Dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms in the neprilysin gene are not associated with sporadic Alzheimer's disease |
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Authors: | Oda Masaya Morino Hiroyuki Maruyama Hirofumi Terasawa Hideo Izumi Yuishin Torii Tsuyoshi Sasaki Ken Nakamura Shigenobu Kawakami Hideshi |
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Affiliation: | Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan. |
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Abstract: | In the pathological process of Alzheimer's disease (AD), deposition of amyloid beta-peptide (A beta) in the brain parenchyma plays an important role. Neprilysin (NEP), a neutral endopeptidase, degrades A beta, and it is postulated that decreased NEP activity may contribute to the development of AD by promoting the accumulation of A beta. The human NEP gene possesses four dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms, and it is possible that these polymorphisms regulate the NEP expression levels and influence the pathological cascade of AD. Therefore, we investigated the association of these polymorphisms with AD. We performed genotyping of each polymorphism in 201 Japanese sporadic AD patients and 208 Japanese controls. There were no significant differences between the AD and control groups in allele frequencies of each polymorphism. We conclude that these polymorphisms in the NEP gene do not contribute to genetic risk factors for sporadic AD. |
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