ABSENCE OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL A7237T MUTATION IN PARKINSONS-DISEASE

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LUCKING, CB [1 ]
KOSEL, S [1 ]
MEHRAEIN, P [1 ]
GRAEBER, MB [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MUNICH,INST NEUROPATHOL,MOLEC NEUROPATHOL LAB,D-80337 MUNICH,GERMANY
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10.1006/bbrc.1995.1868
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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In recent years much has been speculated about a pathogenic role of mitochondrial defects in Parkinson's disease. Ozawa et al. (BBRC 176, 938-946, 1991) have described an A/T transversion at nucleotide 7237 of mitochondrial DNA affecting cytochrome-c-oxidase (complex IV) of the respiratory chain that could contribute to the pathogenesis of PD. Employing PCR based genomic sequencing and restriction enzyme analysis on 19 cases of Lewy-body parkinsonism, we exclude this mutation as a common cause of Parkinson's disease. This demonstrates the need for systematic sequencing of the mitochondrial genome in a large number of histologically verified cases of Parkinson's disease. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.
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