Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis for Parkinson Disease Motor Subtypes

  • Isabel Alfradique-Dunham
  • , Rami Al-Ouran
  • , Rainer Von Coelln
  • , Cornelis Blauwendraat
  • , Emily Hill
  • , Lan Luo
  • , Amanda Stillwell
  • , Emily Young
  • , Anita Kaw
  • , Manuela Tan
  • , Calwing Liao
  • , Dena Hernandez
  • , Lasse Pihlstrom
  • , Donald Grosset
  • , Lisa M. Shulman
  • , Zhandong Liu
  • , Guy A. Rouleau
  • , Mike Nalls
  • , Andrew B. Singleton
  • , Huw Morris
  • Joseph Jankovic, Joshua M. Shulman

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Abstract

ObjectiveTo discover genetic determinants of Parkinson disease (PD) motor subtypes, including tremor dominant (TD) and postural instability/gait difficulty (PIGD) forms.MethodsIn 3,212 PD cases of European ancestry, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) examining 2 complementary outcome traits derived from the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, including dichotomous motor subtype (TD vs PIGD) or a continuous tremor/PIGD score ratio. Logistic or linear regression models were adjusted for sex, age at onset, disease duration, and 5 ancestry principal components, followed by meta-analysis.ResultsAmong 71 established PD risk variants, we detected multiple suggestive associations with PD motor subtype, including GPNMB (rs199351, psubtype = 0.01, pratio = 0.03), SH3GL2 (rs10756907, psubtype = 0.02, pratio = 0.01), HIP1R (rs10847864, psubtype = 0.02), RIT2 (rs12456492, psubtype = 0.02), and FBRSL1 (rs11610045, psubtype = 0.02). A PD genetic risk score integrating all 71 PD risk variants was also associated with subtype ratio (p = 0.026, ß = -0.04, 95% confidence interval = -0.07-0). Based on top results of our GWAS, we identify a novel suggestive association at the STK32B locus (rs2301857, pratio = 6.6 × 10-7), which harbors an independent risk allele for essential tremor.ConclusionsMultiple PD risk alleles may also modify clinical manifestations to influence PD motor subtype. The discovery of a novel variant at STK32B suggests a possible overlap between genetic risk for essential tremor and tremor-dominant PD.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e557
JournalNeurology: Genetics
Volume7
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 28 2021

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