A nonsynonymous mutation in PLCG2 reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and frontotemporal dementia, and increases the likelihood of longevity

The genetic variant rs72824905-G (minor allele) in the PLCG2 gene was previously associated with a reduced Alzheimer’s disease risk (AD). The role of PLCG2 in immune system signaling suggests it may also protect against other neurodegenerative diseases and possibly associates with longevity. We stud...

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Authors:  van der Lee, Sven J., Conway, Olivia J., Jansen, Iris, Carrasquillo, Minerva M., Kleineidam, Luca, van den Akker, Erik, Hernández, Isabel, van Eijk, Kristel R., Stringa, Najada, Chen, Jason A., Zettergren, Anna, Andlauer, Till F. M., Diez Fairen, Monica, Simon Sanchez, Javier, Lleó, Alberto, Zetterberg, Henrik, Nygaard, Marianne, Blauwendraat, Cornelis, Savage, Jeanne E., Mengel From, Jonas, Moreno Grau, Sonia, Wagner, Michael, Fortea, Juan, Keogh, Michael J., Blennow, Kaj, Skoog, Ingmar, Friese, Manuel A., Pletnikova, Olga, Zulaica, Miren, Dalmasso, Maria Carolina
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/147257
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/147257
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES
FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA
LONGEVITY
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE
PARKINSON’S DISEASE
PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA 2
PLCG2
PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY
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Summary:The genetic variant rs72824905-G (minor allele) in the PLCG2 gene was previously associated with a reduced Alzheimer’s disease risk (AD). The role of PLCG2 in immune system signaling suggests it may also protect against other neurodegenerative diseases and possibly associates with longevity. We studied the effect of the rs72824905-G on seven neurodegenerative diseases and longevity, using 53,627 patients, 3,516 long-lived individuals and 149,290 study-matched controls. We replicated the association of rs72824905-G with reduced AD risk and we found an association with reduced risk of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). We did not find evidence for an effect on Parkinson’s disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis (MS) risks, despite adequate sample sizes. Conversely, the rs72824905-G allele was associated with increased likelihood of longevity. By-proxy analyses in the UK Biobank supported the associations with both dementia and longevity. Concluding, rs72824905-G has a protective effect against multiple neurodegenerative diseases indicating shared aspects of disease etiology. Our findings merit studying the PLCγ2 pathway as drug-target.

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