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Impact of GBA1 variants on long-term clinical progression and mortality in incident Parkinson’s disease

Stoker, TB; Camacho, M; Winder-Rhodes, S; Liu, G; Scherzer, CR; Foltynie, T; Evans, J; ... Williams-Gray, CH; + view all (2020) Impact of GBA1 variants on long-term clinical progression and mortality in incident Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 10.1136/jnnp-2020-322857. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Variants in the GBA1 gene have been identified as a common risk factor for Parkinson’s disease (PD). In addition to pathogenic mutations (those associated with Gaucher disease), a number of ‘non-pathogenic’ variants also occur at increased frequency in PD. Previous studies have reported that pathogenic variants adversely affect the clinical course of PD. The role of ‘non-pathogenic’ GBA1 variants on PD course is less clear. In this study, we report the effect of GBA1 variants in incident PD patients with long-term follow-up. METHODS: The study population consisted of patients in the Cambridgeshire Incidence of Parkinson’s disease from General Practice to Neurologist and Parkinsonism: Incidence, Cognition and Non-motor heterogeneity in Cambridgeshire cohorts. Patients were grouped into non-carriers, carriers of ‘non-pathogenic’ GBA1 variants and carriers of pathogenic GBA1 mutations. Survival analyses for time to development of dementia, postural instability and death were carried out. Cox regression analysis controlling for potential confounders were used to determine the impact of GBA1 variants on these outcome measures. RESULTS: GBA1 variants were identified in 14.4% of patients. Pathogenic and ‘non-pathogenic’ GBA1 variants were associated with the accelerated development of dementia and a more aggressive motor course. Pathogenic GBA1 variants were associated with earlier mortality in comparison with non-carriers, independent of the development of dementia. DISCUSSION: GBA1 variants, including those not associated with Gaucher disease, are common in PD and result in a more aggressive disease course.

Type: Article
Title: Impact of GBA1 variants on long-term clinical progression and mortality in incident Parkinson’s disease
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-322857
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2020-322857
Language: English
Additional information: © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10095197
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