Ramp sequence may explain synonymous variant association with Alzheimer's disease in the Paired Immunoglobulin-like
Justin B Miller1,2,3,4, J Anthony Brandon2, Lauren M McKinnon5
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA.
Background:
Synonymous variant NC_000007.14:g.100373690T>C (rs2405442:T>C) in the Paired Immunoglobulin-like Type 2 Receptor Alpha (PILRA) gene was previously associated with decreased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in genome-wide association studies, but its biological impact is largely unknown.
Objective:
We hypothesized that rs2405442:T>C decreases mRNA and protein levels by destroying a ramp of slowly translated codons at the 5' end of PILRA.
Methods:
We assessed rs2405442:T>C predicted effects on PILRA through quantitative polymerase chain reactions (qPCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) using Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells.
Results:
Both mRNA (P=1.9184 × 10-13) and protein (P=0.01296) levels significantly decreased in the mutant versus the wildtype in the direction that we predicted based on destroying a ramp sequence.
Conclusions:
We show that rs2405442:T>C alone directly impacts PILRA mRNA and protein expression, and ramp sequences may play a role in regulating AD-associated genes without modifying the protein product.
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