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Dalvie S, Maihofer AX, Coleman JRI, Bradley B, Breen G, Brick LA, Chen CY, Choi KW, Duncan LE, Guffanti G, Haas M, Harnal S, Liberzon I, Nugent NR, Provost AC, Ressler KJ, Torres K, Amstadter AB, Bryn Austin S, Baker DG, Bolger EA, Bryant RA, Calabrese JR, Delahanty DL, Farrer LA, Feeny NC, Flory JD, Forbes D, Galea S, Gautam A, Gelernter J, Hammamieh R, Jett M, Junglen AG, Kaufman ML, Kessler RC, Khan A, Kranzler HR, Lebois LAM, Marmar C, Mavissakalian MR, McFarlane A, Donnell MO, Orcutt HK, Pietrzak RH, Risbrough VB, Roberts AL, Rothbaum AO, Roy-Byrne P, Ruggiero K, Seligowski AV, Sheerin CM, Silove D, Smoller JW, Stein MB, Teicher MH, Ursano RJ, Van Hooff M, Winternitz S, Wolff JD, Yehuda R, Zhao H, Zoellner LA, Stein DJ, Koenen KC, Nievergelt CM. Genomic influences on self-reported childhood maltreatment. Transl Psychiatry 2020; 10:38. [PMID: 32066696 PMCID: PMC7026037 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-0706-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2019] [Revised: 11/28/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Childhood maltreatment is highly prevalent and serves as a risk factor for mental and physical disorders. Self-reported childhood maltreatment appears heritable, but the specific genetic influences on this phenotype are largely unknown. The aims of this study were to (1) identify genetic variation associated with self-reported childhood maltreatment, (2) estimate SNP-based heritability (h2snp), (3) assess predictive value of polygenic risk scores (PRS) for childhood maltreatment, and (4) quantify genetic overlap of childhood maltreatment with mental and physical health-related phenotypes, and condition the top hits from our analyses when such overlap is present. Genome-wide association analysis for childhood maltreatment was undertaken, using a discovery sample from the UK Biobank (UKBB) (n = 124,000) and a replication sample from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium-posttraumatic stress disorder group (PGC-PTSD) (n = 26,290). h2snp for childhood maltreatment and genetic correlations with mental/physical health traits were calculated using linkage disequilibrium score regression. PRS was calculated using PRSice and mtCOJO was used to perform conditional analysis. Two genome-wide significant loci associated with childhood maltreatment (rs142346759, p = 4.35 × 10-8, FOXP1; rs10262462, p = 3.24 × 10-8, FOXP2) were identified in the discovery dataset but were not replicated in PGC-PTSD. h2snp for childhood maltreatment was ~6% and the PRS derived from the UKBB was significantly predictive of childhood maltreatment in PGC-PTSD (r2 = 0.0025; p = 1.8 × 10-15). The most significant genetic correlation of childhood maltreatment was with depressive symptoms (rg = 0.70, p = 4.65 × 10-40), although we show evidence that our top hits may be specific to childhood maltreatment. This is the first large-scale genetic study to identify specific variants associated with self-reported childhood maltreatment. Speculatively, FOXP genes might influence externalizing traits and so be relevant to childhood maltreatment. Alternatively, these variants may be associated with a greater likelihood of reporting maltreatment. A clearer understanding of the genetic relationships of childhood maltreatment, including particular abuse subtypes, with a range of phenotypes, may ultimately be useful in in developing targeted treatment and prevention strategies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shareefa Dalvie
- SA MRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, San Diego, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Research Service, San Diego, CA, USA
| | - Jonathan R I Coleman
- King's College London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
- King's College London, NIHR BRC at the Maudsley, London, UK
| | - Bekh Bradley
- Atlanta VA Health Care System, Mental Health Service Line, Decatur, GA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
| | - Gerome Breen
- King's College London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
- King's College London, NIHR BRC at the Maudsley, London, UK
| | - Leslie A Brick
- Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
| | - Chia-Yen Chen
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Boston, MA, USA
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit (PNGU), Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Karmel W Choi
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA, USA
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Laramie E Duncan
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
| | - Guia Guffanti
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA
- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
| | - Magali Haas
- Cohen Veterans Bioscience, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Supriya Harnal
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Israel Liberzon
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - Nicole R Nugent
- Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center of Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
| | | | - Kerry J Ressler
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA
- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
| | - Katy Torres
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, San Diego, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Research Service, San Diego, CA, USA
| | - Ananda B Amstadter
- Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Richmond, VA, USA
| | - S Bryn Austin
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, MA, USA
- Boston Children's Hospital, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Dewleen G Baker
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, San Diego, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Psychiatry Service, San Diego, CA, USA
| | - Elizabeth A Bolger
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA
- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
| | - Richard A Bryant
- Department of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | | | - Douglas L Delahanty
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
- Research and Sponsored Programs, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
| | - Lindsay A Farrer
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Norah C Feeny
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Janine D Flory
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
| | - David Forbes
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
| | - Sandro Galea
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Aarti Gautam
- US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, MD, USA
| | - Joel Gelernter
- US Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, West Haven, CT, USA
- VA Connecticut Healthcare Center, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Genetics and Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
| | - Rasha Hammamieh
- US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, USACEHR, Fort Detrick, MD, USA
| | - Marti Jett
- US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, USACEHR, Fort Detrick, MD, USA
| | - Angela G Junglen
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
| | - Milissa L Kaufman
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA
- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
| | - Ronald C Kessler
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Health Care Policy, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Alaptagin Khan
- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Health Care Policy, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Henry R Kranzler
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Crescenz VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Lauren A M Lebois
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA
- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
| | - Charles Marmar
- Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
| | | | - Alexander McFarlane
- University of Adelaide, Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies, Adelaide, SA, Australia
| | - Meaghan O' Donnell
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
| | - Holly K Orcutt
- Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
| | - Robert H Pietrzak
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
| | - Victoria B Risbrough
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, San Diego, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Research Service, San Diego, CA, USA
| | - Andrea L Roberts
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Alex O Rothbaum
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Peter Roy-Byrne
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Ken Ruggiero
- Department of Nursing and Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
| | - Antonia V Seligowski
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA
- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
| | - Christina M Sheerin
- Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Richmond, VA, USA
| | - Derrick Silove
- Department of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - Jordan W Smoller
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Murray B Stein
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Psychiatry Service, San Diego, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Million Veteran Program, San Diego, CA, USA
| | - Martin H Teicher
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA
- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
| | - Robert J Ursano
- Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Miranda Van Hooff
- University of Adelaide, Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies, Adelaide, SA, Australia
| | - Sherry Winternitz
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA
- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
| | | | - Rachel Yehuda
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Mental Health, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
| | - Hongyu Zhao
- Department of Biostatistics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
| | - Lori A Zoellner
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Dan J Stein
- SA MRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Karestan C Koenen
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit (PNGU), Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Caroline M Nievergelt
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, San Diego, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Research Service, San Diego, CA, USA
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