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Pan YJ, Lin MC, Liou JM, Fan CC, Su MH, Chen CY, Wu CS, Chen PC, Huang YT, Wang SH. A population-based study of familial coaggregation and shared genetic etiology of psychiatric and gastrointestinal disorders. COMMUNICATIONS MEDICINE 2024; 4:180. [PMID: 39300237 DOI: 10.1038/s43856-024-00607-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 09/05/2024] [Indexed: 09/22/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND It has been proposed that having a psychiatric disorder could increase the risk of developing a gastrointestinal disorder, and vice versa. The role of familial coaggregation and shared genetic loading between psychiatric and gastrointestinal disorders remains unclear. METHODS This study used the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database; 4,504,612 individuals born 1970-1999 with parental information, 51,664 same-sex twins, and 3,322,959 persons with full-sibling(s) were enrolled. Genotyping was available for 106,796 unrelated participants from the Taiwan Biobank. A logistic regression model was used to examine the associations of individual history, affected relatives, and polygenic risk scores (PRS) for schizophrenia (SCZ), bipolar disorder (BPD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), with the risk of peptic ulcer disease (PUD), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and vice versa. RESULTS Here we show that parental psychiatric disorders are associated with gastrointestinal disorders. Full-siblings of psychiatric cases have an increased risk of gastrointestinal disorders except for SCZ/BPD and IBD; the magnitude of coaggregation is higher in same-sex twins than in full-siblings. The results of bidirectional analyses mostly remain unchanged. PRS for SCZ, MDD, and OCD are associated with IBS, PUD/GERD/IBS/IBD, and PUD/GERD/IBS, respectively. PRS for PUD, GERD, IBS, and IBD are associated with MDD, BPD/MDD, SCZ/BPD/MDD, and BPD, respectively. CONCLUSIONS There is familial coaggregation and shared genetic etiology between psychiatric and gastrointestinal comorbidity. Individuals with psychiatric disorder-affected relatives or with higher genetic risk for psychiatric disorders should be monitored for gastrointestinal disorders, and vice versa.
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- Yi-Jiun Pan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- National Center for Geriatrics and Welfare Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Center for Population Neuroscience and Genetics, Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA
- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- National Center for Geriatrics and Welfare Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yunlin branch, Douliu, Taiwan
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- National Center for Geriatrics and Welfare Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Center for Geriatrics and Welfare Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Dos Santos GG, Bachi ALL, Rangel SC, Silva Nali LHD, Daca T, do Amaral JB, Juliano Y, Natrielli-Filho DG, Rossi FE, Gil S, Lafer B, Neves LM. Acute and chronic response of supervised band-elastic resistance exercise in systemic cytokines levels of bipolar disorders and schizophrenia individuals: a pilot study. Behav Brain Res 2024; 476:115248. [PMID: 39260584 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2024.115248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 09/01/2024] [Indexed: 09/13/2024]
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Despite earlier research demonstrating the immunomodulatory effects of acute and chronic exercise in many medical illnesses, there is a lack of literature evaluating the acute and chronic effects of exercise on the cytokine levels in individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) or schizophrenia (SCH). This study aims to examine the acute effects of resistance exercise on cytokines and the chronic effects of resistance exercise by 10 weeks on cytokine levels, symptoms of disease, and muscular strength in individuals with BD and SCH. The included individuals (N=10) performed a single session of band-elastic resistance exercises (six exercises, 3 sets of 12 to 15 repetitions, 60seconds of interval between sets). A sub-sample (N=6) of individuals performed a supervised band-elastic resistance exercise program (2 times a week, for 10 weeks, 6 exercises, 3 sets of 12 to 15 repetitions, 60seconds of interval). We verified for acute effects: IL-2 (P=0.0085) and IL-4 (P=0.0253) levels increased, while IL-6 decreased (P=0.0435), and for chronic effects: increased IL-2 and IL-4 levels (significant effect size - Pre vs Post), a decrease in disease symptoms, and an increase in muscular strength. This study adds to what is already known about how resistance exercises affect people with BD and SCH in both short-term (systemic cytokines levels) and long-term (symptoms of disease, muscular strength, and systemic cytokines levels).
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- Gustavo Gusmão Dos Santos
- Santo Amaro University, Post-graduate Program in Health Sciences, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Physical activity and mental health laboratory (LAFISAM)
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- Santo Amaro University, Post-graduate Program in Health Sciences, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculty of Physical Education and Sport at the Pedagogical University of Maputo, Maputo, Mozambique
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- ENT Research Lab. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Santo Amaro University, Post-graduate Program in Health Sciences, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Immunometabolism of Skeletal Muscle and Exercise Research Group, Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Science and Technology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil. Professor at Graduate Program in Science and Health, Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina-PI, Brazil and Graduate Program in Movement Science, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil
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- Santo Amaro University, Post-graduate Program in Health Sciences, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Bipolar Disorder Program (PROMAN), Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Santo Amaro University, Post-graduate Program in Health Sciences, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Physical activity and mental health laboratory (LAFISAM); Bipolar Disorder Program (PROMAN), Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Reid M, Lin A, Farhat LC, Fernandez TV, Olfson E. The genetics of trichotillomania and excoriation disorder: A systematic review. Compr Psychiatry 2024; 133:152506. [PMID: 38833896 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Trichotillomania (TTM) and excoriation disorder (ED) are impairing obsessive-compulsive related disorders that are common in the general population and for which there are no clear first-line medications, highlighting the need to better understand the underlying biology of these disorders to inform treatments. Given the importance of genetics in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), evaluating genetic factors underlying TTM and ED may advance knowledge about the pathophysiology of these body-focused repetitive behaviors. AIM In this systematic review, we summarize the available evidence on the genetics of TTM and ED and highlight gaps in the field warranting further research. METHOD We systematically searched Embase, PsycInfo, PubMed, Medline, Scopus, and Web of Science for original studies in genetic epidemiology (family or twin studies) and molecular genetics (candidate gene and genome-wide) published up to June 2023. RESULTS Of the 3536 records identified, 109 studies were included in this review. These studies indicated that genetic factors play an important role in the development of TTM and ED, some of which may be shared across the OCD spectrum, but there are no known high-confidence specific genetic risk factors for either TTM or ED. CONCLUSIONS Our review underscores the need for additional genome-wide research conducted on the genetics of TTM and ED, for instance, genome-wide association and whole-genome/whole-exome DNA sequencing studies. Recent advances in genomics have led to the discovery of risk genes in several psychiatric disorders, including related conditions such as OCD, but to date, TTM and ED have remained understudied.
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- Madison Reid
- Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; The University of the South, USA
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- Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Zhang S, Li P, Wang S, Zhu J, Huang Z, Cai F, Freidel S, Ling F, Schwarz E, Chen J. BioM2: biologically informed multi-stage machine learning for phenotype prediction using omics data. Brief Bioinform 2024; 25:bbae384. [PMID: 39126426 PMCID: PMC11316398 DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbae384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 06/15/2024] [Accepted: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
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Navigating the complex landscape of high-dimensional omics data with machine learning models presents a significant challenge. The integration of biological domain knowledge into these models has shown promise in creating more meaningful stratifications of predictor variables, leading to algorithms that are both more accurate and generalizable. However, the wider availability of machine learning tools capable of incorporating such biological knowledge remains limited. Addressing this gap, we introduce BioM2, a novel R package designed for biologically informed multistage machine learning. BioM2 uniquely leverages biological information to effectively stratify and aggregate high-dimensional biological data in the context of machine learning. Demonstrating its utility with genome-wide DNA methylation and transcriptome-wide gene expression data, BioM2 has shown to enhance predictive performance, surpassing traditional machine learning models that operate without the integration of biological knowledge. A key feature of BioM2 is its ability to rank predictor variables within biological categories, specifically Gene Ontology pathways. This functionality not only aids in the interpretability of the results but also enables a subsequent modular network analysis of these variables, shedding light on the intricate systems-level biology underpinning the predictive outcome. We have proposed a biologically informed multistage machine learning framework termed BioM2 for phenotype prediction based on omics data. BioM2 has been incorporated into the BioM2 CRAN package (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/BioM2/index.html).
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- Shunjie Zhang
- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Intelligent Medicine, Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine (Guangzhou), School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, No. 6, 2nd Nanjiang Road, Nansha District, 511462 Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Intelligent Medicine, Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine (Guangzhou), School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, No. 6, 2nd Nanjiang Road, Nansha District, 511462 Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Intelligent Medicine, Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine (Guangzhou), School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, No. 6, 2nd Nanjiang Road, Nansha District, 511462 Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Intelligent Medicine, Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine (Guangzhou), School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, No. 6, 2nd Nanjiang Road, Nansha District, 511462 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Hector Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, M7, Mannheim 68161, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, J5, Mannheim 68159, Germany
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Hector Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, M7, Mannheim 68161, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, J5, Mannheim 68159, Germany
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- Center for Intelligent Medicine, Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine (Guangzhou), School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, No. 6, 2nd Nanjiang Road, Nansha District, 511462 Guangzhou, China
- Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Strom NI, Verhulst B, Bacanu SA, Cheesman R, Purves KL, Gedik H, Mitchell BL, Kwong AS, Faucon AB, Singh K, Medland S, Colodro-Conde L, Krebs K, Hoffmann P, Herms S, Gehlen J, Ripke S, Awasthi S, Palviainen T, Tasanko EM, Peterson RE, Adkins DE, Shabalin AA, Adams MJ, Iveson MH, Campbell A, Thomas LF, Winsvold BS, Drange OK, Børte S, Ter Kuile AR, Nguyen TH, Meier SM, Corfield EC, Hannigan L, Levey DF, Czamara D, Weber H, Choi KW, Pistis G, Couvy-Duchesne B, Van der Auwera S, Teumer A, Karlsson R, Garcia-Argibay M, Lee D, Wang R, Bjerkeset O, Stordal E, Bäckmann J, Salum GA, Zai CC, Kennedy JL, Zai G, Tiwari AK, Heilmann-Heimbach S, Schmidt B, Kaprio J, Kennedy MM, Boden J, Havdahl A, Middeldorp CM, Lopes FL, Akula N, McMahon FJ, Binder EB, Fehm L, Ströhle A, Castelao E, Tiemeier H, Stein DJ, Whiteman D, Olsen C, Fuller Z, Wang X, Wray NR, Byrne EM, Lewis G, Timpson NJ, Davis LK, Hickie IB, Gillespie NA, Milani L, Schumacher J, Woldbye DP, Forstner AJ, Nöthen MM, Hovatta I, Horwood J, Copeland WE, Maes HH, McIntosh AM, Andreassen OA, Zwart JA, Mors O, Børglum AD, Mortensen PB, Ask H, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Najman JM, Stein MB, Gelernter J, Milaneschi Y, Penninx BW, Boomsma DI, Maron E, Erhardt-Lehmann A, Rück C, Kircher TT, Melzig CA, Alpers GW, Arolt V, Domschke K, Smoller JW, Preisig M, Martin NG, Lupton MK, Luik AI, Reif A, Grabe HJ, Larsson H, Magnusson PK, Oldehinkel AJ, Hartman CA, Breen G, Docherty AR, Coon H, Conrad R, Lehto K, Deckert J, Eley TC, Mattheisen M, Hettema JM. Genome-wide association study of major anxiety disorders in 122,341 European-ancestry cases identifies 58 loci and highlights GABAergic signaling. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.07.03.24309466. [PMID: 39006447 PMCID: PMC11245051 DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.03.24309466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
Abstract
The major anxiety disorders (ANX; including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and phobias) are highly prevalent, often onset early, persist throughout life, and cause substantial global disability. Although distinct in their clinical presentations, they likely represent differential expressions of a dysregulated threat-response system. Here we present a genome-wide association meta-analysis comprising 122,341 European ancestry ANX cases and 729,881 controls. We identified 58 independent genome-wide significant ANX risk variants and 66 genes with robust biological support. In an independent sample of 1,175,012 self-report ANX cases and 1,956,379 controls, 51 of the 58 associated variants were replicated. As predicted by twin studies, we found substantial genetic correlation between ANX and depression, neuroticism, and other internalizing phenotypes. Follow-up analyses demonstrated enrichment in all major brain regions and highlighted GABAergic signaling as one potential mechanism underlying ANX genetic risk. These results advance our understanding of the genetic architecture of ANX and prioritize genes for functional follow-up studies.
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- Nora I Strom
- Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Psychiatric Phenomics and Genomics (IPPG), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
- Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- PROMENTA Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Institute for Genomics in Health, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Life Sciences, Integrative Life Sciences Doctoral Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Brain and Mental Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, Queensland University , Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Bristol Medical School, Population Health Sciences, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Medicine, Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Brain and Mental Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Brain and Mental Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Biomedicine, Human Genomics Research Group, University of Basel; University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Institute of Medical Genetics and Pathology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Biomedicine, Human Genomics Research Group, University of Basel; University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Center for Human Genetics, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland - FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, SleepWell Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Genomics in Health, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Cancer; Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- HUNT Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- BioCore - Bioinformatics Core Facility, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Clinic of Laboratory Medicine, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Research and Innovation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Public Health and Nursing, HUNT Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Division of Mental Health, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
- NORMENT Centre, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Centre of Precision Psychiatry, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychiatry, Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Research and Innovation; Musculoskeletal Health, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Public Health and Nursing, HUNT Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- PsychGen Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Nic Waals Institute , Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Nic Waals Institute, Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- PsychGen Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Bristol Medical School, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Human Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Psychiatry, Research, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Genes and Environment, Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Psychiatry, Center for Precision Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Psychiatry, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Psychiatric Epidemiology and Psychopathology Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Prilly, Switzerland
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- Brain and Mental Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- ARAMIS laboratory, Paris Brain Institute, Paris, France
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Statistics, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
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- Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Faculty of Nursing and Health Science, Nord University, Levanger, Norway
- Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Namsos, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trustt, Namsos, Norway
- Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Child Psychiatry, National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Tanenbaum Centre for Pharmacogenetics, Molecular Brain Sciences Department, Campbell Family Mental Health Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neurosciences and Clinical Translation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Tanenbaum Centre for Pharmacogenetics, Molecular Brain Sciences Department, Campbell Family Mental Health Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neurosciences and Clinical Translation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Tanenbaum Centre for Pharmacogenetics, Molecular Brain Sciences Department, Campbell Family Mental Health Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neurosciences and Clinical Translation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Tanenbaum Centre for Pharmacogenetics, Molecular Brain Sciences Department, Campbell Family Mental Health Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neurosciences and Clinical Translation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland - FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Pathology and Biomedical Science, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- PsychGen Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Nic Waals Institute, Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- PROMENTA Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Bristol Medical School, Population Health Sciences, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Human Genetics Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Genetic Basis of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Genetic Basis of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Genes and Environment, Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Zentrum für Psychotherapie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Psychiatric Epidemiology and Psychopathology Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Prilly, Switzerland
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- Social and Behavioral Science, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- UCL Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK
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- Bristol Medical School, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Bristol Medical School, Population Health Sciences, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Laboratory of Neural Plasticity, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Center for Human Genetics, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychology and Logopedics and SleepWell Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- UVM Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- NORMENT Centre, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Centre of Precision Psychiatry, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- K. G. Jebsen Center for Neurodevelopmental disorders, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Research and Innovation; Musculoskeletal Health, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Public Health and Nursing, HUNT Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center for Genomics and Personalised Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- The National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- PsychGen Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- PROMENTA Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- PsychGen Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- NORMENT Centre, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- School of Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Human Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Psychiatry Research, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Departments of Genetics and Neuroscience, Yale University of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience; Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience; Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Twin Register and Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Psychiatry, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Medicine, Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology,, Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Genes and Environment, Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Experimental Psychopathology and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Psychology, Biological and Clinical Psychology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- School of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Mental Health, Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Psychiatry, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Psychiatry, Center for Precision Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Psychiatric Epidemiology and Psychopathology Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Prilly, Switzerland
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- Brain and Mental Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Brain and Mental Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, Queensland University , Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Faculty of Health, Queensland University of technology, Queensland, Australia
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- Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Frankfurt - Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Psychiatry, Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Psychiatry, Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- School of Medicine, Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- School of Medicine, Psychiatry; Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- School of Medicine, Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Institute of Psychiatric Phenomics and Genomics (IPPG), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Texas A&M University, Bryan, Texas, USA
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Lee JM, McLean ZL, Correia K, Shin JW, Lee S, Jang JH, Lee Y, Kim KH, Choi DE, Long JD, Lucente D, Seong IS, Pinto RM, Giordano JV, Mysore JS, Siciliano J, Elezi E, Ruliera J, Gillis T, Wheeler VC, MacDonald ME, Gusella JF, Gatseva A, Ciosi M, Lomeikaite V, Loay H, Monckton DG, Wills C, Massey TH, Jones L, Holmans P, Kwak S, Sampaio C, Orth M, Bernhard Landwehrmeyer G, Paulsen JS, Ray Dorsey E, Myers RH. Genetic modifiers of somatic expansion and clinical phenotypes in Huntington's disease reveal shared and tissue-specific effects. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.06.10.597797. [PMID: 38948755 PMCID: PMC11212857 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.10.597797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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Huntington's disease (HD), due to expansion of a CAG repeat in HTT , is representative of a growing number of disorders involving somatically unstable short tandem repeats. We find that overlapping and distinct genetic modifiers of clinical landmarks and somatic expansion in blood DNA reveal an underlying complexity and cell-type specificity to the mismatch repair-related processes that influence disease timing. Differential capture of non-DNA-repair gene modifiers by multiple measures of cognitive and motor dysfunction argues additionally for cell-type specificity of pathogenic processes. Beyond trans modifiers, differential effects are also illustrated at HTT by a 5'-UTR variant that promotes somatic expansion in blood without influencing clinical HD, while, even after correcting for uninterrupted CAG length, a synonymous sequence change at the end of the CAG repeat dramatically hastens onset of motor signs without increasing somatic expansion. Our findings are directly relevant to therapeutic suppression of somatic expansion in HD and related disorders and provide a route to define the individual neuronal cell types that contribute to different HD clinical phenotypes.
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Li M, Shi P, Yang H, Liu S, Sun R, Li L, Zhao Z, Sun J. The immune cells have complex causal regulation effects on cancers. Int Immunopharmacol 2024; 134:112179. [PMID: 38710118 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2024.112179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND There was a large body of evidence linking immune cells to cancer risk. However, the causal relationship between immune cells, cancer, and what genes play an important role is unclear. METHODS In this study, we performed comprehensive two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis (TSMR) to determine the causal relationship between immune cells and common cancers. We also performed Multimarker Analysis of Genomic Annotation (MAGMA) on immune cells causally associated with cancer to identify their relevant genes and used data summary-based MR (SMR) analysis to investigate the causal relationship between their gene expression, methylation, and cancer, and further used drug prediction and molecular docking to validate the medicinal value of the targets. Finally, reverse TSMR analysis was performed on cancer and immune cells to rule out reverse causality. RESULTS After FDR correction (PFDR < 0.05), the results showed that 2 immune cells were associated with lung cancer risk, and 1 immune cell was significantly associated with pancreatic cancer risk. The expression of OSBPL10, CHD4, SMDT1, PHETA2, and NAGA was positively and causally related to the risk of lung cancer by SMR analysis and HEIDI test. We also found that increased expression of ANP32E decreased the risk of pancreatic cancer and that the methylation level of OSBPL10, CHD4, SULF2, CENPM, and CYP2D6 had a causal association with lung cancer. The methylation level of FCGR3A was causally associated with pancreatic cancer. The results of molecular docking indicated a strong affinity between the drugs and proteins that possessed existing structural information. CONCLUSION This data-driven Mendelian randomization (MR) study demonstrates the causal role of immune cells in cancers. In addition, this study identifies candidate genes that may be potential anti-cancer drug targets.
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- Mingzheng Li
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Institute for International Health Professions Education and Research, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China; College of Health Management, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Ultrasound Department, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning Province, China.
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Tomasetti C, Autullo G, Ballerini A, de Bartolomeis A, Dell'Osso B, Fiorentini A, Tonioni F, Villari V, De Berardis D. Treating depression in patients with borderline personality disorder: clinical clues on the use of antidepressants. Ann Gen Psychiatry 2024; 23:21. [PMID: 38816843 PMCID: PMC11140967 DOI: 10.1186/s12991-024-00507-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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Personality disorders (PD) are described as enduring patterns of markedly deviant and pervasive inner experiences and behaviors, with onset in adolescence, which lead to severe distress or impairment. Patients suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD) display higher rates of comorbidity with personality disorders, often complicating the treatment, and worsening the outcomes. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the most common of PD and is frequently associated with MDD, with which shares several features. The most part of research agrees on the fact that comorbid BPD in MDD patients quite doubles the poor response to treatments. Moreover, no treatment strategy stands out currently to emerge as more effective in these cases, thus urging the call for the need of new approaches. Herein, we revise the current literature on BPD, its neurobiology and comorbidity with MDD, as well as the more recent treatment strategies used. Then, based on its pharmacology, we propose a possible role of trazodone as a valuable tool to approach comorbid BPD-MDD.
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- Carmine Tomasetti
- Department of Mental Health, Alzheimer Center of Giulianova, Hospital "Maria SS dello Splendore", ASL Teramo, Giulianova (TE), Italy.
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- Psychiatry and Psychology Institute, Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Science, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence, 50134, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Psychiatry and Unit of Treatment Resistant Psychosis, Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Dentistry, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Mental Health, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Luigi Sacco, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Psychiatric Emergency Service, Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, A.O.U. "Città della Salute e della Scienza", Turin, Italy
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- Psychiatry and Psychology Institute, Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Mental Health, Mental Health Center of Giulianova, ASL Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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Bhattacharyya U, John J, Lencz T, Lam M. Dissecting Schizophrenia Biology Using Pleiotropy with Cognitive Genomics. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.04.16.24305885. [PMID: 38699340 PMCID: PMC11065000 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.16.24305885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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Given the increasingly large number of loci discovered by psychiatric GWAS, specification of the key biological pathways underlying these loci has become a priority for the field. We have previously leveraged the pleiotropic genetic relationships between schizophrenia and two cognitive phenotypes (educational attainment and cognitive task performance) to differentiate two subsets of illness-relevant SNPs: (1) those with "concordant" alleles, which are associated with reduced cognitive ability/education and increased schizophrenia risk; and (2) those with "discordant" alleles linked to reduced educational and/or cognitive levels but lower schizophrenia susceptibility. In the present study, we extend our prior work, utilizing larger input GWAS datasets and a more powerful statistical approach to pleiotropic meta-analysis, the Pleiotropic Locus Exploration and Interpretation using Optimal test (PLEIO). Our pleiotropic meta-analysis of schizophrenia and the two cognitive phenotypes revealed 768 significant loci (159 novel). Among these, 347 loci harbored concordant SNPs, 270 encompassed discordant SNPs, and 151 "dual" loci contained concordant and discordant SNPs. Competitive gene-set analysis using MAGMA related concordant SNP loci with neurodevelopmental pathways (e.g., neurogenesis), whereas discordant loci were associated with mature neuronal synaptic functions. These distinctions were also observed in BrainSpan analysis of temporal enrichment patterns across developmental periods, with concordant loci containing more prenatally expressed genes than discordant loci. Dual loci were enriched for genes related to mRNA translation initiation, representing a novel finding in the schizophrenia literature.
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Roussos P, Ma Y, Girdhar K, Hoffman G, Fullard J, Bendl J. Sex differences in brain cell-type specific chromatin accessibility in schizophrenia. RESEARCH SQUARE 2024:rs.3.rs-4158509. [PMID: 38645177 PMCID: PMC11030506 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4158509/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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Our understanding of the sex-specific role of the non-coding genome in serious mental illness remains largely incomplete. To address this gap, we explored sex differences in 1,393 chromatin accessibility profiles, derived from neuronal and non-neuronal nuclei of two distinct cortical regions from 234 cases with serious mental illness and 235 controls. We identified sex-specific enhancer-promoter interactions and showed that they regulate genes involved in X-chromosome inactivation (XCI). Examining chromosomal conformation allowed us to identify sex-specific cis- and trans-regulatory domains (CRDs and TRDs). Co-localization of sex-specific TRDs with schizophrenia common risk variants pinpointed male-specific regulatory regions controlling a number of metabolic pathways. Additionally, enhancers from female-specific TRDs were found to regulate two genes known to escape XCI, (XIST and JPX), underlying the importance of TRDs in deciphering sex differences in schizophrenia. Overall, these findings provide extensive characterization of sex differences in the brain epigenome and disease-associated regulomes.
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Mathey CM, Maj C, Eriksson N, Krebs K, Westmeier J, David FS, Koromina M, Scheer AB, Szabo N, Wedi B, Wieczorek D, Amann PM, Löffler H, Koch L, Schöffl C, Dickel H, Ganjuur N, Hornung T, Buhl T, Greve J, Wurpts G, Aygören-Pürsün E, Steffens M, Herms S, Heilmann-Heimbach S, Hoffmann P, Schmidt B, Mavarani L, Andresen T, Sørensen SB, Andersen V, Vogel U, Landén M, Bulik CM, Bygum A, Magnusson PKE, von Buchwald C, Hallberg P, Rye Ostrowski S, Sørensen E, Pedersen OB, Ullum H, Erikstrup C, Bundgaard H, Milani L, Rasmussen ER, Wadelius M, Ghouse J, Sachs B, Nöthen MM, Forstner AJ. Meta-analysis of ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema identifies novel risk locus. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2024; 153:1073-1082. [PMID: 38300190 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.11.921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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BACKGROUND Angioedema is a rare but potentially life-threatening adverse drug reaction in patients receiving angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEis). Research suggests that susceptibility to ACEi-induced angioedema (ACEi-AE) involves both genetic and nongenetic risk factors. Genome- and exome-wide studies of ACEi-AE have identified the first genetic risk loci. However, understanding of the underlying pathophysiology remains limited. OBJECTIVE We sought to identify further genetic factors of ACEi-AE to eventually gain a deeper understanding of its pathophysiology. METHODS By combining data from 8 cohorts, a genome-wide association study meta-analysis was performed in more than 1000 European patients with ACEi-AE. Secondary bioinformatic analyses were conducted to fine-map associated loci, identify relevant genes and pathways, and assess the genetic overlap between ACEi-AE and other traits. Finally, an exploratory cross-ancestry analysis was performed to assess shared genetic factors in European and African-American patients with ACEi-AE. RESULTS Three genome-wide significant risk loci were identified. One of these, located on chromosome 20q11.22, has not been implicated previously in ACEi-AE. Integrative secondary analyses highlighted previously reported genes (BDKRB2 [bradykinin receptor B2] and F5 [coagulation factor 5]) as well as biologically plausible novel candidate genes (PROCR [protein C receptor] and EDEM2 [endoplasmic reticulum degradation enhancing alpha-mannosidase like protein 2]). Lead variants at the risk loci were found with similar effect sizes and directions in an African-American cohort. CONCLUSIONS The present results contributed to a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of ACEi-AE by (1) providing further evidence for the involvement of bradykinin signaling and coagulation pathways and (2) suggesting, for the first time, the involvement of the fibrinolysis pathway in this adverse drug reaction. An exploratory cross-ancestry comparison implicated the relevance of the associated risk loci across diverse ancestries.
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- Carina M Mathey
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Centre for Human Genetics, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Comprehensive Allergy Center, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Comprehensive Allergy Center, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Danube Private University, Krems, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, SLK Hospital Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, St Josef Hospital, University Medical Center, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, St Josef Hospital, University Medical Center, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Health Care Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Aachen Comprehensive Allergy Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Research Division, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Molecular Diagnostics and Clinical Research Unit, Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Molecular Diagnostics and Clinical Research Unit, Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Molecular Diagnostics and Clinical Research Unit, Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; OPEN, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Clinical Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen Hospital Biobank Unit, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen Hospital Biobank Unit, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Departments of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Departments of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Departments of Private Practice Ølsemaglevej, Køge, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Molecular Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Laboratory for Molecular Cardiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Aachen Comprehensive Allergy Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany; Research Division, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
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Li H, Kawatake-Kuno A, Inaba H, Miyake Y, Itoh Y, Ueki T, Oishi N, Murai T, Suzuki T, Uchida S. Discrete prefrontal neuronal circuits determine repeated stress-induced behavioral phenotypes in male mice. Neuron 2024; 112:786-804.e8. [PMID: 38228137 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
Abstract
Chronic stress is a major risk factor for psychiatric disorders, including depression. Although depression is a highly heterogeneous syndrome, it remains unclear how chronic stress drives individual differences in behavioral responses. In this study, we developed a subtyping-based approach wherein stressed male mice were divided into four subtypes based on their behavioral patterns of social interaction deficits and anhedonia, the core symptoms of psychiatric disorders. We identified three prefrontal cortical neuronal projections that regulate repeated stress-induced behavioral phenotypes. Among them, the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)→anterior paraventricular thalamus (aPVT) pathway determines the specific behavioral subtype that exhibits both social deficits and anhedonia. Additionally, we identified the circuit-level molecular mechanism underlying this subtype: KDM5C-mediated epigenetic repression of Shisa2 transcription in aPVT projectors in the mPFC led to social deficits and anhedonia. Thus, we provide a set of biological aspects at the cellular, molecular, and epigenetic levels that determine distinctive stress-induced behavioral phenotypes.
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- Haiyan Li
- SK Project, Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 53 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- SK Project, Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 53 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- SK Project, Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 53 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- SANKEN, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka 567-0047, Japan; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- SANKEN, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka 567-0047, Japan; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Anatomy, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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- SK Project, Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 53 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- SANKEN, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka 567-0047, Japan; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- SK Project, Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 53 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan; Kyoto University Medical Science and Business Liaison Organization, Medical Innovation Center, 53 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan; Department of Integrative Anatomy, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan.
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Boltz T, Schwarz T, Bot M, Hou K, Caggiano C, Lapinska S, Duan C, Boks MP, Kahn RS, Zaitlen N, Pasaniuc B, Ophoff R. Cell-type deconvolution of bulk-blood RNA-seq reveals biological insights into neuropsychiatric disorders. Am J Hum Genet 2024; 111:323-337. [PMID: 38306997 PMCID: PMC10870131 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have uncovered susceptibility loci associated with psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder (BP) and schizophrenia (SCZ). However, most of these loci are in non-coding regions of the genome, and the causal mechanisms of the link between genetic variation and disease risk is unknown. Expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analysis of bulk tissue is a common approach used for deciphering underlying mechanisms, although this can obscure cell-type-specific signals and thus mask trait-relevant mechanisms. Although single-cell sequencing can be prohibitively expensive in large cohorts, computationally inferred cell-type proportions and cell-type gene expression estimates have the potential to overcome these problems and advance mechanistic studies. Using bulk RNA-seq from 1,730 samples derived from whole blood in a cohort ascertained from individuals with BP and SCZ, this study estimated cell-type proportions and their relation with disease status and medication. For each cell type, we found between 2,875 and 4,629 eGenes (genes with an associated eQTL), including 1,211 that are not found on the basis of bulk expression alone. We performed a colocalization test between cell-type eQTLs and various traits and identified hundreds of associations that occur between cell-type eQTLs and GWASs but that are not detected in bulk eQTLs. Finally, we investigated the effects of lithium use on the regulation of cell-type expression loci and found examples of genes that are differentially regulated according to lithium use. Our study suggests that applying computational methods to large bulk RNA-seq datasets of non-brain tissue can identify disease-relevant, cell-type-specific biology of psychiatric disorders and psychiatric medication.
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- Toni Boltz
- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA
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- Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Neurology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Computational Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Wang Y, Wang G, Gong M, Yang Y, Ling Y, Fang X, Zhu T, Wang Z, Zhang X, Zhang C. Systemic inflammatory biomarkers in Schizophrenia are changed by ECT administration and related to the treatment efficacy. BMC Psychiatry 2024; 24:53. [PMID: 38233774 PMCID: PMC10792810 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05469-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
Abstract
Immune inflammation has long been implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Despite as a rapid and effective physical therapy, the role of immune inflammation in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for schizophrenia remains elusive. The neutrophils to lymphocytes (NLR), platelets to monocytes (PLR) and monocytes to lymphocytes (MLR) are inexpensive and accessible biomarkers of systemic inflammation. In this study, 70 schizophrenia patients and 70 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were recruited. The systemic inflammatory biomarkers were measured before and after ECT. Our results indicated schizophrenia had significantly higher peripheral NLR, PLR and MLR compared to health controls at baseline, while lymphocytes did not differ. After 6 ECT, the psychiatric symptoms were significantly improved, as demonstrated by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). However, there was a decline in cognitive function scores, as indicated by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Notably, the neutrophils and NLR were significantly reduced following ECT. Although lymphocytes remained unchanged following ECT, responders had significantly higher lymphocytes compared to non-responders. Moreover, the linear regression analyses revealed that higher lymphocytes served as a predictor of larger improvement in positive symptom following ECT. Overall, our findings further highlighted the presence of systemic inflammation in schizophrenia patients, and that ECT may exert a therapeutic effect in part by attenuating systemic inflammation. Further research may therefore lead to new treatment strategies for schizophrenia targeting the immune system.
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- Yu Wang
- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- The Affiliated Xuzhou Oriental Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 221004, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- The Affiliated Xuzhou Oriental Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 221004, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- The Affiliated Xuzhou Oriental Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 221004, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210029, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
- The Affiliated Xuzhou Oriental Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 221004, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
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- The Affiliated Xuzhou Oriental Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 221004, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
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Raabe FJ, Hausruckinger A, Gagliardi M, Ahmad R, Almeida V, Galinski S, Hoffmann A, Weigert L, Rummel CK, Murek V, Trastulla L, Jimenez-Barron L, Atella A, Maidl S, Menegaz D, Hauger B, Wagner EM, Gabellini N, Kauschat B, Riccardo S, Cesana M, Papiol S, Sportelli V, Rex-Haffner M, Stolte SJ, Wehr MC, Salcedo TO, Papazova I, Detera-Wadleigh S, McMahon FJ, Schmitt A, Falkai P, Hasan A, Cacchiarelli D, Dannlowski U, Nenadić I, Kircher T, Scheuss V, Eder M, Binder EB, Spengler D, Rossner MJ, Ziller MJ. Polygenic risk for schizophrenia converges on alternative polyadenylation as molecular mechanism underlying synaptic impairment. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.09.574815. [PMID: 38260577 PMCID: PMC10802452 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.09.574815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
Abstract
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a genetically heterogenous psychiatric disorder of highly polygenic nature. Correlative evidence from genetic studies indicate that the aggregated effects of distinct genetic risk factor combinations found in each patient converge onto common molecular mechanisms. To prove this on a functional level, we employed a reductionistic cellular model system for polygenic risk by differentiating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from 104 individuals with high polygenic risk load and controls into cortical glutamatergic neurons (iNs). Multi-omics profiling identified widespread differences in alternative polyadenylation (APA) in the 3' untranslated region of many synaptic transcripts between iNs from SCZ patients and healthy donors. On the cellular level, 3'APA was associated with a reduction in synaptic density of iNs. Importantly, differential APA was largely conserved between postmortem human prefrontal cortex from SCZ patients and healthy donors, and strongly enriched for transcripts related to synapse biology. 3'APA was highly correlated with SCZ polygenic risk and affected genes were significantly enriched for SCZ associated common genetic variation. Integrative functional genomic analysis identified the RNA binding protein and SCZ GWAS risk gene PTBP2 as a critical trans-acting factor mediating 3'APA of synaptic genes in SCZ subjects. Functional characterization of PTBP2 in iNs confirmed its key role in 3'APA of synaptic transcripts and regulation of synapse density. Jointly, our findings show that the aggregated effects of polygenic risk converge on 3'APA as one common molecular mechanism that underlies synaptic impairments in SCZ.
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- Florian J. Raabe
- Lab for Genomics of Complex Diseases, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
- International Max Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry (IMPRS-TP), 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Lab for Genomics of Complex Diseases, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Center for Soft Nanoscience, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Lab for Genomics of Complex Diseases, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
- Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
- Systasy Bioscience GmbH, 81669 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Lab for Genomics of Complex Diseases, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Lab for Genomics of Complex Diseases, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
- International Max Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry (IMPRS-TP), 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Lab for Genomics of Complex Diseases, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Lab for Genomics of Complex Diseases, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Lab for Genomics of Complex Diseases, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Center for Soft Nanoscience, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Lab for Genomics of Complex Diseases, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Armenise/Harvard Laboratory of Integrative Genomics, Pozzuoli, Italy
- NEGEDIA (Next Generation Diagnostic), Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Armenise/Harvard Laboratory of Integrative Genomics, Pozzuoli, Italy
- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
- Institute of Psychiatric Phenomics and Genomics (IPPG), University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
- Systasy Bioscience GmbH, 81669 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, University of Augsburg, 86156 Augsburg, Germany
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- Human Genetics Branch, National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program (NIMH-IRP), Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Human Genetics Branch, National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program (NIMH-IRP), Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
- Laboratory of Neuroscience (LIM27), Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo-SP 05403-903, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, University of Augsburg, 86156 Augsburg, Germany
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Armenise/Harvard Laboratory of Integrative Genomics, Pozzuoli, Italy
- School for Advanced Studies, Genomics and Experimental Medicine Program, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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- Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University and University Hospital Marburg, UKGM, 35039 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University and University Hospital Marburg, UKGM, 35039 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
- MSH Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Lab for Genomics of Complex Diseases, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Center for Soft Nanoscience, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Mahoney HL, Bloom CA, Justin HS, Capraro BM, Morris C, Gonzalez D, Sandefur E, Faulkner J, Reiss S, Valladares A, Ocampo A, Carter B, Lussier AL, Dinh LP, Weeber E, Gamsby J, Gulick D. DISC1 and reelin interact to alter cognition, inhibition, and neurogenesis in a novel mouse model of schizophrenia. Front Cell Neurosci 2024; 17:1321632. [PMID: 38283751 PMCID: PMC10813205 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1321632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
Abstract
The etiology of schizophrenia (SCZ) is multifactorial, and depending on a host of genetic and environmental factors. Two putative SCZ susceptibility genes, Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) and reelin (RELN), interact at a molecular level, suggesting that combined disruption of both may lead to an intensified SCZ phenotype. To examine this gene-gene interaction, we produced a double mutant mouse line. Mice with heterozygous RELN haploinsufficiency were crossed with mice expressing dominant-negative c-terminal truncated human DISC1 to produce offspring with both mutations (HRM/DISC1 mice). We used an array of behavioral tests to generate a behavioral phenotype for these mice, then examined the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus using western blotting and immunohistochemistry to probe for SCZ-relevant molecular and cellular alterations. Compared to wild-type controls, HRM/DISC1 mice demonstrated impaired pre-pulse inhibition, altered cognition, and decreased activity. Diazepam failed to rescue anxiety-like behaviors, paradoxically increasing activity in HRM/DISC1 mice. At a cellular level, we found increased α1-subunit containing GABA receptors in the prefrontal cortex, and a reduction in fast-spiking parvalbumin positive neurons. Maturation of adult-born neurons in the hippocampus was also altered in HRM/DISC1 mice. While there was no difference in the total number proliferating cells, more of these cells were in immature stages of development. Homozygous DISC1 mutation combined with RELN haploinsufficiency produces a complex phenotype with neuropsychiatric characteristics relevant to SCZ and related disorders, expanding our understanding of how multiple genetic susceptibility factors might interact to influence the variable presentation of these disorders.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
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Campana M, Löhrs L, Strauß J, Münz S, Oviedo-Salcedo T, Fernando P, Maurus I, Raabe F, Moussiopoulou J, Eichhorn P, Falkai P, Hasan A, Wagner E. Blood-brain barrier dysfunction and folate and vitamin B12 levels in first-episode schizophrenia-spectrum psychosis: a retrospective chart review. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2023; 273:1693-1701. [PMID: 36869234 PMCID: PMC10713685 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-023-01572-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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Vitamin deficiency syndromes and blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction are frequent phenomena in psychiatric conditions. We analysed the largest available first-episode schizophrenia-spectrum psychosis (FEP) cohort to date regarding routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood parameters to investigate the association between vitamin deficiencies (vitamin B12 and folate) and BBB impairments in FEP. We report a retrospective analysis of clinical data from all inpatients that were admitted to our tertiary care hospital with an ICD-10 diagnosis of a first-episode F2x (schizophrenia-spectrum) between January 1, 2008 and August 1, 2018 and underwent a lumbar puncture, blood-based vitamin status diagnostics and neuroimaging within the clinical routine. 222 FEP patients were included in our analyses. We report an increased CSF/serum albumin quotient (Qalb) as a sign of BBB dysfunction in 17.1% (38/222) of patients. White matter lesions (WML) were present in 29.3% of patients (62/212). 17.6% of patients (39/222) showed either decreased vitamin B12 levels or decreased folate levels. No statistically significant association was found between vitamin deficiencies and altered Qalb. This retrospective analysis contributes to the discussion on the impact of vitamin deficiency syndromes in FEP. Although decreased vitamin B12 or folate levels were found in approximately 17% of our cohort, we found no evidence for significant associations between BBB dysfunction and vitamin deficiencies. To strengthen the evidence regarding the clinical implications of vitamin deficiencies in FEP, prospective studies with standardized measurements of vitamin levels together with follow-up measurements and assessment of symptom severity in addition to CSF diagnostics are needed.
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- Mattia Campana
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstraße 7, 80336, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstraße 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstraße 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstraße 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstraße 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics of the University Augsburg, Medical Faculty, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstraße 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstraße 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstraße 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstraße 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics of the University Augsburg, Medical Faculty, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstraße 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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Porter RS, Nagai M, An S, Gavilan MC, Murata-Nakamura Y, Bonefas KM, Zhou B, Dionne O, Manuel JM, St-Germain J, Browning L, Laurent B, Cho US, Iwase S. A neuron-specific microexon ablates the novel DNA-binding function of a histone H3K4me0 reader PHF21A. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.10.20.563357. [PMID: 37904995 PMCID: PMC10614952 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.20.563357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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How cell-type-specific chromatin landscapes emerge and progress during metazoan ontogenesis remains an important question. Transcription factors are expressed in a cell-type-specific manner and recruit chromatin-regulatory machinery to specific genomic loci. In contrast, chromatin-regulatory proteins are expressed broadly and are assumed to exert the same intrinsic function across cell types. However, human genetics studies have revealed an unexpected vulnerability of neurodevelopment to chromatin factor mutations with unknown mechanisms. Here, we report that 14 chromatin regulators undergo evolutionary-conserved neuron-specific splicing events involving microexons. Of the 14 chromatin regulators, two are integral components of a histone H3K4 demethylase complex; the catalytic subunit LSD1 and an H3K4me0-reader protein PHF21A adopt neuron-specific forms. We found that canonical PHF21A (PHF21A-c) binds to DNA by AT-hook motif, and the neuronal counterpart PHF21A-n lacks this DNA-binding function yet maintains H3K4me0 recognition intact. In-vitro reconstitution of the canonical and neuronal PHF21A-LSD1 complexes identified the neuronal complex as a hypomorphic H3K4 demethylating machinery with reduced nucleosome engagement. Furthermore, an autism-associated PHF21A missense mutation, 1285 G>A, at the last nucleotide of the common exon immediately upstream of the neuronal microexon led to impaired splicing of PHF21A -n. Thus, ubiquitous chromatin regulatory complexes exert unique intrinsic functions in neurons via alternative splicing of their subunits and potentially contribute to faithful human brain development.
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Guardiola-Ripoll M, Almodóvar-Payá C, Arias-Magnasco A, Latorre-Guardia M, Papiol S, Canales-Rodríguez EJ, García-León MÁ, Fuentes-Claramonte P, Salavert J, Tristany J, Torres L, Rodríguez-Cano E, Salvador R, Pomarol-Clotet E, Fatjó-Vilas M. Human-specific evolutionary markers linked to foetal neurodevelopment modulate brain surface area in schizophrenia. Commun Biol 2023; 6:1040. [PMID: 37833414 PMCID: PMC10576001 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05356-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Schizophrenia may represent a trade-off in the evolution of human-specific ontogenetic mechanisms that guide neurodevelopment. Human Accelerated Regions (HARs) are evolutionary markers functioning as neurodevelopmental transcription enhancers that have been associated with brain configuration, neural information processing, and schizophrenia risk. Here, we have investigated the influence of HARs' polygenic load on neuroanatomical measures through a case-control approach (128 patients with schizophrenia and 115 controls). To this end, we have calculated the global schizophrenia Polygenic Risk Score (Global PRSSZ) and that specific to HARs (HARs PRSSZ). We have also estimated the polygenic burden restricted to the HARs linked to transcriptional regulatory elements active in the foetal brain (FB-HARs PRSSZ) and the adult brain (AB-HARs PRSSZ). We have explored the main effects of the PRSs and the PRSs x diagnosis interactions on brain regional cortical thickness (CT) and surface area (SA). The results indicate that a higher FB-HARs PRSSZ is associated with patients' lower SA in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex, the superior temporal cortex, the pars triangularis and the paracentral lobule. While noHARs-derived PRSs show an effect on the risk, our neuroanatomical findings suggest that the human-specific transcriptional regulation during the prenatal period underlies SA variability, highlighting the role of these evolutionary markers in the schizophrenia genomic architecture.
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- Maria Guardiola-Ripoll
- FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.
- CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Network in Mental Health; Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Madrid, Spain.
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- FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Network in Mental Health; Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Madrid, Spain
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- CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Network in Mental Health; Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Psychiatric Phenomics and Genomics (IPPG), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Network in Mental Health; Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Madrid, Spain
- Signal Processing Laboratory 5 (LTS5), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Network in Mental Health; Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Madrid, Spain
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- FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Network in Mental Health; Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Sant Rafael, Germanes Hospitalàries, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Sagrat Cor, Germanes Hospitalàries, Martorell, Spain
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- Hospital Mare de Déu de la Mercè, Germanes Hospitalàries, Barcelona, Spain
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- FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Network in Mental Health; Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Madrid, Spain
- Hospital Benito Menni, Germanes Hospitalàries, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain
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- FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Network in Mental Health; Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Madrid, Spain
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- FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Network in Mental Health; Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Madrid, Spain
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- FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.
- CIBERSAM (Biomedical Research Network in Mental Health; Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Madrid, Spain.
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Barbu MC, Viejo-Romero M, Thng G, Adams MJ, Marwick K, Grant SG, McIntosh AM, Lawrie SM, Whalley HC. Pathway-Based Polygenic Risk Scores for Schizophrenia and Associations With Reported Psychotic-like Experiences and Neuroimaging Phenotypes in the UK Biobank. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY GLOBAL OPEN SCIENCE 2023; 3:814-823. [PMID: 37881537 PMCID: PMC10593950 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/28/2023] Open
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Background Schizophrenia is a heritable psychiatric disorder with a polygenic architecture. Genome-wide association studies have reported that an increasing number of risk-associated variants and polygenic risk scores (PRSs) explain 17% of the variance in the disorder. Substantial heterogeneity exists in the effect of these variants, and aggregating them based on biologically relevant functions may provide mechanistic insight into the disorder. Methods Using the largest schizophrenia genome-wide association study conducted to date, we associated PRSs based on 5 gene sets previously found to contribute to schizophrenia pathophysiology-postsynaptic density of excitatory synapses, postsynaptic membrane, dendritic spine, axon, and histone H3-K4 methylation-along with respective whole-genome PRSs, with neuroimaging (n > 29,000) and reported psychotic-like experiences (n > 119,000) variables in healthy UK Biobank subjects. Results Several variables were significantly associated with the axon gene-set (psychotic-like communications, parahippocampal gyrus volume, fractional anisotropy thalamic radiations, and fractional anisotropy posterior thalamic radiations (β range -0.016 to 0.0916, false discovery rate-corrected p [pFDR] ≤ .05), postsynaptic density gene-set (psychotic-like experiences distress, global surface area, and cingulate lobe surface area [β range -0.014 to 0.0588, pFDR ≤ .05]), and histone gene set (entorhinal surface area: β = -0.016, pFDR = .035). From these, whole-genome PRSs were significantly associated with psychotic-like communications (β = 0.2218, pFDR = 1.34 × 10-7), distress (β = 0.1943, pFDR = 7.28 × 10-16), and fractional anisotropy thalamic radiations (β = -0.0143, pFDR = .036). Permutation analysis revealed that these associations were not due to chance. Conclusions Our results indicate that genetic variation in 3 gene sets relevant to schizophrenia may confer risk for the disorder through effects on previously implicated neuroimaging variables. Because associations were stronger overall for whole-genome PRSs, findings here highlight that selection of biologically relevant variants is not yet sufficient to address the heterogeneity of the disorder.
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- Miruna C. Barbu
- Division of Psychiatry, The University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychiatry, The University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychiatry, The University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychiatry, The University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychiatry, The University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Genes to Cognition Program, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychiatry, The University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychiatry, The University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychiatry, The University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Ma Y, Deng C, Zhou Y, Zhang Y, Qiu F, Jiang D, Zheng G, Li J, Shuai J, Zhang Y, Yang J, Su J. Polygenic regression uncovers trait-relevant cellular contexts through pathway activation transformation of single-cell RNA sequencing data. CELL GENOMICS 2023; 3:100383. [PMID: 37719150 PMCID: PMC10504677 DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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Advances in single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) techniques have accelerated functional interpretation of disease-associated variants discovered from genome-wide association studies (GWASs). However, identification of trait-relevant cell populations is often impeded by inherent technical noise and high sparsity in scRNA-seq data. Here, we developed scPagwas, a computational approach that uncovers trait-relevant cellular context by integrating pathway activation transformation of scRNA-seq data and GWAS summary statistics. scPagwas effectively prioritizes trait-relevant genes, which facilitates identification of trait-relevant cell types/populations with high accuracy in extensive simulated and real datasets. Cellular-level association results identified a novel subpopulation of naive CD8+ T cells related to COVID-19 severity and oligodendrocyte progenitor cell and microglia subsets with critical pathways by which genetic variants influence Alzheimer's disease. Overall, our approach provides new insights for the discovery of trait-relevant cell types and improves the mechanistic understanding of disease variants from a pathway perspective.
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- Yunlong Ma
- School of Biomedical Engineering, School of OphthalmoFlogy & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China
- Oujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325101, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150080, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, School of OphthalmoFlogy & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China
- Oujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325101, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, School of OphthalmoFlogy & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China
- Oujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325101, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, School of OphthalmoFlogy & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, School of OphthalmoFlogy & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, School of OphthalmoFlogy & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, School of OphthalmoFlogy & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China
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- Oujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325101, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150080, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, School of OphthalmoFlogy & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China
- Oujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325101, China
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Hjell G, Rokicki J, Szabo A, Holst R, Tesli N, Bell C, Fischer-Vieler T, Werner MCF, Lunding SH, Ormerod MBEG, Johansen IT, Djurovic S, Ueland T, Andreassen OA, Melle I, Lagerberg TV, Mørch-Johnsen L, Steen NE, Haukvik UK. Impulsivity across severe mental disorders: a cross-sectional study of immune markers and psychopharmacotherapy. BMC Psychiatry 2023; 23:659. [PMID: 37674162 PMCID: PMC10483855 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05154-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Impulsivity is a transdiagnostic feature linked to severe clinical expression and a potential target for psychopharmacological strategies. Biological underpinnings are largely unknown, but involvement of immune dysregulation has been indicated, and the effects of psychopharmacological agents vary. We investigated if impulsivity was associated with circulating immune marker levels and with a range of psychopharmacological treatment regimens in severe mental disorders. METHODS Impulsivity was assessed in a sample (N = 657) of patients with schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder (SCZ) (N = 116) or bipolar disorder (BD) (N = 159) and healthy participants (N = 382) using the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) questionnaire. Plasma levels of systemic immune markers (RANTES, IL-1RA, IL-18, IL-18BP, sTNFR-1) were measured by enzyme immunoassays. Patients underwent thorough clinical assessment, including evaluation of psychotropic medication. Associations were assessed using linear regressions. RESULTS Impulsivity was positively associated with SCZ (p < 0.001) and BD (p < 0.001) diagnosis and negatively associated with age (p < 0.05), but not significantly associated with any of the circulating immune markers independently of diagnostic status. Among patients, impulsivity was negatively associated with lithium treatment (p = 0.003) and positively associated with antidepressant treatment (p = 0.011) after controlling for diagnosis, psychotropic co-medications, manic symptoms, and depressive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS We report elevated impulsivity across SCZ and BD but no associations to systemic immune dysregulation based on the current immune marker selection. The present study reveals associations between impulsivity in severe mental disorders and treatment with lithium and antidepressants, with opposite directions. Future studies are warranted to determine the causal directionality of the observed associations with psychopharmacotherapy.
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- Gabriela Hjell
- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
- Department of Psychiatry & Department of Clinical Research, Østfold Hospital, Grålum, Norway.
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatry & Department of Clinical Research, Østfold Hospital, Grålum, Norway
- Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- NORMENT, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychiatry & Department of Clinical Research, Østfold Hospital, Grålum, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Adult Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Arihisa W, Kondo T, Yamaguchi K, Matsumoto J, Nakanishi H, Kunii Y, Akatsu H, Hino M, Hashizume Y, Sato S, Sato S, Niwa S, Yabe H, Sasaki T, Shigenobu S, Setou M. Lipid-correlated alterations in the transcriptome are enriched in several specific pathways in the postmortem prefrontal cortex of Japanese patients with schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacol Rep 2023; 43:403-413. [PMID: 37498306 PMCID: PMC10496066 DOI: 10.1002/npr2.12368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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AIMS Schizophrenia is a chronic relapsing psychiatric disorder that is characterized by many symptoms and has a high heritability. There were studies showing that the phospholipid abnormalities in subjects with schizophrenia (Front Biosci, S3, 2011, 153; Schizophr Bull, 48, 2022, 1125; Sci Rep, 7, 2017, 6; Anal Bioanal Chem, 400, 2011, 1933). Disturbances in prefrontal cortex phospholipid and fatty acid composition have been reported in subjects with schizophrenia (Sci Rep, 7, 2017, 6; Anal Bioanal Chem, 400, 2011, 1933; Schizophr Res, 215, 2020, 493; J Psychiatr Res, 47, 2013, 636; Int J Mol Sci, 22, 2021). For exploring the signaling pathways contributing to the lipid changes in previous study (Sci Rep, 7, 2017, 6), we performed two types of transcriptome analyses in subjects with schizophrenia: an unbiased transcriptome analysis solely based on RNA-seq data and a correlation analysis between levels of gene expression and lipids. METHODS RNA-Seq analysis was performed in the postmortem prefrontal cortex from 10 subjects with schizophrenia and 5 controls. Correlation analysis between the transcriptome and lipidome from 9 subjects, which are the same samples in the previous lipidomics study (Sci Rep, 7, 2017, 6). RESULTS Extraction of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and further sequence and functional group analysis revealed changes in gene expression levels in phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt signaling and the complement system. In addition, a correlation analysis clarified alterations in ether lipid metabolism pathway, which is not found as DEGs in transcriptome analysis alone. CONCLUSIONS This study provided results of the integrated analysis of the schizophrenia-associated transcriptome and lipidome within the PFC and revealed that lipid-correlated alterations in the transcriptome are enriched in specific pathways including ether lipid metabolism pathway.
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- Wataru Arihisa
- Department of Cellular and Molecular AnatomyHamamatsu University School of MedicineShizuokaJapan
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular AnatomyHamamatsu University School of MedicineShizuokaJapan
- International Mass Imaging CenterHamamatsu University School of MedicineShizuokaJapan
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of MedicineHokkaido UniversitySapporoJapan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of MedicineFukushima Medical UniversityFukushimaJapan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of MedicineFukushima Medical UniversityFukushimaJapan
- Department of Disaster PsychiatryInternational Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Choju Medical Institute, Fukushimura HospitalToyohashiJapan
- Department of Community‐based Medical Education/Department of Community‐based MedicineNagoya City University Graduate School of Medical ScienceNagoyaJapan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of MedicineFukushima Medical UniversityFukushimaJapan
- Department of Disaster PsychiatryInternational Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku UniversitySendaiJapan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics ResearchOsakaJapan
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- Business Development, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Shinagawa Grand Central TowerTokyoJapan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Aizu Medical CenterFukushima Medical UniversityFukushimaJapan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of MedicineFukushima Medical UniversityFukushimaJapan
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- Department of Biochemical PathophysiologyMedical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular AnatomyHamamatsu University School of MedicineShizuokaJapan
- International Mass Imaging CenterHamamatsu University School of MedicineShizuokaJapan
- Preeminent Medical Photonics Education & Research CenterHamamatsu University School of MedicineShizuokaJapan
- Department of AnatomyThe University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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Ollà I, Pardiñas AF, Parras A, Hernández IH, Santos-Galindo M, Picó S, Callado LF, Elorza A, Rodríguez-López C, Fernández-Miranda G, Belloc E, Walters JTR, O'Donovan MC, Méndez R, Toma C, Meana JJ, Owen MJ, Lucas JJ. Pathogenic Mis-splicing of CPEB4 in Schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry 2023; 94:341-351. [PMID: 36958377 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Schizophrenia (SCZ) is caused by an interplay of polygenic risk and environmental factors, which may alter regulators of gene expression leading to pathogenic misexpression of SCZ risk genes. The CPEB family of RNA-binding proteins (CPEB1-4) regulates translation of target RNAs (approximately 40% of overall genes). We previously identified CPEB4 as a key dysregulated translational regulator in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) because its neuronal-specific microexon (exon 4) is mis-spliced in ASD brains, causing underexpression of numerous ASD risk genes. The genetic factors and pathogenic mechanisms shared between SCZ and ASD led us to hypothesize CPEB4 mis-splicing in SCZ leading to underexpression of multiple SCZ-related genes. METHODS We performed MAGMA-enrichment analysis on Psychiatric Genomics Consortium genome-wide association study data and analyzed RNA sequencing data from the PsychENCODE Consortium. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and Western blot were performed on postmortem brain tissue, and the presence/absence of antipsychotics was assessed through toxicological analysis. Finally, mice with mild overexpression of exon 4-lacking CPEB4 (CPEB4Δ4) were generated and analyzed biochemically and behaviorally. RESULTS First, we found enrichment of SCZ-associated genes for CPEB4-binder transcripts. We also found decreased usage of CPEB4 microexon in SCZ probands, which was correlated with decreased protein levels of CPEB4-target SCZ-associated genes only in antipsychotic-free individuals. Interestingly, differentially expressed genes fit those reported for SCZ, specifically in the SCZ probands with decreased CPEB4-microexon inclusion. Finally, we demonstrated that mice with mild overexpression of CPEB4Δ4 showed decreased protein levels of CPEB4-target SCZ genes and SCZ-linked behaviors. CONCLUSIONS We identified aberrant CPEB4 splicing and downstream misexpression of SCZ risk genes as a novel etiological mechanism in SCZ.
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- Ivana Ollà
- Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa," Spanish National Research Council/Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red|Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa," Spanish National Research Council/Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red|Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa," Spanish National Research Council/Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red|Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa," Spanish National Research Council/Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red|Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa," Spanish National Research Council/Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red|Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute and Networking Research Center on Mental Health (Centro de investigación Biomédica en Red | Salud Mental), Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa," Spanish National Research Council/Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red|Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa," Spanish National Research Council/Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red|Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain; Institució Catalana de RIcerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa," Spanish National Research Council/Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute and Networking Research Center on Mental Health (Centro de investigación Biomédica en Red | Salud Mental), Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa," Spanish National Research Council/Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red|Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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Yan L, Li Y, Fan F, Gou M, Xuan F, Feng W, Chithanathan K, Li W, Huang J, Li H, Chen W, Tian B, Wang Z, Tan S, Zharkovsky A, Hong LE, Tan Y, Tian L. CSF1R regulates schizophrenia-related stress response and vascular association of microglia/macrophages. BMC Med 2023; 21:286. [PMID: 37542262 PMCID: PMC10403881 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-02959-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Microglia are known to regulate stress and anxiety in both humans and animal models. Psychosocial stress is the most common risk factor for the development of schizophrenia. However, how microglia/brain macrophages contribute to schizophrenia is not well established. We hypothesized that effector molecules expressed in microglia/macrophages were involved in schizophrenia via regulating stress susceptibility. METHODS We recruited a cohort of first episode schizophrenia (FES) patients (n = 51) and age- and sex-paired healthy controls (HCs) (n = 46) with evaluated stress perception. We performed blood RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) and brain magnetic resonance imaging, and measured plasma level of colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R). Furthermore, we studied a mouse model of chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) combined with a CSF1R inhibitor (CSF1Ri) (n = 9 ~ 10/group) on anxiety behaviours and microglial biology. RESULTS FES patients showed higher scores of perceived stress scale (PSS, p < 0.05), lower blood CSF1R mRNA (FDR = 0.003) and protein (p < 0.05) levels, and smaller volumes of the superior frontal gyrus and parahippocampal gyrus (both FDR < 0.05) than HCs. In blood RNA-seq, CSF1R-associated differentially expressed blood genes were related to brain development. Importantly, CSF1R facilitated a negative association of the superior frontal gyrus with PSS (p < 0.01) in HCs but not FES patients. In mouse CUS+CSF1Ri model, similarly as CUS, CSF1Ri enhanced anxiety (both p < 0.001). Genes for brain angiogenesis and intensity of CD31+-blood vessels were dampened after CUS-CSF1Ri treatment. Furthermore, CSF1Ri preferentially diminished juxta-vascular microglia/macrophages and induced microglia/macrophages morphological changes (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSION Microglial/macrophagic CSF1R regulated schizophrenia-associated stress and brain angiogenesis.
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- Ling Yan
- Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
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- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
- Psychiatry Research Centre, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University HuiLongGuan Clinical Medical School, Beijing, P. R. China.
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Zhao X, Song L, Yang A, Zhang Z, Zhang J, Yang YT, Zhao XM. Prioritizing genes associated with brain disorders by leveraging enhancer-promoter interactions in diverse neural cells and tissues. Genome Med 2023; 15:56. [PMID: 37488639 PMCID: PMC10364416 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-023-01210-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Prioritizing genes that underlie complex brain disorders poses a considerable challenge. Despite previous studies have found that they shared symptoms and heterogeneity, it remained difficult to systematically identify the risk genes associated with them. METHODS By using the CAGE (Cap Analysis of Gene Expression) read alignment files for 439 human cell and tissue types (including primary cells, tissues and cell lines) from FANTOM5 project, we predicted enhancer-promoter interactions (EPIs) of 439 cell and tissue types in human, and examined their reliability. Then we evaluated the genetic heritability of 17 diverse brain disorders and behavioral-cognitive phenotypes in each neural cell type, brain region, and developmental stage. Furthermore, we prioritized genes associated with brain disorders and phenotypes by leveraging the EPIs in each neural cell and tissue type, and analyzed their pleiotropy and functionality for different categories of disorders and phenotypes. Finally, we characterized the spatiotemporal expression dynamics of these associated genes in cells and tissues. RESULTS We found that identified EPIs showed activity specificity and network aggregation in cell and tissue types, and enriched TF binding in neural cells played key roles in synaptic plasticity and nerve cell development, i.e., EGR1 and SOX family. We also discovered that most neurological disorders exhibit heritability enrichment in neural stem cells and astrocytes, while psychiatric disorders and behavioral-cognitive phenotypes exhibit enrichment in neurons. Furthermore, our identified genes recapitulated well-known risk genes, which exhibited widespread pleiotropy between psychiatric disorders and behavioral-cognitive phenotypes (i.e., FOXP2), and indicated expression specificity in neural cell types, brain regions, and developmental stages associated with disorders and phenotypes. Importantly, we showed the potential associations of brain disorders with brain regions and developmental stages that have not been well studied. CONCLUSIONS Overall, our study characterized the gene-enhancer regulatory networks and genetic mechanisms in the human neural cells and tissues, and illustrated the value of reanalysis of publicly available genomic datasets.
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- Xingzhong Zhao
- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and Department of Neurology of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and Department of Neurology of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and Department of Neurology of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and Department of Neurology of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and Department of Neurology of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and Department of Neurology of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
- MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and Department of Neurology of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
- MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
- Internatioal Human Phenome Institutes (Shanghai), Shanghai, 200433, China.
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Stogsdill JA, Harwell CC, Goldman SA. Astrocytes as master modulators of neural networks: Synaptic functions and disease-associated dysfunction of astrocytes. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2023; 1525:41-60. [PMID: 37219367 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.15004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Astrocytes are the most abundant glial cell type in the central nervous system and are essential to the development, plasticity, and maintenance of neural circuits. Astrocytes are heterogeneous, with their diversity rooted in developmental programs modulated by the local brain environment. Astrocytes play integral roles in regulating and coordinating neural activity extending far beyond their metabolic support of neurons and other brain cell phenotypes. Both gray and white matter astrocytes occupy critical functional niches capable of modulating brain physiology on time scales slower than synaptic activity but faster than those adaptive responses requiring a structural change or adaptive myelination. Given their many associations and functional roles, it is not surprising that astrocytic dysfunction has been causally implicated in a broad set of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. In this review, we focus on recent discoveries concerning the contributions of astrocytes to the function of neural networks, with a dual focus on the contribution of astrocytes to synaptic development and maturation, and on their role in supporting myelin integrity, and hence conduction and its regulation. We then address the emerging roles of astrocytic dysfunction in disease pathogenesis and on potential strategies for targeting these cells for therapeutic purposes.
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Sana Biotechnology Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
- University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Clifton NE, Schulmann A, Holmans PA, O'Donovan MC, Vawter MP. The relationship between case-control differential gene expression from brain tissue and genetic associations in schizophrenia. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2023; 192:85-92. [PMID: 36652379 PMCID: PMC10257740 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Large numbers of genetic loci have been identified that are known to contain common risk alleles for schizophrenia, but linking associated alleles to specific risk genes remains challenging. Given that most alleles that influence liability to schizophrenia are thought to do so by altered gene expression, intuitively, case-control differential gene expression studies should highlight genes with a higher probability of being associated with schizophrenia and could help identify the most likely causal genes within associated loci. Here, we test this hypothesis by comparing transcriptome analysis of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex from 563 schizophrenia cases and 802 controls with genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from the third wave study of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. Genes differentially expressed in schizophrenia were not enriched for common allelic association statistics compared with other brain-expressed genes, nor were they enriched for genes within associated loci previously reported to be prioritized by genetic fine-mapping. Genes prioritized by Summary-based Mendelian Randomization were underexpressed in cases compared to other genes in the same GWAS loci. However, the overall strength and direction of expression change predicted by SMR were not related to that observed in the differential expression data. Overall, this study does not support the hypothesis that genes identified as differentially expressed from RNA sequencing of bulk brain tissue are enriched for those that show evidence for genetic associations. Such data have limited utility for prioritizing genes in currently associated loci in schizophrenia.
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- Nicholas E Clifton
- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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Gibson B, Goodfriend E, Zhong Y, Melhem NM. Fetal inflammatory response and risk for psychiatric disorders. Transl Psychiatry 2023; 13:224. [PMID: 37355708 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02505-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023] Open
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Inflammation contributes to numerous neuropsychiatric disorders, especially those that first appear in childhood. Maternal intrauterine environment, including the placenta, has a role in brain development and risk for neuropsychiatric disorders. This study examines the link between fetal inflammatory syndrome (FIRS), which is placental inflammation in the peri-partem period, and neuropsychiatric disorders during childhood.This is a retrospective cohort study using data from electronic medical records over a 19-year period at one women's hospital. The study includes 4851 children born with placentas meeting criteria for and 31,927 controls identified with normal placentas born during the same period. To be diagnosed with FIRS placenta must contain chorionic vasculitis and/or funisitis. Children had to be in study period for at least 5 years. The primary outcome of the study is incidence of neuropsychiatric disorders during childhood. The secondary outcomes were psychiatric medications prescribed, and psychiatric hospitalizations and treatment. Children born to placentas meeting criteria for FIRS were more likely to be diagnosed with neuropsychiatric disorders (OR = 1.21, CI 95% [1.09,1.35]). Specifically, they were more likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (OR = 1.35, CI 95% [1.08, 1.67]), ADHD (OR = 1.27, CI 95% [1.07, 1.49]), conduct disorder (OR = 1.50, CI 95% [1.24, 1.81]), PTSD (OR = 2.46. CI 95% [1.21, 5.04]), adjusting for maternal history of psychiatric disorders, intra-partem substance use, and prescriptions of anti-inflammatory drugs. Children born with placental inflammation are at an increased risk to develop neuropsychiatric disorders. This has profound implications for future research, and early detection, monitoring, and treatment in these children.
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- Blake Gibson
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Alemany-Navarro M, Diz-de Almeida S, Cruz R, Riancho JA, Rojas-Martínez A, Lapunzina P, Flores C, Carracedo A. Psychiatric polygenic risk as a predictor of COVID-19 risk and severity: insight into the genetic overlap between schizophrenia and COVID-19. Transl Psychiatry 2023; 13:189. [PMID: 37280221 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02482-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
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Despite the high contagion and mortality rates that have accompanied the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, the clinical presentation of the syndrome varies greatly from one individual to another. Potential host factors that accompany greater risk from COVID-19 have been sought and schizophrenia (SCZ) patients seem to present more severe COVID-19 than control counterparts, with certain gene expression similarities between psychiatric and COVID-19 patients reported. We used summary statistics from the last SCZ, bipolar disorder (BD), and depression (DEP) meta-analyses available on the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium webpage to calculate polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for a target sample of 11,977 COVID-19 cases and 5943 subjects with unknown COVID-19 status. Linkage disequilibrium score (LDSC) regression analysis was performed when positive associations were obtained from the PRS analysis. The SCZ PRS was a significant predictor in the case/control, symptomatic/asymptomatic, and hospitalization/no hospitalization analyses in the total and female samples; and of symptomatic/asymptomatic status in men. No significant associations were found for the BD or DEP PRS or in the LDSC regression analysis. SNP-based genetic risk for SCZ, but not for BD or DEP, may be associated with higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity, especially among women; however, predictive accuracy barely exceeded chance level. We believe that the inclusion of sexual loci and rare variations in the analysis of genomic overlap between SCZ and COVID-19 will help to elucidate the genetic commonalities between these conditions.
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- M Alemany-Navarro
- IBIS (Universidad de Sevilla, HUVR, Junta de Andalucia, CSIC), Sevilla, Spain.
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CIMUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica, Sistema Galego de Saúde (SERGAS) Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Grupo de Genética. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CIMUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER-ISCIII), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CIMUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER-ISCIII), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- IDIVAL, Cantabria, Spain
- Universidad de Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain
- Hospital U M Valdecilla, Cantabria, Spain
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER-ISCIII), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Genética Médica y Molecular (INGEMM) del Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
- ERN-ITHACA-European Reference Network, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
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- Research Unit, Hospital Universitario N.S. de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Genomics Division, Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CIMUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica, Sistema Galego de Saúde (SERGAS) Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Grupo de Genética. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER-ISCIII), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Wei Y, Womer FY, Sun K, Zhu Y, Sun D, Duan J, Zhang R, Wei S, Jiang X, Zhang Y, Tang Y, Zhang X, Wang F. Applying dimensional psychopathology: transdiagnostic prediction of executive cognition using brain connectivity and inflammatory biomarkers. Psychol Med 2023; 53:3557-3567. [PMID: 35536000 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291722000174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [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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BACKGROUND The association between executive dysfunction, brain dysconnectivity, and inflammation is a prominent feature across major psychiatric disorders (MPDs), schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder. A dimensional approach is warranted to delineate their mechanistic interplay across MPDs. METHODS This single site study included a total of 1543 participants (1058 patients and 485 controls). In total, 1169 participants underwent diffusion tensor and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (745 patients and 379 controls completed the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test). Fractional anisotropy (FA) and regional homogeneity (ReHo) assessed structural and functional connectivity, respectively. Pro-inflammatory cytokine levels [interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α] were obtained in 325 participants using blood samples collected with 24 h of scanning. Group differences were determined for main measures, and correlation and mediation analyses and machine learning prediction modeling were performed. RESULTS Executive deficits were associated with decreased FA, increased ReHo, and elevated IL-1β and IL-6 levels across MPDs, compared to controls. FA and ReHo alterations in fronto-limbic-striatal regions contributed to executive deficits. IL-1β mediated the association between FA and cognition, and IL-6 mediated the relationship between ReHo and cognition. Executive cognition was better predicted by both brain connectivity and cytokine measures than either one alone for FA-IL-1β and ReHo-IL-6. CONCLUSIONS Transdiagnostic associations among brain connectivity, inflammation, and executive cognition exist across MPDs, implicating common neurobiological substrates and mechanisms for executive deficits in MPDs. Further, inflammation-related brain dysconnectivity within fronto-limbic-striatal regions may represent a transdiagnostic dimension underlying executive dysfunction that could be leveraged to advance treatment.
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- Yange Wei
- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210001, China
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China
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Silveira PP, Pokhvisneva I, Howard DM, Meaney MJ. A sex-specific genome-wide association study of depression phenotypes in UK Biobank. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:2469-2479. [PMID: 36750733 PMCID: PMC10611579 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-01960-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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There are marked sex differences in the prevalence, phenotypic presentation and treatment response for major depression. While genome-wide association studies (GWAS) adjust for sex differences, to date, no studies seek to identify sex-specific markers and pathways. In this study, we performed a sex-stratified genome-wide association analysis for broad depression with the UK Biobank total participants (N = 274,141), including only non-related participants, as well as with males (N = 127,867) and females (N = 146,274) separately. Bioinformatics analyses were performed to characterize common and sex-specific markers and associated processes/pathways. We identified 11 loci passing genome-level significance (P < 5 × 10-8) in females and one in males. In both males and females, genetic correlations were significant between the broad depression GWA and other psychopathologies; however, correlations with educational attainment and metabolic features including body fat, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and triglycerides were significant only in females. Gene-based analysis showed 147 genes significantly associated with broad depression in the total sample, 64 in the females and 53 in the males. Gene-based analysis revealed "Regulation of Gene Expression" as a common biological process, but suggested sex-specific molecular mechanisms. Finally, sex-specific polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for broad depression outperformed total and the opposite sex PRSs in the prediction of broad major depressive disorder. These findings provide evidence for sex-dependent genetic pathways for clinical depression as well as for health conditions comorbid with depression.
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- Patrícia Pelufo Silveira
- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine & Douglas Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine & Douglas Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine & Douglas Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
- Translational Neuroscience Program, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences and Brain - Body Initiative, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
- Brain-Body Initiative, Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
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Boltz T, Schwarz T, Bot M, Hou K, Caggiano C, Lapinska S, Duan C, Boks MP, Kahn RS, Zaitlen N, Pasaniuc B, Ophoff R. Cell type deconvolution of bulk blood RNA-Seq to reveal biological insights of neuropsychiatric disorders. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.24.542156. [PMID: 37293101 PMCID: PMC10245943 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.24.542156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have uncovered susceptibility loci associated with psychiatric disorders like bipolar disorder (BP) and schizophrenia (SCZ). However, most of these loci are in non-coding regions of the genome with unknown causal mechanisms of the link between genetic variation and disease risk. Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysis of bulk tissue is a common approach to decipher underlying mechanisms, though this can obscure cell-type specific signals thus masking trait-relevant mechanisms. While single-cell sequencing can be prohibitively expensive in large cohorts, computationally inferred cell type proportions and cell type gene expression estimates have the potential to overcome these problems and advance mechanistic studies. Using bulk RNA-Seq from 1,730 samples derived from whole blood in a cohort ascertained for individuals with BP and SCZ this study estimated cell type proportions and their relation with disease status and medication. We found between 2,875 and 4,629 eGenes for each cell type, including 1,211 eGenes that are not found using bulk expression alone. We performed a colocalization test between cell type eQTLs and various traits and identified hundreds of associations between cell type eQTLs and GWAS loci that are not detected in bulk eQTLs. Finally, we investigated the effects of lithium use on cell type expression regulation and found examples of genes that are differentially regulated dependent on lithium use. Our study suggests that computational methods can be applied to large bulk RNA-Seq datasets of non-brain tissue to identify disease-relevant, cell type specific biology of psychiatric disorders and psychiatric medication.
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- Toni Boltz
- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center University Medical Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center University Medical Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY, USA
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- Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Computational Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Pan M, Roe JM, Nudel R, Schork AJ, Iakunchykova O, Fjell AM, Walhovd KB, Werge T, Chen CH, Benros ME, Wang Y. Circulating S100B levels at birth and risk of six major neuropsychiatric or neurological disorders: a two-sample Mendelian Randomization Study. Transl Psychiatry 2023; 13:174. [PMID: 37225692 PMCID: PMC10209162 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02478-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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Circulating levels of the astrocytic marker S100B have been associated with risk of neuropsychiatric or neurological disorders. However, reported effects have been inconsistent, and no causal relations have yet been established. We applied two-sample Mendelian Randomization (MR) on the association statistics from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for circulating S100B levels measured 5-7 days after birth (the iPSYCH sample) and in an older adult sample (mean age, 72.5 years; the Lothian sample), upon those derived from major depression disorder (MDD), schizophrenia (SCZ), bipolar disorder (BIP), autism spectral disorder (ASD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and Parkinson's disease (PD). We studied the causal relations in the two S100B datasets for risk of these six neuropsychiatric disorders. MR suggested increased S100B levels 5-7 days after birth to causally increase the risk of MDD (OR = 1.014; 95%CI = 1.007-1.022; FDR-corrected p = 6.43×10-4). In older adults, MR suggested increased S100B levels to have a causal relation to the risk of BIP (OR = 1.075; 95%CI = 1.026-1.127; FDR-corrected p = 1.35×10-2). No significant causal relations were found for the other five disorders. We did not observe any evidence for reverse causality of these neuropsychiatric or neurological disorders on altered S100B levels. Sensitivity analyses using more stringent SNP-selection criteria and three alternative MR models suggested the results are robust. Altogether, our findings imply a small cause-effect relation for the previously reported associations of S100B and mood disorders. Such findings may provide a novel avenue for the diagnosis and management of disorders.
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- Mengyu Pan
- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition (LCBC), Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0317, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition (LCBC), Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0317, Oslo, Norway
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- Copenhagen Research Centre for Mental Health, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte Hospitalsvej 15, 2900, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Neurogenomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGEN), 445 N. Fifth Street, 85004, Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Institute of Biological Psychiatry, Mental Health Center St. Hans, Mental Health Services Copenhagen, Boserupvej 2, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition (LCBC), Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0317, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition (LCBC), Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0317, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, POB 4950, Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition (LCBC), Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0317, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, POB 4950, Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway
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- Neurogenomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGEN), 445 N. Fifth Street, 85004, Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Institute of Biological Psychiatry, Mental Health Center St. Hans, Mental Health Services Copenhagen, Boserupvej 2, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, University of California in San Diego, Gilman Drive 9500, 92093, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Copenhagen Research Centre for Mental Health, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte Hospitalsvej 15, 2900, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition (LCBC), Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0317, Oslo, Norway.
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Wang J, Zhou T, Liu F, Huang Y, Xiao Z, Qian Y, Zhou W. Influence of gut microbiota on resilience and its possible mechanisms. Int J Biol Sci 2023; 19:2588-2598. [PMID: 37215996 PMCID: PMC10197883 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.82362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Excessive stress leads to disruptions of the central nervous system. Individuals' responses to stress and trauma differ from person to person. Some may develop various neuropsychiatric disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and anxiety disorders, while others may successfully adapt to the same stressful events. These two neural phenotypes are called susceptibility and resilience. Previous studies have suggested resilience/susceptibility as a complex, non-specific systemic response involving central and peripheral systems. Emerging research of mechanisms underlying resilience is mostly focussing on the physiological adaptation of specific brain circuits, neurovascular impairment of the blood-brain barrier, the role of innate and adaptive factors of the immune system, and the dysbiosis of gut microbiota. In accordance with the microbiota-gut-brain axis hypothesis, the gut microbiome directly influences the interface between the brain and the periphery to affect neuronal function. This review explored several up-to-date studies on the role of gut microbiota implicated in stressful events-related resilience/susceptibility. We mainly focus on the changes in behavior and neuroimaging characteristics, involved brain regions and circuits, the blood-brain barrier, the immune system, and epigenetic modifications, which contribute to stress-induced resilience and susceptibility. The perspective of the gut-brain axis could help to understand the mechanisms underlying resilience and the discovery of biomarkers may lead to new research directions and therapeutic interventions for stress-induced neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Jianhui Wang
- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400010, China
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- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing 100850, China
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- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing 100850, China
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- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400010, China
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- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing 100850, China
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Xue JR, Mackay-Smith A, Mouri K, Garcia MF, Dong MX, Akers JF, Noble M, Li X, Lindblad-Toh K, Karlsson EK, Noonan JP, Capellini TD, Brennand KJ, Tewhey R, Sabeti PC, Reilly SK. The functional and evolutionary impacts of human-specific deletions in conserved elements. Science 2023; 380:eabn2253. [PMID: 37104592 PMCID: PMC10202372 DOI: 10.1126/science.abn2253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Conserved genomic sequences disrupted in humans may underlie uniquely human phenotypic traits. We identified and characterized 10,032 human-specific conserved deletions (hCONDELs). These short (average 2.56 base pairs) deletions are enriched for human brain functions across genetic, epigenomic, and transcriptomic datasets. Using massively parallel reporter assays in six cell types, we discovered 800 hCONDELs conferring significant differences in regulatory activity, half of which enhance rather than disrupt regulatory function. We highlight several hCONDELs with putative human-specific effects on brain development, including HDAC5, CPEB4, and PPP2CA. Reverting an hCONDEL to the ancestral sequence alters the expression of LOXL2 and developmental genes involved in myelination and synaptic function. Our data provide a rich resource to investigate the evolutionary mechanisms driving new traits in humans and other species.
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- James R. Xue
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Center for System Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
- Program in Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
- Program in Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Center for System Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Mallard TT, Grotzinger AD, Smoller JW. Examining the shared etiology of psychopathology with genome-wide association studies. Physiol Rev 2023; 103:1645-1665. [PMID: 36634217 PMCID: PMC9988537 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00016.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have ushered in a new era of reproducible discovery in psychiatric genetics. The field has now identified hundreds of common genetic variants that are associated with mental disorders, and many of them influence more than one disorder. By advancing the understanding of causal biology underlying psychopathology, GWAS results are poised to inform the development of novel therapeutics, stratification of at-risk patients, and perhaps even the revision of top-down classification systems in psychiatry. Here, we provide a concise review of GWAS findings with an emphasis on findings that have elucidated the shared genetic etiology of psychopathology, summarizing insights at three levels of analysis: 1) genome-wide architecture; 2) networks, pathways, and gene sets; and 3) individual variants/genes. Three themes emerge from these efforts. First, all psychiatric phenotypes are heritable, highly polygenic, and influenced by many pleiotropic variants with incomplete penetrance. Second, GWAS results highlight the broad etiological roles of neuronal biology, system-wide effects over localized effects, and early neurodevelopment as a critical period. Third, many loci that are robustly associated with multiple forms of psychopathology harbor genes that are involved in synaptic structure and function. Finally, we conclude our review by discussing the implications that GWAS results hold for the field of psychiatry, as well as expected challenges and future directions in the next stage of psychiatric genetics.
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- Travis T Mallard
- Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States
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- Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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de Bartolomeis A, Ciccarelli M, De Simone G, Mazza B, Barone A, Vellucci L. Canonical and Non-Canonical Antipsychotics' Dopamine-Related Mechanisms of Present and Next Generation Molecules: A Systematic Review on Translational Highlights for Treatment Response and Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065945. [PMID: 36983018 PMCID: PMC10051989 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric illness affecting almost 25 million people worldwide and is conceptualized as a disorder of synaptic plasticity and brain connectivity. Antipsychotics are the primary pharmacological treatment after more than sixty years after their introduction in therapy. Two findings hold true for all presently available antipsychotics. First, all antipsychotics occupy the dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) as an antagonist or partial agonist, even if with different affinity; second, D2R occupancy is the necessary and probably the sufficient mechanism for antipsychotic effect despite the complexity of antipsychotics' receptor profile. D2R occupancy is followed by coincident or divergent intracellular mechanisms, implying the contribution of cAMP regulation, β-arrestin recruitment, and phospholipase A activation, to quote some of the mechanisms considered canonical. However, in recent years, novel mechanisms related to dopamine function beyond or together with D2R occupancy have emerged. Among these potentially non-canonical mechanisms, the role of Na2+ channels at the dopamine at the presynaptic site, dopamine transporter (DAT) involvement as the main regulator of dopamine concentration at synaptic clefts, and the putative role of antipsychotics as chaperones for intracellular D2R sequestration, should be included. These mechanisms expand the fundamental role of dopamine in schizophrenia therapy and may have relevance to considering putatively new strategies for treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), an extremely severe condition epidemiologically relevant and affecting almost 30% of schizophrenia patients. Here, we performed a critical evaluation of the role of antipsychotics in synaptic plasticity, focusing on their canonical and non-canonical mechanisms of action relevant to the treatment of schizophrenia and their subsequent implication for the pathophysiology and potential therapy of TRS.
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- Andrea de Bartolomeis
- Section of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry and Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry and Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry and Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry and Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry and Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Section of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry and Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University Medical School of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy
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Deans PJM, Seah C, Johnson J, Gonzalez JG, Townsley K, Cao E, Schrode N, Stahl E, O’Reilly P, Huckins LM, Brennand KJ. Non-additive effects of schizophrenia risk genes reflect convergent downstream function. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2023:2023.03.20.23287497. [PMID: 36993466 PMCID: PMC10055596 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.20.23287497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Genetic studies of schizophrenia (SCZ) reveal a complex polygenic risk architecture comprised of hundreds of risk variants, the majority of which are common in the population at-large and confer only modest increases in disorder risk. Precisely how genetic variants with individually small predicted effects on gene expression combine to yield substantial clinical impacts in aggregate is unclear. Towards this, we previously reported that the combinatorial perturbation of four SCZ risk genes ("eGenes", whose expression is regulated by common variants) resulted in gene expression changes that were not predicted by individual perturbations, being most non-additive among genes associated with synaptic function and SCZ risk. Now, across fifteen SCZ eGenes, we demonstrate that non-additive effects are greatest within groups of functionally similar eGenes. Individual eGene perturbations reveal common downstream transcriptomic effects ("convergence"), while combinatorial eGene perturbations result in changes that are smaller than predicted by summing individual eGene effects ("sub-additive effects"). Unexpectedly, these convergent and sub-additive downstream transcriptomic effects overlap and constitute a large proportion of the genome-wide polygenic risk score, suggesting that functional redundancy of eGenes may be a major mechanism underlying non-additivity. Single eGene perturbations likewise fail to predict the magnitude or directionality of cellular phenotypes resulting from combinatorial perturbations. Overall, our results indicate that polygenic risk cannot be extrapolated from experiments testing one risk gene at a time and must instead be empirically measured. By unravelling the interactions between complex risk variants, it may be possible to improve the clinical utility of polygenic risk scores through more powerful prediction of symptom onset, clinical trajectory, and treatment response, or to identify novel targets for therapeutic intervention.
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- PJ Michael Deans
- Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Genetics, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511
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- Pamela Sklar Division of Psychiatric Genomics, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Pamela Sklar Division of Psychiatric Genomics, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Pamela Sklar Division of Psychiatric Genomics, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Pamela Sklar Division of Psychiatric Genomics, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Genetics, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511
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- Pamela Sklar Division of Psychiatric Genomics, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Pamela Sklar Division of Psychiatric Genomics, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Pamela Sklar Division of Psychiatric Genomics, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Pamela Sklar Division of Psychiatric Genomics, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Genetics, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511
- Pamela Sklar Division of Psychiatric Genomics, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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Al-Soufi L, Costas J. Genetic susceptibility for schizophrenia after adjustment by genetic susceptibility for smoking: implications in identification of risk genes and genetic correlation with related traits. Psychol Med 2023; 53:1-11. [PMID: 36876478 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291723000326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prevalence of smoking in schizophrenia (SCZ) is larger than in general population. Genetic studies provided some evidence of a causal effect of smoking on SCZ. We aim to characterize the genetic susceptibility to SCZ affected by genetic susceptibility to smoking. METHODS Multi-trait-based conditional and joint analysis was applied to the largest European SCZ genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to remove genetic effects on SCZ driven by smoking, estimated by generalized summary data-based Mendelian randomization. Enrichment analysis was performed to compare original v. conditional GWAS. Change in genetic correlation between SCZ and relevant traits after conditioning was assessed. Colocalization analysis was performed to identify specific loci confirming general findings. RESULTS Conditional analysis identified 19 new risk loci for SCZ and 42 lost loci whose association with SCZ may be partially driven by smoking. These results were strengthened by colocalization analysis. Enrichment analysis indicated a higher association of differentially expressed genes at prenatal brain stages after conditioning. Genetic correlation of SCZ with substance use and dependence, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, and several externalizing traits significantly changed after conditioning. Colocalization of association signal between SCZ and these traits was identified for some of the lost loci, such as CHRNA2, CUL3, and PCDH7. CONCLUSIONS Our approach led to identification of potential new SCZ loci, loci partially associated to SCZ through smoking, and a shared genetic susceptibility between SCZ and smoking behavior related to externalizing phenotypes. Application of this approach to other psychiatric disorders and substances may lead to a better understanding of the role of substances on mental health.
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- Laila Al-Soufi
- Psychiatric Genetics group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Red de Investigación en Atención Primaria de Adicciones (RIAPAd), Spain
- Department of Zoology, Genetics and Physical Anthropology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Psychiatric Genetics group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Red de Investigación en Atención Primaria de Adicciones (RIAPAd), Spain
- Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), Servizo Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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Inflammation and cognition in severe mental illness: patterns of covariation and subgroups. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:1284-1292. [PMID: 36577840 PMCID: PMC10005942 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01924-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A potential relationship between dysregulation of immune/inflammatory pathways and cognitive impairment has been suggested in severe mental illnesses (SMI), such as schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar (BD) spectrum disorders. However, multivariate relationships between peripheral inflammatory/immune-related markers and cognitive domains are unclear, and many studies do not account for inter-individual variance in both cognitive functioning and inflammatory/immune status. This study aimed to investigate covariance patterns between inflammatory/immune-related markers and cognitive domains and further elucidate heterogeneity in a large SMI and healthy control (HC) cohort (SZ = 343, BD = 289, HC = 770). We applied canonical correlation analysis (CCA) to identify modes of maximum covariation between a comprehensive selection of cognitive domains and inflammatory/immune markers. We found that poor verbal learning and psychomotor processing speed was associated with higher levels of interleukin-18 system cytokines and beta defensin 2, reflecting enhanced activation of innate immunity, a pattern augmented in SMI compared to HC. Applying hierarchical clustering on covariance patterns identified by the CCA revealed a high cognition-low immune dysregulation subgroup with predominantly HC (24% SZ, 45% BD, 74% HC) and a low cognition-high immune dysregulation subgroup predominantly consisting of SMI patients (76% SZ, 55% BD, 26% HC). These subgroups differed in IQ, years of education, age, CRP, BMI (all groups), level of functioning, symptoms and defined daily dose (DDD) of antipsychotics (SMI cohort). Our findings suggest a link between cognitive impairment and innate immune dysregulation in a subset of individuals with severe mental illness.
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Barone A, De Simone G, Ciccarelli M, Buonaguro EF, Tomasetti C, Eramo A, Vellucci L, de Bartolomeis A. A Postsynaptic Density Immediate Early Gene-Based Connectome Analysis of Acute NMDAR Blockade and Reversal Effect of Antipsychotic Administration. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24054372. [PMID: 36901803 PMCID: PMC10002165 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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Although antipsychotics' mechanisms of action have been thoroughly investigated, they have not been fully elucidated at the network level. We tested the hypothesis that acute pre-treatment with ketamine (KET) and administration of asenapine (ASE) would modulate the functional connectivity of brain areas relevant to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, based on transcript levels of Homer1a, an immediate early gene encoding a key molecule of the dendritic spine. Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 20) were assigned to KET (30 mg/kg) or vehicle (VEH). Each pre-treatment group (n = 10) was randomly split into two arms, receiving ASE (0.3 mg/kg), or VEH. Homer1a mRNA levels were evaluated by in situ hybridization in 33 regions of interest (ROIs). We computed all possible pairwise Pearson correlations and generated a network for each treatment group. Acute KET challenge was associated with negative correlations between the medial portion of cingulate cortex/indusium griseum and other ROIs, not detectable in other treatment groups. KET/ASE group showed significantly higher inter-correlations between medial cingulate cortex/indusium griseum and lateral putamen, the upper lip of the primary somatosensory cortex, septal area nuclei, and claustrum, in comparison to the KET/VEH network. ASE exposure was associated with changes in subcortical-cortical connectivity and an increase in centrality measures of the cingulate cortex and lateral septal nuclei. In conclusion, ASE was found to finely regulate brain connectivity by modelling the synaptic architecture and restoring a functional pattern of interregional co-activation.
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- Annarita Barone
- Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University Medical School of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University Medical School of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University Medical School of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University Medical School of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University Medical School of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University Medical School of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry, Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University Medical School of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-081-7463673; Fax: +39-081-7462644
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Bonefas KM, Vallianatos CN, Raines B, Tronson NC, Iwase S. Sexually Dimorphic Alterations in the Transcriptome and Behavior with Loss of Histone Demethylase KDM5C. Cells 2023; 12:637. [PMID: 36831303 PMCID: PMC9954040 DOI: 10.3390/cells12040637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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Chromatin dysregulation has emerged as a major hallmark of neurodevelopmental disorders such as intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The prevalence of ID and ASD is higher in males compared to females, with unknown mechanisms. Intellectual developmental disorder, X-linked syndromic, Claes-Jensen type (MRXSCJ), is caused by loss-of-function mutations of lysine demethylase 5C (KDM5C), a histone H3K4 demethylase gene. KDM5C escapes X-inactivation, thereby presenting at a higher level in females. Initially, MRXSCJ was exclusively reported in males, while it is increasingly evident that females with heterozygous KDM5C mutations can show cognitive deficits. The mouse model of MRXSCJ, male Kdm5c-hemizygous knockout animals, recapitulates key features of human male patients. However, the behavioral and molecular traits of Kdm5c-heterozygous female mice remain incompletely characterized. Here, we report that gene expression and behavioral abnormalities are readily detectable in Kdm5c-heterozygous female mice, demonstrating the requirement for a higher KDM5C dose in females. Furthermore, we found both shared and sex-specific consequences of a reduced KDM5C dose in social behavior, gene expression, and genetic interaction with the counteracting enzyme KMT2A. These observations provide an essential insight into the sex-biased manifestation of neurodevelopmental disorders and sex chromosome evolution.
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- Katherine M. Bonefas
- Department of Human Genetics, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Psychology, College of LS&A, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Department of Psychology, College of LS&A, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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A Systematic Review of the Human Accelerated Regions in Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: Where the Evolutionary and Neurodevelopmental Hypotheses Converge. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043597. [PMID: 36835010 PMCID: PMC9962562 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder that results from genetic and environmental factors interacting and disrupting neurodevelopmental trajectories. Human Accelerated Regions (HARs) are evolutionarily conserved genomic regions that have accumulated human-specific sequence changes. Thus, studies on the impact of HARs in the context of neurodevelopment, as well as with respect to adult brain phenotypes, have increased considerably in the last few years. Through a systematic approach, we aim to offer a comprehensive review of HARs' role in terms of human brain development, configuration, and cognitive abilities, as well as whether HARs modulate the susceptibility to neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia. First, the evidence in this review highlights HARs' molecular functions in the context of the neurodevelopmental regulatory genetic machinery. Second, brain phenotypic analyses indicate that HAR genes' expression spatially correlates with the regions that suffered human-specific cortical expansion, as well as with the regional interactions for synergistic information processing. Lastly, studies based on candidate HAR genes and the global "HARome" variability describe the involvement of these regions in the genetic background of schizophrenia, but also in other neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders. Overall, the data considered in this review emphasise the crucial role of HARs in human-specific neurodevelopment processes and encourage future research on this evolutionary marker for a better understanding of the genetic basis of schizophrenia and other neurodevelopmental-related psychiatric disorders. Accordingly, HARs emerge as interesting genomic regions that require further study in order to bridge the neurodevelopmental and evolutionary hypotheses in schizophrenia and other related disorders and phenotypes.
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Chen Y, Dai J, Tang L, Mikhailova T, Liang Q, Li M, Zhou J, Kopp RF, Weickert C, Chen C, Liu C. Neuroimmune transcriptome changes in patient brains of psychiatric and neurological disorders. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:710-721. [PMID: 36424395 PMCID: PMC9911365 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01854-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Neuroinflammation has been implicated in multiple brain disorders but the extent and the magnitude of change in immune-related genes (IRGs) across distinct brain disorders has not been directly compared. In this study, 1275 IRGs were curated and their expression changes investigated in 2467 postmortem brains of controls and patients with six major brain disorders, including schizophrenia (SCZ), bipolar disorder (BD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), major depressive disorder (MDD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and Parkinson's disease (PD). There were 865 IRGs present across all microarray and RNA-seq datasets. More than 60% of the IRGs had significantly altered expression in at least one of the six disorders. The differentially expressed immune-related genes (dIRGs) shared across disorders were mainly related to innate immunity. Moreover, sex, tissue, and putative cell type were systematically evaluated for immune alterations in different neuropsychiatric disorders. Co-expression networks revealed that transcripts of the neuroimmune systems interacted with neuronal-systems, both of which contribute to the pathology of brain disorders. However, only a few genes with expression changes were also identified as containing risk variants in genome-wide association studies. The transcriptome alterations at gene and network levels may clarify the immune-related pathophysiology and help to better define neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders.
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- Yu Chen
- Center for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Human Phenome Institute, and School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- Center for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
- School of Psychiatry, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Center for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Animal Models for Human Diseases, Central South University, Changsha, China.
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- Center for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, and Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
- Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
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Gene Expression and Epigenetic Regulation in the Prefrontal Cortex of Schizophrenia. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:genes14020243. [PMID: 36833173 PMCID: PMC9957055 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Schizophrenia pathogenesis remains challenging to define; however, there is strong evidence that the interaction of genetic and environmental factors causes the disorder. This paper focuses on transcriptional abnormalities in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), a key anatomical structure that determines functional outcomes in schizophrenia. This review summarises genetic and epigenetic data from human studies to understand the etiological and clinical heterogeneity of schizophrenia. Gene expression studies using microarray and sequencing technologies reported the aberrant transcription of numerous genes in the PFC in patients with schizophrenia. Altered gene expression in schizophrenia is related to several biological pathways and networks (synaptic function, neurotransmission, signalling, myelination, immune/inflammatory mechanisms, energy production and response to oxidative stress). Studies investigating mechanisms driving these transcriptional abnormalities focused on alternations in transcription factors, gene promoter elements, DNA methylation, posttranslational histone modifications or posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression mediated by non-coding RNAs.
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Lee CC, Ye R, Tubbs JD, Baum L, Zhong Y, Leung SYJ, Chan SC, Wu KYK, Cheng PKJ, Chow LP, Leung PWL, Sham PC. Third-generation genome sequencing implicates medium-sized structural variants in chronic schizophrenia. Front Neurosci 2023; 16:1058359. [PMID: 36711134 PMCID: PMC9874699 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1058359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a heterogeneous psychiatric disorder, with significant contribution from genetic factors particularly for chronic cases with negative symptoms and cognitive deficits. To date, Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) and exome sequencing have associated SCZ with a number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and copy number variants (CNVs), but there is still missing heritability. Medium-sized structural variants (SVs) are difficult to detect using SNP arrays or second generation sequencing, and may account for part of the missing heritability of SCZ. Aims and objectives To identify SVs associated with severe chronic SCZ across the whole genome. Study design 10 multiplex families with probands suffering from chronic SCZ with negative symptoms and cognitive deficits were recruited, with all their affected members demonstrating uni-lineal inheritance. Control subjects comprised one affected member from the affected lineage, and unaffected members from each paternal and maternal lineage. Methods Third generation sequencing was applied to peripheral blood samples from 10 probands and 5 unaffected controls. Bioinformatic tools were used to identify SVs from the long sequencing reads, with confirmation of findings in probands by short-read Illumina sequencing, Sanger sequencing and visual manual validation with Integrated Genome Browser. Results In the 10 probands, we identified and validated 88 SVs (mostly in introns and medium-sized), within 79 genes, which were absent in the 5 unaffected control subjects. These 79 genes were enriched in 20 biological pathways which were related to brain development, neuronal migration, neurogenesis, neuronal/synaptic function, learning/memory, and hearing. These identified SVs also showed evidence for enrichment of genes that are highly expressed in the adolescent striatum. Conclusion A substantial part of the missing heritability in SCZ may be explained by medium-sized SVs detectable only by third generation sequencing. We have identified a number of such SVs potentially conferring risk for SCZ, which implicate multiple brain-related genes and pathways. In addition to previously-identified pathways involved in SCZ such as neurodevelopment and neuronal/synaptic functioning, we also found novel evidence for enrichment in hearing-related pathways and genes expressed in the adolescent striatum.
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- Chi Chiu Lee
- Department of Psychiatry, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China,*Correspondence: Chi Chiu Lee,
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China,State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tai Po Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Kowloon West Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Yan Chai Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China,State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China,Centre for PanorOmic Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China,Pak Chung Sham,
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Ghaffar A, Nyholt DR. Genome-wide imputed differential expression enrichment analysis identifies trait-relevant tissues. Front Genet 2023; 13:1008511. [PMID: 36699451 PMCID: PMC9870027 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1008511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The identification of pathogenically-relevant genes and tissues for complex traits can be a difficult task. We developed an approach named genome-wide imputed differential expression enrichment (GIDEE), to prioritise trait-relevant tissues by combining genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistic data with tissue-specific expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) data from 49 GTEx tissues. Our GIDEE approach analyses robustly imputed gene expression and tests for enrichment of differentially expressed genes in each tissue. Two tests (mean squared z-score and empirical Brown's method) utilise the full distribution of differential expression p-values across all genes, while two binomial tests assess the proportion of genes with tissue-wide significant differential expression. GIDEE was applied to nine training datasets with known trait-relevant tissues and ranked 49 GTEx tissues using the individual and combined enrichment tests. The best-performing enrichment test produced an average rank of 1.55 out of 49 for the known trait-relevant tissue across the nine training datasets-ranking the correct tissue first five times, second three times, and third once. Subsequent application of the GIDEE approach to 20 test datasets-whose pathogenic tissues or cell types are uncertain or unknown-provided important prioritisation of tissues relevant to the trait's regulatory architecture. GIDEE prioritisation may thus help identify both pathogenic tissues and suitable proxy tissue/cell models (e.g., using enriched tissues/cells that are more easily accessible). The application of our GIDEE approach to GWAS datasets will facilitate follow-up in silico and in vitro research to determine the functional consequence(s) of their risk loci.
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Islam MR, Sohan M, Daria S, Masud AA, Ahmed MU, Roy A, Shahriar M. Evaluation of inflammatory cytokines in drug-naïve major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2023; 37:3946320231198828. [PMID: 37625799 PMCID: PMC10467201 DOI: 10.1177/03946320231198828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Objective: Altered levels of peripheral inflammatory and proinflammatory cytokine markers affect the different clinical stages of major depressive disorder (MDD). A concrete understanding of the causal mechanism of MDD is a prerequisite in developing treatment strategies and preventive plans. Here we aimed to conduct an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of studies assessing the association of C-reactive protein (CRP), INF-γ, MCP-1, and TNF-α in the peripheral fluid of drug-naïve MDD patients and healthy controls (HCs). Methods: We extracted articles from PubMed, ProQuest, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and Scopus databases from inception until 14 February 2021, to find relevant studies. In this meta-analysis, we included a total of 23 eligible studies (1,366 MDD patients and 1,342 controls) in the final meta-analysis. The Cochran's chi-square Q-test and I2-index were applied to measure the heterogeneity and inconsistency of all combined results. We selected a random-effect model during the analysis and measured publication biases using the funnel plot. We performed Bonferroni adjustment for multiple testing. Results: We found a high level of TNF-α in MDD patients than in control subjects Standardized Mean Difference (SMD) with a random-effects model: 1.04, 95% CI: 0.69-1.39, z = 5.84, p < 0.001). The levels of CRP (SMD with a random-effects model: 0.18, 95% CI: -0.85-1.23, z = 0.35, p = 0.73), INF-ɤ (SMD with a random-effects model: -0.05, 95% CI: -2.72-2.62, z = 0.03, p = 0.97), and MCP-1 (SMD with a random-effects model: 0.70, 95% CI: -0.09-1.49, z = 1.73, p = 0.08) were not significantly varies between MDD patients and HCs. Conclusion: The present study findings suggest the upregulated level of peripheral TNF-α but not CRP, INF-γ, and MCP-1 involve in depression. The elevated inflammatory cytokines confirmed the inflammatory state of depression. Therefore, inflammatory cytokines might serve as potential risk assessment markers in MDD.
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- Md Rabiul Islam
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- School of Pharmacy, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Engineering & Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Schmitt Junior AA, Primo de Carvalho Alves L, Padilha BL, da Rocha NS. Serum cytokine variations among inpatients with major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia versus healthy controls: a prospective 'true-to-life' study. Ther Adv Psychopharmacol 2023; 13:20451253221135463. [PMID: 36814596 PMCID: PMC9940172 DOI: 10.1177/20451253221135463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence of the association between chronic low-grade inflammation and severe mental illness (SMI). The objective of our study was to assess serum cytokine levels (SCLs) at admission and discharge in a true-to-life-setting population of inpatients with major depression (MD), bipolar disorder (BD), and schizophrenia (Sz), as well as of healthy controls. METHODS We considered MD, BD, and Sz to be SMIs. We evaluated 206 inpatients [MD, N = 92; BD, N = 26; mania (Ma), N = 44; Sz, N = 44). Generalized estimating equations were used to analyze variations in SCL [interferon gamma (IFN-γ), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, and IL-17] at hospital admission and discharge. Results of 100 healthy controls were compared with those of SMI patients at both time points. We evaluated patients' improvement during in-hospital treatment in terms of general psychiatric symptoms, global clinical impression, functionality, and manic and depressive symptoms with validated scales. RESULTS In all, 68.9% of patients completed the study. Overall, SMI inpatients had higher SCL when compared with controls regardless of diagnosis. There was a significant decrease in Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and Clinical Global Impression-Severity Scale (CGI-S) scores, and an increase in Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores for all disorders evaluated (p < 0.001), as well as a significant decrease in HDRS-17 scores among MD inpatients (p < 0.001) and in YMRS scores among Ma inpatients (p < 0.001). IL-2 and IL-6 levels decreased significantly between admission and discharge only among MD inpatients (p = 0.002 and p = 0.03, respectively). We found no further statistically significant changes in SCL among the remaining disorders (BD, Ma, and Sz). There was no significant decrease in IFN-γ (p = 0.64), TNF-α (p = 0.87), IL-4 (p = 0.21), IL-10 (p = 0.88), and IL-17 (p = 0.71) levels in any of the evaluated diagnoses. CONCLUSION MD inpatients had a decrease in IL-2 and IL-6 levels during hospitalization, which was accompanied by clinical improvement. No associations were found for the remaining SMIs (BD, Ma, and Sz).
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- Innovations and Interventions for Quality of Life (I-QoL), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Center for Clinical Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Innovations and Interventions for Quality of Life (I-QoL), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Center for Clinical and Experimental Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Innovations and Interventions for Quality of Life (I-QoL), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
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