The prothrombotic prothrombin G20210A polymorphism is associated with increased plasma levels of prothrombin, it confers a 2–5 fold increase in the risk of venous thromboembolism and is prevalent in Caucasians. We previously showed that prothrombin G20210A originated in a single ancestral founder (Zivelin et al. Blood 92:1119, 1998[Abstract/Free Full Text]). In this study we estimated the age of the G20210A polymorphism by assessing linkage disequilibrium (LD) between A20210 and 9 microsatellites markers or 5 SNPs located upstream and downstream of the prothrombin gene (Figure). The study group included 93 unrelated A20210 homozygotes (21 Israelis, 19 French, 17 Italians, 17 Austrians, 16 Dutch and 3 Germans) and 63 unrelated healthy Caucasian homozygotes for G20210 [GenBank] . Calculation of the mutation age was done by the DMLE+ program (Reeve and Rannala, Bioinformatics 18:894, 2002[Abstract/Free Full Text]), which allows Bayesian inference of mutation age based on observed LD at multiple genetic markers. Assuming 20 years as a generation, analysis of the microsatellite markers yielded an estimated age of 19,750 years (95% CI 16,200–29,500), and analysis of the SNPs yielded an estimated age of 20,500 years (95% CI of 14,700–27,950). We previously estimated by a different method (Risch et al. Nature Gen 9:152, 1995[Medline]) that the age of factor V Leiden, also prevalent only in Caucasians, is 21,000–34,000 years (Zivelin et al. Blood 89:397, 1997[Abstract/Free Full Text]). In the present study we recalculated the age of factor V Leiden by the DMLE+ program in 117 homozygous for factor V Leiden and 160 controls and obtained a value of 20,600 years (95% CI of 15,400–29,800). These data suggest that both relatively common prothrombotic polymorphisms occurred about 20,000 years before our time following the evolutionary divergence of Africans from Non-Africans and of Caucasians from Oriental subpopulations

The Prothrombotic Polymorphism Prothrombin G20210A is an ancestral mutation that arose in Caucasians approximately 20,000 years ago / A. Zivelin, R. Mor Cohen, V. Kovalsky, J. Conard, F. Peyvandi, I. Pabinger, R. Bertina, F. Peyvandi, J. Emmerich, U. Seligsohn. - In: BLOOD. - ISSN 0006-4971. - 106:11(2005 Nov). ((Intervento presentato al 47. convegno American Society of Hematology tenutosi a Atlanta nel 2005.

The Prothrombotic Polymorphism Prothrombin G20210A is an ancestral mutation that arose in Caucasians approximately 20,000 years ago

F. Peyvandi;
2005

Abstract

The prothrombotic prothrombin G20210A polymorphism is associated with increased plasma levels of prothrombin, it confers a 2–5 fold increase in the risk of venous thromboembolism and is prevalent in Caucasians. We previously showed that prothrombin G20210A originated in a single ancestral founder (Zivelin et al. Blood 92:1119, 1998[Abstract/Free Full Text]). In this study we estimated the age of the G20210A polymorphism by assessing linkage disequilibrium (LD) between A20210 and 9 microsatellites markers or 5 SNPs located upstream and downstream of the prothrombin gene (Figure). The study group included 93 unrelated A20210 homozygotes (21 Israelis, 19 French, 17 Italians, 17 Austrians, 16 Dutch and 3 Germans) and 63 unrelated healthy Caucasian homozygotes for G20210 [GenBank] . Calculation of the mutation age was done by the DMLE+ program (Reeve and Rannala, Bioinformatics 18:894, 2002[Abstract/Free Full Text]), which allows Bayesian inference of mutation age based on observed LD at multiple genetic markers. Assuming 20 years as a generation, analysis of the microsatellite markers yielded an estimated age of 19,750 years (95% CI 16,200–29,500), and analysis of the SNPs yielded an estimated age of 20,500 years (95% CI of 14,700–27,950). We previously estimated by a different method (Risch et al. Nature Gen 9:152, 1995[Medline]) that the age of factor V Leiden, also prevalent only in Caucasians, is 21,000–34,000 years (Zivelin et al. Blood 89:397, 1997[Abstract/Free Full Text]). In the present study we recalculated the age of factor V Leiden by the DMLE+ program in 117 homozygous for factor V Leiden and 160 controls and obtained a value of 20,600 years (95% CI of 15,400–29,800). These data suggest that both relatively common prothrombotic polymorphisms occurred about 20,000 years before our time following the evolutionary divergence of Africans from Non-Africans and of Caucasians from Oriental subpopulations
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