1

Variability and Validity of Polymorphism Association Studies in Parkinson’s Disease

(For NEUROLOGY On-Line Journal)

Correspondence:

Tetsuo Ashizawa, MD

Department of Neurology

Baylor College of Medicine

6550 Fannin, Smith 1801

Houston, Texas 77030, USA

Tel: 713 798 3953, Fax: 713 798 3128

E mail:

References

E-1. Pastor P, Munoz E, Obach V, et al. Dopamine receptor D2 intronic polymorphism in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Neurosci Lett 1999;273:151-154.

E-2. Oliveri Rl, Annesi G, Zappia M, et al. Dopamine D2 receptor gene polymorphism and the risk of levodopa-induced dyskinesias in PD. Neurology 1999;53:1425-1430.

E-3. Plante-Bordeneuve V, Taussig D, Thomas F, et al. Evaluation of four candidate genes encoding proteins of the dopamine pathway in familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease: evidence for association of a DRD2 allele. Neurology1997 ;48:1589-1593.

E-4. Nanko S, Ueki A, Hattori M, et al. No allelic association between Parkinson’s disease and dopamine D2, D3, and D4 receptor gene polymorphisms. Am J Med Genet 1994;54:361-364.

E-5. Higuchi S, Muramatsu T, Arai H, Hayashida M, Sasaki H, Trojanowski JQ. Polymorphisms of dopamine receptor and transporter genes and Parkinson’s disease. J Neural Transm 1995;10:107-113.

E-6. Comings DE, Comings BG, Muhleman D, et al. The dopamine D2 receptor locus as a modifying gene in neuropsychiatric disorders. JAMA 1991;266:1793-1800.

E-7. Wan DCC, Law LK, Ip DTM, et al. Lack of allelic association of dopamine D4 receptor gene polymorphisms with Parkinson’s disease in a Chinese population. Mov Disord 1999;14:225-229.

E-8. Kronenberg MF, Menzel H-J, Ebersbach G, et al. Dopamine D4 receptor polymorphism and idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. Eur J Hum Genet 1999;7:397-400.

E-9. Ricketts MH, Hamer RM, Manowitz P, et al. Association of long variants of the dopamine D receptor exon 3 repeat polymorphism with Parkinson’s disease. Clin Genet 1998;54:33-38.

E-10. Nanko S, Hattori M, Ueki A, Ikeda K. Dopamine D3 and D4 receptor gene polymorphism and Parkinson’s disease. Lancet 1993;342:250.

E-11. Mercier G, Turpin JC, Lucotte G. Variable number tandem repeat dopamine transporter gene polymorphism and Parkinson’s disease: no association found. J Neurol 1999;246:45-47.

E-12. Le Couteur DG, Leighton PW, McCann SJ, Pond SM. Association of a polymorphism in the dopamine-transporter gene with Parkinson’s disease. Mov Disord 1997;12:760-763.

E-13. Leighton PW, Le Couteur DG, Pang CCP, et al. The dopamine transporter gene and Parkinson’s disease in a Chinese population. Neurology 1997;49:1577-1579.

E-14. Hotamisligil GS, Girmen AS, Fink JS, et al. Hereditary variations in monoamine oxidase as a risk factor for Parkinson’s disease. Mov Disord 1994;9:305-310.

E-15. Nakatome M, Tun Z, Shimada S, Honda K. Detection and analysis of four polymorphic markers at the human monoamine oxidase (MAO) gene in Japanese controls and patients with Parkinson’s disease. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 1998;247:452-456.

E-16. Kurth JH, Kurth MC, Poduslo SE, Schwankhaus JD. Association of a monoamine oxidase B allele with Parkinson’s disease. Ann Neurol 1993;33:368-372.

E-17. Nanko S, Ueki A, Hattori M. No association between Parkinson’s disease and monoamine oxidase A and B gene polymorphisms. Neurosci lett 1996;204:125-127.

E-18. Mellick GD, Buchanan DD, McCann SJ, et al. Variations in the monoamine oxidase B (MAOB) gene are associated with Parkinson’s disease. Mov Disord 1999;14:219-224.

E-19. Checkoway H, Franklin GM, Costa-Mallen P, et al. A genetic polymorphism of MAO-B modifies the association of cigarette smoking and Parkinson's disease.

Neurology1998;50:1458-1461.

E-20. Costa P, Checkoway H, Levy D, et al. Association of a polymorphism in intron 13 of the monoamine oxidase B gene with parkinson’s disease. Am J Med Genet 1997;74:154-156.

E-21. Ho SL, Kapadi AL, Ramsden DB, Williams AC. An allelic association study of monoamine oxidase B in Parkinson’s disease. Ann Neurol 1995;37:403-405.

E-22. Morimoto Y, Murayama N, Kuwano A, Kondo I, Yamashita Y, Mizuno Y. Association analysis of a polymorphism of the monoamine oxidase B gene with Parkinson’s disease in a Japanese population. Am J Med Genet 1995;60:570-572.

E-23. Yoritaka A, Hattori N, Yoshino H, Mizuno Y. Catechol-O-methyltransferase genotype and susceptibility for Parkinson’s disease in Japan. J Neural Transm 1997;104:1313-1317.

E-24. Xie T, Ho SL, Li LSW, Ma OCK. G/A 1947 polymorphism in catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene in parkinson’s disease. Mov Disord 1997;12:426-427.

E-25. Kunugi H, Nanko S, Ueki A, et al. High and low activity alleles of catechol-O-methyltransferase gene: ethnic difference and possible association with Parkinson’s disease.

E-26. Hoda F, Nicholl D, Bennett P, et al. No association between Parkinson’s disease and low-activity alleles of catechol-O-methyltransferase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1996;228:780-784.

E-27. Syvanen AC, Tilgmann C, Rinne J, Ulmanen I. Genetic polymorphism of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT): correlation of genotype with individual variation of S-COMT activity and comparison of the allele frequencies in the normal population and Parkinsonian patients in Finland. Pharmacogenetics 1997;7:65-71.

E-28. Dupret JM, Longuemaux S, Lucotte G. Acetylator genotype for N-acetyltransferase 2 and Parkinson’s disease. Ann Neurol 1999;46:433-434.

E-29. Harhangi BS, Oostra BA, Heutink P, van Duijn CM, Hofman A, Breteler MM. N-acetyltransferase 2 polymorphism in Parkinson’s disease: the Rotterdam study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1999;67:518-520.

E-30. Nicholl DJ, Bennett P, Hiller L, et al. A study of five candidate genes in parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. Neurology 1999;53:1415-1421.

E-31. Agundez JAG, Jimenez-Jimenez FJ, Luengo A, et al. Slow allotypic variants of the NAT2 gene and susceptibility to early-onset Parkinson’s disease. Neurology 1998;51:1587-1591.

E-32.Nicholl DJ, Bennett P. Acetylator genotype and Parkinson’s disease. Lancet 1998;351:141-142.

E-33. Bandmann O, Vaughan J, Holmans P, Marsden CD, Wood NW. Association of slow acetylator genotype for N-acetytransferase 2 with familial Parkinson’s disease. Lancet 1997;350:1136-1139.

E-34. Ladero JM, Jimenez FJ, Benitez J, et al. Acetylator polymorphism in Parkinson’s disease. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 1989;37:391-393.

E-35. Igbokwe E, Ogunniyi AO, Osuntokun BO. Xenobiotic metabolism in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease in Nigerian Africans. East Afr Med J 1993;70:807-809.

E-36. Bon MAM, Jansen Steur ENH, de Vos RAI, Vermes I. Neurogenetic correlates of Parkinson’s disease: apolipoprotein-E and cytochrome P450 2D6 genetic polymorphism. Neurosci lett 1999;266:149-151.

E-37. Kruger R, Vieira-Saecker AMM, Kuhn W, et al. Increased susceptibility to sporadic Parkinosn’s disease by a certain combined -synuclein/apolipoprotein E genotype. Ann Nuerol 1999;45:611-617.

E-38. Fuente-Fernandez RDL, Sellers A, Beyer K, Lao JI. Apolioprotein E genotypes and age at onset of Parkinson’s disease. Ann Neurol 1998;44:294-295.

E-39. Inzelberg R, Chapman J, Treves TA, et al. Apolipoprotein E in Parkinson disease and dementia: new data and meta-analysis of published studies. Alzheim Dis Assoc Disord 1998;12:45-48.

E-40.Mattila PM, Koskela T, Roytta M, et al. Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele frequency is increased in Parkinson's disease only with co-existing Alzheimer pathology. Acta Neuropathol (Berl) 1998;96:417-420.

E-41. Wakabayashi K, Kakita A, Hayashi S, et al. Apolioprotein E 4 allele and progression of cortical lewy body pathology in Parkinson’s disease. Acta Neuropathol 1998;95:450-454.

E-42. Arai H, Muramatsu T, Higuchi S, Sasaki H, Trojanowski JQ. Apolipoprotein E gene in Parkinson’s disease with or without dementia. Lancet 1994;343:889.

E-43. Arai H, Higuchi S, Sasaki H. Apolipoprotein E genotype and cerebrospinal fluid tau protein: implications for the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Gerontology 1997;43(suppl 1):2-10.

E-44. The French Parkinson’s disease Genetics Study Group. Apolipoprotein E genotype in familial Parkinson’s disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1997;63:394-395.

E-45. Ballering LAP, Steffens-Nakken HM, Esselink RAJ, De Vos RAI, Jansen Steur ENH, Vermes I. Apolipoprotein E genotype in patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Clin Biochem 1997;30:405-411.

E-46.St. Clair D. Apolioprotein E gene in Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. J Neural Transm 1997;51(suppl):161-165.

E-47. Egensperger R, Bancher C, Kosel S, Jellinger K, Mehraein P, Graeber MB. The apolioprotein E 4 allele in Parkinson’s disease with Alzheimer lesions. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1996;224:484-486.

E-48. Whitehead AS, Bertrandy S, Finnan F, Butler A, Smith GD, Ben-Shlomo Y. Frequency of the apolipoprotein E 4 allele in a case-control study of early onset Parkinson’s disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1996;61:341-351.

E-49. Helisalmi S, Linnaranta K, Lehtovirta M, et al. Apolioprotein E polymorphism in patients with different neurodegenerative disorders. Neurosci Lett 1996;205:61-64.

E-50. Morris CM, Massey HM, Benjamin R, et al. Molecular biology of apoE alleles in Alzheimer’s and non-Alzheimer’s dementia. J Neural Transm 1996;47(suppl):205-218

E-51. Poduslo SE, Riggs D, Rolan T, Schwankhaus J. Apolipoprotein E and B alleles in Parkinson’s disease. Neurosci Lett 1995;194:145-147.

E-52. Martinoli MG, Trojanowski JQ, Schmidt ML, et al. Association of apoplipoprotein 4 allele and neuropathologic findings in patients with dementia. Acta Neuropathol 1995;90:239-243.

E-53. Ibarreta D, Gomez-Isla T, Portera-Sanchez A, Parrilla R, Ayuso MS. Apolipoprotein E genotype in Spanish patients of Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. J Neurol Sci 1995;134:146-149.

E-54. Koller WC, Glatt SL, Hubble JP, et al. Apolipoprotein E genotypes in Parkinson’s disease with and without dementia. Ann Neurol 1995;37:242-245.

E-55. Benjamin R, Leake A, Edwardson JA, et al. Apolioprotein E genes in Lewy body and Parkinson’s disease. Lancet 1994;343:1565.

E-56. Marder K, Maestre G, Cote L, et al. The apolipoprotein E4 allele in Parkinson’s disease with and without dementia. Neurology 1994;44:1330-1331.

E-57. Harrington CR, Louwagie J, Rossau R, et al. Influence of apolioprotein E genotype on senile dementia of the Alzheimer and Lewy body types: significance for etiological theories of Alzheimer’s disease. Am J Pathol 1994;145:1472-1484.

E-58. Rubinsztein DC, Hanlon CS, Irving RM, et al. Apo E genotypes in multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, schwannomas and late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Mole Cell Probes 1994;8;519-525.

E-59. Hardy J, Crook R, Prihar G, Roberts G, Raghavan R, Perry R. Senile dementia of the lewy body type has an apolipoprotein E 4 allele frequency intermediate between controls and Alzheimer’s disease. Neurosci Lett 1994;182:1-2.

E-60. Stroombergen MCMJ, Waring RH. Determination of glutathione S-transferase and  polymorphisms in neurological disease. Hum Exp Toxicol 1999;18:141-145.

E-61. Menegon A, Board PG, Blackburn AC, Mellick GD, Le Conuteur DG. Parkinson’s disease, pesticides, and glutathione transferase polymorphisms. Lancet 1998;352:1344-1346.

E-62. Tison F, Coutelle C, Henry P, Cassaigne A. Glutathione S-transferase (Class ) phenotype in Parkinson’s disease. Mov Disord 1994;9:117-118.

E-63. Palma GD, Mozzoni P, Mutti A, Calzetti S, Negrotti A. Case-control study of interactions between genetic and environmental factors in Parkinson’s disease. Lancet 1998;352:1986-1987.

E-64.Kosel S, Egensperger R, Schnopp NM, Graeber MB. The “common deletion” is not increased in parkinsonian substantia nigra as shown by competitive polymerase chain reaction. Mov Disord 1997;12:639-645.

E-65. Bandmann O, Sweeney MG, Danial SE, Marsden CD, Wood NW. Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in pathologically proven Parkinson’s disease. J Neurol 1997;24:262-265.

E-66.Kosel S, Lucking CB, Egensperger R, Mehraein P, Graeber MB. Mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase and CPY2D6 genotypes in Lewy-body parkinsonism. J Neurosci Res 1996;44:174-183.

E-67.Ikebe S, Tanaka M, Ozawa T. Point mutations of mitochondrial genome in Parkinson’s disease. Mol Brain Res 1995;28:281-295.

E-68. Egensperger R, Kosel S, Schnopp M, Graeber MB. Association of the mitochondrial tRNAA4336G mutation with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 1997;23:315-321.

E-69. Mayr-Wohlfart U, Rodel G, Henneberg A. Mitochondrial tRNA (Gln) and tRNA(Thr) gene variants in Parkinson’s disease. Eur J Med Res 1997;24:111-113.

E-70. Shoffner JM, Brown MD, Torroni A, et al. Mitochondrial DNA variants observed in Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease patients. Genomics 1993;17:171-184.

E-71. Kimpara T, Takeda A, Watanabe K, et al. Microsatellite polymorphism in the human heme oxygenase-1 gene promotor and its application in association studies with Alzheimer and Parkinson’s disease. Hum Genet 1997;100:145-147.

E-72. Kondo I, Yamamoto M. Genetic polymorphism of paraoxonase 1 (PON 1) and susceptibility to Parkinson’s disease. Brain Res 1998;806:271-273.

E-73. GlnArg 191 polymorphism of Paraoxonase and Parkinson’s disease. Hum Hered 1999;49:178-180.

E-74. Kobayashi T, Matsumine H, Matuda S, Mizuno Y. Association between the gene encoding the E2 subunit of the -ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex and Parkinson’s disease. Ann Neurol 1998;43:120-123.

E-75. Shimoda-Matsubayashi S, Matsumine H, Kobayashi T, Nakagawa-Hattori Y, Shimizu Y, Mizuno Y. Structural dimorphism in the mitochondrial targeting sequence in the human manganese superoxide dismutase gene. Biochem Biophy Res Commun 1996;226:561-565.
E-76.Grasbon-Frodl EM, Kosel S, Riess O, Muller U, Mehraein P, Graeber MB. Analysis of mitochondrial targeting sequence and coding region polymorphisms of the manganese superoxide dismutase gene in German Parkinson disease patients. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999;255:749-752.
E-77. Shimoda-Matsubayashi S, Hattori T, Matsumine H, et al. Mn SOD activity and protein in a patient with chromosome 6-linked autosomal recessive parkinsonism in comparison with Parkinson’s disease and control. Neurology 1997;49:1257-1262.

E-78. Mellick GD, McCann SJ, Le Couter DG. Parkinson’s disease, MAOB, and smoking. Neurology 1999;53:658.

E-79. Plante-Bordeneuve V, Davis MB, Maraganore DM, Marsden CD, Harding AE. Tyrosine hydroxylase polymorphism in familial and sporadic Parkinson’s disease. Mov Disord 1994;9:337-339.

E-80. Kunugi H, Kawada Y, Hattori M, Ueki A, Otsuka M, Nanko S. Association study of structural mutations of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene with schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease. Am J Med Genet 1998;81:131-133.

E-81.Kapsa RM, Jean-Francois MJ, Lertrit P, et al. Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism in substantia nigra. J Neurol Sci 1996;144:204-211.

E-82. Mirel DB, Marder K, Graziano J, et al. Characterization of the human mitochondrial aconitase gene (ACO2). Gene 1998;213:205-218.

E-83. Brown MD, Shoffner JM, Kim YL, et al.Mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis of four Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease patients. Am J Med Genet 1996;61:283-289.

E-84.Hattori N, Yoshino H, Tanaka M, Suzuki H, Mizuno Y. Genotype in the 24-kDa subunit gene (NDUFV2) of mitochondrial complex 1 and susceptibility to Parkinson’s disease. Genomics 1998;9:52-58.

E-85. Tan EK, Matsuura T, Khajavi M, Nagamitsu S, Jankovic J, Ashizawa T. Polymorphism of NACP-Rep 1 in Parkinson’s disease: an etiologic link with essential tremor? Neurology 2000;54:1195-1198.

E-86.Parsian A, Racette B, Zhang ZH, et al. Mutation, sequence analysis, and association studies of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease. Neurology1998;51:1757-1759.

E-87. Wang M, Hattori N, Matsumine H, et al. Polymorphism in the parkin gene in sporadic Parkinon’s disease. Ann Neurol 1999;45:655-658.

E-88. Satoh J, Kuroda Y. Association of codon 167 Ser/Asn heterozygosity in the parkin gene with sporadic Parkinson's disease. Neuroreport1999;10:2735-2739.

E-89. Baum L, Dong ZY, Ng HK, et al. Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP) gene 766T polymorphism and Parkinson’s disease. Mov Disord 1999;14:839-841.

E-90. Wartiovaara K, Hytonen M, Vuori M, et al. Mutation analysis of the glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor gene in Parkinson’s disease. Exp Neurol 1998;152:307-309.

E-91. Poduslo SE. A new polymorphism in the gene for GAP43. Hum Genet 1993;92:635-636.

E-92. Hoenicka J, Perez M, Perez-Tur J, et al. The tau gene AO allele and progressive supranuclear palsy. Neurology 1999;;53:1219-1225.

E-93. Zubenko GS, Stiffler JS, Hughes HB, Hurtt MR, Kaplan BB. Initial results of a genome survey for novel Alzheimer’s disease risk genes: association with a locus on the X chromosome. Am J Med Genet 1998;81:98-107.

E-94. Mellick GD, Buchanan DD, McCann SJ, et al. The ACE deletion polymorphism is not associated with Parkinson’s disease. Eur Neurol 1999;41:103-106.

E-95. Flowers JM, Leigh PN, Davies AM, et al. Mutations in the gene encoding human persyn are not associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or familial Parkinson's disease. Neurosci Lett 1999;274:21-24.

E-96. Isoe-Wada K, Maeda M, Yong J. Positive association between estrogen receptor gene polymorphism and Parkinson’s disease with dementia. Eur J Neurol 1999;6:431-435.

E-97. Yamamoto M, Kondo I, Ogawa N, Asanuma M, Yamashita Y, Mizuno Y. Genetic association between susceptibility to Parkinson’s disease and 1-antichymotrypsin polymorphism. Brain Res 1997;759:153-155.

E-98. Munoz E, Obach V, Oliva R, et al. 1-antichymotrypsin gene polymorphism and susceptibility to Parkinson’s disease. Neurology 1999;52:297-301.

E-99. Lincoln S, Vaughan J, Wood N, et al. Low frequency of pathogenic mutations in the ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase gene in familial Parkinson's disease. Neuroreport1999;10:427-429.

E-100. Maraganore DM, Farrer MJ, Hardy JA, Lincoln SJ, McDonnell SK, Rocca WA. Case-control study of the ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 gene in Parkinson's disease. Neurology1999;53:1858-1860.

E-101.Fujii C, Harada S, Ohkoshi N, et al. Association between polymorphism of the cholecystokinin gene and idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. Clin Genet 1999;56:394-399.

E-102.Buervenich S, Carmine A, Xiang F, et al. Identification of a new polymorphism in intron 6 of the human NURR1 gene and investigation of association with Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia. Am J Hum Genet 1999;65(supp):A266. (abstract)

E-103. Singleton AB, Lincoln S, Dickson D, Hardy J, Farrer M. Identification and analysis of polymorphic loci in and around the -synuclein and synphilin genes in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Am J Hum Genet 1999;65(suppl):A446. (abstract).

Tables

E-1. DRD2 polymorphisms

Study / year / race / type and site of polymorphism / PD
(no.) / controls
(no.) / association
Yes/No / results
Pastor et al1
Oliveri et al2
Plante-Bordeneuve et al3
Nanko et al4 / 1999
1999
1997
1994 / Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Japanese / dinucleotide repeat in 2nd intron of DRD2, chromosome 11q22-23 / 154
136
118
71 / 125
224
100
67 / No
Yes
Yes
No / The overall results of studies 1 to 4 were not combined because of insufficient data. Frequencies of allele 15 (study 2) and allele 122bp (study 3) were significantly higher in PD than controls.
Higuchi et al5 / 1995 / Japanese / Ser311/Cys311 in DRD2 / 70 / 70 / No / PD:controls
5:3
Comings et al6 / 1991 / Caucasian / Taq1 polymorphism of DRD2 / 17 / 108 / No / A1 allele
PD:controls
3:24

E-2. DRD4 polymorphisms

Study / year / race / type and site of polymorphism / PD
(no.) / Controls
(no.) / Association Yes/No / Results
Wan et al7
Kronenberg et al8
Ricketts et al9
Higuchi et al5
Nanko et al10 / 1999
1999
1998
1995
1993 / Chinese
Caucasian
Caucasian
Japanese
Japanese / 48 base-pair tandem repeat sequences in exon 3 of DRD4, chromosome 11p / 101
122
95
70
60 / 105
127
47
70
81 / No
No
Yes, repeat number 6 to 7 was higher in PD, odds ratio=2.1,
No
No / total alleles
(studies 5,7-9,10)
PD:controls
896:860
repeat number
PD:controls
repeat 2 to 5-756:775
repeat 6 to 7-140:85
Overall results did not show any significant association

E-3. DAT polymorphisms

study / year / race / type and site of polymorphism / PD
(no.) / controls
(no.) / association
Yes/No / results
1.Mercier et al11
2.LeCouteur et al12
3.Leighton et al13
4. Plante-Bordeneuve et al3
5. Higuchi et al5 / 1999
1997
1997
1997
1995 / Caucasian
Australian
Chinese
Caucasian
Japanese / 40 base-pair tandem repeat sequences in exon 3 of DAT, chromosome 11p / 75
100
203
78
70 / 78
200
230
60
70 / No
Yes, repeat 11 was higher in PD, odds ratio=10.2, however absolute frequency of the repeats in PD was low (0.025)
No
No
No / total alleles
(studies 3,5,11-13)
PD:controls
1052:1276
repeat number
PD:controls
Repeat3- 2:0
5- 1:0
6- 1:0
7- 10:8
8- 0:2
9- 170:241
10- 848:1013
11- 19:12
12- 1:0
Overall results did not show any significant association

E-4. MAOA polymorphisms

study / year / race / type and site of polymorphism / PD
(no.) / controls
(no.) / association
Yes/No / results
Plante-Bordeneuve et al3
Hotamisligil
et al14 / 1997
1994 / Caucasian
Caucasian / (GT)n dinucleotide repeat in intron 1of MAOA in
X chromosome p11.3 / ?*
91 / ?*
129 / No
Yes / In studies 3 & 14, allele sizes ranged from 112bp to 130bp
In study 14, allele 122bp was significantly higher in PD than controls.
Nakatome et al15 / 1998 / Japanese / (GT)n dinucleotide repeat in intron 1 of MAOA in
X chromosome
p11.3 / 68 / 228 / Yes / “allele 119” significantly higher in PD.
Kurth et al16 / 1993 / Caucasian / RLFP with EcoRV / 66 / 181 / No / no significant difference between allele 1 and 2
Nanko et al17 / 1996 / Japanese / (GT)n dinucleotide repeat in intron 2 of MAOA in
X chromosome p11.3 / 68 / 68 / No / sizes of alleles not indicated

?*Only the number of chromosomes were given, but females have two X chromosomes, and males one; the number of studied subjects cannot be determined.

E-5. MAOB Polymorphisms

study / year / race / type and
site of polymorphism / PD
(no.) / controls
(no.) / association
Yes/No / results
1.Mellick et al18
Checkoway et al19
**Costa et al20
Ho et al21
Morimoto et al22
Kurth et al16 / 1999
1998
1997
1995
1995
1993 / Australian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Japanese
Caucasian / G/A polymorphism in intron 13 of MAOB on
X chromosome / 204
82
62
124
54
64 / 285
118
79
60
56
77 / No
No
Yes, allele G higher in PD, odds ratio=2.1
No
No
Yes,allele A higher in PD,odds ratio=2.0 / total alleles (studies 16,18,20-22)
PD:controls
685:839
allele PD:controls
A 363:435
G 322:404
Overall results did not show any significant association
Mellick et al18
Nakatome et al15
Plante-Bordeneuve et al3
Hotamisligil
et al14 / 1999
1998
1997
1994 / Australian
Japanese
Caucasian
Caucasian / (GT)n dinucleotide repeat in intron 2 of MAOB on X chromosome / 204
68
122
91 / 285
196
93
129 / Yes, alleles 186 and 188 higher in PD, odds ratio=1.97
No
No
Yes, allele 180 higher in PD, odds ratio=2.0 / total alleles
(studies 3,14,15,18)
PD:controls
595:912
allele PD:controls
178 156:263
180 106:136
182 138:202
184 111:212
186 54:79
188 30:20*
Overall results showed that frequency of allele188 significantly higher in PD
Nanko et al17 / 1996 / Japanese / (GT)n dinucleotide repeat in intron 2 of MAOB on X chromosome / 71 / 70 / No / sizes of alleles not indicated

P=0.003, OR=2.58, 95%CI; 1.38 to 4.82 for allele 188. ** Study 20 was extended from study 19, and hence only results from study 20 were included in the analysis

E-6. COMT polymorphisms

study / year / race / type and site of polymorphism / PD
(no.) / controls
(no.) / association
Yes/No / Results
Yoritaka et al23
Xie et al24
Kunugi et al25
Hoda et al26
Syvanen et al27 / 1997
1997
1997
1996
1997 / Japanese
Chinese
Japanese
Caucasian
Caucasian / G to A (-108Val/Met) polymorphism in exon 4 of COMT in chromosome 22q11 / 176
70
109
139
158 / 156
62
153
173
76 / Yes, allele108Val higher in PD, odds ratio=1.31
No
Yes, allele
108Met higher in PD, odds ratio=1.4
No
No / total alleles
(studies 23-27)
PD:controls
1304:1240
allele PD:controls
-108Val 796:755
-108Met 508:485
Genotype
Met/Met 111:97
Met/Val 280:289
Val/Val 261:234
Overall results did not show any significant association

E-7. NAT2 polymorphisms

study / Year / race / type and site of polymorphism / PD
(no.) / controls
(no.) / association
Yes/No / results
Dupret et al28
Harhangi et al29
Nicholl et al30
Agundez et al31
Nicholl et al32
Bandmann et al33
Ladero et al34
Igbokwe et al35 / 1999
1999
1999
1998
1998
1997
1989
1989 / Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
African / Polymorphisms of NAT2 in chromosome 8p21.3-23.1
Acetylator status determined by sulphamthazine / 68
80
203
121
223
200
100
20 / 211
161
205
121
?
100
93
21 / No
No
No
Yes, slow acetylator genotype higher in young onset PD, odds ratio=2.92
No
Yes, slow acetylator genotype higher in familial PD,odds ratio=3.79
No
No / total patients
(studies 28-31, 33-35)
PD:control
792:912
Acetylator status
PD:controls
Slow 480:490**
Fast 312:422
Overall results showed the slow acetylator genotype was significantly higher in PD

** P=0.006, OR=1.33, 95%CI: 1.08 to 1.62

E-8. ApoE Polymorphisms

Study / Year / race / type and site of polymorphism / PD
(no.) / controls
(no.) / association
Yes/No / results
Bon et al36
Kruger et al37
F-Fernandez et al38
Inzelberg et al39
Mattila et al40
Wakahayashi et al41
Arai et al42,43
French PD Group44
Ballering et al45
St Clair et al46
Egenspezer et al47
Whitehead et al48
Helisalmi et al49
Morris et al50
Podulso et al51
Martinoli et al52
Ibarreta et al53
Koller et al54
Benjamin et al55
Marder et al56
Harington et al57
Rubinsztein et al58
Hardy et al59 / 1999
1999
1998
1998
1998
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
1996
1996
1996
1996
1995
1995
1995
1995
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994 / Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Japanese
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian
Mixed
Caucasian
Caucasian
Caucasian / 1. C/G-T/A transition converting codon 158 from arginine (E3) to cysteine (E2)
2.T/A-C/G transition converting codon 112 from cysteine (E3) to arginine (E4) / 199
193
105
125
11
22
73
103
50
50
20
189
23
23
54
13
64
113
23
79
51
34
24 / 96
177
105
93
59
50
77
387
107
447
54
162
60
99
77
243
228
78
55
44
58
34
35 / Yes allele E4 higher in demented PD
Yes, allele E4 higher in young PD
No
Yes, allele E4 higher in non demented PD
No
No
Yes, allele E4 higher in demented PD
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No / total alleles
(studies 36-59, except 41 and 55)
PD:control
3192:5440
allele PD:control
E2 &E3 2754:4707
E4 438:733
PD group demented:non-demented
E2 &E3 262:777
E4 51:123
Overall results did not show any significant association

Studies 42 & 43 shared some common data, hence only study 43 included. Study 41 was excluded because data from controls not available. Study 55 was excluded because similar results reported by same group in study 50.