PMID- 27942883 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180221 LR - 20221207 IS - 1435-1463 (Electronic) IS - 0300-9564 (Linking) VI - 124 IP - 4 DP - 2017 Apr TI - Mutation screening of PLA2G6 in Japanese patients with early onset dystonia-parkinsonism. PG - 431-435 LID - 10.1007/s00702-016-1658-7 [doi] AB - A recessive mutation in PLA2G6, which is known to cause infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) and neurodegeneration associated with brain iron accumulation (NBIA), has recently been shown to be responsible for PARK14-linked dystonia-parkinsonism. To study the frequency of PLA2G6 mutations, including those caused by gene rearrangement in patients with parkinsonism, we performed direct sequencing and investigated copy number variations (CNVs) of this gene in 109 Japanese patients with parkinsonism. Direct sequencing revealed a homozygous mutation (c.1495G>A; p.A499T), which is likely to be pathogenic and is already registered as rs141045127, and two compound-heterozygous mutations we have previously reported. No CNVs in PLA2G6 were detected in our subjects. Our results suggest that CNV in PLA2G6 is rare in parkinsonism, at least in the Japanese population, in contrast to the reports of its frequency in INAD. Further large studies in various populations are warranted to elucidate what causes the difference in frequencies of PLA2G6 rearrangement mutations between INAD and dystonia-parkinsonism. FAU - Yamashita, Chikara AU - Yamashita C AD - Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 3-3-11 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Funayama, Manabu AU - Funayama M AD - Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 3-3-11 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. AD - Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Li, Yuanzhe AU - Li Y AD - Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 3-3-11 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Yoshino, Hiroyo AU - Yoshino H AD - Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Yamada, Hitoshi AU - Yamada H AD - Yokohama Neurology Clinic, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Seino, Yusuke AU - Seino Y AD - Department of Neurology, Hirosaki Municipal Hospital, Aomori, Japan. FAU - Tomiyama, Hiroyuki AU - Tomiyama H AD - Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 3-3-11 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. FAU - Hattori, Nobutaka AU - Hattori N AD - Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 3-3-11 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. nhattori@juntendo.ac.jp. AD - Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan. nhattori@juntendo.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161209 PL - Austria TA - J Neural Transm (Vienna) JT - Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) JID - 9702341 RN - EC 3.1.1.4 (Group VI Phospholipases A2) RN - EC 3.1.1.4 (PLA2G6 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Age of Onset MH - Asian People/genetics MH - *DNA Copy Number Variations MH - DNA Mutational Analysis MH - Exons MH - Female MH - Gene Dosage MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - *Genetic Testing/methods MH - Group VI Phospholipases A2/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Japan MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Mutation MH - Parkinsonian Disorders/drug therapy/*genetics MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction OTO - NOTNLM OT - Copy number variation (CNV) OT - PARK14 OT - PLA2G6 OT - Parkinsonism EDAT- 2016/12/13 06:00 MHDA- 2018/02/22 06:00 CRDT- 2016/12/13 06:00 PHST- 2016/08/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/11/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/12/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/02/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/12/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00702-016-1658-7 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00702-016-1658-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2017 Apr;124(4):431-435. doi: 10.1007/s00702-016-1658-7. Epub 2016 Dec 9.