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Association studies between risk for late‐onset Alzheimer's disease and variants in insulin degrading enzyme
Author(s) -
Nowotny Petra,
Hinrichs Anthony L.,
Smemo Scott,
Kauwe John S.K.,
Maxwell Taylor,
Holmans Peter,
Hamshere Marian,
Turic Dragana,
Jehu Luke,
Hollingworth Paul,
Moore Pamela,
Bryden Leslie,
Myers Amanda,
Doil Lisa M.,
Tacey Kristina M.,
Gibson Alison M.,
McKeith Ian G.,
Perry Robert H.,
Morris Chris M.,
Thal Leon,
Morris John C.,
O'Donovan Michael C.,
Lovestone Simon,
Grupe Andrew,
Hardy John,
Owen Michael J.,
Williams Julie,
Goate Alison
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of medical genetics part b: neuropsychiatric genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.393
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1552-485X
pISSN - 1552-4841
DOI - 10.1002/ajmg.b.30186
Subject(s) - insulin degrading enzyme , disease , insulin , association (psychology) , medicine , biology , psychology , psychotherapist
Linkage studies have suggested there is a susceptibility gene for late onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) in a broad region of chromosome 10. A strong positional and biological candidate is the gene encoding the insulin‐degrading enzyme (IDE), a protease involved in the catabolism of Aβ. However, previous association studies have produced inconsistent results. To systematically evaluate the role of variation in IDE in the risk for LOAD, we genotyped 18 SNPs spanning a 276 kb region in and around IDE , including three “tagging” SNPs identified in an earlier study. We used four case‐control series with a total of 1,217 cases and 1,257 controls. One SNP (IDE_7) showed association in two samples ( P ‐value = 0.0066, and P = 0.026, respectively), but this result was not replicated in the other two series. None of the other SNPs showed association with LOAD in any of the tested samples. Haplotypes, constructed from the three tagging SNPs, showed no globally significant association. In the UK2 series, the CTA haplotype was over‐represented in cases ( P = 0.046), and in the combined data set, the CCG haplotype was more frequent in controls ( P = 0.015). However, these weak associations observed in our series were in the opposite direction to the results in previous studies. Although our results are not universally negative, we were unable to replicate the results of previous studies and conclude that common variants or haplotypes of these variants in IDE are not major risk factors for LOAD. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.