Abstract
The association between Parkinson’s disease (PD) and the G196A polymorphism in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene has been investigated in several case-control studies, producing contradictory results: one study indicated that homozygocity of AA is associated with PD, another study produced the opposite result, whereas other studies found no association. To investigate these contradictory findings, a meta-analysis of all available association studies between the G196A polymorphism and the risk of developing PD was conducted. Four out of six identified studies included populations of East Asian descent, and two included populations of European descent (Whites). Overall, the meta-analysis of the allele contrast (A vs G) suggested large heterogeneity between studies (P=0.07, I2 =51%) and no association between G196A and the risk of developing PD: random effects odds ratio (OR)=1.00 [95% CI (0.85, 1.18)]. The sensitivity analysis (exclusion of two studies: one East Asian and one White) with the controls not in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium showed large heterogeneity (P=0.10, I2 =52%) and no significant association: random effects OR=0.94 [95% CI (0.77, 1.15)]. The subgroup analyses for East Asians and Whites produced no significant association. In addition, the contrast of homozygotes, and the dominant and recessive models for allele A did not support a major role for this polymorphism in the pathogenesis of PD. There were no sources of bias in the selected studies, and the differential magnitude of effect in large vs small studies was not significant. The meta-analysis results suggest that the involvement of the BDNF gene in susceptibility to PD merits further exploration with larger and more rigorous population association studies.
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Introduction
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common (1% at age 65; 4–5% at age 85), age-associated neurodegenerative disease, the clinical manifestations of which include bradykinesia, rest tremor, rigidity, gait abnormalities, and postural instability (Dawson and Dawson 2003). Recent studies implicate both genetic (Piccini et al. 1999; Sveinbjornsdottir et al. 2000) and environmental (Schapira 1997) factors in the pathogenesis of PD.
The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene encodes a nerve growth factor, and is highly expressed in the nervous system (Holsinger et al. 2000; Murer et al. 2001). Since BDNF promotes the survival of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, and expression of BDNF is reduced in PD substantia nigra, it seems that a genetic variation in BDNF, e.g. the G196A (Val66Met) polymorphism, might affect the risk for PD (Hyman et al. 1991; Mogi et al. 1999). The G196A BDNF polymorphism plays a role in human memory and hippocampal function, and exerts these effects by impacting intracellular trafficking and activity-dependent secretion of BDNF (Egan et al. 2003).
Momose et al. (2002) reported that homozygocity (AA) for the G196A polymorphism of the BDNF gene is significantly more frequent in idiopathic PD patients than in normal controls, although there was no allele effect. Since then, a number of case-control studies investigating the association between the G196A polymorphism in the BDNF gene and PD have been conducted, but the results concerning the relationship between the risk of developing PD and the G196A mutation were inconclusive. One study (Masaki et al. 2003) clearly contradicted the results of Momose et al. (2002), while other studies reported no genetic association (Hakansson et al. 2003; Hong et al. 2003; Parsian et al. 2004; Nishimura et al. 2005). However, the significant associations described in single studies were rather marginal and are, therefore, subject to controversy (Masaki et al. 2003). In an attempt to resolve these contradictory results, a meta-analysis (Lau et al. 1997) of all available studies relating the G196A polymorphism of the BDNF gene to the risk of developing PD is presented here.
Materials and methods
Selection of studies
All studies that investigate the association of the G196A (Val66Met) polymorphism in the BDNF gene with the development of PD published before April 2005 were considered in the meta-analysis. The studies were identified by extended computer-based searches of the PubMed database. As a search criterion we used the following: (BDNF or “brain-derived neurotrophic factor” or V66M or Val66Met or G196A) and (PD or Parkinson’s) and association.
The publications thus retrieved were read in their entirety in order to assess their appropriateness for inclusion in this meta-analysis. All references cited in the studies were also reviewed to identify additional published work not indexed by the PubMed database. Abstracts, case reports, editorials, and review articles were excluded. The search was restricted to articles in English. Case-control studies that determined the distribution of the G196A genotype in cases with non-familial PD and in controls free of PD were eligible for inclusion in the meta-analysis. The distribution of genotypes in the control group was tested for Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) using an exact test (Weir 1996) implemented by GDA software (Lewis and Zaykin 2001). Studies based on pedigree data were excluded since they investigate linkage (Zintzaras and Ioannidis 2005) and not association.
Data extraction
From each study the following information was extracted: first author, journal, publication year, racial descent of study population, demographics, matching, validity of the genotyping method, and the number of cases and controls for each G196A genotype. The frequencies of the alleles were calculated, for the cases and the controls, from the corresponding genotype distributions. In addition, it was recorded whether the genotyping in each study was blinded to clinical status.
Meta-analysis
The meta-analysis examined the overall association of the A allele with the risk of PD relative to the G allele, and the contrast of homozygotes AA vs GG, the recessive model for the A allele: contrast AA vs (AG+GG), and the dominant model for the A allele: contrast (AG+AA) vs GG. All associations were indicated as odds ratios (ORs) with the corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI). A pooled OR was then estimated based on individual ORs.
Heterogeneity between studies was tested using the Q-statistic (Cochran 1954). Heterogeneity was considered statistically significant if P<0.10. Heterogeneity was quantified with the I2 metric, which is independent of the number of studies in the meta-analysis (I2 <25%: no heterogeneity; I2 =25–50%: moderate heterogeneity; I2 =50–75%: large heterogeneity; I2 >75%: extreme heterogeneity; Higgins et al. 2003). The pooled OR was estimated using fixed effects (FE; Mantel–Haenszel) and random effects (RE; DerSimonian and Laird) models (Whitehead 2002). Random effects modelling assumes a genuine diversity in the results of the studies, and it incorporates the calculations of a between-study variability; it therefore tends to provide wider CIs. When there is heterogeneity between studies then the pooled OR is estimated using the RE model. Adjusted estimates of OR were considered whenever possible in a separate analysis. A cumulative meta-analysis (Lau et al. 1992; Whitehead 1997) and recursive meta-analysis were carried out in order to evaluate the trend of pooled OR for the allele contrast (A vs G) in time. The differential magnitude of effect in large vs small studies (or publication bias) (Ioannidis et al. 2003; Zintzaras et al. 2005), for the allele contrast, was tested using the Egger regression test for funnel plot asymmetry (Egger et al. 1997) and the Begg–Mazumdar test, which is based on Kendall’s tau (Begg and Mazumdar 1994). Whether the OR in the first study vs the pooled OR of the subsequent studies were different beyond chance (P<0.05) was assessed using the z-statistic (Ioannidis et al. 2003). The meta-analysis consisted of the main analysis, which includes all available data, the subgroup analysis of each racial descent (Zintzaras et al. 2005), and sensitivity analyses to examine the effect of excluding specific studies, such as studies with controls that are not in HWE.
Analyses were performed using Meta-Analyst (Joseph Lau, Boston, MA, 1998), SAS software, and CVF90 with IMLS library (Whitehead 2002; Zintzaras and Hadjigeorgiou 2004; Zintzaras and Stefanidis 2005; Zintzaras et al. 2005).
Results
Eligible studies
The literature review identified 47 titles in PubMed that met the search criteria. In one study, PD families were screened with three microsatellite markers located in the BDNF region, while another study reported analysis of three BDNF simple sequence length polymorphisms in PD patients (Wirdefeldt et al. 2003; Liu et al. 2005). Both these studies were excluded from meta-analysis because they provided no data for the G196A polymorphism. Seven studies investigating the association between the BDNF gene G196A polymorphism and PD met the inclusion criteria; however, one study (Toda et al. 2003) included cases and controls already reported by another study (Momose et al. 2002) and was therefore excluded (Table 1). The earliest study was published in 2002 (Momose et al. 2002) and the latest study in 2005 (Nishimura et al. 2005). In four studies (Momose et al. 2002; Hong et al. 2003; Masaki et al. 2003; Nishimura et al. 2005) the subjects were of East Asian descent, and in the remaining two studies (Hakansson et al. 2003; Parsian et al. 2004) the subjects were referred to as Whites (European descent).
The average age of PD patients ranged from 54.1 to 68.2 years. The distribution of gender was reported in three studies (Momose et al. 2002; Hong et al. 2003; Nishimura et al. 2005). One study did not provide any demographic details for the controls (Hakansson et al. 2003). In two studies, the controls were age–sex matched to the PD cases (Masaki et al. 2003; Parsian et al. 2004).
In one study (Nishimura et al. 2005) the diagnosis criteria for PD were not reported, in the remaining studies, the cases were well-defined, and followed similar inclusion criteria. In Momose et al. (2002) and Hakansson et al. (2003), 5% and 3% of cases, respectively, had a positive family history. In all studies, genotyping of the G196A polymorphism was performed using validated methods: four studies (Hong et al. 2003; Masaki et al. 2003; Parsian et al. 2004; Nishimura et al. 2005) used PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism, Momose et al. (2002) performed genotyping with an allele-specific oligonucleotide, and Hakansson et al. (2003) performed genotyping with a pyrosequencing method.
Summary statistics
In total, the studies included 1,419 cases and 1,406 controls. The prevalence of allele A was 43% and 42% for the PD and control groups, respectively. The prevalence of homozygotes AA among PD patients and controls was 21% and 19%, respectively. The prevalence of GG among PD patients and the controls was 34% and 35%, respectively. The prevalence of heterozygotes AG among PD patients and controls was 45% and 47%, respectively (Table 2).
In two studies (Momose et al. 2002; Parsian et al. 2004), the distribution of genotypes in the control group was not in HWE (P=0.03 and <0.01, respectively), indicating genotyping errors and/or population stratification (Xu et al. 2002; Zintzaras and Hadjigeorgiou 2004). Therefore, a sensitivity analysis was carried out for these studies; however, the results produced should be interpreted with caution.
Main results, subgroup, and sensitivity analyses
The main analysis for investigating the association of allele A and the risk of developing PD relative to allele G showed large heterogeneity (P=0.07, I2 =51%) between the six studies, thus the RE pooled OR was not significant [OR=1.00; 95% CI (0.85, 1.18)] (Table 3 and Fig. 1).
In subgroup analysis, there was large heterogeneity (P=0.02, I2 =70%) between the studies performed in East Asian populations, and the RE pooled ORs was not significant [OR=1.00; 95% CI (0.78, 1.28)] (Table 3). The studies in Whites showed no heterogeneity (P=0.82, I2 =0%) and produced not significant result [FE OR=0.99 (95% CI (0.80, 1.23)].
In sensitivity analysis (exclusion of the two studies with controls not in HWE), there was large between-study heterogeneity either for all studies in HWE (P=0.10, I2 =52%), or for East Asian studies in HWE (P=0.05, I2 =66%). In Whites, there was only one study in HWE (Table 3). In the analysis for all studies in HWE, and in East Asians in HWE, the RE ORs were not significant: OR=0.94 [95% CI (0.77, 1.15)] and OR=0.92 [95% CI (0.70, 1.21)], respectively.
The genotype contrast of the homozygotes, and the dominant and recessive models for the effect of the A allele, produced the same pattern of results with the allele contrast, indicating no significant association (Table 3 and Fig. 2). Adjusted pooled ORs were not calculated, since all studies provided unadjusted and unstratified estimates.
Potential bias
None of the studies reported that genotyping was blinded to clinical status. Cumulative meta-analysis and recursive meta-analysis for the allelic contrast showed that the RE pooled OR decreased from 1.27 in 2002 (first study) to 0.96 in 2004 and then increased to 1.00 in 2005. The Egger test and the Begg–Mazumdar test indicated that there is no differential magnitude of effect in large vs small studies (P=0.83 and 0.35, respectively). However, this result might not be so reliable since the number of studies is small (Ioannidis et al. 2003). There is no statistical difference between the OR of the first study and the pooled OR of the subsequent studies (z=1.86, P=0.06).
Discussion
The present meta-analysis included data from six case-control association studies that investigated the relationship between the G196A BDNF polymorphism and PD. Population association studies are an attractive strategy in defining genetic factors contributing to the development of complex disease such as PD (Cardon and Bell 2001). Recently, a number of meta-analyses investigating the association between gene polymorphisms and PD have been published. These meta-analyses involved: alpha-synuclein (Mellick et al. 2005), the tau gene (Zhang et al. 2005), the paraoxonase 1 gene (Zintzaras and Hadjigeorgiou 2004), APOE-[varepsilon2] (Huang et al. 2004), the CYP2D6 polymorphism (Persad et al. 2003), and the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene (Mizuta et al. 2000).
In this meta-analysis, a total of 1,419 PD patients and 1,406 controls free of PD were analysed. However, these numbers are relatively small for making inferences on the effect of alleles and genotypes (Ioannidis et al. 2003). The strength of the present analysis is based on the aggregation of published case-control studies, thus there is more information with which to investigate the existence of genetic associations (Muncer 2002; Zintzaras and Hadjigeorgiou 2004).
The first published study included here (East Asians; Momose et al. 2002) supported the view that homozygocity (AA) can be considered a major risk factor for susceptibility to PD, but the controls included were not in HWE and, therefore, these results should be considered dubious. However, another study (Masaki et al. 2003) in East Asians produced the opposite result. The main meta-analysis and the subgroup and sensitivity analyses indicated lack of association between G196A BDNF polymorphism and PD, and large heterogeneity between study results. In addition, the contrast of homozygotes and the dominant and recessive models produced the same pattern of results.
In the published studies, there was no difference in results between large and small studies; therefore, this was not a source of potential bias. Parsian et al. (2004) and Nishimura et al. (2005) reported that G196A BDNF gene polymorphism is in linkage disequilibrium with C207T and C240T polymorphisms, respectively. However, the discrepancy in the reported results might be due to other locus that are probably in linkage disequilibrium and that affect susceptibility to PD. The PD patients included in the meta-analysis were well-defined, although they were not identical in terms of disease severity and other clinical and demographic manifestations. This between-case variability might be a possible confounding factor in the role of G196A BDNF gene polymorphism. In the subgroup analysis by racial descent, Chinese and Japanese were analysed together, since these two populations are more homogeneous to each other, than to Whites (Thomas and White 2002; Ioannidis et al. 2004; Zintzaras and Hadjigeorgiou 2004; Zintzaras and Stefanidis 2005).
Overall, the meta-analysis supported no association between G196A BDNF gene polymorphism and PD, and revealed large heterogeneity between studies. However, this conclusion was based on a relatively small number of studies and participants, and any inferences have to be made with caution. PD is a complex disease with a multifactorial aetiology and a minor contributing pathogenetic role of G196A BDNF gene polymorphism in specific cases in cooperation with other factors, cannot therefore be excluded. The relationship between G196A BDNF gene polymorphism and PD thus remains an unresolved issue, and further exploration of the involvement of the BDNF gene in the susceptibility to PD with more rigorous population association studies is required.
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Zintzaras, E., Hadjigeorgiou, G.M. The role of G196A polymorphism in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene in the cause of Parkinson’s disease: a meta-analysis. J Hum Genet 50, 560–566 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10038-005-0295-z
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