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Pehlivan S, Aytac HM, Nursal AF, Tuncel FC, Pehlivan M. IL2RA rs2104286 and IL2 rs2069762 polymorphisms may be associated with bipolar disorder and its clinical findings. NUCLEOSIDES, NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2023; 43:441-452. [PMID: 37843874 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2023.2266820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
Abstract
Study results supported that immuno-inflammatory pathways in the brain and environment contribute to the etiopathogenesis of bipolar disorder (BD), a chronic affective disease. Our study aimed to assess the relationship between BD risk and interleukin 2 (IL2) and interleukin 2 receptor subunit alpha (IL2RA) variants in a Turkish population. Genomic DNA from 86 diagnosed BD patients and 100 healthy blood donors was extracted. IL2RA rs2104286, IL2 rs2069762, and IL2 rs2069763 variants were genotyped using the polymerase chain reaction-based restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method. It was compared to the relationship between the genotype distributions of these variants and clinical characteristics. Results were evaluated statistically. A statistically significant difference in the genotype distribution of the IL2RA rs2104286 variant was found between patients and controls. There was no GG genotype in the patient group. The IL2RA rs2104286 AA genotype was more common in the patient group than the controls, and the AG genotype was higher in the controls compared to the patients (p = 0.001, p = 0.001, respectively). The IL2 rs2069762 and IL2 rs2069763 genotype distributions did not differ between the patient and control groups (p > 0.05). We found that the clinical global impression severity (CGI-S) score was higher in those with IL2 rs2069762 TG and GG genotypes. In this study, we showed for the first time that the genotype distribution of IL2RA rs2104286 and IL2 rs2069762 is associated with BD susceptibility and CGI-S score in a Turkish population.
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- Sacide Pehlivan
- Department of Medical Biology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey
- Institute of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Institute of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Psychiatry, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Biology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey
- Institute of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Hematology, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Takamatsu G, Manome Y, Lee JS, Toyama K, Hayakawa T, Hara-Miyauchi C, Hasegawa-Ogawa M, Katagiri C, Kondo T, James Okano H, Matsushita M. Generation of four iPSC lines from a family harboring a 1p36-35 haplotype linked with bipolar disorder and recurrent depressive disorder: Three-generation patients and a healthy sibling. Stem Cell Res 2022; 64:102915. [PMID: 36166871 DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2022.102915] [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: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) obtained from genetically characterized patients benefit the biological study of bipolar disorder (BD). Here, we present iPSC lines from three-generation patients with BD and recurrent depressive disorder (RDD) and a healthy control sibling in a family. All patients shared the specified haplotype in the 1p36-35, previously reported as the susceptibility locus of mood disorders. iPSCs were generated with the reprogramming factors OTC3/4, l-MYC, LIN28, SOX2, KLF4, and p53 shRNA through non-integrated episomal vectors. All iPSC lines strongly expressed pluripotency markers and proved the ability to differentiate into three germ lineages in vitro.
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- Gakuya Takamatsu
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; Advanced Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; Advanced Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Center for Brain Integration Research, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (KISTEC), Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; Department of Synbiotics, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
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Takamatsu G, Yanagi K, Koganebuchi K, Yoshida F, Lee JS, Toyama K, Hattori K, Katagiri C, Kondo T, Kunugi H, Kimura R, Kaname T, Matsushita M. Haplotype phasing of a bipolar disorder pedigree revealed rare multiple mutations of SPOCD1 gene in the 1p36-35 susceptibility locus. J Affect Disord 2022; 310:96-105. [PMID: 35504398 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.04.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The etiology of bipolar disorder (BD) is poorly understood. Considering the complexity of BD, pedigree-based sequencing studies focusing on haplotypes at specific loci may be practical to discover high-impact risk variants. This study comprehensively examined the haplotype sequence at 1p36-35 BD and recurrent depressive disorder (RDD) susceptibility loci. METHODS We surveyed BD families in Okinawa, Japan. We performed linkage analysis and determined the phased sequence of the affected haplotype using whole genome sequencing. We filtered rare missense variants on the haplotype. For validation, we conducted a case-control genetic association study on approximately 3000 Japanese subjects. RESULTS We identified a three-generation multiplex pedigree with BD and RDD. Strikingly, we identified a significant linkage with mood disorders (logarithm of odds [LOD] = 3.61) at 1p36-35, supported in other ancestry studies. Finally, we determined the entire sequence of the 6.4-Mb haplotype shared by all affected subjects. Moreover, we found a rare triplet of missense variants in the SPOCD1 gene on the haplotype. Notably, despite the rare frequency, one heterozygote with multiple SPOCD1 variants was identified in an independent set of 88 BD type I genotyping samples. LIMITATIONS The 1p36-35 sequence was obtained from only a single pedigree. The replicate sample was small. Short-read sequencing might miss structural variants. A polygenic risk score was not analyzed. CONCLUSION The 1p36-35 haplotype sequence may be valuable for future BD variant studies. In particular, SPOCD1 is a promising candidate gene and should be validated.
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- Gakuya Takamatsu
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Genome Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Advanced Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Behavioral Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; Advanced Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Bioresources, Medical Genome Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; Department of Synbiotics, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Human Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Genome Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
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Andlauer TFM, Guzman-Parra J, Streit F, Strohmaier J, González MJ, Gil Flores S, Cabaleiro Fabeiro FJ, Del Río Noriega F, Perez FP, Haro González J, Orozco Diaz G, de Diego-Otero Y, Moreno-Küstner B, Auburger G, Degenhardt F, Heilmann-Heimbach S, Herms S, Hoffmann P, Frank J, Foo JC, Treutlein J, Witt SH, Cichon S, Kogevinas M, Rivas F, Mayoral F, Müller-Myhsok B, Forstner AJ, Nöthen MM, Rietschel M. Bipolar multiplex families have an increased burden of common risk variants for psychiatric disorders. Mol Psychiatry 2021; 26:1286-1298. [PMID: 31712721 PMCID: PMC7985020 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-019-0558-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Multiplex families with a high prevalence of a psychiatric disorder are often examined to identify rare genetic variants with large effect sizes. In the present study, we analysed whether the risk for bipolar disorder (BD) in BD multiplex families is influenced by common genetic variants. Furthermore, we investigated whether this risk is conferred mainly by BD-specific risk variants or by variants also associated with the susceptibility to schizophrenia or major depression. In total, 395 individuals from 33 Andalusian BD multiplex families (166 BD, 78 major depressive disorder, 151 unaffected) as well as 438 subjects from an independent, BD case/control cohort (161 unrelated BD, 277 unrelated controls) were analysed. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) for BD, schizophrenia (SCZ), and major depression were calculated and compared between the cohorts. Both the familial BD cases and unaffected family members had higher PRS for all three psychiatric disorders than the independent controls, with BD and SCZ being significant after correction for multiple testing, suggesting a high baseline risk for several psychiatric disorders in the families. Moreover, familial BD cases showed significantly higher BD PRS than unaffected family members and unrelated BD cases. A plausible hypothesis is that, in multiplex families with a general increase in risk for psychiatric disease, BD development is attributable to a high burden of common variants that confer a specific risk for BD. The present analyses demonstrated that common genetic risk variants for psychiatric disorders are likely to contribute to the high incidence of affective psychiatric disorders in the multiplex families. However, the PRS explained only part of the observed phenotypic variance, and rare variants might have also contributed to disease development.
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- Till F M Andlauer
- Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Mental Health, University Regional Hospital of Málaga, Institute of Biomedicine of Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Mental Health, University Hospital of Reina Sofia, Córdoba, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica del Dispositivo de Cuidados Críticos y Urgencias del Distrito Sanitario Málaga-Coin-Guadalhorce, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Mental Health, University Regional Hospital of Málaga, Institute of Biomedicine of Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, University of Malaga, Institute of Biomedicine of Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Goethe University Medical School, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Mental Health, University Regional Hospital of Málaga, Institute of Biomedicine of Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Mental Health, University Regional Hospital of Málaga, Institute of Biomedicine of Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany
- Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Centre for Human Genetics, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
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Poltavskaya EG, Fedorenko OY, Vyalova NM, Kornetova EG, Bokhan NA, Loonen AJM, Ivanova SA. Genetic polymorphisms of PIP5K2A and course of schizophrenia. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2020; 21:171. [PMID: 33092542 PMCID: PMC7579868 DOI: 10.1186/s12881-020-01107-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Background Schizophrenia is a severe highly heritable mental disorder. The clinical heterogeneity of schizophrenia is expressed in the difference in the leading symptoms and course of the disease. Identifying the genetic variants that affect clinical heterogeneity may ultimately reveal the genetic basis of the features of schizophrenia and suggest novel treatment targets. PIP5K2A (Phosphatidylinositol-4-Phosphate 5-Kinase Type II Alpha) has been investigated as a potential susceptibility gene for schizophrenia. Methods In this work, we studied the possible association between eleven polymorphic variants of PIP5K2A and the clinical features of schizophrenia in a population of 384 white Siberian patients with schizophrenia. Genotyping was carried out on QuantStudio 5 Real-Time PCR System with a TaqMan Validate SNP Genotyping Assay (Applied Biosystems, USA). Results PIP5K2A rs8341 (χ2 = 6.559, p = 0.038) and rs946961 (χ2 = 5.976, p = 0.049) showed significant association with course of schizophrenia (continuous or episodic). The rs8341*CT (OR = 1.63, 95% CI: 1.04–2.54) and rs946961*CC (OR = 5.17, 95% CI: 1.20–22.21) genotypes were associated with a continuous type of course, while the rs8341*TT genotype (OR = 0.53, 95% CI: 0.29–0.97) was associated with an episodic type of course of schizophrenia. Therefore rs8341*TT genotype presumably has protective effect against the more severe continuous course of schizophrenia compared to the episodic one. Conclusions Our experimental data confirm that PIP5K2A is a genetic factor influencing the type of course of schizophrenia in Siberian population. Disturbances in the phosphatidylinositol pathways may be a possible reason for the transition to a more severe continuous course of schizophrenia.
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- Evgeniya G Poltavskaya
- Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Aleutskaya str., 4, Tomsk, Russian Federation, 634014.
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- Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Aleutskaya str., 4, Tomsk, Russian Federation, 634014.,National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
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- Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Aleutskaya str., 4, Tomsk, Russian Federation, 634014
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- Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Aleutskaya str., 4, Tomsk, Russian Federation, 634014
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- Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Aleutskaya str., 4, Tomsk, Russian Federation, 634014.,National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation.,Siberian State Medical University Hospital, Moscowsky Trakt, 2, Tomsk, Russian Federation
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- Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, PharmacoTherapy, Epidemiology & Economics, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713, AV, Groningen, The Netherlands.,GGZ Westelijk Noord-Brabant, Hoofdlaan 8, 4661 AA, Halsteren, The Netherlands
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- Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Aleutskaya str., 4, Tomsk, Russian Federation, 634014.,National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russian Federation.,Siberian State Medical University Hospital, Moscowsky Trakt, 2, Tomsk, Russian Federation
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Brugger M, Knapp M, Strauch K. Properties and Evaluation of the MOBIT - a novel Linkage-based Test Statistic and Quantification Method for Imprinting. Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol 2019; 18:sagmb-2018-0025. [PMID: 32996465 DOI: 10.1515/sagmb-2018-0025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Genomic imprinting is a parent-of-origin effect apparent in an appreciable number of human diseases. We have proposed the new imprinting test statistic MOBIT, which is based on MOD score analysis. We were interested in the properties of the MOBIT concerning its distribution under three hypotheses: (1) H0,a: no linkage, no imprinting; (2) H0,b: linkage, no imprinting; (3) H1: linkage and imprinting. More specifically, we assessed the confounding between imprinting and sex-specific recombination frequencies, which presents a major difficulty in linkage-based testing for imprinting, and evaluated the power of the test. To this end, we have performed a linkage simulation study of affected sib-pairs and a three-generation pedigree with two trait models, many two- and multipoint marker scenarios, three genetic map ratios, two sample sizes, and five imprinting degrees. We also investigated the ability of the MOBIT to quantify the degree of imprinting and applied the MOBIT using a real data example on house dust mite allergy. We further proposed and evaluated two approaches to obtain empiric p values for the MOBIT. Our results showed that twopoint analyses assuming a sex-averaged marker map led to an inflated type I error due to confounding, especially for a larger marker-trait locus distance. When the correct sex-specific marker map was assumed, twopoint analyses have a reduced power to detect imprinting, compared to sex-averaged analyses with an appropriate correction for the inflation of the test statistic. However, confounding was not an issue in multipoint analysis unless the map ratio was extreme and marker spacing was sparse. With multipoint analysis, power as well as the ability to quantify the imprinting degree were almost equally high when a sex-averaged or the correct sex-specific map was used in the analysis. We recommend to obtain empiric p values for the MOBIT using genotype simulations based on the best-fitting nonimprinting model of the real dataset analysis. In addition, an implementation of a method based on the permutation of parental sexes is also available. In summary, we propose to perform multipoint analyses using densely spaced markers to efficiently discover new imprinted loci and to reliably quantify the degree of imprinting.
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- Markus Brugger
- Chair of Genetic Epidemiology, IBE, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, DE-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, DE-53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Chair of Genetic Epidemiology, IBE, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, DE-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Saul MC, Stevenson SA, Zhao C, Driessen TM, Eisinger BE, Gammie SC. Genomic variants in an inbred mouse model predict mania-like behaviors. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197624. [PMID: 29768498 PMCID: PMC5955540 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Contemporary rodent models for bipolar disorders split the bipolar spectrum into complimentary behavioral endophenotypes representing mania and depression. Widely accepted mania models typically utilize single gene transgenics or pharmacological manipulations, but inbred rodent strains show great potential as mania models. Their acceptance is often limited by the lack of genotypic data needed to establish construct validity. In this study, we used a unique strategy to inexpensively explore and confirm population allele differences in naturally occurring candidate variants in a manic rodent strain, the Madison (MSN) mouse strain. Variants were identified using whole exome resequencing on a small population of animals. Interesting candidate variants were confirmed in a larger population with genotyping. We enriched these results with observations of locomotor behavior from a previous study. Resequencing identified 447 structural variants that are mostly fixed in the MSN strain relative to control strains. After filtering and annotation, we found 11 non-synonymous MSN variants that we believe alter protein function. The allele frequencies for 6 of these variants were consistent with explanatory variants for the Madison strain's phenotype. The variants are in the Npas2, Cp, Polr3c, Smarca4, Trpv1, and Slc5a7 genes, and many of these genes' products are in pathways implicated in human bipolar disorders. Variants in Smarca4 and Polr3c together explained over 40% of the variance in locomotor behavior in the Hsd:ICR founder strain. These results enhance the MSN strain's construct validity and implicate altered nucleosome structure and transcriptional regulation as a chief molecular system underpinning behavior.
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- Michael C. Saul
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Guzman-Parra J, Rivas F, Strohmaier J, Forstner A, Streit F, Auburger G, Propping P, Orozco-Diaz G, González MJ, Gil-Flores S, Cabaleiro-Fabeiro FJ, Del Río-Noriega F, Perez-Perez F, Haro-González J, de Diego-Otero Y, Romero-Sanchiz P, Moreno-Küstner B, Cichon S, Nöthen MM, Rietschel M, Mayoral F. The Andalusian Bipolar Family (ABiF) Study: Protocol and sample description. REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRIA Y SALUD MENTAL 2017; 11:199-207. [PMID: 28619597 DOI: 10.1016/j.rpsm.2017.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 01/29/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Here, we present the first description of the Andalusian Bipolar Family (ABiF) Study. This longitudinal investigation of families from Andalusia, Spain commenced in 1997 with the aim of elucidating the molecular genetic causes of bipolar affective disorder. The cohort has since contributed to a number of key genetic findings, as reported in international journals. However, insight into the genetic underpinnings of the disorder in these families remains limited. METHOD In the initial 1997-2003 study phase, 100 multiplex bipolar disorder and other mood disorder families were recruited. The ongoing second phase of the project commenced in 2013, and involves follow-up of a subgroup of the originally recruited families. The aim of the follow-up investigation is to generate: i) longitudinal clinical data; ii) results from detailed neuropsychological assessments; and iii) a more extensive collection of biomaterials for future molecular biological studies. RESULTS The ABiF Study will thus generate a valuable resource for future investigations into the aetiology of bipolar affective disorder; in particular the causes of high disease loading within multiply affected families. DISCUSSION We discuss the value of this approach in terms of new technologies for the identification of high-penetrance genetic factors. These new technologies include exome and whole genome sequencing, and the use of induced pluripotent stem cells or model organisms to determine functional consequences.
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- Jose Guzman-Parra
- Unidad de Salud Mental, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, España.
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- Unidad de Salud Mental, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, España
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- Departamento de Epidemiología Genética en Psiquiatría, Instituto Central de Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina de Mannheim, Universidad de Heidelberg, Mannheim, Alemania
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- Instituto de Genética Humana, Universidad de Bonn, Bonn, Alemania; Departamento de Genómica, Life & Brain Center, Universidad de Bonn, Bonn, Alemania
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- Departamento de Epidemiología Genética en Psiquiatría, Instituto Central de Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina de Mannheim, Universidad de Heidelberg, Mannheim, Alemania
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- Clínica de Neurología, Universidad de Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Alemania
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- Instituto de Genética Humana, Universidad de Bonn, Bonn, Alemania; Departamento de Genómica, Life & Brain Center, Universidad de Bonn, Bonn, Alemania
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica del Dispositivo de Cuidados Críticos y Urgencias Coin-Gudalhorce, Málaga, España
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- Unidad de Salud Mental, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, España
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- Departamento de Salud Mental, Universidad Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España
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- Departamento de Salud Mental, Hospital de Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, España
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- Departamento de Salud Mental, Hospital Punta de Europa, Algeciras, Cádiz, España
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- Unidad de Salud Mental, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, España
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- Unidad de Salud Mental, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, España
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- Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, España
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- Departamento de Biomedicina, Universidad de Basel, Basel, Suiza
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- Unidad de Salud Mental, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, España; Departamento de Genómica, Life & Brain Center, Universidad de Bonn, Bonn, Alemania
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- Departamento de Epidemiología Genética en Psiquiatría, Instituto Central de Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina de Mannheim, Universidad de Heidelberg, Mannheim, Alemania
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- Unidad de Salud Mental, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga (IBIMA), Málaga, España
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Gragnoli C. Hypothesis of the neuroendocrine cortisol pathway gene role in the comorbidity of depression, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. APPLICATION OF CLINICAL GENETICS 2014; 7:43-53. [PMID: 24817815 PMCID: PMC4012344 DOI: 10.2147/tacg.s39993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Depression, type 2 diabetes (T2D), and metabolic syndrome (MetS) are often comorbid. Depression per se increases the risk for T2D by 60%. This risk is not accounted for by the use of antidepressant therapy. Stress causes hyperactivation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, by triggering the hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) secretion, which stimulates the anterior pituitary to release the adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH), which causes the adrenal secretion of cortisol. Depression is associated with an increased level of cortisol, and CRH and ACTH at inappropriately “normal” levels, that is too high compared to their expected lower levels due to cortisol negative feedback. T2D and MetS are also associated with hypercortisolism. High levels of cortisol can impair mood as well as cause hyperglycemia and insulin resistance and other traits typical of T2D and MetS. We hypothesize that HPA axis hyperactivation may be due to variants in the genes of the CRH receptors (CRHR1, CRHR2), corticotropin receptors (or melanocortin receptors, MC1R-MC5R), glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1), mineralocorticoid receptor (NR3C2), and of the FK506 binding protein 51 (FKBP5), and that these variants may be partially responsible for the clinical association of depression, T2D and MetS. In this review, we will focus on the correlation of stress, HPA axis hyperactivation, and the possible genetic role of the CRHR1, CRHR2, MCR1–5, NR3C1, and NR3C2 receptors and FKBP5 in the susceptibility to the comorbidity of depression, T2D, and MetS. New studies are needed to confirm the hypothesized role of these genes in the clinical association of depression, T2D, and MetS.
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- Claudia Gragnoli
- Center for Biotechnology and Department of Biology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA ; Molecular Biology Laboratory, Bios Biotech Multi-Diagnostic Health Center, Rome, Italy
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Saul MC, Gessay GM, Gammie SC. A new mouse model for mania shares genetic correlates with human bipolar disorder. PLoS One 2012; 7:e38128. [PMID: 22675514 PMCID: PMC3366954 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2012] [Accepted: 05/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bipolar disorder (BPD) is a debilitating heritable psychiatric disorder. Contemporary rodent models for the manic pole of BPD have primarily utilized either single locus transgenics or treatment with psychostimulants. Our lab recently characterized a mouse strain termed Madison (MSN) that naturally displays a manic phenotype, exhibiting elevated locomotor activity, increased sexual behavior, and higher forced swimming relative to control strains. Lithium chloride and olanzapine treatments attenuate this phenotype. In this study, we replicated our locomotor activity experiment, showing that MSN mice display generationally-stable mania relative to their outbred ancestral strain, hsd:ICR (ICR). We then performed a gene expression microarray experiment to compare hippocampus of MSN and ICR mice. We found dysregulation of multiple transcripts whose human orthologs are associated with BPD and other psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia and ADHD, including: Epor, Smarca4, Cmklr1, Cat, Tac1, Npsr1, Fhit, and P2rx7. RT-qPCR confirmed dysregulation for all of seven transcripts tested. Using a novel genome enrichment algorithm, we found enrichment in genome regions homologous to human loci implicated in BPD in replicated linkage studies including homologs of human cytobands 1p36, 3p14, 3q29, 6p21–22, 12q24, 16q24, and 17q25. Using a functional network analysis, we found dysregulation of a gene system related to chromatin packaging, a result convergent with recent human findings on BPD. Our findings suggest that MSN mice represent a polygenic model for the manic pole of BPD showing much of the genetic systems complexity of the corresponding human disorder. Further, the high degree of convergence between our findings and the human literature on BPD brings up novel questions about evolution by analogy in mammalian genomes.
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- Michael C Saul
- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.
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Fanous AH, Middleton FA, Gentile K, Amdur RL, Maher BS, Zhao Z, Sun J, Medeiros H, Carvalho C, Ferreira SR, Macedo A, Knowles JA, Azevedo MH, Pato MT, Pato CN. Genetic overlap of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a high-density linkage survey in the Portuguese Island population. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2012; 159B:383-91. [PMID: 22461138 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Accepted: 02/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Recent family and genome-wide association studies strongly suggest shared genetic risk factors for schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BP). However, linkage studies have not been used to test for statistically significant genome-wide overlap between them. Forty-seven Portuguese families with sibpairs concordant for SZ, BP, or psychosis (PSY, which includes either SZ or psychotic BP) were genotyped for over 57,000 markers using the Affymetrix 50K Xba SNP array. NPL and Kong and Cox LOD scores were calculated in Merlin for all three phenotypes. Empirical significance was determined using 1,000 gene-dropping simulations. Significance of genome-wide genetic overlap between SZ and BP was determined by the number of simulated BP scans having the same number of loci jointly linked with the real SZ scan, and vice versa. For all three phenotypes, a number of regions previously linked in this sample remained so. For BP, chromosome 1p36 achieved significance (11.54-15.71 MB, LOD = 3.51), whereas it was not even suggestively linked at lower marker densities, as did chromosome 11q14.1 (89.32-90.15 MB, NPL = 4.15). Four chromosomes had loci at which both SZ and BP had NPL ≥ 1.98, which was more than would be expected by chance (empirical P = 0.01 using simulated SZ scans; 0.07 using simulated BP scans), although they did not necessarily meet criteria for suggestive linkage individually. These results suggest that high-density marker maps may provide greater power and precision in linkage studies than lower density maps. They also further support the hypothesis that SZ and BP share at least some risk alleles.
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- Ayman H Fanous
- Mental Health Service Line, Washington VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
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Kandaswamy R, McQuillin A, Curtis D, Gurling H. Tests of linkage and allelic association between markers in the 1p36 PRKCZ (protein kinase C zeta) gene region and bipolar affective disorder. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2012; 159B:201-9. [PMID: 22231931 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Three linkage studies of families with multiple cases of bipolar disorder and/or unipolar affective disorder have confirmed the involvement of the chromosome 1p36 region in the etiology of affective disorders with LOD scores of 2.7, 3.6, and 3.97. We investigated the protein kinase C zeta gene (PRKCZ) as a susceptibility locus for bipolar disorder because it is highly brain expressed and is localized close to the marker D1S243 which was linked to affective disorder in a single large UCL bipolar disorder family with a LOD of 3.1. PRKCZ encodes an unusual type of protein kinase which affects axonal differentiation through Wnt-signaling. We genotyped four microsatellite markers and nine single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers within or near the PRKCZ gene in the UCL case-control sample of 600 bipolar disorder patients and up to 605 supernormal controls. Markers D1S243 and rs3128396 were significantly associated with bipolar disorder (empirical P = 0.037 and P = 0.040, respectively). We also included data from eight SNPs which were genotyped as part of our GWA study on bipolar disorder for association analysis. Tests of haplotypic association found that a haplotype block comprising markers rs3128296, rs2503706, and rs3128309 was associated with bipolar disorder (empirical P = 0.004). A previous linkage study had shown greater evidence for linkage within female cases compared to males. Therefore, to assess if the association was sex-specific, we performed a female-only allelic-association analysis, which resulted in SNPs rs3128296 and rs3128309 becoming associated with bipolar disorder (P = 0.004 and P = 0.016, respectively). PRKCZ may play a role in susceptibility to bipolar affective disorder.
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- Radhika Kandaswamy
- Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, Research Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, UK
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Whole-genome linkage and association studies of bipolar disorder are beginning to provide some compelling evidence for the involvement of several chromosomal regions and susceptibility genes in the pathogenesis of bipolar disorder. Developments in genotyping technology and efforts to combine data from different studies have helped in identifying chromosomes 6q16-q25, 13q, and 16p12 as probable susceptibility loci for bipolar disorder and confirmed CACNA1C and ANK3 as susceptibility genes for bipolar disorder. However, a lack of replication is still apparent in the literature. New studies focusing on copy number variants as well as new analytical approaches utilizing pathway analysis offer a new direction in the study of the genetics of bipolar disorder.
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- Shaza Alsabban
- MRC Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Box PO82, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, England SE5 8AF, UK.
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Mathieu F, Dizier MH, Etain B, Jamain S, Rietschel M, Maier W, Albus M, McKeon P, Roche S, Blackwood D, Muir WJ, Henry C, Malafosse A, Preisig M, Ferrero F, Cichon S, Schumacher J, Ohlraun S, Propping P, Abou Jamra R, Schulze TG, Zelenica D, Charon C, Marusic A, Dernovsek MC, Gurling H, Nöthen M, Lathrop M, Leboyer M, Bellivier F. European collaborative study of early-onset bipolar disorder: Evidence for genetic heterogeneity on 2q14 according to age at onset. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2010; 153B:1425-33. [PMID: 20886542 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Accepted: 08/03/2010] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Bipolar disorder has a genetic component, but the mode of inheritance remains unclear. A previous genome scan conducted in 70 European families led to detect eight regions linked to bipolar disease. Here, we present an investigation of whether the phenotypic heterogeneity of the disorder corresponds to genetic heterogeneity in these regions using additional markers and an extended sample of families. The MLS statistic was used for linkage analyses. The predivided sample test and the maximum likelihood binomial methods were used to test genetic homogeneity between early-onset bipolar type I (cut-off of 22 years) and other types of the disorder (later onset of bipolar type I and early-onset bipolar type II), using a total of 138 independent bipolar-affected sib-pairs. Analysis of the extended sample of families supports linkage in four regions (2q14, 3p14, 16p23, and 20p12) of the eight regions of linkage suggested by our previous genome scan. Heterogeneity testing revealed genetic heterogeneity between early and late-onset bipolar type I in the 2q14 region (P = 0.0001). Only the early form of the bipolar disorder but not the late form appeared to be linked to this region. This region may therefore include a genetic factor either specifically involved in the early-onset bipolar type I or only influencing the age at onset (AAO). Our findings illustrate that stratification according to AAO may be valuable for the identification of genetic vulnerability polymorphisms. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Flavie Mathieu
- INSERM, U 955, IMRB, Department of Medical Genetics, Psychiatry Genetics, Creteil, France.
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Kremeyer B, García J, Müller H, Burley MW, Herzberg I, Parra MV, Duque C, Vega J, Montoya P, López MC, Bedoya G, Reus V, Palacio C, López C, Ospina-Duque J, Freimer NB, Ruiz-Linares A. Genome-wide linkage scan of bipolar disorder in a Colombian population isolate replicates Loci on chromosomes 7p21-22, 1p31, 16p12 and 21q21-22 and identifies a novel locus on chromosome 12q. Hum Hered 2010; 70:255-68. [PMID: 21071953 PMCID: PMC3068751 DOI: 10.1159/000320914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2010] [Accepted: 09/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Bipolar disorder (BP) is a severe psychiatric illness, characterised by alternating episodes of depression and mania, which ranks among the top ten causes of morbidity and life-long disability world-wide. We have previously performed a whole-genome linkage scan on 6 pedigrees segregating severe BP from the well-characterised population isolate of Antioquia, Colombia. We recently collected genotypes for the same set of 382 autosomal microsatellite markers in 9 additional Antioquian BP pedigrees. Here, we report the analysis of the combined pedigree set. METHODS Linkage analysis using both parametric and nonparametric approaches was conducted for 3 different diagnostic models: severe BP only (BPI); mood disorders (BPI, BPII and major depression); and psychosis (operationally defined by the occurrence of at least 1 episode of hallucinations and/or delusions). RESULTS AND CONCLUSION For BPI only, the most interesting result was obtained for chromosome 7p21.1-p22.2 under a recessive model of inheritance (heterogeneity LOD score = 2.80), a region that had previously been linked to BP in a study on Portuguese Island families. For both BPI and mood disorders, nonparametric analyses identified a locus on chromosome 12ct-q14 (nonparametric linkage = 2.55 and 2.35, respectively). This locus has not previously been reported as a candidate region for BP. Additional candidate regions were found on chromosomes 1p22-31 (mood disorders) and 21q21-22 (BPI), 2 loci that have repeatedly been implicated in BP susceptibility. Linkage analysis of psychosis as a phenotype identified candidate regions on chromosomes 2q24-31 and 16p12-q12. The finding on chromosome 16p is noteworthy because the same locus has been implicated by genome-wide association analyses of BP.
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- B Kremeyer
- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.
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Genetic repositories for the study of major psychiatric conditions: what do we know about ethnic minorities' genetic vulnerability? Mol Psychiatry 2010; 15:970-5. [PMID: 20177407 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2010.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In spite of considerable efforts, no genes of major effect have been found across an entire diagnostic category in psychiatry. Possible reasons for this may include difficulties in defining the phenotype, the complex relationship between genotype and gene expression and population stratification. This last problem has often been managed by restricting genetic sampling to only one ethnic group. An unintended consequence of using this strategy is that the major repositories of genetic material for the study of psychiatric conditions in the United States suffer from a paucity of genetic samples from non-Caucasian groups. Thus, these groups are being relatively understudied in terms of the genetic antecedents to psychiatric disease. The authors provide solutions including the need to augment the representation of African-American, Latino and Asian-Americans among research participants; a more nuanced approach to identify ancestry; and the development of analytic and genetic strategies to handle the issue of ethnic heterogeneity in samples.
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Chen G, Henter ID, Manji HK. Translational research in bipolar disorder: emerging insights from genetically based models. Mol Psychiatry 2010; 15:883-95. [PMID: 20142820 PMCID: PMC2999816 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2010.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Bipolar disorder (BPD) is characterized by vulnerability to episodic depression and mania and spontaneous cycling. Because of marked advances in candidate-gene and genome-wide association studies, the list of risk genes for BPD is growing rapidly, creating an unprecedented opportunity to understand the pathophysiology of BPD and to develop novel therapeutics for its treatment. However, genetic findings are associated with major unresolved issues, including whether and how risk variance leads to behavioral abnormalities. Although animal studies are key to resolving these issues, consensus is needed regarding how to define and monitor phenotypes related to mania, depression and mood swing vulnerability in genetically manipulated rodents. In this study we discuss multiple facets of this challenging area, including theoretical considerations, available tests, limitations associated with rodent behavioral modeling and promising molecular-behavioral findings. These include CLOCK, glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK-3beta), glutamate receptor 6 (GluR6), extracellular signal-regulated kinase-1 (ERK1), p11 (or S100A10), vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2 or SLC18A2), glucocorticoid receptors (GRs), Bcl-2-associated athanogene-1 (BAG1) and mitochondrial DNA polymerase-gamma (POLG). Some mutant rodent strains show behavioral clusters or activity patterns that cross-species phenocopy objective/observable facets of mood syndromes, and changes in these clustered behaviors can be used as outcome measures in genetic-behavioral research in BPD.
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- Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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- Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA,Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Titusville, NJ, USA
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Flaquer A, Jamra RA, Etterer K, Díaz GO, Rivas F, Rietschel M, Cichon S, Nöthen MM, Strauch K. A new susceptibility locus for bipolar affective disorder in PAR1 on Xp22.3/Yp11.3. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2010; 153B:1110-4. [PMID: 20333728 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We present the findings of a linkage study of bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) that involve the pseudoautosomal region 1 of the human sex chromosomes. We analyzed a substantial subset of pedigrees (89 families of German and Spanish origin; 661 participants; 298 affected individuals) from the large collection of BPAD-affected families with which a genomewide linkage analysis was previously performed and where the pseudoautosomal regions were poorly covered. Nonparametric linkage (Z(lr)) scores were calculated. The highest Z(lr) scores were obtained on Xp22.3/Yp11.3 in the Spanish subsample (DXS1071; Z(lr) = 3.54, P(empirical) = 0.0009 for the broad definition of affection sttuts; Z(lr) = 2.63, P(empirical) = 0.0129 for the medium definition of affection status; Z(lr) = 2.12, P(empirical) = 0.0429 for the narrow definition of affection status). Empirical P-values are adjusted using the Bonferroni correction to account for the testing of three affection status definitions. This region has not drawn much attention in previous linkage studies of BPAD. On the basis of these results, Xp22.3/Yp11.3 should now be considered a candidate region for BPAD.
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- Antònia Flaquer
- Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Abou Jamra R, Schulze TG, Becker T, Brockschmidt FF, Green E, Alblas MA, Wendland JR, Adli M, Grozeva D, Strohmeier J, Georgi A, Craddock N, Propping P, Rietschel M, Nöthen MM, Cichon S, Schumacher J. A systematic association mapping on chromosome 6q in bipolar affective disorder--evidence for the melanin-concentrating-hormone-receptor-2 gene as a risk factor for bipolar affective disorder. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2010; 153B:878-84. [PMID: 19927306 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Strong evidence of linkage between chromosomal region 6q16-q22 and bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) has previously been reported. We conducted a systematic association mapping of the 6q-linkage interval using 617 SNP markers in a BPAD case-control sample of German descent (cases = 330, controls = 325). In this screening step, 46 SNPs showed nominally significant BPAD-association (P-values between 0.0007 and 0.0484). Although none of the 46 SNPs survived correction for multiple testing, they were genotyped in a second and ethnically matched BPAD sample (cases = 328, controls = 397). At the melanin-concentrating-hormone-receptor-2 (MCHR2) gene, we found nominal association in both the initial and second BPAD samples (combined P = 0.008). This finding was followed up by the genotyping of 17 additional MCHR2-SNPs in the combined sample in order to define our findings more precisely. We found that the MCHR2-locus can be divided into three different haplotype-blocks, and observed that the MCHR2-association was most pronounced in BPAD male patients with psychotic symptoms. In two neighboring blocks, putative risk-haplotypes were found to be 7% more frequent in patients (block II: 23.3% vs. 16.2%, P = 0.005, block III: 39.2% vs. 32.0%, P = 0.024), whereas the putative protective haplotypes were found to be 5-8% less frequent in patients (block II: 11.6% vs. 16.4%, P = 0.041, block III: 30.0% vs. 38.8%, P = 0.007). The corresponding odds ratios (single-marker analysis) ranged between 1.25 and 1.46. Our findings may indicate that MCHR2 is a putative risk factor for BPAD. These findings should be interpreted with caution and replicated in independent BPAD samples.
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- Rami Abou Jamra
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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Fukuo Y, Kishi T, Yoshimura R, Kitajima T, Okochi T, Yamanouchi Y, Kinoshita Y, Kawashima K, Naitoh H, Umene-Nakano W, Inada T, Kunugi H, Kato T, Yoshikawa T, Ujike H, Nakamura J, Ozaki N, Iwata N. Serotonin 6 receptor gene and mood disorders: case-control study and meta-analysis. Neurosci Res 2010; 67:250-5. [PMID: 20394784 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2010.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2010] [Revised: 03/30/2010] [Accepted: 04/02/2010] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Several evidence suggests that alterations in serotonin 6 (5-HT6) receptors might be associated with the pathophysiology of mood disorders. Therefore, to evaluate the association between HTR6 and BP and MDD, we conducted a case-control study of Japanese population samples (1007 BP patients, 447 MDD patients and 1753 controls) with five tagging SNPs, including rs1805054 (C267T), in HTR6. In addition, we conducted a meta-analysis of rs1805054, which has been examined in other studies. We selected five tagging SNPs (rs6693503, rs1805054, rs4912138, rs3790757 and rs9659997). Moreover, three association studies for BP and four association studies for MDD, including this study, met our criteria for the meta-analysis of rs1805054. We did not detect an association between tagging SNPs in HTR6 and BP and MDD in the allele/genotype, haplotype analysis or meta-analysis. In conclusion, we found no association involving polymorphism and mood disorder in the Japanese population. However, because changes in expression level or signal transduction of this receptor may be involved in the pathology of these diseases, it will be necessary to conduct the further study about the relationship between this receptor and mood disorders in the future.
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- Yasuhisa Fukuo
- Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470 1192, Japan
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Oedegaard KJ, Greenwood TA, Lunde A, Fasmer OB, Akiskal HS, Kelsoe JR. A genome-wide linkage study of bipolar disorder and co-morbid migraine: replication of migraine linkage on chromosome 4q24, and suggestion of an overlapping susceptibility region for both disorders on chromosome 20p11. J Affect Disord 2010; 122:14-26. [PMID: 19819557 PMCID: PMC5660919 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2009] [Accepted: 06/10/2009] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Migraine and Bipolar Disorder (BPAD) are clinically heterogeneous disorders of the brain with a significant, but complex, genetic component. Epidemiological and clinical studies have demonstrated a high degree of co-morbidity between migraine and BPAD. Several genome-wide linkage studies in BPAD and migraine have shown overlapping regions of linkage on chromosomes, and two functionally similar voltage-dependent calcium channels CACNA1A and CACNA1C have been identified in familial hemiplegic migraine and recently implicated in two whole genome BPAD association studies, respectively. We hypothesized that using migraine co-morbidity to look at subsets of BPAD families in a genetic linkage analysis would prove useful in identifying genetic susceptibility regions in both of these disorders. We used BPAD with co-morbid migraine as an alternative phenotype definition in a re-analysis of the NIMH Bipolar Genetics Initiative wave 4 data set. In this analysis we selected only those families in which at least two members were diagnosed with migraine by a doctor according to patients' reports. Nonparametric linkage analysis performed on 31 families segregating both BPAD and migraine identified a linkage signal on chromosome 4q24 for migraine (but not BPAD) with a peak LOD of 2.26. This region has previously been implicated in two independent migraine linkage studies. In addition we identified a locus on chromosome 20p11 with overlapping elevated LOD scores for both migraine (LOD=1.95) and BPAD (LOD=1.67) phenotypes. This region has previously been implicated in two BPAD linkage studies, and, interestingly, it harbors a known potassium dependant sodium/calcium exchanger gene, SLC24A3, that plays a critical role in neuronal calcium homeostasis. Our findings replicate a previously identified migraine linkage locus on chromosome 4 (not co-segregating with BPAD) in a sample of BPAD families with co-morbid migraine, and suggest a susceptibility locus on chromosome 20, harboring a gene for the migraine/BPAD phenotype. Together these data suggest that some genes may predispose to both bipolar disorder and migraine.
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- K J Oedegaard
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0603, USA.
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Fullerton JM, Donald JA, Mitchell PB, Schofield PR. Two-dimensional genome scan identifies multiple genetic interactions in bipolar affective disorder. Biol Psychiatry 2010; 67:478-86. [PMID: 20022591 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2009] [Revised: 10/01/2009] [Accepted: 10/20/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder is a highly heritable psychiatric condition, the etiology of which remains largely unknown despite extensive efforts to identify susceptibility genes. Interactions between genes of small individual effect could partially explain the difficulties of traditional one-dimensional approaches to identify genetic risk factors. METHODS A nonparametric linkage (NPL) analysis of 65 Australian extended pedigrees containing 643 genotyped individuals (of whom 40% were diagnosed with affective disorder) was conducted. Chromosome-by-chromosome correlation analysis of family-specific NPL scores was conducted to detect evidence of genetic interaction. Interaction-specific multipoint NPL and permutation analysis was used to assess linkage interdependence, using family weights derived from the alternative interacting chromosome. Finally, a single nucleotide analysis of each interaction region was conducted using the publicly available genome-wide association, datasets (2933 cases, 2534 controls). RESULTS Significant NPL peaks were detected on chromosomes 2q24-33, 7q21-31, and 17q11-25 (Z = 3.12, 3.01, and 2.95 respectively), with four additional suggestive peaks identified. Four robust interchromosomal interaction clusters exceeding Bonferroni correction at alpha = .05 (uncorrected p < 5.38e-07) were detected on 11q23-25-2p15-12, 4q32-35-1p36, 12q23-24-4p16-15, and 20q13-9q21-22. This linkage interdependence was determined significant after permutation analysis (p = .002-.0002). A suggestive interaction was observed in the combined data on 2p14-11q23 (uncorrected p = 5.76E-10, Bonferroni corrected p = .068). CONCLUSIONS This study indicates a complex interplay between multiple loci underlying bipolar disorder susceptibility, and highlights the continuing usefulness of extended pedigrees in complex genetics. The challenge lies in the identification of specific gene interactions and their biological validation.
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- Janice M Fullerton
- Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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Neff CD, Abkevich V, Potter J, Riley R, Shattuck D, Katz DA. Evidence for epistasis between SLC6A4 and a chromosome 4 gene as risk factors in major depression. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2010; 153B:321-2. [PMID: 19475634 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Linkage analysis on Utah pedigrees with strong family histories of major depression including only cases with the SLC6A4 HTTLPR short allele revealed a linkage peak on chromosome 4 (maximum HLOD = 3.5). This evidence suggests epistasis between SLC6A4 and an unknown gene as risk factors for major depression.
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Gennarelli M, Cattaneo A. Genetic variations and association. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2010; 94:129-151. [PMID: 21081205 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-384976-2.00006-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- Massimo Gennarelli
- Division of Biology and Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, Genetics Unit, University of Brescia, IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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Hamshere ML, Schulze TG, Schumacher J, Corvin A, Owen MJ, Jamra RA, Propping P, Maier W, Orozco y Diaz G, Mayoral F, Rivas F, Jones I, Jones L, Kirov G, Gill M, Holmans PA, Nöthen MM, Cichon S, Rietschel M, Craddock N. Mood-incongruent psychosis in bipolar disorder: conditional linkage analysis shows genome-wide suggestive linkage at 1q32.3, 7p13 and 20q13.31. Bipolar Disord 2009; 11:610-20. [PMID: 19689503 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00736.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The majority of research into functional psychosis has proceeded under the assumption that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are distinct entities with separate underlying disease processes and treatments. This view has been increasingly challenged in both clinical and genetic studies. Findings in recent association studies at two specific genes suggest that the occurrence of mood-incongruent psychotic features may indicate a relatively homogeneous subset of the bipolar phenotype. We examined this hypothesis. METHODS Caucasian affected individuals were ascertained from Europe (the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Italy and Andalusia). Consensus best-estimate diagnoses were assigned by two independent raters according to all available information. There was no cross-site evaluation of inter-rater reliability. Families multiply affected by bipolar spectrum mood disorder were selected, comprising 383 affected relative pairs. Individuals were considered to be affected if they were diagnosed with DSM-IV bipolar I disorder or schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. Multipoint, affected relative pair covariate linkage analysis was performed. RESULTS Significant familiality of incongruent psychosis was observed [intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.309; p = 0.001, one-tail]. Covariate linkage analysis provided three regions with genome-wide suggestive evidence for linkage on chromosomes 1q32.3 (LOD = 4.15, expected 0.12 times per genome scan), 7p13 (LOD = 3.32) and 20q13.31 (LOD = 2.98). No region in our analysis met criteria for genome-wide significance. CONCLUSION Our results provide molecular support for the hypothesis that genes may exist for specific forms of bipolar illness, dependent on the presence or absence of incongruent psychosis. Our findings suggest that researchers should take account of mood-congruence/incongruence of psychotic features in studies of bipolar disorder.
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- Marian L Hamshere
- Department of Psychological Medicine, The Henry Wellcome Building for Biomedical Research in Wales, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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Rapoport SI, Basselin M, Kim HW, Rao JS. Bipolar disorder and mechanisms of action of mood stabilizers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 61:185-209. [PMID: 19555719 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2009.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2009] [Revised: 06/03/2009] [Accepted: 06/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bipolar disorder (BD) is a major medical and social burden, whose cause, pathophysiology and treatment are not agreed on. It is characterized by recurrent periods of mania and depression (Bipolar I) or of hypomania and depression (Bipolar II). Its inheritance is polygenic, with evidence of a neurotransmission imbalance and disease progression. Patients often take multiple agents concurrently, with incomplete therapeutic success, particularly with regard to depression. Suicide is common. Of the hypotheses regarding the action of mood stabilizers in BD, the "arachidonic acid (AA) cascade" hypothesis is presented in detail in this review. It is based on evidence that chronic administration of lithium, carbamazepine, sodium valproate, or lamotrigine to rats downregulated AA turnover in brain phospholipids, formation of prostaglandin E(2), and/or expression of AA cascade enzymes, including cytosolic phospholipase A(2), cyclooxygenase-2 and/or acyl-CoA synthetase. The changes were selective for AA, since brain docosahexaenoic or palmitic acid metabolism, when measured, was unaffected, and topiramate, ineffective in BD, did not modify the rat brain AA cascade. Downregulation of the cascade by the mood stabilizers corresponded to inhibition of AA neurotransmission via dopaminergic D(2)-like and glutamatergic NMDA receptors. Unlike the mood stabilizers, antidepressants that increase switching of bipolar depression to mania upregulated the rat brain AA cascade. These observations suggest that the brain AA cascade is a common target of mood stabilizers, and that bipolar symptoms, particularly mania, are associated with an upregulated cascade and excess AA signaling via D(2)-like and NMDA receptors. This review presents ways to test these suggestions.
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- Stanley I Rapoport
- Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Kaneva R, Milanova V, Angelicheva D, MacGregor S, Kostov C, Vladimirova R, Aleksiev S, Angelova M, Stoyanova V, Loh A, Hallmayer J, Kalaydjieva L, Jablensky A. Bipolar disorder in the Bulgarian Gypsies: genetic heterogeneity in a young founder population. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2009; 150B:191-201. [PMID: 18444255 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We report the results of follow-up analyses of 12 genomic regions showing evidence of linkage in a genome-wide scan (GWS) of Gypsy families with bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). The Gypsies are a young founder population comprising multiple genetically differentiated sub-isolates with strong founder effect and limited genetic diversity. The BPAD families belong to a single sub-isolate and are connected by numerous inter-marriages, resulting in a super-pedigree with 181 members. We aimed to re-assess the positive GWS findings and search for evidence of a founder susceptibility allele after the addition of newly recruited subjects, some changes in diagnostic assignment, and the use of denser genetic maps. Linkage analysis was conducted with SimWalk2, accommodating the full complexity of pedigree structure and using a conservative narrow phenotype definition (BPAD only). Six regions were rejected, while 1p36, 13q31, 17p11, 17q21, 6q24, and 4q31 produced nominally significant results in both the individual families and the super-pedigree. Haplotypes were reconstructed and joint tests for linkage and association were done for the most promising regions. No common ancestral haplotype was identified by sequencing a strong positional and functional candidate gene (GRM1) and additional STR genotyping in the top GWS region, 6q24. The best supported region was a 12 cM interval on 4q31, also implicated in previous studies, where we obtained significant results in the super-pedigree using both SimWalk2 (P = 0.004) and joint Pseudomarker analysis of linkage and linkage disequilibrium (P = 0.000056). The size of the region and the characteristics of the Gypsy population make it suitable for LD mapping.
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Tabarés-Seisdedos R, Mata I, Escámez T, Vieta E, López-Ilundain JM, Salazar J, Selva G, Balanzá V, Rubio C, Martínez-Arán A, Valdés-Sánchez L, Geijo-Barrientos E, Martínez S. Evidence for association between structural variants in lissencephaly-related genes and executive deficits in schizophrenia or bipolar patients from a Spanish isolate population. Psychiatr Genet 2008; 18:313-7. [DOI: 10.1097/ypg.0b013e3283118725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bipolar disorder, especially the most severe type (type I), has a strong genetic component. Family studies suggest that a small number of genes of modest effect are involved in this disorder. Family-based studies have identified a number of chromosomal regions linked to bipolar disorder, and progress is currently being made in identifying positional candidate genes within those regions, À number of candidate genes have also shown evidence of association with bipolar disorder, and genome-wide association studies are now under way, using dense genetic maps. Replication studies in larger or combined datasets are needed to definitively assign a role for specific genes in this disorder. This review covers our current knowledge of the genetics of bipolar disorder, and provides a commentary on current approaches used to identify the genes involved in this complex behavioral disorder.
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- Michael A Escamilla
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, South Texas Medical Genetics Research Center, 1214 Schunior St, Edinburg, TX 78539, USA.
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Crespi B. Genomic imprinting in the development and evolution of psychotic spectrum conditions. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2008; 83:441-93. [PMID: 18783362 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.2008.00050.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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I review and evaluate genetic and genomic evidence salient to the hypothesis that the development and evolution of psychotic spectrum conditions have been mediated in part by alterations of imprinted genes expressed in the brain. Evidence from the genetics and genomics of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, Prader-Willi syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, and other neurogenetic conditions support the hypothesis that the etiologies of psychotic spectrum conditions commonly involve genetic and epigenetic imbalances in the effects of imprinted genes, with a bias towards increased relative effects from imprinted genes with maternal expression or other genes favouring maternal interests. By contrast, autistic spectrum conditions, including Kanner autism, Asperger syndrome, Rett syndrome, Turner syndrome, Angelman syndrome, and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, commonly engender increased relative effects from paternally expressed imprinted genes, or reduced effects from genes favouring maternal interests. Imprinted-gene effects on the etiologies of autistic and psychotic spectrum conditions parallel the diametric effects of imprinted genes in placental and foetal development, in that psychotic spectrum conditions tend to be associated with undergrowth and relatively-slow brain development, whereas some autistic spectrum conditions involve brain and body overgrowth, especially in foetal development and early childhood. An important role for imprinted genes in the etiologies of psychotic and autistic spectrum conditions is consistent with neurodevelopmental models of these disorders, and with predictions from the conflict theory of genomic imprinting.
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- Bernard Crespi
- Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BCV5A1S6, Canada.
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Shaltiel G, Maeng S, Malkesman O, Pearson B, Schloesser RJ, Tragon T, Rogawski M, Gasior M, Luckenbaugh D, Chen G, Manji HK. Evidence for the involvement of the kainate receptor subunit GluR6 (GRIK2) in mediating behavioral displays related to behavioral symptoms of mania. Mol Psychiatry 2008; 13:858-72. [PMID: 18332879 PMCID: PMC2804880 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2007] [Revised: 12/17/2007] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The glutamate receptor 6 (GluR6 or GRIK2, one of the kainate receptors) gene resides in a genetic linkage region (6q21) associated with bipolar disorder (BPD), but its function in affective regulation is unknown. Compared with wild-type (WT) and GluR5 knockout (KO) mice, GluR6 KO mice were more active in multiple tests and super responsive to amphetamine. In a battery of specific tests, GluR6 KO mice also exhibited less anxious or more risk-taking type behavior and less despair-type manifestations, and they also had more aggressive displays. Chronic treatment with lithium, a classic antimanic mood stabilizer, reduced hyperactivity, aggressive displays and some risk-taking type behavior in GluR6 KO mice. Hippocampal and prefrontal cortical membrane levels of GluR5 and KA-2 receptors were decreased in GluR6 KO mice, and chronic lithium treatment did not affect these decreases. The membrane levels of other glutamatergic receptors were not significantly altered by GluR6 ablation or chronic lithium treatment. Together, these biochemical and behavioral results suggest a unique role for GluR6 in controlling abnormalities related to the behavioral symptoms of mania, such as hyperactivity or psychomotor agitation, aggressiveness, driven or increased goal-directed pursuits, risk taking and supersensitivity to psychostimulants. Whether GluR6 perturbation is involved in the mood elevation or thought disturbance of mania and the cyclicity of BPD are unknown. The molecular mechanism underlying the behavioral effects of lithium in GluR6 KO mice remains to be elucidated.
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- G Shaltiel
- Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Epilepsy Research Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Epilepsy Research Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Association study between genetic variants at the VAMP2 and VAMP3 loci and bipolar affective disorder. Psychiatr Genet 2008; 18:199-203. [PMID: 18628682 DOI: 10.1097/ypg.0b013e3283050a83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Vesicle-associated membrane proteins 2 and 3 (VAMP2 and VAMP3) are required for the release of D-serine, a competitive agonist of the neurotransmitter glycine at the glutamatergic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. Several lines of evidence point to an involvement of altered D-serine levels in the central nervous system in the aetiology of bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). Strong association findings between BPAD and two genes, G72 and DAAO, which are involved in the enzymatic degradation of D-serine, are reported. Based on the functional evidence and on the hypothesis that further genes, which are involved in the regulation of D-serine, could be involved in the disease aetiology, we considered VAMP2 and VAMP3 as candidate genes for BPAD. METHODS We analyzed three and four single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers covering VAMP2 and VAMP3, respectively, in an initial BPAD case-control sample of German descent (409 cases, 407 controls). For replication, we analyzed three SNP markers covering VAMP2 in a second sample of the same ethnicity (378 cases, 384 controls). RESULTS Although no association was found for VAMP3 markers, we observed evidence of association with SNPs at the VAMP2 locus in the initial sample (P values between 0.005 and 0.033). To validate these findings, we analyzed a second BPAD sample and failed to replicate the initial findings at the single-marker and haplotypic level. CONCLUSION In conclusion, our results do not suggest that a common genetic variant at VAMP2 or VAMP3 contributes to the development of BPAD in German patients.
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Serretti A, Mandelli L. The genetics of bipolar disorder: genome 'hot regions,' genes, new potential candidates and future directions. Mol Psychiatry 2008; 13:742-71. [PMID: 18332878 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Bipolar disorder (BP) is a complex disorder caused by a number of liability genes interacting with the environment. In recent years, a large number of linkage and association studies have been conducted producing an extremely large number of findings often not replicated or partially replicated. Further, results from linkage and association studies are not always easily comparable. Unfortunately, at present a comprehensive coverage of available evidence is still lacking. In the present paper, we summarized results obtained from both linkage and association studies in BP. Further, we indicated new potential interesting genes, located in genome 'hot regions' for BP and being expressed in the brain. We reviewed published studies on the subject till December 2007. We precisely localized regions where positive linkage has been found, by the NCBI Map viewer (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mapview/); further, we identified genes located in interesting areas and expressed in the brain, by the Entrez gene, Unigene databases (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/) and Human Protein Reference Database (http://www.hprd.org); these genes could be of interest in future investigations. The review of association studies gave interesting results, as a number of genes seem to be definitively involved in BP, such as SLC6A4, TPH2, DRD4, SLC6A3, DAOA, DTNBP1, NRG1, DISC1 and BDNF. A number of promising genes, which received independent confirmations, and genes that have to be further investigated in BP, have been also systematically listed. In conclusion, the combination of linkage and association approaches provided a number of liability genes. Nevertheless, other approaches are required to disentangle conflicting findings, such as gene interaction analyses, interaction with psychosocial and environmental factors and, finally, endophenotype investigations.
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- A Serretti
- Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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5-HT1A gene variants and psychiatric disorders: a review of current literature and selection of SNPs for future studies. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2008; 11:701-21. [PMID: 18047755 DOI: 10.1017/s1461145707008218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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5-HT1A receptors are key components of the serotonin system, acting both pre- and post- synaptically in different brain areas. There is a growing amount of evidence showing the importance of 5-HT1A in different psychiatric disorders, from mood to anxiety disorders, moving through suicidal behaviour and psychotic disorders. Findings in the literature are not consistent with any definite 5-HT1A influence in psychiatric disorders. 5-HT1A gene variants have been reported to play some role in mood disorders, anxiety disorders and psychotic disorders. Again, the literature findings are not unequivocal. Concerning response to treatment, the C(-1019)G variant seems to be of primary interest in antidepressant response: C allele carriers generally show a better response to treatment, especially in Caucasian samples. Together with the C(-1019)G (rs6295) variant, the Ile28Val (rs1799921), Arg219Leu (rs1800044) and Gly22Ser (rs1799920) variants have been investigated in possible associations with psychiatric disorders, also with no definitive results. This lack of consistency can be also due to an incomplete gene investigation. To make progress on this point, a list of validated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) covering the whole gene is proposed for further investigations.
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Genome screen of 15 Australian bipolar affective disorder pedigrees supports previously identified loci for bipolar susceptibility genes. Psychiatr Genet 2008; 18:156-61. [DOI: 10.1097/ypg.0b013e3282fa1861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Abou Jamra R, Fuerst R, Kaneva R, Orozco Diaz G, Rivas F, Mayoral F, Gay E, Sans S, Gonzalez MJ, Gil S, Cabaleiro F, Del Rio F, Perez F, Haro J, Auburger G, Milanova V, Kostov C, Chorbov V, Stoyanova V, Nikolova-Hill A, Onchev G, Kremensky I, Jablensky A, Schulze TG, Propping P, Rietschel M, Nothen MM, Cichon S, Wienker TF, Schumacher J. The first genomewide interaction and locus-heterogeneity linkage scan in bipolar affective disorder: strong evidence of epistatic effects between loci on chromosomes 2q and 6q. Am J Hum Genet 2007; 81:974-86. [PMID: 17924339 DOI: 10.1086/521690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2007] [Accepted: 07/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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We present the first genomewide interaction and locus-heterogeneity linkage scan in bipolar affective disorder (BPAD), using a large linkage data set (52 families of European descent; 448 participants and 259 affected individuals). Our results provide the strongest interaction evidence between BPAD genes on chromosomes 2q22-q24 and 6q23-q24, which was observed symmetrically in both directions (nonparametric LOD [NPL] scores of 7.55 on 2q and 7.63 on 6q; P<.0001 and P=.0001, respectively, after a genomewide permutation procedure). The second-best BPAD interaction evidence was observed between chromosomes 2q22-q24 and 15q26. Here, we also observed a symmetrical interaction (NPL scores of 6.26 on 2q and 4.59 on 15q; P=.0057 and .0022, respectively). We covered the implicated regions by genotyping additional marker sets and performed a detailed interaction linkage analysis, which narrowed the susceptibility intervals. Although the heterogeneity analysis produced less impressive results (highest NPL score of 3.32) and a less consistent picture, we achieved evidence of locus heterogeneity at chromosomes 2q, 6p, 11p, 13q, and 22q, which was supported by adjacent markers within each region and by previously reported BPAD linkage findings. Our results provide systematic insights in the framework of BPAD epistasis and locus heterogeneity, which should facilitate gene identification by the use of more-comprehensive cloning strategies.
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- Rami Abou Jamra
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Harvey M, Belleau P, Barden N. Gene interactions in depression: pathways out of darkness. Trends Genet 2007; 23:547-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2007.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2007] [Revised: 08/21/2007] [Accepted: 08/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hollingworth P, Hamshere ML, Holmans PA, O'Donovan MC, Sims R, Powell J, Lovestone S, Myers A, DeVrieze FW, Hardy J, Goate A, Owen M, Williams J. Increased familial risk and genomewide significant linkage for Alzheimer's disease with psychosis. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2007; 144B:841-8. [PMID: 17492769 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Psychotic symptoms are common in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and are associated with increased cognitive impairment and earlier institutionalization. One study has suggested that they are genetically modified and two genome screens have been performed to search for susceptibility loci for AD with psychosis (AD + P). The aim of this study was to further investigate the familial aggregation of AD + P and perform a genome screen for AD, conditioning on the presence or absence of psychotic symptoms. Samples from the UK and US were combined, providing data from 374 families in which at least two members met criteria for AD and had complete data regarding psychotic symptoms. Generalized estimating equations (GEE) were used to assess the relationship of psychotic symptoms between siblings. A total of 321 affected relative pairs (ARPs) were genotyped for linkage. There was a significant association between proband psychosis status and the occurrence of AD + P in siblings in the UK (OR = 4.17, P = 0.002) and US (OR = 3.2, P < 0.001) samples. Chromosomewide and genomewide significant linkage peaks were observed on chromosomes 7 (LOD = 2.84) and 15 (LOD = 3.16), respectively, with the strongest evidence coming from pairs concordant for AD without psychosis. A LOD score of 2.98 was observed close to a previously reported AD + P linkage region on chromosome 6, however the increase in LOD attributable to psychosis was not significant. These findings support the hypothesis that psychotic symptoms in AD are genetically modified and that a gene/s implicated in their aetiology may be located on chromosome 7 and 15.
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- P Hollingworth
- Department of Psychological Medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
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He Z, Li Z, Shi Y, Tang W, Huang K, Ma G, Zhou J, Meng J, Li H, Feng G, He L. The PIP5K2A gene and schizophrenia in the Chinese population--a case-control study. Schizophr Res 2007; 94:359-65. [PMID: 17555944 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2006] [Revised: 03/27/2007] [Accepted: 04/22/2007] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Results from a number of molecular and pharmacological studies suggest that the phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase IIalpha (PIP5K2A) gene may be involved in the development of schizophrenia. A recent family-based transmission disequilibrium test in the German and Israeli populations found that four single nucleotide polymorphisms, rs1417374, rs10828317, rs746203 and rs8341 in this gene or nearby intergenic regions are significantly associated with schizophrenia. The objective of our study was to investigate whether these four SNPs are also associated with schizophrenia in the Chinese population. Our study found that SNP rs8341 (p=0.0045, Odds Ratio=1.415, 95%CI=1.113-1.799 for the minor allele) and a haplotype (p=0.0039, Odds Ratio=1.440, 95%CI=1.123-1.845) are significantly associated with schizophrenia. Our results confirm that the PIP5K2A gene merits further study as a susceptible gene for schizophrenia.
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- ZangDong He
- Bio-X Life Science Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, PR China
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Fanous AH, Neale MC, Webb BT, Straub RE, Amdur RL, O'Neill FA, Walsh D, Riley BP, Kendler KS. A genome-wide scan for modifier loci in schizophrenia. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2007; 144B:589-95. [PMID: 17262803 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to detect genetic loci that influence clinical features of, but not necessarily susceptibility to, psychotic illness. In the Irish Study of High-Density Schizophrenia Families (n = 270 families, n = 1,408 individuals), subjects with non-affective psychosis were rated using the Operational Criteria Checklist for Psychotic Illness. Factor analysis identified hallucinations, delusions, and negative, manic, and depressive symptom factors. We performed autosomal genome-wide multipoint non-parametric quantitative trait locus linkage analysis, in affected individuals only, using these five factors, as well as age at onset, and course of illness. Determination of empirical significance and correction for multiple testing was implemented using 200 simulated genome scans. We also tested for pleiotropic loci by examining the sums of -log(10)'s of the empirical P values of multiple traits in selected regions. LODs of 2.42 and 2.35 were obtained near D9S934 (9q33.1) and D14S587 (14q24.2), respectively, for course of illness, and of 2.26 between D6S1040-D6S2420 (6q23.1-25.1) and age at onset. No other regions met criteria for suggestive linkage to any one trait. No loci were significant after correction for multiple testing. On 6q, however, the joint linkage of age of onset, course, delusions, and depressive symptoms resulted in a genome-wide P = 0.06. We conclude that genes located near 9q33.1 and 14q24.2 may modify the clinical course and severity of schizophrenia. A gene in 6q may affect several clinical features of illness.
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- Ayman H Fanous
- Washington VA Medical Center, Washington, DC 20422, USA.
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In this review, all papers relevant to the molecular genetics of bipolar disorder published from 2004 to the present (mid 2006) are reviewed, and major results on depression are summarized. Several candidate genes for schizophrenia may also be associated with bipolar disorder: G72, DISC1, NRG1, RGS4, NCAM1, DAO, GRM3, GRM4, GRIN2B, MLC1, SYNGR1, and SLC12A6. Of these, association with G72 may be most robust. However, G72 haplotypes and polymorphisms associated with bipolar disorder are not consistent with each other. The positional candidate approach showed an association between bipolar disorder and TRPM2 (21q22.3), GPR50 (Xq28), Citron (12q24), CHMP1.5 (18p11.2), GCHI (14q22-24), MLC1 (22q13), GABRA5 (15q11-q13), BCR (22q11), CUX2, FLJ32356 (12q23-q24), and NAPG (18p11). Studies that focused on mood disorder comorbid with somatic symptoms, suggested roles for the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) 3644 mutation and the POLG mutation. From gene expression analysis, PDLIM5, somatostatin, and the mtDNA 3243 mutation were found to be related to bipolar disorder. Whereas most previous positive findings were not supported by subsequent studies, DRD1 and IMPA2 have been implicated in follow-up studies. Several candidate genes in the circadian rhythm pathway, BmaL1, TIMELESS, and PERIOD3, are reported to be associated with bipolar disorder. Linkage studies show many new linkage loci. In depression, the previously reported positive finding of a gene-environmental interaction between HTTLPR (insertion/deletion polymorphism in the promoter of a serotonin transporter) and stress was not replicated. Although the role of the TPH2 mutation in depression had drawn attention previously, this has not been replicated either. Pharmacogenetic studies show a relationship between antidepressant response and HTR2A or FKBP5. New technologies for comprehensive genomic analysis have already been applied. HTTLPR and BDNF promoter polymorphisms are now found to be more complex than previously thought, and previous papers on these polymorphisms should be treated with caution. Finally, this report addresses some possible causes for the lack of replication in this field.
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- Tadafumi Kato
- Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics of Mental Disorders, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Molecular genetic studies of bipolar affective disorder are beginning to show some positive and reproducible findings. The most relevant of these will be reviewed. RECENT FINDINGS Obtaining consistent findings from whole genome scans has been hampered by small sample sizes and phenotypic heterogeneity. Recently, there have been concerted efforts to overcome these problems by combining data for meta-analysis. What has become increasingly clear is that several regions that are likely to contain genes contributing to bipolar affective disorder are also relevant to schizophrenia, a finding supported by recent twin data. Studies to date have implicated the D-amino acid oxidase activator complex (also known as G72/G30), disrupted in schizophrenia-1 and neuregulin, and have pointed to several promising linkage regions in which the genes have not yet been identified. In addition, there is some evidence to support the involvement of genetic variants in catechol-o-methyl transferase and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the aetiology of bipolar affective disorder. SUMMARY Molecular genetic research in bipolar affective disorder may lead to the development of new diagnostic paradigms for classifying the psychoses and affective states. In addition, determining the functional significance of the susceptibility genes will pave the way for enhanced diagnostic accuracy and improved treatments.
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- Anne Farmer
- MRC SGDP Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Camberwell, London, UK.
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Abou Jamra R, Schmael C, Cichon S, Rietschel M, Schumacher J, Nöthen MM. The G72/G30 gene locus in psychiatric disorders: a challenge to diagnostic boundaries? Schizophr Bull 2006; 32:599-608. [PMID: 16914640 PMCID: PMC2632259 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbl028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In follow-up from evidence obtained in linkage studies, systematic linkage disequilibrium mapping within chromosomal region 13q33 has led to the identification of a schizophrenia susceptibility locus which harbors the genes G72 and G30. These association findings have been replicated in several independent schizophrenia samples. Association has also been found between genetic variants at the G72/G30 locus and bipolar affective disorder (BPAD), with replication in independent studies. Results from studies of more detailed psychiatric phenotypes show that association exists with symptom clusters that are common to several disorders as well as with specific psychiatric diagnoses. These findings may indicate that the association lies not with the diagnostic categories per se but with more specific aspects of the phenotype, such as affective symptoms and cognitive effects, which cross traditional psychiatric diagnostic boundaries. At the molecular level, the picture remains far from clear. No putative functional variants have been identified in the coding regions of G72 or G30, and it is therefore likely that disease susceptibility is caused by as yet unidentified variants which alter gene expression or splicing. A further complication is the fact that inconsistencies are evident in the risk alleles and haplotypes observed to be associated across different samples and studies, which may suggest the presence of multiple susceptibility variants at this locus. Functional analyses indicate that the G72 gene product plays a role in the activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors, a molecular pathway implicated in both schizophrenia and BPAD, making it the most plausible candidate gene at this locus.
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- Rami Abou Jamra
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Wilhelmstrasse 31, D-53111 Bonn, Germany.
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Jamra RA, Klein K, Villela AW, Becker T, Schulze TG, Schmael C, Deschner M, Klopp N, Illig T, Propping P, Cichon S, Rietschel M, Nöthen MM, Schumacher J. Association study between genetic variants at the PIP5K2A gene locus and schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2006; 141B:663-5. [PMID: 16823801 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Results from molecular and pharmacological studies point to involvement of the gene coding for the phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase type II-alpha (PIP5K2A) in the development of schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). The PIP5K2A gene locus, which is located on chromosomal region 10p12, has been implicated in the development of both disorders by independent linkage and association studies. On a cellular level, PIP5K2A is an enzyme component of the metabolism of inositol phosphate, which has been considered a potential target for the therapeutic action of lithium in BPAD patients. Given that the PIP5K2A gene is a promising candidate for the development of both disorders, we performed an association study between genetic variants at the PIP5K2A locus and 268 patients with schizophrenia, 260 patients with BPAD and 325 ethnically matched healthy controls. We failed to detect association to either disorder using PIP5K2A gene variants through single-marker and haplotype analysis. Therefore, our data does not support an involvement of the PIP5K2A locus in the etiology of either schizophrenia or BPAD in the German population.
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- Rami Abou Jamra
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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