomasz Gabryelewicz, Dorota Religa, Jan Ilkowski, Beata Kijanowska-Haładyna, Sławomira Kotapka-Minc, Sanne Mikkelsen, Anna Pfeffer, Anna Barczak, Elzbieta Łuczywek, Bogusław Wasiak, Małgorzata Chodakowska-Zebrowska, Katarzyna Gustaw, Jarosław Łaczkowski, Tomasz Sobów, Jacek Kuźnicki, Maria Barcikowska

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Mutations in presenilin 1, presenilin 2 and amyloid precursor protein genes in patients with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in Poland

Cezary Zekanowski et al. Exp Neurol. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

Mutations in three causative genes have been identified in patients with an autosomal-dominant form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD). To determine the spectrum of mutations in a group consisting of 40 Polish patients with clinically diagnosed familial EOAD and 1 patient with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and family history of AD, we performed a screening for mutations in the presenilin 1 (PSEN1), presenilin 2 (PSEN2) and amyloid precursor protein (APP) genes. Four previously recognized pathogenic mutations in PSEN1 gene (H163R, M139V) and APP gene (T714A, V715A), and three novel putative mutations in PSEN1 gene (P117R and I213F) and PSEN2 gene (Q228L) were identified. The 34 patients with no mutations detected were older than the patients with mutations. A frequency of APOE4 allele was higher in this group. Frequency of mutations is relatively low (17%), possibly due to used operational definition of a patient with familial EOAD (a patient having at least one relative with early-onset dementia). It could be concluded that screening for mutations in the three genes could be included in a diagnostic program directed at patients with a positive family history or age of onset before 55 years.

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