Consanguinité, schizophrénie et trouble bipolaire

Consangunity and psychosis in Algeria. A family study

Several studies have affirmed the existence of a strong and complex genetic component in the determination of psychotic disorders. However, the genetic architecture of these disorders remains poorly understood. GWAS studies conducted over the past decade have identified some associations to low effect, and the major part of this heritability remains unexplained, thus calling into question the hypothesis of “common disease – common variant” for model involving a large number of rare variants. Family studies of extended pedigrees selected from geographical isolate can be a powerful approach in identifying rare genetic variants of complex diseases such as psychotic disorders. Here, we studied four multigenerational families in which co-exist psychotic and mood disorders and a high rate of consanguinity, identified in the northwest of Algeria. This case-control study aimed to characterize new rare genetic variants responsible for psychosis. These families have received complete clinical and genealogical investigations, genome wide analysis that were performed in the laboratory of medical genetics in the university hospital of Geneva. A genome wide research CNVs using Agilent Human Genome CGH Microarray Kit 44 K, covering 45 subjects including 20 patients and in a control population of 55 individuals. Three CNVs that had never been reported to date have been identified in one of four families and validated by two techniques. It is the dup 4q26, and 16q23.1 del del21q21. These CNVs are transmitted by either parent line, suggesting a cumulative effect on the risk of psychotic disorders. Further analyzes using pan-genomic linkage analysis using GWAS chip (Illumina Human 660 W-Quad v1.0 Breadchip) and complete WES (by GAIIx Illumina/HiSeq 2000) were performed in some related individuals to search other mutations may explain the appearance of the phenotype in this population.

Consanguinity and epilepsy in Oran, Algeria: A case-control study

PURPOSE

The goal of this case-control study was to identify the significance of consanguinity and other risk factors for epilepsy in Oran, Algeria.

METHODS

Unrelated epileptic patients upwards of 16 years, who attended the Neurology Department between October 2013 and March 2014 were included in the study. Controls, matched for age and sex, were selected among non-epileptic patients attending the same department during the same period. The risk factors evaluated were: consanguinity, family history of epilepsy, perinatal complications, infection of the central nervous system, mental retardation, neurological impairment, history of febrile seizures, severe head trauma, cerebrovascular diseases, and addiction.

RESULTS

101 cases and 202 controls participated in the study. Multivariate logistic regression identified five factors significantly associated with epilepsy: first-degree of consanguinity (odds ratio (OR)=2.15), history of epilepsy in first-degree relatives (OR=4.03), antecedent of febrile seizures (OR=5.38), severe head injury (OR=2.94) and mental retardation (OR=9.32).

CONCLUSION

Consanguinity, family history of epilepsy, history of febrile seizures, severe head trauma and mental retardation are risk factors for epilepsy. The implementation of a strategy for prevention and awareness of the impact of consanguineous marriages as well as genetic counseling for couples with a family history of epilepsy are needed.

Recherche de mutation rare du trouble bipolaire de type I : étude familiale en Algérie

De nombreuses études ont affirmé l’association significative des Copy Number Variants (CNVs) aux troubles psychotiques et de l’humeur, remettant en question l’hypothèse « maladie commune-variants communs » pour un modèle « maladie commune-variants rares » [1]. Par ailleurs, plusieurs études ont montré l’association de même CNVs à des pathologies différentes telles que l’autisme, le trouble bipolaire, le retard mental ou l’épilepsie, ce qui suggère un effet pléiotropique de ces mutations qui pourrait conduire à reconsidérer la nosologie actuelle. Enfin, certains de ces CNVs apparaîtraient de novo, mais il existe peu d’études familiales, et aucune effectuée sur des pedigrees étendus pour préciser les relations génotype-phénotype au sein des familles [2]. Dans ce travail nous avons étudié une famille consanguine multi-générationnelle et multiplexe pour le phénotype de trouble bipolaire de type I et de schizophrénie ; identifiée dans la région de Tlemcen au nord ouest de l’Algérie. Une recherche pangénomique de CNVs utilisant le Kit 44 K Agilent Human Genome CGH Microarray, a été achevée pour quatre sujets dont deux atteints et deux sains. Cette analyse a permis de mettre en évidence la duplication 16p13.33 en position 3863532-3927262 (Hg19), qui présente un caractère de novo chez une patiente, car absente chez ses deux parents. La duplication de la région chromosomique 16p13.3 affectant le gène CREBBP dont la délétion et/ou la mutation est incriminée dans le syndrome de Rubinstein-Taybi est actuellement décrite dans une entité syndromique regroupant dysmorphie de la face, retard mental léger à moyen, croissance normale, arthrogrypose, anomalies orthopédiques des extrémités surtout des mains et des anomalies de développement cardiaque, génital et oculaire [3]. Ce CNV n’a jamais été décrit précédemment dans le phénotype de trouble bipolaire ; dans ce travail nous présentons une nouvelle description génotype-phénotype d’une dup16p13.33 de novo, dans le trouble bipolaire type I.