No relationship between SRY variants and risk of Parkinson's disease in Chinese population

Neurobiol Aging. 2021 Apr:100:119.e3-119.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.09.013. Epub 2020 Sep 16.

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease with inherent sex differences, and sex-determining region Y (SRY) is a gene located in the Y chromosome which encodes a transcription factor involving the regulation of the dopamine system. In this study, we investigated whether SRY variants were associated with PD in Chinese population. A total of 2058 male patients with PD and 1650 male control participants were recruited, and variants in SRY transcript and flanking regions were genotyped by whole-exome sequencing or whole-genome sequencing. Analysis of rare variants by the optimal sequence kernel association test showed no difference in variant burden of coding, 5'-noncoding and 3'-noncoding between the case and control group. In addition, of the 6 common variants identified, none showed a significant effect in altering PD risk in our population using logistic regression. Our results suggested SRY variants were not associated with the risk of PD in Chinese population.

Keywords: Chinese; Disease association; Parkinson's disease; SRY gene; Variants.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Asian People / genetics
  • Chromosomes, Human, Y / genetics
  • Dopamine / metabolism
  • Exome Sequencing / methods
  • Genetic Association Studies / methods*
  • Genetic Variation / genetics*
  • Genotype
  • Genotyping Techniques
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Negative Results*
  • Parkinson Disease / genetics*
  • Risk
  • Sex-Determining Region Y Protein / genetics*
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / physiology

Substances

  • SRY protein, human
  • Sex-Determining Region Y Protein
  • Transcription Factors
  • Dopamine