• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.1415-1420
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• 2000

Essential tremor(ET) is the most common movement disorder however there has been little agreement in the neurologic literature regarding diagnostic criteria for ET. Familial ET is an autosomal dominant disorder presenting as an isolated postural tremor. The main feature of ET is postural tremor of the arms with later involvement of the head, voice, or legs. In previous studies, it was reported that ET susceptibility was inherited in an autosomal dominant inheritance. As with previous results, it would suggest that ET might be associated with defect of mitochondrial or nuclear DNA. Recent studies are focusing molecular genetic detection of movement disorders, such as essential tremor and restless legs syndrome. Parkinson's disease(PD) is a neurodegenerative disease involving mainly the loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra by several factors. The cause of dopaminergic cell death is unknown. Recently, it has been suggested that Parkinson's disease many result from mitochondrial dysfunction. The authors have analysed mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA) from the blood cell of PD and ET patients via long and accurate polymerase chain reaction(LA PCR). Blood samples were collected from 9 PD and 9 ET patients. Total DNA was extracted twice with phenol followed by chloroform : isoamylalcohol. For the analysis of mtDNA, LA PCR was performed by mitochondrial specific primers. With LA PCR, 1/3 16s rRNA~1/3 ATPase 6/8 and COI~3/4 ND5 regions were observed in different patterns. But, in the COI~1/3 ATPase 6/8 region, the data of PCR were observed in same pattern. This study supports the data that ET and PD are genentic disorders with deficiency of mitochondrial DNA multicomplexes.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.543-548
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• 2007

MODY는 일반적으로 제 2 형 당뇨의 특수형으로 25세 이전에 발병하며 상염색체 우성으로 유전되 며 인슐린 분비장애를 특징으로 한다. GCK와 HNF-1α의 유전자 돌연변이는 제 2 형 당뇨에서 가장 큰 원인 중에 하나이다. 따라서 이들 유전자다형성의 연관성을 다양한 분석 방법으로 연구할 필요성이 대두되고 있다. GCK와 HNF-1α 유전자의 exon과 exon에 근접한 intron을 실험하였고, 또한 promotor까지 PCR-DHPLC (Polymerase Chain Reaction - Denaturing High Performance Liquid Chromatography) 방법과 direct sequencing 방 법을 사용하였다. 시료는 11명의 환자와 20명의 정상인에서 DNA를 추출하였고 GCK와 HNF-1α의 단일 염기 다형성을 PCR-DHPLC 방법으로 확인하였다. 결과적으로 GCK 유전자에서는 1개(R135G)를 검출하였고 HNF-1α 유전자에서는 2개(I27L, S487N)를 검출하였으며 intron 8에서도 돌연변이를 검출할 수 있었다.