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Genotype and phenotype in Parkinson's disease: Lessons in heterogeneity from deep brain stimulation

Angeli, A; Mencacci, NE; Duran, R; Aviles-Olmos, I; Kefalopoulou, Z; Candelario, J; Rusbridge, S; ... Foltynie, T; + view all (2013) Genotype and phenotype in Parkinson's disease: Lessons in heterogeneity from deep brain stimulation. Movement Disorders , 28 (10) pp. 1370-1375. 10.1002/mds.25535. Green open access

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Abstract

Variation in the genetic risk(s) of developing Parkinson's disease (PD) undoubtedly contributes to the subsequent phenotypic heterogeneity. Although patients with PD who undergo deep brain stimulation (DBS) are a skewed population, they represent a valuable resource for exploring the relationships between heterogeneous phenotypes and PD genetics. In this series, 94 patients who underwent DBS were screened for mutations in the most common genes associated with PD. The consequent genetic subgroups of patients were compared with respect to phenotype, levodopa (l-dopa), and DBS responsiveness. An unprecedented number (29%) of patients tested positive for at least 1 of the currently known PD genes. Patients with Parkin mutations presented at the youngest age but had many years of disease before needing DBS, whereas glucocerebrosidase (GBA) mutation carriers reached the threshold of needing DBS earlier, and developed earlier cognitive impairment after DBS. DBS cohorts include large numbers of gene positive PD patients and can be clinically instructive in the exploration of genotype-phenotype relationships.

Type: Article
Title: Genotype and phenotype in Parkinson's disease: Lessons in heterogeneity from deep brain stimulation
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25535
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.25535
Language: English
Additional information: © 2013 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley on behalf of The Movement Disorder Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Parkinson's disease, Deep brain stimulation, Genetics, Heterogeneity, Phenotype
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Movement Neurosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Department of Neuromuscular Diseases
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1399189
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