PLA2G6, encoding a phospholipase A2, is mutated in neurodegenerative disorders with high brain iron

Neil Morgan, SK Westaway, Jane Morton, A Gregory, Paul Gissen, S Sonek, H Canaul, J Corvell, N Canham, N Nardocci, G Zorzi, Shanaz Pasha, D Rodriguez, I Desguerre, A Mubaidin, E Bertini, RC Trembath, A Simonati, C Schanen, Colin JohnsonB Levinson, J Woods, B Wilmot, P Kramer, J Gitzchier, Eamonn Maher, SJ Hayflick

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)752-754
Number of pages3
JournalNature Genetics
Volume38
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Jun 2006

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