Somatic Mutations Detected in Parkinson Disease Could Affect Genes With a Role in Synaptic and Neuronal Processes

The role of somatic mutations in complex diseases, including neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, is becoming increasingly clear. However, to date, no study has shown their relation to Parkinson disease's phenotype. To explore the relevance of embryonic somatic mutations in spora...

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Autores: Lobón, Irene, Solís-Moruno, Manuel, Juan, David, Muhaisen, Ashraf, Abascal, Federico, Esteller-Cucala, Paula, García-Pérez, Raquel, Martí Domènech, Ma. Josep, Tolosa, Eduardo, Ávila, Jesús, Rahbari, Raheleh, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Casals López, Ferran, Soriano García, Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/194370
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/194370
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Malaltia de Parkinson
Mutació (Biologia)
Genètica
Parkinson's disease
Mutation (Biology)
Genetics
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Sumario:The role of somatic mutations in complex diseases, including neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, is becoming increasingly clear. However, to date, no study has shown their relation to Parkinson disease's phenotype. To explore the relevance of embryonic somatic mutations in sporadic Parkinson disease, we performed whole-exome sequencing in blood and four brain regions of ten patients. We identified 59 candidate somatic single nucleotide variants (sSNVs) through sensitive calling and a careful filtering strategy (COSMOS). We validated 27 of them with amplicon-based ultra-deep sequencing, with a 70% validation rate for the highest-confidence variants. The identified sSNVs are in genes with synaptic functions that are co-expressed with genes previously associated with Parkinson disease. Most of the sSNVs were only called in blood but were also found in the brain tissues with ultra-deep amplicon sequencing, demonstrating the strength of multi-tissue sampling designs.