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Gardner OK, Wang L, Whitehead PL, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Adams LD, Rolati S, Hofmann NK, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Bush WS, Martin ER, Byrd GS, Haines JL, Beecham GW, Pericak-Vance MA, Griswold AJ. O2‐01‐05: MULTI‐ETHNIC ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RELATED CHANGES OF RNA EDITING AFFECT IMMUNE REGULATION, ENDOCYTOSIS, AND AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN CATABOLISM. Alzheimers Dement 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.2643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Olivia K. Gardner
- University of MiamiMiamiFLUSA
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- University of MiamiMiamiFLUSA
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- University of MiamiMiamiFLUSA
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- University of MiamiMiamiFLUSA
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- University of MiamiMiamiFLUSA
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- University of MiamiMiamiFLUSA
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- University of MiamiMiamiFLUSA
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- University of MiamiMiamiFLUSA
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- University of MiamiMiamiFLUSA
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- University of MiamiMiamiFLUSA
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- University of MiamiMiamiFLUSA
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human GenomicsUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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DeRosa BA, El Hokayem J, Artimovich E, Garcia-Serje C, Phillips AW, Van Booven D, Nestor JE, Wang L, Cuccaro ML, Vance JM, Pericak-Vance MA, Cukier HN, Nestor MW, Dykxhoorn DM. Convergent Pathways in Idiopathic Autism Revealed by Time Course Transcriptomic Analysis of Patient-Derived Neurons. Sci Rep 2018; 8:8423. [PMID: 29849033 PMCID: PMC5976773 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26495-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Potentially pathogenic alterations have been identified in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) within a variety of key neurodevelopment genes. While this hints at a common ASD molecular etiology, gaps persist in our understanding of the neurodevelopmental mechanisms impacted by genetic variants enriched in ASD patients. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can model neurodevelopment in vitro, permitting the characterization of pathogenic mechanisms that manifest during corticogenesis. Taking this approach, we examined the transcriptional differences between iPSC-derived cortical neurons from patients with idiopathic ASD and unaffected controls over a 135-day course of neuronal differentiation. Our data show ASD-specific misregulation of genes involved in neuronal differentiation, axon guidance, cell migration, DNA and RNA metabolism, and neural region patterning. Furthermore, functional analysis revealed defects in neuronal migration and electrophysiological activity, providing compelling support for the transcriptome analysis data. This study reveals important and functionally validated insights into common processes altered in early neuronal development and corticogenesis and may contribute to ASD pathogenesis.
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- Brooke A DeRosa
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.,Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, 97239, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA
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- The Hussman Institute for Autism, Baltimore, Maryland, 21229, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA
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- The Hussman Institute for Autism, Baltimore, Maryland, 21229, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.,Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.,John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.,John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.,John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA
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- The Hussman Institute for Autism, Baltimore, Maryland, 21229, USA.
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA. .,John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.
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Griswold AJ, Van Booven D, Cuccaro ML, Haines JL, Gilbert JR, Pericak-Vance MA. Identification of rare noncoding sequence variants in gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor, alpha 4 subunit in autism spectrum disorder. Neurogenetics 2018; 19:17-26. [PMID: 29151244 PMCID: PMC5792317 DOI: 10.1007/s10048-017-0529-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Alterations of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) signaling system has been strongly linked to the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Genetic associations of common variants in GABA receptor subunits, in particular GABRA4 on chromosome 4p12, with ASD have been replicated by several studies. Moreover, molecular investigations have identified altered transcriptional and translational levels of this gene and protein in brains of ASD individuals. Since the genotyped common variants are likely not the functional variants contributing to the molecular consequences or underlying ASD phenotype, this study aims to examine rare sequence variants in GABRA4, including those outside the protein coding regions of the gene. We comprehensively re-sequenced the entire protein coding and noncoding portions of the gene and putative regulatory sequences in 82 ASD individuals and 55 developmentally typical pediatric controls, all homozygous for the most significant previously associated ASD risk allele (G/G at rs1912960). We identified only a single common, coding variant, and no association of any single marker or set of variants with ASD. Functional annotation of noncoding variants identified several rare variants in putative regulatory sites. Finally, a rare variant unique to ASD cases, in an evolutionary conserved site of the 3'UTR, shows a trend toward decreasing gene expression. Hence, GABRA4 rare variants in noncoding DNA may be variants of modest physiological effects in ASD etiology.
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- Anthony J Griswold
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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Kunkle BW, Vardarajan BN, Naj AC, Whitehead PL, Rolati S, Slifer S, Carney RM, Cuccaro ML, Vance JM, Gilbert JR, Wang LS, Farrer LA, Reitz C, Haines JL, Beecham GW, Martin ER, Schellenberg GD, Mayeux RP, Pericak-Vance MA. Early-Onset Alzheimer Disease and Candidate Risk Genes Involved in Endolysosomal Transport. JAMA Neurol 2017; 74:1113-1122. [PMID: 28738127 DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.1518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Importance Mutations in APP, PSEN1, and PSEN2 lead to early-onset Alzheimer disease (EOAD) but account for only approximately 11% of EOAD overall, leaving most of the genetic risk for the most severe form of Alzheimer disease unexplained. This extreme phenotype likely harbors highly penetrant risk variants, making it primed for discovery of novel risk genes and pathways for AD. Objective To search for rare variants contributing to the risk for EOAD. Design, Setting, and Participants In this case-control study, whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed in 51 non-Hispanic white (NHW) patients with EOAD (age at onset <65 years) and 19 Caribbean Hispanic families previously screened as negative for established APP, PSEN1, and PSEN2 causal variants. Participants were recruited from John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Case Western Reserve University, and Columbia University. Rare, deleterious, nonsynonymous, or loss-of-function variants were filtered to identify variants in known and suspected AD genes, variants in multiple unrelated NHW patients, variants present in 19 Hispanic EOAD WES families, and genes with variants in multiple unrelated NHW patients. These variants/genes were tested for association in an independent cohort of 1524 patients with EOAD, 7046 patients with late-onset AD (LOAD), and 7001 cognitively intact controls (age at examination, >65 years) from the Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium. The study was conducted from January 21, 2013, to October 13, 2016. Main Outcomes and Measures Alzheimer disease diagnosed according to standard National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Association criteria. Association between Alzheimer disease and genetic variants and genes was measured using logistic regression and sequence kernel association test-optimal gene tests, respectively. Results Of the 1524 NHW patients with EOAD, 765 (50.2%) were women and mean (SD) age was 60.0 (4.9) years; of the 7046 NHW patients with LOAD, 4171 (59.2%) were women and mean (SD) age was 77.4 (8.6) years; and of the 7001 NHW controls, 4215 (60.2%) were women and mean (SD) age was 77.4 (8.6) years. The gene PSD2, for which multiple unrelated NHW cases had rare missense variants, was significantly associated with EOAD (P = 2.05 × 10-6; Bonferroni-corrected P value [BP] = 1.3 × 10-3) and LOAD (P = 6.22 × 10-6; BP = 4.1 × 10-3). A missense variant in TCIRG1, present in a NHW patient and segregating in 3 cases of a Hispanic family, was more frequent in EOAD cases (odds ratio [OR], 2.13; 95% CI, 0.99-4.55; P = .06; BP = 0.413), and significantly associated with LOAD (OR, 2.23; 95% CI, 1.37-3.62; P = 7.2 × 10-4; BP = 5.0 × 10-3). A missense variant in the LOAD risk gene RIN3 showed suggestive evidence of association with EOAD after Bonferroni correction (OR, 4.56; 95% CI, 1.26-16.48; P = .02, BP = 0.091). In addition, a missense variant in RUFY1 identified in 2 NHW EOAD cases showed suggestive evidence of an association with EOAD as well (OR, 18.63; 95% CI, 1.62-213.45; P = .003; BP = 0.129). Conclusions and Relevance The genes PSD2, TCIRG1, RIN3, and RUFY1 all may be involved in endolysosomal transport-a process known to be important to development of AD. Furthermore, this study identified shared risk genes between EOAD and LOAD similar to previously reported genes, such as SORL1, PSEN2, and TREM2.
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- Brian W Kunkle
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York.,The Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, New York.,Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Neurology, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Ophthalmology, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Epidemiology, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Biostatistics, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York.,The Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, New York.,Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York.,The Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, New York.,Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.,Department of Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.,Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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Cukier HN, Kunkle BK, Hamilton KL, Rolati S, Kohli MA, Whitehead PL, Jaworski J, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Carney RM, Gilbert JR, Farrer LA, Martin ER, Beecham GW, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA. Exome Sequencing of Extended Families with Alzheimer's Disease Identifies Novel Genes Implicated in Cell Immunity and Neuronal Function. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 7. [PMID: 29177109 PMCID: PMC5698805 DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460.1000355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Objective Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder for which more than 20 genetic loci have been implicated to date. However, studies demonstrate not all genetic factors have been identified. Therefore, in this study we seek to identify additional rare variants and novel genes potentially contributing to AD. Methods Whole exome sequencing was performed on 23 multi-generational families with an average of eight affected subjects. Exome sequencing was filtered for rare, nonsynonymous and loss-of-function variants. Alterations predicted to have a functional consequence and located within either a previously reported AD gene, a linkage peak (LOD>2), or clustering in the same gene across multiple families, were prioritized. Results Rare variants were found in known AD risk genes including AKAP9, CD33, CR1, EPHA1, INPP5D, NME8, PSEN1, SORL1, TREM2 and UNC5C. Three families had five variants of interest in linkage regions with LOD>2. Genes with segregating alterations in these peaks include CD163L1 and CLECL1, two genes that have both been implicated in immunity, CTNNA1, which encodes a catenin in the cerebral cortex and MIEF1, a gene that may induce mitochondrial dysfunction and has the potential to damage neurons. Four genes were identified with alterations in more than one family include PLEKHG5, a gene that causes Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and THBS2, which promotes synaptogenesis. Conclusion Utilizing large families with a heavy burden of disease allowed for the identification of rare variants co-segregating with disease. Variants were identified in both known AD risk genes and in novel genes.
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- H N Cukier
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,John T. Macdonald Foundation, Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,John T. Macdonald Foundation, Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service, Miami Veterans Affairs, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,John T. Macdonald Foundation, Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Genomics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,John T. Macdonald Foundation, Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,John T. Macdonald Foundation, Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,John T. Macdonald Foundation, Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Cuccaro ML, Reitz C, Beecham GW, Cukier HN, Celis K, Deon Adams L, Starks T, Joseph N, Whitehead PL, Hamilton‐Nelson KL, Reyes‐Dumeyer D, Byfield G, Bennett DA, Rosenberg RN, Boeve BF, Sweet RA, Cruchaga C, Haines JL, Vance JM, Byrd GS, Mayeux R, Pericak‐Vance MA. [P3–094]: RESOURCE OF MULTIPLEX AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES FOR WHOLE‐GENOME SEQUENCING. Alzheimers Dement 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.1304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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Celis K, Feliciano‐Astacio BE, Deon Adams L, Bussies P, Sierra C, Hamilton‐Nelson KL, Rajabli F, Acosta H, Chinea A, McCauley JL, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Beecham GW, Pericak‐Vance MA. [P2–124]: THE PUERTO RICAN ALZHEIMER DISEASE INITIATIVE (PRADI): INITIAL CLINICAL FINDINGS. Alzheimers Dement 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- Universidad Central del CaribeBayamonPRPuerto Rico
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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Cukier HN, Mehta N, Ramirez J, Rolati S, Whitehead PL, Deon Adams L, Celis K, Carney R, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Byrd GS, Pericak‐Vance MA, Dykxhoorn DM. [P2–114]: PATIENT‐DERIVED IPSC MODEL OF AN
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FRAMESHIFT DELETION ASSOCIATED WITH ALZHEIMER's DISEASE IN AFRICAN AMERICANS. Alzheimers Dement 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Byfield G, Starks T, Byrd GS, Cuccaro ML, Deon Adams L, Whitehead PL, Reitz C, Beecham GW, Reyes‐Dumeyer D, Haines JL, Mayeux R, Vance JM, Pericak‐Vance MA, Edwards C, Hamilton‐Nelson KL. [P2–075]: INFLUENCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGED FAMILY CONNECTOR IN RECRUITING AND ASCERTAINING AFRICAN AMERICANS’ FAMILY MEMBERS FOR GENOMIC RESEARCH. Alzheimers Dement 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- University of MiamiMiamiFLUSA
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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Rajabli F, Hamilton‐Nelson KL, Feliciano‐Astacio BE, Celis K, Deon Adams L, Bussies P, Sierra C, Chinea A, Acosta H, McCauley JL, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Haines JL, Bush WS, Beecham GW, Pericak‐Vance MA. [P2–113]: THE RELEVANCE OF APOE4 TO ALZHEIMER's DISEASE IN THE PRESENCE OF LOCAL ANCESTRY DIFFERENCES. Alzheimers Dement 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Farid Rajabli
- University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- Universidad Central del CaribeBayamonPRPuerto Rico
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- Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClevelandOHUSA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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Feliciano‐Astacio BE, Celis K, Deon Adams L, Hamilton‐Nelson KL, Bussies P, Sierra C, Feliciano N, Chinea A, Acosta H, McCauley JL, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Beecham GW, Pericak‐Vance MA. [P2–102]: THE PUERTO RICO ALZHEIMER DISEASE INITIATIVE (PRADI): A MULTISOURCE ASCERTAINMENT APPROACH. Alzheimers Dement 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Universidad Central del CaribeBayamonPRPuerto Rico
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFLUSA
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Cuccaro ML, Carney RM, Zhang Y, Bohm C, Kunkle BW, Vardarajan BN, Whitehead PL, Cukier HN, Mayeux R, St George-Hyslop P, Pericak-Vance MA. SORL1 mutations in early- and late-onset Alzheimer disease. Neurol Genet 2016; 2:e116. [PMID: 27822510 PMCID: PMC5082932 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Objective: To characterize the clinical and molecular effect of mutations in the sortilin-related receptor (SORL1) gene. Methods: We performed whole-exome sequencing in early-onset Alzheimer disease (EOAD) and late-onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD) families followed by functional studies of select variants. The phenotypic consequences associated with SORL1 mutations were characterized based on clinical reviews of medical records. Functional studies were completed to evaluate β-amyloid (Aβ) production and amyloid precursor protein (APP) trafficking associated with SORL1 mutations. Results: SORL1 alterations were present in 2 EOAD families. In one, a SORL1 T588I change was identified in 4 individuals with AD, 2 of whom had parkinsonian features. In the second, an SORL1 T2134 alteration was found in 3 of 4 AD cases, one of whom had postmortem Lewy bodies. Among LOAD cases, 4 individuals with either SORL1 A528T or T947M alterations had parkinsonian features. Functionally, the variants weaken the interaction of the SORL1 protein with full-length APP, altering levels of Aβ and interfering with APP trafficking. Conclusions: The findings from this study support an important role for SORL1 mutations in AD pathogenesis by way of altering Aβ levels and interfering with APP trafficking. In addition, the presence of parkinsonian features among select individuals with AD and SORL1 mutations merits further investigation.
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- Michael L Cuccaro
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.L.C., R.M.C., B.W.K., P.L.W., H.N.C., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; Mental Health & Behavioral Science Service (R.M.C.), Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Medicine (Y.Z., C.B., P.S.G.-H.), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (P.S.G.-H.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (M.L.C., M.A.P.-V.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.L.C., R.M.C., B.W.K., P.L.W., H.N.C., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; Mental Health & Behavioral Science Service (R.M.C.), Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Medicine (Y.Z., C.B., P.S.G.-H.), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (P.S.G.-H.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (M.L.C., M.A.P.-V.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.L.C., R.M.C., B.W.K., P.L.W., H.N.C., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; Mental Health & Behavioral Science Service (R.M.C.), Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Medicine (Y.Z., C.B., P.S.G.-H.), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (P.S.G.-H.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (M.L.C., M.A.P.-V.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.L.C., R.M.C., B.W.K., P.L.W., H.N.C., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; Mental Health & Behavioral Science Service (R.M.C.), Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Medicine (Y.Z., C.B., P.S.G.-H.), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (P.S.G.-H.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (M.L.C., M.A.P.-V.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.L.C., R.M.C., B.W.K., P.L.W., H.N.C., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; Mental Health & Behavioral Science Service (R.M.C.), Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Medicine (Y.Z., C.B., P.S.G.-H.), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (P.S.G.-H.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (M.L.C., M.A.P.-V.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.L.C., R.M.C., B.W.K., P.L.W., H.N.C., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; Mental Health & Behavioral Science Service (R.M.C.), Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Medicine (Y.Z., C.B., P.S.G.-H.), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (P.S.G.-H.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (M.L.C., M.A.P.-V.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.L.C., R.M.C., B.W.K., P.L.W., H.N.C., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; Mental Health & Behavioral Science Service (R.M.C.), Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Medicine (Y.Z., C.B., P.S.G.-H.), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (P.S.G.-H.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (M.L.C., M.A.P.-V.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.L.C., R.M.C., B.W.K., P.L.W., H.N.C., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; Mental Health & Behavioral Science Service (R.M.C.), Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Medicine (Y.Z., C.B., P.S.G.-H.), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (P.S.G.-H.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (M.L.C., M.A.P.-V.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.L.C., R.M.C., B.W.K., P.L.W., H.N.C., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; Mental Health & Behavioral Science Service (R.M.C.), Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Medicine (Y.Z., C.B., P.S.G.-H.), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (P.S.G.-H.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (M.L.C., M.A.P.-V.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.L.C., R.M.C., B.W.K., P.L.W., H.N.C., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; Mental Health & Behavioral Science Service (R.M.C.), Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Medicine (Y.Z., C.B., P.S.G.-H.), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (P.S.G.-H.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (M.L.C., M.A.P.-V.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.L.C., R.M.C., B.W.K., P.L.W., H.N.C., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; Mental Health & Behavioral Science Service (R.M.C.), Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Medicine (Y.Z., C.B., P.S.G.-H.), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (P.S.G.-H.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (M.L.C., M.A.P.-V.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL
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Frameshift Deletion Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease in African Americans. Alzheimers Dement 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.06.305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- North Carolina A&T State UniversityGreensboroNC USA
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- University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFL USA
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Cukier HN, Kunkle BW, Rolati S, Whitehead PL, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Carney RM, Gilbert JR, Martin ER, Beecham GW, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA, Hamilton-Nelson KL. O1‐09‐02: Whole Exome Sequencing of Late Onset Multiplex Families Identifies Rare Coding Variants in Known and Novel Alzheimer’s Disease Genes. Alzheimers Dement 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.06.342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of MiamiMiamiFL USA
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- University of MiamiMiamiFL USA
- Miami VA Healthcare SystemMiamiFL USA
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- University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFL USA
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Kunkle BW, Vardarajan BN, Naj AC, Cukier HN, Dykxhoorn DM, Rolati S, Whitehead PL, Carney RM, Cuccaro ML, Vance JM, Genetics Consortium AD, Farrer LA, Haines JL, Schellenberg GD, Martin ER, Reitz C, Beecham GW, Mayeux R, Pericak-Vance MA. O1‐03‐03: Identification of Novel Candidate Genes for Early‐Onset Alzheimer's Disease Through Integrated Whole‐Exome Sequencing and Exome Chip Array Association Analysis. Alzheimers Dement 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.06.306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of MedicinePhiladelphiaPA USA
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- University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFL USA
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Cukier HN, Kunkle BW, Vardarajan BN, Rolati S, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Kohli MA, Whitehead PL, Dombroski BA, Van Booven D, Lang R, Dykxhoorn DM, Farrer LA, Cuccaro ML, Vance JM, Gilbert JR, Beecham GW, Martin ER, Carney RM, Mayeux R, Schellenberg GD, Byrd GS, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA. ABCA7 frameshift deletion associated with Alzheimer disease in African Americans. Neurol Genet 2016; 2:e79. [PMID: 27231719 PMCID: PMC4871806 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Objective: To identify a causative variant(s) that may contribute to Alzheimer disease (AD) in African Americans (AA) in the ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A (ABC1), member 7 (ABCA7) gene, a known risk factor for late-onset AD. Methods: Custom capture sequencing was performed on ∼150 kb encompassing ABCA7 in 40 AA cases and 37 AA controls carrying the AA risk allele (rs115550680). Association testing was performed for an ABCA7 deletion identified in large AA data sets (discovery n = 1,068; replication n = 1,749) and whole exome sequencing of Caribbean Hispanic (CH) AD families. Results: A 44-base pair deletion (rs142076058) was identified in all 77 risk genotype carriers, which shows that the deletion is in high linkage disequilibrium with the risk allele. The deletion was assessed in a large data set (531 cases and 527 controls) and, after adjustments for age, sex, and APOE status, was significantly associated with disease (p = 0.0002, odds ratio [OR] = 2.13 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.42–3.20]). An independent data set replicated the association (447 cases and 880 controls, p = 0.0117, OR = 1.65 [95% CI: 1.12–2.44]), and joint analysis increased the significance (p = 1.414 × 10−5, OR = 1.81 [95% CI: 1.38–2.37]). The deletion is common in AA cases (15.2%) and AA controls (9.74%), but in only 0.12% of our non-Hispanic white cohort. Whole exome sequencing of multiplex, CH families identified the deletion cosegregating with disease in a large sibship. The deleted allele produces a stable, detectable RNA strand and is predicted to result in a frameshift mutation (p.Arg578Alafs) that could interfere with protein function. Conclusions: This common ABCA7 deletion could represent an ethnic-specific pathogenic alteration in AD.
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- Holly N Cukier
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
| | - Beth A Dombroski
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
| | - Derek Van Booven
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
| | - Rosalyn Lang
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
| | - Derek M Dykxhoorn
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
| | - Lindsay A Farrer
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
| | - Michael L Cuccaro
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
| | - Jeffery M Vance
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
| | - John R Gilbert
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
| | - Gary W Beecham
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
| | - Eden R Martin
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
| | - Goldie S Byrd
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
| | - Jonathan L Haines
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (H.N.C., B.W.K., S.R., K.L.H.-N., M.A.K., P.L.W., D.V.B., D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (D.M.D., M.L.C., J.M.V., J.R.G., G.W.B., E.R.M., R.M.C.), Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL; The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.N.V., R.M.), Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (B.A.D., G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Biology (R.L., G.S.B., M.A.P.-V.), North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, MA; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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Gangi DN, Messinger DS, Martin ER, Cuccaro ML. Dopaminergic variants in siblings at high risk for autism: Associations with initiating joint attention. Autism Res 2016; 9:1142-1150. [PMID: 26990357 DOI: 10.1002/aur.1623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; high-risk siblings) exhibit lower levels of initiating joint attention (IJA; sharing an object or experience with a social partner through gaze and/or gesture) than low-risk siblings of children without ASD. However, high-risk siblings also exhibit substantial variability in this domain. The neurotransmitter dopamine is linked to brain areas associated with reward, motivation, and attention, and common dopaminergic variants have been associated with attention difficulties. We examined whether these common dopaminergic variants, DRD4 and DRD2, explain variability in IJA in high-risk (n = 55) and low-risk (n = 38) siblings. IJA was assessed in the first year during a semi-structured interaction with an examiner. DRD4 and DRD2 genotypes were coded according to associated dopaminergic functioning to create a gene score, with higher scores indicating more genotypes associated with less efficient dopaminergic functioning. Higher dopamine gene scores (indicative of less efficient dopaminergic functioning) were associated with lower levels of IJA in the first year for high-risk siblings, while the opposite pattern emerged in low-risk siblings. Findings suggest differential susceptibility-IJA was differentially associated with dopaminergic functioning depending on familial ASD risk. Understanding genes linked to ASD-relevant behaviors in high-risk siblings will aid in early identification of children at greatest risk for difficulties in these behavioral domains, facilitating targeted prevention and intervention. Autism Res 2016, 9: 1142-1150. © 2016 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Devon N Gangi
- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Florida.,MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, California
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- Departments of Psychology, Pediatrics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Music Engineering, University of Miami, Florida
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Florida
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Florida
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Hohman TJ, Cooke-Bailey JN, Reitz C, Jun G, Naj A, Beecham GW, Liu Z, Carney RM, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Rajbhandary R, Vardarajan BN, Wang LS, Valladares O, Lin CF, Larson EB, Graff-Radford NR, Evans D, De Jager PL, Crane PK, Buxbaum JD, Murrell JR, Raj T, Ertekin-Taner N, Logue MW, Baldwin CT, Green RC, Barnes LL, Cantwell LB, Fallin MD, Go RCP, Griffith P, Obisesan TO, Manly JJ, Lunetta KL, Kamboh MI, Lopez OL, Bennett DA, Hardy J, Hendrie HC, Hall KS, Goate AM, Lang R, Byrd GS, Kukull WA, Foroud TM, Farrer LA, Martin ER, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Mayeux R, Haines JL, Thornton-Wells TA. Global and local ancestry in African-Americans: Implications for Alzheimer's disease risk. Alzheimers Dement 2016; 12:233-43. [PMID: 26092349 PMCID: PMC4681680 DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2015.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Revised: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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INTRODUCTION African-American (AA) individuals have a higher risk for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) than Americans of primarily European ancestry (EA). Recently, the largest genome-wide association study in AAs to date confirmed that six of the Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related genetic variants originally discovered in EA cohorts are also risk variants in AA; however, the risk attributable to many of the loci (e.g., APOE, ABCA7) differed substantially from previous studies in EA. There likely are risk variants of higher frequency in AAs that have not been discovered. METHODS We performed a comprehensive analysis of genetically determined local and global ancestry in AAs with regard to LOAD status. RESULTS Compared to controls, LOAD cases showed higher levels of African ancestry, both globally and at several LOAD relevant loci, which explained risk for AD beyond global differences. DISCUSSION Exploratory post hoc analyses highlight regions with greatest differences in ancestry as potential candidate regions for future genetic analyses.
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Kohli MA, Cukier HN, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Rolati S, Kunkle BW, Whitehead PL, Züchner SL, Farrer LA, Martin ER, Beecham GW, Haines JL, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Gilbert JR, Schellenberg GD, Carney RM, Pericak-Vance MA. Segregation of a rare TTC3 variant in an extended family with late-onset Alzheimer disease. Neurol Genet 2016; 2:e41. [PMID: 27066578 PMCID: PMC4817909 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The genetic risk architecture of Alzheimer disease (AD) is complex with single pathogenic mutations leading to early-onset AD, while both rare and common genetic susceptibility variants contribute to the more widespread late-onset AD (LOAD); we sought to discover novel genes contributing to LOAD risk. METHODS Whole-exome sequencing and genome-wide genotyping were performed on 11 affected individuals in an extended family with an apparent autosomal dominant pattern of LOAD. Variants of interest were then evaluated in a large cohort of LOAD cases and aged controls. RESULTS We detected a single rare, nonsynonymous variant shared in all 11 LOAD individuals, a missense change in the tetratricopeptide repeat domain 3 (TTC3) gene. The missense variant, rs377155188 (p.S1038C), is predicted to be damaging. Affecteds-only multipoint linkage analysis demonstrated that this region of TTC3 has a LOD score of 2.66 in this family. CONCLUSION The TTC3 p.S1038C substitution may represent a segregating, rare LOAD risk variant. Previous studies have shown that TTC3 expression is consistently reduced in LOAD patients and negatively correlated with AD neuropathology and that TTC3 is a regulator of Akt signaling, a key pathway disrupted in LOAD. This study demonstrates how utilizing whole-exome sequencing in a large, multigenerational family with a high incidence of LOAD could reveal a novel candidate gene.
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- Martin A Kohli
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.A.K., H.N.C., K.L.H.-N., S.R., B.W.K., P.L.W., S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., R.M.C., M.A.P.-V.), Department of Neurology (H.N.C., S.L.Z., J.M.V., M.A.P.-V.), and Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics (S.L.Z., E.R.M., G.W.B., J.M.V., M.L.C., J.R.G., M.A.P.-V.), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (L.A.F.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (J.L.H.), Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (G.D.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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Johnson SL, Carver CS, Joormann J, Cuccaro ML. Genetic polymorphisms related to behavioral approach and behavioral inhibition scales. Personality and Individual Differences 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Griswold AJ, Dueker ND, Van Booven D, Rantus JA, Jaworski JM, Slifer SH, Schmidt MA, Hulme W, Konidari I, Whitehead PL, Cuccaro ML, Martin ER, Haines JL, Gilbert JR, Hussman JP, Pericak-Vance MA. Targeted massively parallel sequencing of autism spectrum disorder-associated genes in a case control cohort reveals rare loss-of-function risk variants. Mol Autism 2015; 6:43. [PMID: 26185613 PMCID: PMC4504419 DOI: 10.1186/s13229-015-0034-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is highly heritable, yet genome-wide association studies (GWAS), copy number variation screens, and candidate gene association studies have found no single factor accounting for a large percentage of genetic risk. ASD trio exome sequencing studies have revealed genes with recurrent de novo loss-of-function variants as strong risk factors, but there are relatively few recurrently affected genes while as many as 1000 genes are predicted to play a role. As such, it is critical to identify the remaining rare and low-frequency variants contributing to ASD. Methods We have utilized an approach of prioritization of genes by GWAS and follow-up with massively parallel sequencing in a case-control cohort. Using a previously reported ASD noise reduction GWAS analyses, we prioritized 837 RefSeq genes for custom targeting and sequencing. We sequenced the coding regions of those genes in 2071 ASD cases and 904 controls of European white ancestry. We applied comprehensive annotation to identify single variants which could confer ASD risk and also gene-based association analysis to identify sets of rare variants associated with ASD. Results We identified a significant over-representation of rare loss-of-function variants in genes previously associated with ASD, including a de novo premature stop variant in the well-established ASD candidate gene RBFOX1. Furthermore, ASD cases were more likely to have two damaging missense variants in candidate genes than controls. Finally, gene-based rare variant association implicates genes functioning in excitatory neurotransmission and neurite outgrowth and guidance pathways including CACNAD2, KCNH7, and NRXN1. Conclusions We find suggestive evidence that rare variants in synaptic genes are associated with ASD and that loss-of-function mutations in ASD candidate genes are a major risk factor, and we implicate damaging mutations in glutamate signaling receptors and neuronal adhesion and guidance molecules. Furthermore, the role of de novo mutations in ASD remains to be fully investigated as we identified the first reported protein-truncating variant in RBFOX1 in ASD. Overall, this work, combined with others in the field, suggests a convergence of genes and molecular pathways underlying ASD etiology. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13229-015-0034-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Anthony J Griswold
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA ; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA ; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA ; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA ; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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Cukier HN, Kunkle BW, Rolati S, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Kohli MA, Dombroski BA, Vardarajan BN, Whitehead PL, Booven DJ, Martin ER, Beecham GW, Farrer LA, Cuccaro ML, Vance JM, Mayeux R, Gilbert JR, Carney RM, Byrd GS, Haines JL, Schellenberg GD, Pericak-Vance MA, Lang R. P2‐013:
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deletion associated with Alzheimer's disease in african americans. Alzheimers Dement 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2015.06.549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- North Carolina A&T State UniversityGreensboroNCUSA
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Kozol RA, Cukier HN, Zou B, Mayo V, De Rubeis S, Cai G, Griswold AJ, Whitehead PL, Haines JL, Gilbert JR, Cuccaro ML, Martin ER, Baker JD, Buxbaum JD, Pericak-Vance MA, Dallman JE. Two knockdown models of the autism genes SYNGAP1 and SHANK3 in zebrafish produce similar behavioral phenotypes associated with embryonic disruptions of brain morphogenesis. Hum Mol Genet 2015; 24:4006-23. [PMID: 25882707 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Despite significant progress in the genetics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), how genetic mutations translate to the behavioral changes characteristic of ASD remains largely unknown. ASD affects 1-2% of children and adults, and is characterized by deficits in verbal and non-verbal communication, and social interactions, as well as the presence of repetitive behaviors and/or stereotyped interests. ASD is clinically and etiologically heterogeneous, with a strong genetic component. Here, we present functional data from syngap1 and shank3 zebrafish loss-of-function models of ASD. SYNGAP1, a synaptic Ras GTPase activating protein, and SHANK3, a synaptic scaffolding protein, were chosen because of mounting evidence that haploinsufficiency in these genes is highly penetrant for ASD and intellectual disability (ID). Orthologs of both SYNGAP1 and SHANK3 are duplicated in the zebrafish genome and we find that all four transcripts (syngap1a, syngap1b, shank3a and shank3b) are expressed at the earliest stages of nervous system development with pronounced expression in the larval brain. Consistent with early expression of these genes, knockdown of syngap1b or shank3a cause common embryonic phenotypes including delayed mid- and hindbrain development, disruptions in motor behaviors that manifest as unproductive swim attempts, and spontaneous, seizure-like behaviors. Our findings indicate that both syngap1b and shank3a play novel roles in morphogenesis resulting in common brain and behavioral phenotypes.
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- Robert A Kozol
- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA,
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Friedman Brain Institute and Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA and
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- Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Friedman Brain Institute and Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA and
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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- Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Friedman Brain Institute and Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA and
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA,
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Cuccaro ML, Czape K, Alessandri M, Lee J, Deppen AR, Bendik E, Dueker N, Nations L, Pericak-Vance M, Hahn S. Genetic testing and corresponding services among individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Am J Med Genet A 2014; 164A:2592-600. [DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Michael L. Cuccaro
- Dr. John T. McDonald Department of Human Genetics; Hussman Institute for Human Genomics; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Miami Florida
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- Dr. John T. McDonald Department of Human Genetics; Hussman Institute for Human Genomics; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Miami Florida
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- Dr. John T. McDonald Department of Human Genetics; Hussman Institute for Human Genomics; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Miami Florida
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- Dr. John T. McDonald Department of Human Genetics; Hussman Institute for Human Genomics; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Miami Florida
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- Dr. John T. McDonald Department of Human Genetics; Hussman Institute for Human Genomics; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Miami Florida
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- Dr. John T. McDonald Department of Human Genetics; Hussman Institute for Human Genomics; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Miami Florida
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- Carolina Institute for Intellectual Disabilities; University of North Carolina School of Medicine; Chapel Hill North Carolina
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- Dr. John T. McDonald Department of Human Genetics; Hussman Institute for Human Genomics; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Miami Florida
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- Dr. John T. McDonald Department of Human Genetics; Hussman Institute for Human Genomics; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Miami Florida
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Cukier HN, Dueker ND, Slifer SH, Lee JM, Whitehead PL, Lalanne E, Leyva N, Konidari I, Gentry RC, Hulme WF, Booven DV, Mayo V, Hofmann NK, Schmidt MA, Martin ER, Haines JL, Cuccaro ML, Gilbert JR, Pericak-Vance MA. Exome sequencing of extended families with autism reveals genes shared across neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. Mol Autism 2014; 5:1. [PMID: 24410847 PMCID: PMC3896704 DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-5-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) comprise a range of neurodevelopmental conditions of varying severity, characterized by marked qualitative difficulties in social relatedness, communication, and behavior. Despite overwhelming evidence of high heritability, results from genetic studies to date show that ASD etiology is extremely heterogeneous and only a fraction of autism genes have been discovered. METHODS To help unravel this genetic complexity, we performed whole exome sequencing on 100 ASD individuals from 40 families with multiple distantly related affected individuals. All families contained a minimum of one pair of ASD cousins. Each individual was captured with the Agilent SureSelect Human All Exon kit, sequenced on the Illumina Hiseq 2000, and the resulting data processed and annotated with Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA), Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK), and SeattleSeq. Genotyping information on each family was utilized in order to determine genomic regions that were identical by descent (IBD). Variants identified by exome sequencing which occurred in IBD regions and present in all affected individuals within each family were then evaluated to determine which may potentially be disease related. Nucleotide alterations that were novel and rare (minor allele frequency, MAF, less than 0.05) and predicted to be detrimental, either by altering amino acids or splicing patterns, were prioritized. RESULTS We identified numerous potentially damaging, ASD associated risk variants in genes previously unrelated to autism. A subset of these genes has been implicated in other neurobehavioral disorders including depression (SLIT3), epilepsy (CLCN2, PRICKLE1), intellectual disability (AP4M1), schizophrenia (WDR60), and Tourette syndrome (OFCC1). Additional alterations were found in previously reported autism candidate genes, including three genes with alterations in multiple families (CEP290, CSMD1, FAT1, and STXBP5). Compiling a list of ASD candidate genes from the literature, we determined that variants occurred in ASD candidate genes 1.65 times more frequently than in random genes captured by exome sequencing (P = 8.55 × 10-5). CONCLUSIONS By studying these unique pedigrees, we have identified novel DNA variations related to ASD, demonstrated that exome sequencing in extended families is a powerful tool for ASD candidate gene discovery, and provided further evidence of an underlying genetic component to a wide range of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric diseases.
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- Holly N Cukier
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-0700, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), Miami, FL, USA
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Tabak BA, McCullough ME, Carver CS, Pedersen EJ, Cuccaro ML. Variation in oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphisms is associated with emotional and behavioral reactions to betrayal. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2013; 9:810-6. [PMID: 23547247 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Variations in the gene that encodes the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) have been associated with many aspects of social cognition as well as several prosocial behaviors. However, potential associations of OXTR variants with reactions to betrayals of trust while cooperating for mutual benefit have not yet been explored. We examined how variations in 10 single-nucleotide polymorphisms on OXTR were associated with behavior and emotional reactions after a betrayal of trust in an iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Game. After correction for multiple testing, one haplotype (C-rs9840864, T-rs2268494) was significantly associated with faster retaliation post-betrayal-an association that appeared to be due to this haplotype's intermediate effect of exacerbating people's anger after they had been betrayed. Furthermore, a second haplotype (A-rs237887, C-rs2268490) was associated with higher levels of post-betrayal satisfaction, and a third haplotype (G-rs237887, C-rs2268490) was associated with lower levels of post-betrayal satisfaction.
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- Benjamin A Tabak
- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA and Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA and Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA and Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA and Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA and Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Cummings AC, Jiang L, Velez Edwards DR, McCauley JL, Laux R, McFarland LL, Fuzzell D, Knebusch C, Caywood L, Reinhart-Mercer L, Nations L, Gilbert JR, Konidari I, Tramontana M, Cuccaro ML, Scott WK, Pericak-Vance MA, Haines JL. Genome-wide association and linkage study in the Amish detects a novel candidate late-onset Alzheimer disease gene. Ann Hum Genet 2012; 76:342-51. [PMID: 22881374 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2012.00721.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To identify novel late-onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD) risk genes, we have analysed Amish populations of Ohio and Indiana. We performed genome-wide SNP linkage and association studies on 798 individuals (109 with LOAD). We tested association using the Modified Quasi-Likelihood Score test and also performed two-point and multipoint linkage analyses. We found that LOAD was significantly associated with APOE (P= 9.0 × 10-6) in all our ascertainment regions except for the Adams County, Indiana, community (P= 0.55). Genome-wide, the most strongly associated SNP was rs12361953 (P= 7.92 × 10-7). A very strong, genome-wide significant multipoint peak [recessive heterogeneity multipoint LOD (HLOD) = 6.14, dominant HLOD = 6.05] was detected on 2p12. Three additional loci with multipoint HLOD scores >3 were detected on 3q26, 9q31 and 18p11. Converging linkage and association results, the most significantly associated SNP under the 2p12 peak was at rs2974151 (P= 1.29 × 10-4). This SNP is located in CTNNA2, which encodes catenin alpha 2, a neuronal-specific catenin known to have function in the developing brain. These results identify CTNNA2 as a novel candidate LOAD gene, and implicate three other regions of the genome as novel LOAD loci. These results underscore the utility of using family-based linkage and association analyses in isolated populations to identify novel loci for traits with complex genetic architecture.
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- Anna C Cummings
- Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Hadjixenofontos A, Schmidt MA, Whitehead PL, Konidari I, Hedges DJ, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Menon R, Williams SM, Cuccaro ML, Haines JL, Gilbert JR, Pericak-Vance MA, Martin ER, McCauley JL. Evaluating mitochondrial DNA variation in autism spectrum disorders. Ann Hum Genet 2012; 77:9-21. [PMID: 23130936 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2012.00736.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 09/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Despite the increasing speculation that oxidative stress and abnormal energy metabolism may play a role in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and the observation that patients with mitochondrial defects have symptoms consistent with ASD, there are no comprehensive published studies examining the role of mitochondrial variation in autism. Therefore, we have sought to comprehensively examine the role of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation with regard to ASD risk, employing a multi-phase approach. In phase 1 of our experiment, we examined 132 mtDNA single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) genotyped as part of our genome-wide association studies of ASD. In phase 2 we genotyped the major European mitochondrial haplogroup-defining variants within an expanded set of autism probands and controls. Finally in phase 3, we resequenced the entire mtDNA in a subset of our Caucasian samples (∼400 proband-father pairs). In each phase we tested whether mitochondrial variation showed evidence of association to ASD. Despite a thorough interrogation of mtDNA variation, we found no evidence to suggest a major role for mtDNA variation in ASD susceptibility. Accordingly, while there may be attractive biological hints suggesting the role of mitochondria in ASD our data indicate that mtDNA variation is not a major contributing factor to the development of ASD.
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- Athena Hadjixenofontos
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Anney R, Klei L, Pinto D, Almeida J, Bacchelli E, Baird G, Bolshakova N, Bölte S, Bolton PF, Bourgeron T, Brennan S, Brian J, Casey J, Conroy J, Correia C, Corsello C, Crawford EL, de Jonge M, Delorme R, Duketis E, Duque F, Estes A, Farrar P, Fernandez BA, Folstein SE, Fombonne E, Gilbert J, Gillberg C, Glessner JT, Green A, Green J, Guter SJ, Heron EA, Holt R, Howe JL, Hughes G, Hus V, Igliozzi R, Jacob S, Kenny GP, Kim C, Kolevzon A, Kustanovich V, Lajonchere CM, Lamb JA, Law-Smith M, Leboyer M, Le Couteur A, Leventhal BL, Liu XQ, Lombard F, Lord C, Lotspeich L, Lund SC, Magalhaes TR, Mantoulan C, McDougle CJ, Melhem NM, Merikangas A, Minshew NJ, Mirza GK, Munson J, Noakes C, Nygren G, Papanikolaou K, Pagnamenta AT, Parrini B, Paton T, Pickles A, Posey DJ, Poustka F, Ragoussis J, Regan R, Roberts W, Roeder K, Roge B, Rutter ML, Schlitt S, Shah N, Sheffield VC, Soorya L, Sousa I, Stoppioni V, Sykes N, Tancredi R, Thompson AP, Thomson S, Tryfon A, Tsiantis J, Van Engeland H, Vincent JB, Volkmar F, Vorstman JAS, Wallace S, Wing K, Wittemeyer K, Wood S, Zurawiecki D, Zwaigenbaum L, Bailey AJ, Battaglia A, Cantor RM, Coon H, Cuccaro ML, Dawson G, Ennis S, Freitag CM, Geschwind DH, Haines JL, Klauck SM, McMahon WM, Maestrini E, Miller J, Monaco AP, Nelson SF, Nurnberger JI, Oliveira G, Parr JR, Pericak-Vance MA, Piven J, Schellenberg GD, Scherer SW, Vicente AM, Wassink TH, Wijsman EM, Betancur C, Buxbaum JD, Cook EH, Gallagher L, Gill M, Hallmayer J, Paterson AD, Sutcliffe JS, Szatmari P, Vieland VJ, Hakonarson H, Devlin B. Individual common variants exert weak effects on the risk for autism spectrum disorders. Hum Mol Genet 2012; 21:4781-92. [PMID: 22843504 PMCID: PMC3471395 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2012] [Revised: 07/13/2012] [Accepted: 07/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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While it is apparent that rare variation can play an important role in the genetic architecture of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), the contribution of common variation to the risk of developing ASD is less clear. To produce a more comprehensive picture, we report Stage 2 of the Autism Genome Project genome-wide association study, adding 1301 ASD families and bringing the total to 2705 families analysed (Stages 1 and 2). In addition to evaluating the association of individual single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), we also sought evidence that common variants, en masse, might affect the risk. Despite genotyping over a million SNPs covering the genome, no single SNP shows significant association with ASD or selected phenotypes at a genome-wide level. The SNP that achieves the smallest P-value from secondary analyses is rs1718101. It falls in CNTNAP2, a gene previously implicated in susceptibility for ASD. This SNP also shows modest association with age of word/phrase acquisition in ASD subjects, of interest because features of language development are also associated with other variation in CNTNAP2. In contrast, allele scores derived from the transmission of common alleles to Stage 1 cases significantly predict case status in the independent Stage 2 sample. Despite being significant, the variance explained by these allele scores was small (Vm< 1%). Based on results from individual SNPs and their en masse effect on risk, as inferred from the allele score results, it is reasonable to conclude that common variants affect the risk for ASD but their individual effects are modest.
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- Richard Anney
- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232, USA
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- The Centre for Applied Genomics and Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaM5G 1L7
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- Hospital Pediátrico de Coimbra, 3000–076 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust & King's College, London SE1 9RT, UK
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, Institut Pasteur and
- University Paris Diderot-Paris 7, CNRS URA 2182, Fondation FondaMental, 75015 Paris, France
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Autism Research Unit, The Hospital for Sick Children and Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaM5G 1Z8
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- School of Medicine, Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Instituto Nacional de Saude Dr Ricardo Jorge and Instituto Gulbenkian de Cîencia, 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal
- BioFIG—Center for Biodiversity, Functional and Integrative Genomics, Campus da FCUL, C2.2.12, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, and Centers for Human Genetics Research and Molecular Neuroscience and
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- Department of Child Psychiatry, University Medical Center, Utrecht, 3508 GA, The Netherlands
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, APHP, Hôpital Robert Debré, 75019 Paris, France
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Disciplines of Genetics and Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland,St John's, NL, CanadaA1B 3V6
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Division of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaH3A 1A1
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- The John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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- Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- The Center for Applied Genomics, Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- School of Medicine, Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Academic Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Manchester M9 7AA, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- The Centre for Applied Genomics and Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaM5G 1L7
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- BioFIG—Center for Biodiversity, Functional and Integrative Genomics, Campus da FCUL, C2.2.12, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- The Center for Applied Genomics, Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, The Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY 10029, USA
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- Autism Genetic Resource Exchange, Autism Speaks, Los Angeles, CA 90036-4234, USA
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- Autism Genetic Resource Exchange, Autism Speaks, Los Angeles, CA 90036-4234, USA
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Groupe hospitalier Henri Mondor-Albert Chenevier, INSERM U995, AP-HP; University Paris 12, Fondation FondaMental, Créteil 94000, France
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- Institutes of Neuroscience and Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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- Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI), 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University, NYU Child Study Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Center for Autism and the Developing Brain, Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, and Centers for Human Genetics Research and Molecular Neuroscience and
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- Instituto Nacional de Saude Dr Ricardo Jorge and Instituto Gulbenkian de Cîencia, 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal
- BioFIG—Center for Biodiversity, Functional and Integrative Genomics, Campus da FCUL, C2.2.12, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre d'Eudes et de Recherches en Psychopathologie, University de Toulouse Le Mirail, Toulouse 31200, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232, USA
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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- Autism Research Unit, The Hospital for Sick Children and Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaM5G 1Z8
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- Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- University Department of Child Psychiatry, Athens University, Medical School, Agia Sophia Children's Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece
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- Stella Maris Institute for Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, 56128 Calambrone (Pisa), Italy
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- The Centre for Applied Genomics and Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaM5G 1L7
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- Department of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Health Science, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- School of Medicine, Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Autism Research Unit, The Hospital for Sick Children and Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaM5G 1Z8
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- Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Centre d'Eudes et de Recherches en Psychopathologie, University de Toulouse Le Mirail, Toulouse 31200, France
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- MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London SE5 8AF, UK
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany
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- School of Medicine, Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Pediatrics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, The Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY 10029, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Neuropsichiatria Infantile, Ospedale Santa Croce, 61032 Fano, Italy
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Stella Maris Institute for Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, 56128 Calambrone (Pisa), Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CanadaL8N 3Z5
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, and Centers for Human Genetics Research and Molecular Neuroscience and
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- The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, The Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY 10029, USA
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- University Department of Child Psychiatry, Athens University, Medical School, Agia Sophia Children's Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Child Psychiatry, University Medical Center, Utrecht, 3508 GA, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Clarke Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaM5G 1X8
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- Child Study Centre, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232, USA
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- The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, The Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaT6G 2J3
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- BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Unit, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaV5Z4H4
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- Stella Maris Institute for Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, 56128 Calambrone (Pisa), Italy
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- Psychiatry Department, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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- The John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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- School of Medicine, Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Los Angeles School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Molecular Genome Analysis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Psychiatry Department, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Psychiatry Department, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
- Office of the President, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Institutes of Neuroscience and Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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- Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3366, USA
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- The Centre for Applied Genomics and Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaM5G 1L7
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- Instituto Nacional de Saude Dr Ricardo Jorge and Instituto Gulbenkian de Cîencia, 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal
- BioFIG—Center for Biodiversity, Functional and Integrative Genomics, Campus da FCUL, C2.2.12, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- INSERM U952
- CNRS UMR 7224 and
- UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris 75005, France and
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- The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, The Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- The Centre for Applied Genomics and Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaM5G 1L7
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, and Centers for Human Genetics Research and Molecular Neuroscience and
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CanadaL8N 3Z5
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- Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
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- The Center for Applied Genomics, Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232, USA
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Cukier HN, Lee JM, Ma D, Young JI, Mayo V, Butler BL, Ramsook SS, Rantus JA, Abrams AJ, Whitehead PL, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Haines JL, Cuccaro ML, Pericak-Vance MA, Gilbert JR. The expanding role of MBD genes in autism: identification of a MECP2 duplication and novel alterations in MBD5, MBD6, and SETDB1. Autism Res 2012; 5:385-97. [PMID: 23055267 DOI: 10.1002/aur.1251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2012] [Accepted: 08/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) gene family was first linked to autism over a decade ago when Rett syndrome, which falls under the umbrella of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), was revealed to be predominantly caused by MECP2 mutations. Since that time, MECP2 alterations have been recognized in idiopathic ASD patients by us and others. Individuals with deletions across the MBD5 gene also present with ASDs, impaired speech, intellectual difficulties, repetitive behaviors, and epilepsy. These findings suggest that further investigations of the MBD gene family may reveal additional associations related to autism. We now describe the first study evaluating individuals with ASD for rare variants in four autosomal MBD family members, MBD5, MBD6, SETDB1, and SETDB2, and expand our initial screening in the MECP2 gene. Each gene was sequenced over all coding exons and evaluated for copy number variations in 287 patients with ASD and an equal number of ethnically matched control individuals. We identified 186 alterations through sequencing, approximately half of which were novel (96 variants, 51.6%). We identified 17 ASD specific, nonsynonymous variants, four of which were concordant in multiplex families: MBD5 Tyr1269Cys, MBD6 Arg883Trp, MECP2 Thr240Ser, and SETDB1 Pro1067del. Furthermore, a complex duplication spanning of the MECP2 gene was identified in two brothers who presented with developmental delay and intellectual disability. From our studies, we provide the first examples of autistic patients carrying potentially detrimental alterations in MBD6 and SETDB1, thereby demonstrating that the MBD gene family potentially plays a significant role in rare and private genetic causes of autism.
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- Holly N Cukier
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Griswold AJ, Ma D, Cukier HN, Nations LD, Schmidt MA, Chung RH, Jaworski JM, Salyakina D, Konidari I, Whitehead PL, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Williams SM, Menon R, Martin ER, Haines JL, Gilbert JR, Cuccaro ML, Pericak-Vance MA. Evaluation of copy number variations reveals novel candidate genes in autism spectrum disorder-associated pathways. Hum Mol Genet 2012; 21:3513-23. [PMID: 22543975 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are highly heritable, yet relatively few associated genetic loci have been replicated. Copy number variations (CNVs) have been implicated in autism; however, the majority of loci contribute to <1% of the disease population. Therefore, independent studies are important to refine associated CNV regions and discover novel susceptibility genes. In this study, a genome-wide SNP array was utilized for CNV detection by two distinct algorithms in a European ancestry case-control data set. We identify a significantly higher burden in the number and size of deletions, and disrupting more genes in ASD cases. Moreover, 18 deletions larger than 1 Mb were detected exclusively in cases, implicating novel regions at 2q22.1, 3p26.3, 4q12 and 14q23. Case-specific CNVs provided further evidence for pathways previously implicated in ASDs, revealing new candidate genes within the GABAergic signaling and neural development pathways. These include DBI, an allosteric binder of GABA receptors, GABARAPL1, the GABA receptor-associated protein, and SLC6A11, a postsynaptic GABA transporter. We also identified CNVs in COBL, deletions of which cause defects in neuronal cytoskeleton morphogenesis in model vertebrates, and DNER, a neuron-specific Notch ligand required for cerebellar development. Moreover, we found evidence of genetic overlap between ASDs and other neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric diseases. These genes include glutamate receptors (GRID1, GRIK2 and GRIK4), synaptic regulators (NRXN3, SLC6A8 and SYN3), transcription factor (ZNF804A) and RNA-binding protein FMR1. Taken together, these CNVs may be a few of the missing pieces of ASD heritability and lead to discovering novel etiological mechanisms.
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- Anthony J Griswold
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Hedges DJ, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Sacharow SJ, Nations L, Beecham GW, Kozhekbaeva ZM, Butler BL, Cukier HN, Whitehead PL, Ma D, Jaworski JM, Nathanson L, Lee JM, Hauser SL, Oksenberg JR, Cuccaro ML, Haines JL, Gilbert JR, Pericak-Vance MA. Evidence of novel fine-scale structural variation at autism spectrum disorder candidate loci. Mol Autism 2012; 3:2. [PMID: 22472195 PMCID: PMC3352055 DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-3-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) represent a group of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by a core set of social-communicative and behavioral impairments. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, acting primarily via the GABA receptors (GABR). Multiple lines of evidence, including altered GABA and GABA receptor expression in autistic patients, indicate that the GABAergic system may be involved in the etiology of autism. Methods As copy number variations (CNVs), particularly rare and de novo CNVs, have now been implicated in ASD risk, we examined the GABA receptors and genes in related pathways for structural variation that may be associated with autism. We further extended our candidate gene set to include 19 genes and regions that had either been directly implicated in the autism literature or were directly related (via function or ancestry) to these primary candidates. For the high resolution CNV screen we employed custom-designed 244 k comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) arrays. Collectively, our probes spanned a total of 11 Mb of GABA-related and additional candidate regions with a density of approximately one probe every 200 nucleotides, allowing a theoretical resolution for detection of CNVs of approximately 1 kb or greater on average. One hundred and sixty-eight autism cases and 149 control individuals were screened for structural variants. Prioritized CNV events were confirmed using quantitative PCR, and confirmed loci were evaluated on an additional set of 170 cases and 170 control individuals that were not included in the original discovery set. Loci that remained interesting were subsequently screened via quantitative PCR on an additional set of 755 cases and 1,809 unaffected family members. Results Results include rare deletions in autistic individuals at JAKMIP1, NRXN1, Neuroligin4Y, OXTR, and ABAT. Common insertion/deletion polymorphisms were detected at several loci, including GABBR2 and NRXN3. Overall, statistically significant enrichment in affected vs. unaffected individuals was observed for NRXN1 deletions. Conclusions These results provide additional support for the role of rare structural variation in ASD.
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- Dale J Hedges
- Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10 Ave, M-860, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
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Casey JP, Magalhaes T, Conroy JM, Regan R, Shah N, Anney R, Shields DC, Abrahams BS, Almeida J, Bacchelli E, Bailey AJ, Baird G, Battaglia A, Berney T, Bolshakova N, Bolton PF, Bourgeron T, Brennan S, Cali P, Correia C, Corsello C, Coutanche M, Dawson G, de Jonge M, Delorme R, Duketis E, Duque F, Estes A, Farrar P, Fernandez BA, Folstein SE, Foley S, Fombonne E, Freitag CM, Gilbert J, Gillberg C, Glessner JT, Green J, Guter SJ, Hakonarson H, Holt R, Hughes G, Hus V, Igliozzi R, Kim C, Klauck SM, Kolevzon A, Lamb JA, Leboyer M, Le Couteur A, Leventhal BL, Lord C, Lund SC, Maestrini E, Mantoulan C, Marshall CR, McConachie H, McDougle CJ, McGrath J, McMahon WM, Merikangas A, Miller J, Minopoli F, Mirza GK, Munson J, Nelson SF, Nygren G, Oliveira G, Pagnamenta AT, Papanikolaou K, Parr JR, Parrini B, Pickles A, Pinto D, Piven J, Posey DJ, Poustka A, Poustka F, Ragoussis J, Roge B, Rutter ML, Sequeira AF, Soorya L, Sousa I, Sykes N, Stoppioni V, Tancredi R, Tauber M, Thompson AP, Thomson S, Tsiantis J, Van Engeland H, Vincent JB, Volkmar F, Vorstman JAS, Wallace S, Wang K, Wassink TH, White K, Wing K, Wittemeyer K, Yaspan BL, Zwaigenbaum L, Betancur C, Buxbaum JD, Cantor RM, Cook EH, Coon H, Cuccaro ML, Geschwind DH, Haines JL, Hallmayer J, Monaco AP, Nurnberger JI, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Scherer SW, Sutcliffe JS, Szatmari P, Vieland VJ, Wijsman EM, Green A, Gill M, Gallagher L, Vicente A, Ennis S. A novel approach of homozygous haplotype sharing identifies candidate genes in autism spectrum disorder. Hum Genet 2012; 131:565-79. [PMID: 21996756 PMCID: PMC3303079 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-011-1094-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable disorder of complex and heterogeneous aetiology. It is primarily characterized by altered cognitive ability including impaired language and communication skills and fundamental deficits in social reciprocity. Despite some notable successes in neuropsychiatric genetics, overall, the high heritability of ASD (~90%) remains poorly explained by common genetic risk variants. However, recent studies suggest that rare genomic variation, in particular copy number variation, may account for a significant proportion of the genetic basis of ASD. We present a large scale analysis to identify candidate genes which may contain low-frequency recessive variation contributing to ASD while taking into account the potential contribution of population differences to the genetic heterogeneity of ASD. Our strategy, homozygous haplotype (HH) mapping, aims to detect homozygous segments of identical haplotype structure that are shared at a higher frequency amongst ASD patients compared to parental controls. The analysis was performed on 1,402 Autism Genome Project trios genotyped for 1 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We identified 25 known and 1,218 novel ASD candidate genes in the discovery analysis including CADM2, ABHD14A, CHRFAM7A, GRIK2, GRM3, EPHA3, FGF10, KCND2, PDZK1, IMMP2L and FOXP2. Furthermore, 10 of the previously reported ASD genes and 300 of the novel candidates identified in the discovery analysis were replicated in an independent sample of 1,182 trios. Our results demonstrate that regions of HH are significantly enriched for previously reported ASD candidate genes and the observed association is independent of gene size (odds ratio 2.10). Our findings highlight the applicability of HH mapping in complex disorders such as ASD and offer an alternative approach to the analysis of genome-wide association data.
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- Jillian P. Casey
- School of Medicine and Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Instituto Nacional de Saude Dr Ricardo Jorge, Av Padre Cruz 1649-016, Lisbon, Portugal
- BioFIG, Center for Biodiversity, Functional and Integrative Genomics, Campus da FCUL, C2.2.12, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Cîencia, Rua Quinta Grande, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Autism Research and Treatment, Program in Neurogenetics, Semel Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
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- Hospital Pediátrico de Coimbra, 3000–076 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 2A1 Canada
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- Stella Maris Institute for Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, 56128 Calambrone, Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU UK
- Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU UK
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, SE5 8AF UK
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- Department of Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, Institut Pasteur, University Paris Diderot-Paris 7, CNRS URA 2182, Fondation FondaMental, 75015 Paris, France
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Saude Dr Ricardo Jorge, Av Padre Cruz 1649-016, Lisbon, Portugal
- BioFIG, Center for Biodiversity, Functional and Integrative Genomics, Campus da FCUL, C2.2.12, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Cîencia, Rua Quinta Grande, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Autism and Communicative Disorders Centre, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2054 USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7JX UK
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- Autism Speaks, New York, 10016 USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3366 USA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center, 3508 Utrecht, GA The Netherlands
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- INSERM U 955, Fondation FondaMental, APHP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 75019 Paris, France
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN UK
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- Disciplines of Genetics and Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s Newfoundland, A1B 3V6 Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7JX UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1 Canada
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany
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- The John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, S41345 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- The Center for Applied Genomics, Division of Human Genetics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Academic Department of Child Psychiatry, Booth Hall of Children’s Hospital, Blackley, Manchester, M9 7AA UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
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- The Center for Applied Genomics, Division of Human Genetics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN UK
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Autism and Communicative Disorders Centre, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2054 USA
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- Stella Maris Institute for Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, 56128 Calambrone, Pisa, Italy
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- The Center for Applied Genomics, Division of Human Genetics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Division of Molecular Genome Analysis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, 10029 USA
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- Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT UK
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- INSERM U995, Department of Psychiatry, Groupe Hospitalier Henri Mondor-Albert Chenevier, AP-HP, University Paris 12, Fondation FondaMental, 94000 Créteil, France
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU UK
- Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU UK
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- Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI), 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962 USA
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University, NYU Child Study Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016 USA
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- Autism and Communicative Disorders Centre, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2054 USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Centers for Human Genetics Research and Molecular Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Octogone/CERPP (Centre d’Eudes et de Recherches en Psychopathologie), University de Toulouse Le Mirail, 31058 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- The Centre for Applied Genomics and Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7 Canada
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU UK
- Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU UK
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Psychiatry Department, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 USA
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Psychiatry Department, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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- Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, S41345 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- University Department of Child Psychiatry, Athens University, Medical School, Agia Sophia Children’s Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU UK
- Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU UK
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- Stella Maris Institute for Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, 56128 Calambrone, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Health Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT UK
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- The Centre for Applied Genomics and Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7 Canada
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- Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, CB3366, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3366 USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- Division of Molecular Genome Analysis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN UK
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- Octogone/CERPP (Centre d’Eudes et de Recherches en Psychopathologie), University de Toulouse Le Mirail, 31058 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London, SE5 8AF UK
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- Instituto Nacional de Saude Dr Ricardo Jorge, Av Padre Cruz 1649-016, Lisbon, Portugal
- BioFIG, Center for Biodiversity, Functional and Integrative Genomics, Campus da FCUL, C2.2.12, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Cîencia, Rua Quinta Grande, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, 10029 USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN UK
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- Neuropsichiatria Infantile, Ospedale Santa Croce, 61032 Fano, Italy
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- Stella Maris Institute for Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, 56128 Calambrone, Pisa, Italy
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- Octogone/CERPP (Centre d’Eudes et de Recherches en Psychopathologie), University de Toulouse Le Mirail, 31058 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5 Canada
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Centers for Human Genetics Research and Molecular Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 USA
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- University Department of Child Psychiatry, Athens University, Medical School, Agia Sophia Children’s Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center, 3508 Utrecht, GA The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Clarke Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8 Canada
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- Child Study Centre, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center, 3508 Utrecht, GA The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7JX UK
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- The Center for Applied Genomics, Division of Human Genetics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7JX UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN UK
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- Autism Centre for Education and Research, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Centers for Human Genetics Research and Molecular Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2J3 Canada
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- INSERM U952 and CNRS UMR 7224, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, 75005 France
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, 10029 USA
- Departments of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, 10029 USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, 10029 USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
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- Psychiatry Department, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 USA
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- The John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Autism Research and Treatment, Program in Neurogenetics, Semel Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Centers for Human Genetics Research and Molecular Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304 USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- The John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136 USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19104 USA
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- The Centre for Applied Genomics and Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7 Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1 Canada
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Centers for Human Genetics Research and Molecular Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5 Canada
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- Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205 USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Autism Genetics Group, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Instituto Nacional de Saude Dr Ricardo Jorge, Av Padre Cruz 1649-016, Lisbon, Portugal
- BioFIG, Center for Biodiversity, Functional and Integrative Genomics, Campus da FCUL, C2.2.12, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Cîencia, Rua Quinta Grande, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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- School of Medicine and Medical Science University College, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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DeRosa BA, Van Baaren JM, Dubey GK, Lee JM, Cuccaro ML, Vance JM, Pericak-Vance MA, Dykxhoorn DM. Derivation of autism spectrum disorder-specific induced pluripotent stem cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Neurosci Lett 2012; 516:9-14. [PMID: 22405972 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.02.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2012] [Accepted: 02/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) hold tremendous potential both as a biological tool to uncover the pathophysiology of disease by creating relevant cell models and as a source of stem cells for cell-based therapeutic applications. Typically, iPSCs have been derived by the transgenic overexpression of transcription factors associated with progenitor cell or stem cell function in fibroblasts derived from skin biopsies. However, the need for skin punch biopsies to derive fibroblasts for reprogramming can present a barrier to study participation among certain populations of individuals, including children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). In addition, the acquisition of skin punch biopsies in non-clinic settings presents a challenge. One potential mechanism to avoid these limitations would be the use of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) as the source of the cells for reprogramming. In this article we describe, for the first time, the derivation of iPSC lines from PBMCs isolated from the whole blood of autistic children, and their subsequent differentiation in GABAergic neurons.
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- Brooke A DeRosa
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Ave, BRB 509, Miami, FL 33146, USA
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Chung RH, Ma D, Wang K, Hedges DJ, Jaworski JM, Gilbert JR, Cuccaro ML, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Konidari I, Whitehead PL, Schellenberg GD, Hakonarson H, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA, Martin ER. An X chromosome-wide association study in autism families identifies TBL1X as a novel autism spectrum disorder candidate gene in males. Mol Autism 2011; 2:18. [PMID: 22050706 PMCID: PMC3305893 DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-2-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 11/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong genetic component. The skewed prevalence toward males and evidence suggestive of linkage to the X chromosome in some studies suggest the presence of X-linked susceptibility genes in people with ASD. METHODS We analyzed genome-wide association study (GWAS) data on the X chromosome in three independent autism GWAS data sets: two family data sets and one case-control data set. We performed meta- and joint analyses on the combined family and case-control data sets. In addition to the meta- and joint analyses, we performed replication analysis by using the two family data sets as a discovery data set and the case-control data set as a validation data set. RESULTS One SNP, rs17321050, in the transducin β-like 1X-linked (TBL1X) gene [OMIM:300196] showed chromosome-wide significance in the meta-analysis (P value = 4.86 × 10-6) and joint analysis (P value = 4.53 × 10-6) in males. The SNP was also close to the replication threshold of 0.0025 in the discovery data set (P = 5.89 × 10-3) and passed the replication threshold in the validation data set (P = 2.56 × 10-4). Two other SNPs in the same gene in linkage disequilibrium with rs17321050 also showed significance close to the chromosome-wide threshold in the meta-analysis. CONCLUSIONS TBL1X is in the Wnt signaling pathway, which has previously been implicated as having a role in autism. Deletions in the Xp22.2 to Xp22.3 region containing TBL1X and surrounding genes are associated with several genetic syndromes that include intellectual disability and autistic features. Our results, based on meta-analysis, joint analysis and replication analysis, suggest that TBL1X may play a role in ASD risk.
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- Ren-Hua Chung
- Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, PO Box 019132 (M-860), Miami, FL 33101, USA.
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Salyakina D, Cukier HN, Lee JM, Sacharow S, Nations LD, Ma D, Jaworski JM, Konidari I, Whitehead PL, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Williams SM, Menon R, Haines JL, Gilbert JR, Cuccaro ML, Pericak-Vance MA. Copy number variants in extended autism spectrum disorder families reveal candidates potentially involved in autism risk. PLoS One 2011; 6:e26049. [PMID: 22016809 PMCID: PMC3189231 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Copy number variations (CNVs) are a major cause of genetic disruption in the human genome with far more nucleotides being altered by duplications and deletions than by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). In the multifaceted etiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), CNVs appear to contribute significantly to our understanding of the pathogenesis of this complex disease. A unique resource of 42 extended ASD families was genotyped for over 1 million SNPs to detect CNVs that may contribute to ASD susceptibility. Each family has at least one avuncular or cousin pair with ASD. Families were then evaluated for co-segregation of CNVs in ASD patients. We identified a total of five deletions and seven duplications in eleven families that co-segregated with ASD. Two of the CNVs overlap with regions on 7p21.3 and 15q24.1 that have been previously reported in ASD individuals and two additional CNVs on 3p26.3 and 12q24.32 occur near regions associated with schizophrenia. These findings provide further evidence for the involvement of ICA1 and NXPH1 on 7p21.3 in ASD susceptibility and highlight novel ASD candidates, including CHL1, FGFBP3 and POUF41. These studies highlight the power of using extended families for gene discovery in traits with a complex etiology.
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- Daria Salyakina
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Carver CS, Johnson SL, Joormann J, Lemoult J, Cuccaro ML. Childhood adversity interacts separately with 5-HTTLPR and BDNF to predict lifetime depression diagnosis. J Affect Disord 2011; 132:89-93. [PMID: 21420735 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 02/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) val66met polymorphism have both been linked to depression symptoms and to depression diagnosis (MDD) in interaction with adversity; there have also been failures to find the effects. We reexamined both interactions for lifetime MDD in a college sample. Lifetime MDD was diagnosed by Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV in 133 undergraduates; genotypes for 5-HTTLPR and BDNF were assayed from blood, and self-reports were collected concerning childhood adversity (Risk). 5-HTTLPR interacted with Risk such that Risk predicted less likelihood of MDD among ll carriers and tended to predict greater likelihood of MDD among s carriers. BDNF interacted with Risk such that Risk predicted greater likelihood of MDD among met carriers and did not influence val/val carriers. These two interactions were additive: both were significant in a combined model.
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- Charles S Carver
- Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables FL 33124, United States.
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Cukier HN, Salyakina D, Blankstein SF, Robinson JL, Sacharow S, Ma D, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Menon R, Williams SM, Haines JL, Cuccaro ML, Gilbert JR, Pericak-Vance MA. Microduplications in an autism multiplex family narrow the region of susceptibility for developmental disorders on 15q24 and implicate 7p21. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2011; 156B:493-501. [PMID: 21480499 PMCID: PMC5490366 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Copy number variations (CNVs) play a crucial role in the intricate genetics of autism spectrum disorders. A region on chromosome 15q24 vulnerable to both deletions and duplications has been previously implicated in a range of phenotypes including autism, Asperger's syndrome, delayed development, and mild to severe mental retardation. Prior studies have delineated a minimal critical region of approximately 1.33 Mb. In this study, a multiplex autism family was evaluated for CNVs using genotyping data from the Illumina 1 M BeadChip and analyzed with the PennCNV algorithm. Variants were then identified that co-segregate with autism features in this family. Here, we report autistic first cousins who carry two microduplications concordant with disease. Both duplications were inherited maternally and found to be identical by descent. The first is an approximately 10,000 base pair microduplication within the minimal region on 15q24 that falls across a single gene, ubiquitin-like 7. This is the smallest duplication in the region to result in a neuropsychiatric disorder, potentially narrowing the critical region for susceptibility to developmental and autism spectrum disorders. The second is a novel, 352 kb tandem duplication on 7p21 that replicates part of the neurexophilin 1 and islet cell autoantigen 1 genes. The breakpoint junction falls within the intronic regions of these genes and demonstrates a microhomology of four base pairs. Each of these microduplications may contribute to the complex etiology of autism spectrum disorders.
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- Holly N. Cukier
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida,Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida,Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida,Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida,Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida,Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida,Correspondence to: Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Human Genomic Programs, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Professor of Human Genomics, Director, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, BRB-314 (M860), University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136.
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Salyakina D, Ma DQ, Jaworski JM, Konidari I, Whitehead PL, Henson R, Martinez D, Robinson JL, Sacharow S, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Gilbert JR, Cuccaro ML, Pericak-Vance MA. Variants in several genomic regions associated with asperger disorder. Autism Res 2011; 3:303-10. [PMID: 21182207 DOI: 10.1002/aur.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Asperger disorder (ASP) is one of the autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and is differentiated from autism largely on the absence of clinically significant cognitive and language delays. Analysis of a homogenous subset of families with ASP may help to address the corresponding effect of genetic heterogeneity on identifying ASD genetic risk factors. To examine the hypothesis that common variation is important in ASD, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 124 ASP families in a discovery data set and 110 ASP families in a validation data set. We prioritized the top 100 association results from both cohorts by employing a ranking strategy. Novel regions on 5q21.1 (P = 9.7 × 10(-7) ) and 15q22.1-q22.2 (P = 7.3 × 10(-6) ) were our most significant findings in the combined data set. Three chromosomal regions showing association, 3p14.2 (P = 3.6 × 10(-6) ), 3q25-26 (P = 6.0 × 10(-5) ) and 3p23 (P = 3.3 × 10(-4) ) overlapped linkage regions reported in Finnish ASP families, and eight association regions overlapped ASD linkage areas. Our findings suggest that ASP shares both ASD-related genetic risk factors, as well as has genetic risk factors unique to the ASP phenotype.
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- D Salyakina
- John P Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
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Griswold AJ, Ma D, Sacharow SJ, Robinson JL, Jaworski JM, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Lybaek H, Øyen N, Cuccaro ML, Gilbert JR, Pericak-Vance MA. A de novo 1.5 Mb microdeletion on chromosome 14q23.2-23.3 in a patient with autism and spherocytosis. Autism Res 2011; 4:221-7. [PMID: 21360829 DOI: 10.1002/aur.186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2010] [Accepted: 01/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Autism is a neuro-developmental disorder characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication as well as restricted interests or repetitive behaviors. Cytogenetic studies have implicated large chromosomal aberrations in the etiology of approximately 5-7% of autism patients, and the recent advent of array-based techniques allows the exploration of submicroscopic copy number variations (CNVs). We genotyped a 14-year-old boy with autism, spherocytosis and other physical dysmorphia, his parents, and two non-autistic siblings with the Illumina Human 1M Beadchip as part of a study of the molecular genetics of autism and determined copy number variants using the PennCNV algorithm. We identified and validated a de novo 1.5 Mb microdeletion of 14q23.2-23.3 in our autistic patient. This region contains 15 genes, including spectrin beta (SPTB), encoding a cytoskeletal protein previously associated with spherocytosis, methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 1 (MTHFD1), a folate metabolizing enzyme previously associated with bipoloar disorder and schizophrenia, pleckstrin homology domain-containing family G member 3 (PLEKHG3), a guanide nucleotide exchange enriched in the brain, and churchill domain containing protein 1 (CHURC1), homologs of which regulate neuronal development in model organisms. While a similar deletion has previously been reported in a family with spherocytosis, severe learning disabilities, and mild mental retardation, this is the first implication of chr14q23.2-23.3 in the etiology of autism and points to MTHFD1, PLEKHG3, and CHURC1 as potential candidate genes contributing to autism risk.
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- Anthony J Griswold
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
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Hussman JP, Chung RH, Griswold AJ, Jaworski JM, Salyakina D, Ma D, Konidari I, Whitehead PL, Vance JM, Martin ER, Cuccaro ML, Gilbert JR, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA. A noise-reduction GWAS analysis implicates altered regulation of neurite outgrowth and guidance in autism. Mol Autism 2011; 2:1. [PMID: 21247446 PMCID: PMC3035032 DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2010] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Genome-wide Association Studies (GWAS) have proved invaluable for the identification of disease susceptibility genes. However, the prioritization of candidate genes and regions for follow-up studies often proves difficult due to false-positive associations caused by statistical noise and multiple-testing. In order to address this issue, we propose the novel GWAS noise reduction (GWAS-NR) method as a way to increase the power to detect true associations in GWAS, particularly in complex diseases such as autism. METHODS GWAS-NR utilizes a linear filter to identify genomic regions demonstrating correlation among association signals in multiple datasets. We used computer simulations to assess the ability of GWAS-NR to detect association against the commonly used joint analysis and Fisher's methods. Furthermore, we applied GWAS-NR to a family-based autism GWAS of 597 families and a second existing autism GWAS of 696 families from the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) to arrive at a compendium of autism candidate genes. These genes were manually annotated and classified by a literature review and functional grouping in order to reveal biological pathways which might contribute to autism aetiology. RESULTS Computer simulations indicate that GWAS-NR achieves a significantly higher classification rate for true positive association signals than either the joint analysis or Fisher's methods and that it can also achieve this when there is imperfect marker overlap across datasets or when the closest disease-related polymorphism is not directly typed. In two autism datasets, GWAS-NR analysis resulted in 1535 significant linkage disequilibrium (LD) blocks overlapping 431 unique reference sequencing (RefSeq) genes. Moreover, we identified the nearest RefSeq gene to the non-gene overlapping LD blocks, producing a final candidate set of 860 genes. Functional categorization of these implicated genes indicates that a significant proportion of them cooperate in a coherent pathway that regulates the directional protrusion of axons and dendrites to their appropriate synaptic targets. CONCLUSIONS As statistical noise is likely to particularly affect studies of complex disorders, where genetic heterogeneity or interaction between genes may confound the ability to detect association, GWAS-NR offers a powerful method for prioritizing regions for follow-up studies. Applying this method to autism datasets, GWAS-NR analysis indicates that a large subset of genes involved in the outgrowth and guidance of axons and dendrites is implicated in the aetiology of autism.
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Vanderbilt Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Anney R, Klei L, Pinto D, Regan R, Conroy J, Magalhaes TR, Correia C, Abrahams BS, Sykes N, Pagnamenta AT, Almeida J, Bacchelli E, Bailey AJ, Baird G, Battaglia A, Berney T, Bolshakova N, Bölte S, Bolton PF, Bourgeron T, Brennan S, Brian J, Carson AR, Casallo G, Casey J, Chu SH, Cochrane L, Corsello C, Crawford EL, Crossett A, Dawson G, de Jonge M, Delorme R, Drmic I, Duketis E, Duque F, Estes A, Farrar P, Fernandez BA, Folstein SE, Fombonne E, Freitag CM, Gilbert J, Gillberg C, Glessner JT, Goldberg J, Green J, Guter SJ, Hakonarson H, Heron EA, Hill M, Holt R, Howe JL, Hughes G, Hus V, Igliozzi R, Kim C, Klauck SM, Kolevzon A, Korvatska O, Kustanovich V, Lajonchere CM, Lamb JA, Laskawiec M, Leboyer M, Le Couteur A, Leventhal BL, Lionel AC, Liu XQ, Lord C, Lotspeich L, Lund SC, Maestrini E, Mahoney W, Mantoulan C, Marshall CR, McConachie H, McDougle CJ, McGrath J, McMahon WM, Melhem NM, Merikangas A, Migita O, Minshew NJ, Mirza GK, Munson J, Nelson SF, Noakes C, Noor A, Nygren G, Oliveira G, Papanikolaou K, Parr JR, Parrini B, Paton T, Pickles A, Piven J, Posey DJ, Poustka A, Poustka F, Prasad A, Ragoussis J, Renshaw K, Rickaby J, Roberts W, Roeder K, Roge B, Rutter ML, Bierut LJ, Rice JP, Salt J, Sansom K, Sato D, Segurado R, Senman L, Shah N, Sheffield VC, Soorya L, Sousa I, Stoppioni V, Strawbridge C, Tancredi R, Tansey K, Thiruvahindrapduram B, Thompson AP, Thomson S, Tryfon A, Tsiantis J, Van Engeland H, Vincent JB, Volkmar F, Wallace S, Wang K, Wang Z, Wassink TH, Wing K, Wittemeyer K, Wood S, Yaspan BL, Zurawiecki D, Zwaigenbaum L, Betancur C, Buxbaum JD, Cantor RM, Cook EH, Coon H, Cuccaro ML, Gallagher L, Geschwind DH, Gill M, Haines JL, Miller J, Monaco AP, Nurnberger JI, Paterson AD, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Scherer SW, Sutcliffe JS, Szatmari P, Vicente AM, Vieland VJ, Wijsman EM, Devlin B, Ennis S, Hallmayer J. A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism. Hum Mol Genet 2010; 19:4072-82. [PMID: 20663923 PMCID: PMC2947401 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 432] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Although autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have a substantial genetic basis, most of the known genetic risk has been traced to rare variants, principally copy number variants (CNVs). To identify common risk variation, the Autism Genome Project (AGP) Consortium genotyped 1558 rigorously defined ASD families for 1 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and analyzed these SNP genotypes for association with ASD. In one of four primary association analyses, the association signal for marker rs4141463, located within MACROD2, crossed the genome-wide association significance threshold of P < 5 × 10−8. When a smaller replication sample was analyzed, the risk allele at rs4141463 was again over-transmitted; yet, consistent with the winner's curse, its effect size in the replication sample was much smaller; and, for the combined samples, the association signal barely fell below the P < 5 × 10−8 threshold. Exploratory analyses of phenotypic subtypes yielded no significant associations after correction for multiple testing. They did, however, yield strong signals within several genes, KIAA0564, PLD5, POU6F2, ST8SIA2 and TAF1C.
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- Richard Anney
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
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Cukier HN, Rabionet R, Konidari I, Rayner-Evans MY, Baltos ML, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Martin ER, Cuccaro ML, Pericak-Vance MA, Gilbert JR. Novel variants identified in methyl-CpG-binding domain genes in autistic individuals. Neurogenetics 2010; 11:291-303. [PMID: 19921286 PMCID: PMC2941261 DOI: 10.1007/s10048-009-0228-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2009] [Accepted: 10/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Misregulation of the methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene has been found to cause a myriad of neurological disorders including autism, mental retardation, seizures, learning disabilities, and Rett syndrome. We hypothesized that mutations in other members of the methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) family may also cause autistic features in individuals. We evaluated 226 autistic individuals for alterations in the four genes most homologous to MECP2: MBD1, MBD2, MBD3, and MBD4. A total of 46 alterations were identified in the four genes, including ten missense changes and two deletions that alter coding sequence. Several are either unique to our autistic population or cosegregate with affected individuals within a family, suggesting a possible relation of these variations to disease etiology. Variants include a R23M alteration in two affected half brothers which falls within the MBD domain of the MBD3 protein, as well as a frameshift in MBD4 that is predicted to truncate almost half of the protein. These results suggest that rare cases of autism may be influenced by mutations in members of the dynamic MBD protein family.
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- Holly N. Cukier
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Genes and Disease Program, Centre de Regulació Genòmica and CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Barcelona, Spain
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Pinto D, Pagnamenta AT, Klei L, Anney R, Merico D, Regan R, Conroy J, Magalhaes TR, Correia C, Abrahams BS, Almeida J, Bacchelli E, Bader GD, Bailey AJ, Baird G, Battaglia A, Berney T, Bolshakova N, Bölte S, Bolton PF, Bourgeron T, Brennan S, Brian J, Bryson SE, Carson AR, Casallo G, Casey J, Chung BHY, Cochrane L, Corsello C, Crawford EL, Crossett A, Cytrynbaum C, Dawson G, de Jonge M, Delorme R, Drmic I, Duketis E, Duque F, Estes A, Farrar P, Fernandez BA, Folstein SE, Fombonne E, Freitag CM, Gilbert J, Gillberg C, Glessner JT, Goldberg J, Green A, Green J, Guter SJ, Hakonarson H, Heron EA, Hill M, Holt R, Howe JL, Hughes G, Hus V, Igliozzi R, Kim C, Klauck SM, Kolevzon A, Korvatska O, Kustanovich V, Lajonchere CM, Lamb JA, Laskawiec M, Leboyer M, Le Couteur A, Leventhal BL, Lionel AC, Liu XQ, Lord C, Lotspeich L, Lund SC, Maestrini E, Mahoney W, Mantoulan C, Marshall CR, McConachie H, McDougle CJ, McGrath J, McMahon WM, Merikangas A, Migita O, Minshew NJ, Mirza GK, Munson J, Nelson SF, Noakes C, Noor A, Nygren G, Oliveira G, Papanikolaou K, Parr JR, Parrini B, Paton T, Pickles A, Pilorge M, Piven J, Ponting CP, Posey DJ, Poustka A, Poustka F, Prasad A, Ragoussis J, Renshaw K, Rickaby J, Roberts W, Roeder K, Roge B, Rutter ML, Bierut LJ, Rice JP, Salt J, Sansom K, Sato D, Segurado R, Sequeira AF, Senman L, Shah N, Sheffield VC, Soorya L, Sousa I, Stein O, Sykes N, Stoppioni V, Strawbridge C, Tancredi R, Tansey K, Thiruvahindrapduram B, Thompson AP, Thomson S, Tryfon A, Tsiantis J, Van Engeland H, Vincent JB, Volkmar F, Wallace S, Wang K, Wang Z, Wassink TH, Webber C, Weksberg R, Wing K, Wittemeyer K, Wood S, Wu J, Yaspan BL, Zurawiecki D, Zwaigenbaum L, Buxbaum JD, Cantor RM, Cook EH, Coon H, Cuccaro ML, Devlin B, Ennis S, Gallagher L, Geschwind DH, Gill M, Haines JL, Hallmayer J, Miller J, Monaco AP, Nurnberger JI, Paterson AD, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Szatmari P, Vicente AM, Vieland VJ, Wijsman EM, Scherer SW, Sutcliffe JS, Betancur C. Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders. Nature 2010; 466:368-72. [PMID: 20531469 DOI: 10.1038/nature09146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1441] [Impact Index Per Article: 102.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2009] [Accepted: 05/07/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of conditions characterized by impairments in reciprocal social interaction and communication, and the presence of restricted and repetitive behaviours. Individuals with an ASD vary greatly in cognitive development, which can range from above average to intellectual disability. Although ASDs are known to be highly heritable ( approximately 90%), the underlying genetic determinants are still largely unknown. Here we analysed the genome-wide characteristics of rare (<1% frequency) copy number variation in ASD using dense genotyping arrays. When comparing 996 ASD individuals of European ancestry to 1,287 matched controls, cases were found to carry a higher global burden of rare, genic copy number variants (CNVs) (1.19 fold, P = 0.012), especially so for loci previously implicated in either ASD and/or intellectual disability (1.69 fold, P = 3.4 x 10(-4)). Among the CNVs there were numerous de novo and inherited events, sometimes in combination in a given family, implicating many novel ASD genes such as SHANK2, SYNGAP1, DLGAP2 and the X-linked DDX53-PTCHD1 locus. We also discovered an enrichment of CNVs disrupting functional gene sets involved in cellular proliferation, projection and motility, and GTPase/Ras signalling. Our results reveal many new genetic and functional targets in ASD that may lead to final connected pathways.
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- Dalila Pinto
- The Centre for Applied Genomics and Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
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Ma DQ, Rabionet R, Konidari I, Jaworski J, Cukier HN, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Gilbert JR, Cuccaro ML, Pericak-Vance MA, Martin ER. Association and gene-gene interaction of SLC6A4 and ITGB3 in autism. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2010; 153B:477-483. [PMID: 19588468 PMCID: PMC3735126 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Autism is a heritable neurodevelopmental disorder with substantial genetic heterogeneity. Studies point to possible links between autism and two serotonin related genes: SLC6A4 and ITGB3 with a sex-specific genetic effect and interaction between the genes. Despite positive findings, inconsistent results have complicated interpretation. This study seeks to validate and clarify previous findings in an independent dataset taking into account sex, family-history (FH) and gene-gene effects. Family-based association analysis was performed within each gene. Gene-gene interactions were tested using extended multifactor dimensionality reduction (EMDR) and MDR-phenomics (MDR-P) using sex of affecteds and FH as covariates. No significant associations with individual SNPs were found in the datasets stratified by sex, but associations did emerge when we stratified by family history. While not significant in the overall dataset, nominally significant association was identified at RS2066713 (P = 0.006) within SLC6A4 in family-history negative (FH-) families, at RS2066713 (P = 0.038) in family-history positive (FH+) families but with the opposite risk allele as in the FH- families. For ITGB3, nominally significant association was identified at RS3809865 overall (P = 0.040) and within FH+ families (P = 0.031). However, none of the associations survived the multiple testing correction. MDR-P confirmed gene-gene effects using sex of affecteds (P = 0.023) and family history (P = 0.014, survived the multiple testing corrections) as covariates. Our results indicate the extensive heterogeneity within these two genes among families. The potential interaction between SLC6A4 and ITGB3 may be clarified using family history as an indicator of genetic architecture, illustrating the importance of covariates as markers of heterogeneity in genetic analyses.
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- Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Center for Genomic Regulation, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (CRG-UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
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- School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
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- Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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Cukier HN, Skaar DA, Rayner-Evans MY, Konidari I, Whitehead PL, Jaworski JM, Cuccaro ML, Pericak-Vance MA, Gilbert JR. Identification of chromosome 7 inversion breakpoints in an autistic family narrows candidate region for autism susceptibility. Autism Res 2010; 2:258-66. [PMID: 19877165 DOI: 10.1002/aur.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Chromosomal breaks and rearrangements have been observed in conjunction with autism and autistic spectrum disorders. A chromosomal inversion has been previously reported in autistic siblings, spanning the region from approximately 7q22.1 to 7q31. This family is distinguished by having multiple individuals with autism and associated disabilities. The region containing the inversion has been strongly implicated in autism by multiple linkage studies, and has been particularly associated with language defects in autism as well as in other disorders with language components. Mapping of the inversion breakpoints by FISH has localized the inversion to the region spanning approximately 99-108.75 Mb of chromosome 7. The proximal breakpoint has the potential to disrupt either the coding sequence or regulatory regions of a number of cytochrome P450 genes while the distal region falls in a relative gene desert. Copy number variant analysis of the breakpoint regions detected no duplication or deletion that could clearly be associated with disease status. Association analysis in our autism data set using single nucleotide polymorphisms located near the breakpoints showed no significant association with proximal breakpoint markers, but has identified markers near the distal breakpoint ( approximately 108-110 Mb) with significant associations to autism. The chromosomal abnormality in this family strengthens the case for an autism susceptibility gene in the chromosome 7q22-31 region and targets a candidate region for further investigation.
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- Holly N Cukier
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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Schnetz-Boutaud NC, Anderson BM, Brown KD, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Cuccaro ML, Gilbert JR, Pericak-Vance MA, Haines JL. Examination of tetrahydrobiopterin pathway genes in autism. Genes Brain Behav 2009; 8:753-7. [PMID: 19674121 PMCID: PMC2784255 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2009.00521.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Autism is a complex disorder with a high degree of heritability and significant phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity. Although candidate gene studies and genome-wide screens have failed to identify major causal loci associated with autism, numerous studies have proposed association with several variations in genes in the dopaminergic and serotonergic pathways. Because tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is the essential cofactor in the synthesis of these two neurotransmitters, we genotyped 25 SNPs in nine genes of the BH4 pathway in a total of 403 families. Significant nominal association was detected in the gene for 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase, PTS (chromosome 11), with P = 0.009; this result was not restricted to an affected male-only subset. Multilocus interaction was detected in the BH4 pathway alone, but not across the serotonin, dopamine and BH4 pathways.
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- N C Schnetz-Boutaud
- Center for Human Genetics Research and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Gregory SG, Connelly JJ, Towers AJ, Johnson J, Biscocho D, Markunas CA, Lintas C, Abramson RK, Wright HH, Ellis P, Langford CF, Worley G, Delong GR, Murphy SK, Cuccaro ML, Persico A, Pericak-Vance MA. Genomic and epigenetic evidence for oxytocin receptor deficiency in autism. BMC Med 2009; 7:62. [PMID: 19845972 PMCID: PMC2774338 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-7-62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 402] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2009] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Autism comprises a spectrum of behavioral and cognitive disturbances of childhood development and is known to be highly heritable. Although numerous approaches have been used to identify genes implicated in the development of autism, less than 10% of autism cases have been attributed to single gene disorders. METHODS We describe the use of high-resolution genome-wide tilepath microarrays and comparative genomic hybridization to identify copy number variants within 119 probands from multiplex autism families. We next carried out DNA methylation analysis by bisulfite sequencing in a proband and his family, expanding this analysis to methylation analysis of peripheral blood and temporal cortex DNA of autism cases and matched controls from independent datasets. We also assessed oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene expression within the temporal cortex tissue by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). RESULTS Our analysis revealed a genomic deletion containing the oxytocin receptor gene, OXTR (MIM accession no.: 167055), previously implicated in autism, was present in an autism proband and his mother who exhibits symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The proband's affected sibling did not harbor this deletion but instead may exhibit epigenetic misregulation of this gene through aberrant gene silencing by DNA methylation. Further DNA methylation analysis of the CpG island known to regulate OXTR expression identified several CpG dinucleotides that show independent statistically significant increases in the DNA methylation status in the peripheral blood cells and temporal cortex in independent datasets of individuals with autism as compared to control samples. Associated with the increase in methylation of these CpG dinucleotides is our finding that OXTR mRNA showed decreased expression in the temporal cortex tissue of autism cases matched for age and sex compared to controls. CONCLUSION Together, these data provide further evidence for the role of OXTR and the oxytocin signaling pathway in the etiology of autism and, for the first time, implicate the epigenetic regulation of OXTR in the development of the disorder.See the related commentary by Gurrieri and Neri: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/7/63.
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Anderson BM, Schnetz-Boutaud N, Bartlett J, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Cuccaro ML, Gilbert JR, Pericak-Vance MA, Haines JL. Examination of association to autism of common genetic variationin genes related to dopamine. Autism Res 2009; 1:364-9. [PMID: 19360691 DOI: 10.1002/aur.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a triad of complications. Autistic individuals display significant disturbances in language and reciprocal social interactions, combined with repetitive and stereotypic behaviors. Prevalence studies suggest that autism is more common than originally believed, with recent estimates citing a rate of one in 150. Although multiple genetic linkage and association studies have yielded multiple suggestive genes or chromosomal regions, a specific risk locus has yet to be identified and widely confirmed. Because many etiologies have been suggested for this complex syndrome, we hypothesize that one of the difficulties in identifying autism genes is that multiple genetic variants may be required to significantly increase the risk of developing autism. Thus, we took the alternative approach of examining 14 prominent dopamine pathway candidate genes for detailed study by genotyping 28 single nucleotide polymorphisms. Although we did observe a nominally significant association for rs2239535 (P=0.008) on chromosome 20, single-locus analysis did not reveal any results as significant after correction for multiple comparisons. No significant interaction was identified when Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction was employed to test specifically for multilocus effects. Although genome-wide linkage scans in autism have provided support for linkage to various loci along the dopamine pathway, our study does not provide strong evidence of linkage or association to any specific gene or combination of genes within the pathway. These results demonstrate that common genetic variation within the tested genes located within this pathway at most play a minor to moderate role in overall autism pathogenesis.
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- B M Anderson
- Center for Human Genetics Research and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Ma D, Salyakina D, Jaworski JM, Konidari I, Whitehead PL, Andersen AN, Hoffman JD, Slifer SH, Hedges DJ, Cukier HN, Griswold AJ, McCauley JL, Beecham GW, Wright HH, Abramson RK, Martin ER, Hussman JP, Gilbert JR, Cuccaro ML, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA. A genome-wide association study of autism reveals a common novel risk locus at 5p14.1. Ann Hum Genet 2009; 73:263-73. [PMID: 19456320 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00523.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Although autism is one of the most heritable neuropsychiatric disorders, its underlying genetic architecture has largely eluded description. To comprehensively examine the hypothesis that common variation is important in autism, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using a discovery dataset of 438 autistic Caucasian families and the Illumina Human 1M beadchip. 96 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) demonstrated strong association with autism risk (p-value < 0.0001). The validation of the top 96 SNPs was performed using an independent dataset of 487 Caucasian autism families genotyped on the 550K Illumina BeadChip. A novel region on chromosome 5p14.1 showed significance in both the discovery and validation datasets. Joint analysis of all SNPs in this region identified 8 SNPs having improved p-values (3.24E-04 to 3.40E-06) than in either dataset alone. Our findings demonstrate that in addition to multiple rare variations, part of the complex genetic architecture of autism involves common variation.
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- Deqiong Ma
- Miami Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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