Abstract
Neurodegenerative disorders with high brain iron include Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease and several childhood genetic disorders categorized as neuroaxonal dystrophies. We mapped a locus for infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) and neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) to chromosome 22q12-q13 and identified mutations in PLA2G6, encoding a calcium-independent group VI phospholipase A2, in NBIA, INAD and the related Karak syndrome. This discovery implicates phospholipases in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders with iron dyshomeostasis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 752-754 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Nature Genetics |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 18 Jul 2006 |
Keywords
- Brain/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22/genetics
- Female
- Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System/genetics
- Humans
- Iron/metabolism
- Male
- Mutation
- Neuroaxonal Dystrophies/genetics
- Phospholipases A/chemistry
- Phospholipases A2
- Syndrome