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Dam H, Buch JOD, Nielsen AB, Weikop P, Jørgensen MB. The association of anxiety and other clinical features with CACNA1C rs1006737 in patients with depression. Transl Neurosci 2022; 13:320-326. [PMID: 36238190 PMCID: PMC9510822 DOI: 10.1515/tnsci-2022-0244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background The CACNA1C protein is a L-type calcium channel, which influence affective disorders. Purpose The purpose of the present study was to examine the possible association between the different genotypes of rs100677 CACNA1C gene and anxiety and other clinical symptoms in patients with unipolar depression. Patients and controls A total of 754 patients and 708 controls from the Danish Psychiatric Biobank participated. Results A significant correlation was found between anxiety and the A allele. It was further found that patients with the A allele more often were treated with electroconvulsive therapy and patients with the AA phenotype had the highest age. Limitations The only information about controls was their sex and that they were recruited from the blood bank. Two types of inclusion criteria were used. The clinical data were not complete for all patients.
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- Henrik Dam
- Mental Health Center Copenhagen, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Edel Sauntes Alle 10 , 2100 Copenhagen O , Denmark
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- Mental Health Center Copenhagen, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Edel Sauntes Alle 10 , 2100 Copenhagen O , Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Center for Translational Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Mental Health Center Copenhagen, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Edel Sauntes Alle 10 , 2100 Copenhagen O , Denmark
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Calabrò M, Mandelli L, Crisafulli C, Nicola MD, Colombo R, Janiri L, Lee SJ, Jun TY, Wang SM, Masand PS, Patkar AA, Han C, Pae CU, Serretti A. ZNF804A Gene Variants Have a Cross-diagnostic Influence on Psychosis and Treatment Improvement in Mood Disorders. CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE 2020; 18:231-240. [PMID: 32329304 PMCID: PMC7242106 DOI: 10.9758/cpn.2020.18.2.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Objective Genetic variations in the gene encoding zinc finger protein 804A gene (ZNF804A) have been associated with major depression and bipolar disorder. In this work we focused on the potential influence of ZNF804A variations on the risk of developing specific sub-phenotypes as well as the individual response to available treatments. Methods We used two samples of different ethnic origin: a Korean sample, composed by 242 patients diagnosed with major depression and 132 patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder and 326 healthy controls; an Italian sample composed 151 major depression subjects, 189 bipolar disorder subjects and 38 outpatients diagnosed for a primary anxiety disorder. Results Our analyses reported an association of rs1344706 with psychotic phenotype in the cross-diagnostic pooled sample (geno p = 4.15 × 10−4, allelic p = 1.06 × 10−4). In the cross-diagnosis Italian sample but not in the Korean one, rs7597593 was involved with depressive symptoms improvement after treatment (geno p = 0.025, allelic p = 0.007). Conclusion The present study evidenced the role of ZNF804A alterations in symptoms improvement after treatment. Both manic and depressive symptoms seem to be modulated by ZNF804A, though the latter was observed in the bipolar pooled sample only. The role of this factor is likely related to synaptic development and maintenance; however, further analyses will be needed to better understand the molecular mechanics involved with ZNF804A.
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" - IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" - IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" - IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.,Cell Death Disease Research Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Liu H, Barnes J, Pedrosa E, Herman NS, Salas F, Wang P, Zheng D, Lachman HM. Transcriptome analysis of neural progenitor cells derived from Lowe syndrome induced pluripotent stem cells: identification of candidate genes for the neurodevelopmental and eye manifestations. J Neurodev Disord 2020; 12:14. [PMID: 32393163 PMCID: PMC7212686 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-020-09317-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lowe syndrome (LS) is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the X-linked gene OCRL, which codes for an inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase that plays a key role in endosome recycling, clathrin-coated pit formation, and actin polymerization. It is characterized by congenital cataracts, intellectual and developmental disability, and renal proximal tubular dysfunction. Patients are also at high risk for developing glaucoma and seizures. We recently developed induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines from three patients with LS who have hypomorphic variants affecting the 3' end of the gene, and their neurotypical brothers to serve as controls. METHODS In this study, we used RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to obtain transcriptome profiles in LS and control neural progenitor cells (NPCs). RESULTS In a comparison of the patient and control NPCs (n = 3), we found 16 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) at the multiple test adjusted p value (padj) < 0.1, with nine at padj < 0.05. Using nominal p value < 0.05, 319 DEGs were detected. The relatively small number of DEGs could be due to the fact that OCRL is not a transcription factor per se, although it could have secondary effects on gene expression through several different mechanisms. Although the number of DEGs passing multiple test correction was small, those that were found are quite consistent with some of the known molecular effects of OCRL protein, and the clinical manifestations of LS. Furthermore, using gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA), we found that genes increased expression in the patient NPCs showed enrichments of several gene ontology (GO) terms (false discovery rate < 0.25): telencephalon development, pallium development, NPC proliferation, and cortex development, which are consistent with a condition characterized by intellectual disabilities and psychiatric manifestations. In addition, a significant enrichment among the nominal DEGs for genes implicated in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was found (e.g., AFF2, DNER, DPP6, DPP10, RELN, CACNA1C), as well as several that are strong candidate genes for the development of eye problems found in LS, including glaucoma. The most notable example is EFEMP1, a well-known candidate gene for glaucoma and other eye pathologies. CONCLUSION Overall, the RNA-seq findings present several candidate genes that could help explain the underlying basis for the neurodevelopmental and eye problems seen in boys with LS.
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- Hequn Liu
- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
- Dominick P Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
- Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
- Dominick P Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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Lodhi RJ, Wang Y, Macintyre G, Crocker C, Loverock A, Henriques BC, Heywood B, Sivapalan S, Bowker A, Majeau B, Bolt C, Bugbee D, Newton V, Tibbo P, Purdon SE, Aitchison KJ. Trend level gene-gender interaction effect for the BDNF rs6265 variant on age of onset of psychosis. Psychiatry Res 2019; 280:112500. [PMID: 31445421 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A BDNF rs6265 [A/A] by gender by cannabis use interaction has been associated with age of onset of psychosis (AoP). We examined the gender and cannabis use-adjusted association between BDNF rs6265 [G>A] and AKT1 rs2494732 [T>C] and AoP. Data from 167 Caucasians on AoP and age at first regular cannabis use were collected. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses were conducted. A trend level gene-gender interaction effect was observed for the BDNF rs6265 A/A genotype, controlling for age at first regular cannabis use. Larger collaborative research projects are required to further investigate this effect.
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- Rohit J Lodhi
- Department of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Neuropsychology Department, Alberta Hospital Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Neuropsychology Department, Alberta Hospital Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Neuropsychology Department, Alberta Hospital Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Neuropsychology Department, Alberta Hospital Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Neuropsychology Department, Alberta Hospital Edmonton, AB, Canada; Edmonton Early Intervention in Psychosis Clinic, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Edmonton Early Intervention in Psychosis Clinic, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
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Bengesser SA, Mörkl S, Painold A, Dalkner N, Birner A, Fellendorf FT, Platzer M, Queissner R, Hamm C, Maget A, Pilz R, Rieger A, Wagner-Skacel J, Reininghaus B, Kapfhammer HP, Petek E, Kashofer K, Halwachs B, Holzer P, Waha A, Reininghaus EZ. Epigenetics of the molecular clock and bacterial diversity in bipolar disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2019; 101:160-166. [PMID: 30465968 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Revised: 11/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Objectives The gut microbiome harbors substantially more genetic material than our body cells and has an impact on a huge variety of physiological mechanisms including the production of neurotransmitters and the interaction with brain functions through the gut-brain-axis. Products of microbiota can affect methylation according to preclinical studies. The current investigation aimed at analyzing the correlation between gut microbiome diversity and the methylation of the clock gene ARNTL in individuals with Bipolar Disorder (BD). Methods Genomic DNA was isolated from fasting blood of study participants with BD (n = 32). The methylation analysis of the ARNTL CG site cg05733463 was performed by bisulfite treatment of genomic DNA with the Epitect kit, PCR and pyrosequencing. Additionally, DNA was extracted from stool samples and subjected to 16S rRNA sequencing. QIIME was used to analyze microbiome data. Results Methylation status of the ARNTL CpG position cg05733463 correlated significantly with bacterial diversity (Simpson index: r= -0.389, p = 0.0238) and evenness (Simpson evenness index: r= -0.358, p = 0.044). Furthermore, bacterial diversity differed significantly between euthymia and depression (F(1,30) = 4.695, p = 0.039). Discussion The results of our pilot study show that bacterial diversity differs between euthymia and depression. Interestingly, gut microbiome diversity and evenness correlate negatively with methylation of ARNTL, which is known to regulate monoamine oxidase A transcription. We propose that alterations in overall diversity of the gut microbiome represent an internal environmental factor that has an epigenetic impact on the clock gene ARNTL which is thought to be involved in BD pathogenesis.
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- S A Bengesser
- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria.
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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- MUG, Diagnostic & Research Institute of Human Genetics, Austria
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- MUG, Otto Loewi Research Centre, Austria
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- University of Bonn, Institute of Neuropathology, Germany
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- Medical University of Graz (MUG), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Austria
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Moon AL, Haan N, Wilkinson LS, Thomas KL, Hall J. CACNA1C: Association With Psychiatric Disorders, Behavior, and Neurogenesis. Schizophr Bull 2018; 44:958-965. [PMID: 29982775 PMCID: PMC6101623 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sby096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Large-scale genome-wide association studies have consistently shown that genetic variation in CACNA1C, a gene that encodes calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1C, increases risk for psychiatric disorders. CACNA1C encodes the Cav1.2 subunit of voltage-gated calcium channels, which themselves have been functionally implicated in a broad spectrum of neuropsychiatric syndromes. Research has concentrated on uncovering the underlying biological mechanisms that could be responsible for this increased risk. This review presents an overview of recent findings regarding Cacna1c variation in animal models, particularly focusing on behavioral phenotypes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders such as cognition, anxiety and depressive phenotypes, and fear conditioning. The impact of reduced gene dosage of Cacna1c on adult hippocampal neurogenesis is also assessed, including new data from a novel Cacna1c+/- rat model.
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- Anna L Moon
- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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Identification of rare nonsynonymous variants in SYNE1/CPG2 in bipolar affective disorder. Psychiatr Genet 2018; 27:81-88. [PMID: 28178086 DOI: 10.1097/ypg.0000000000000166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bipolar affective disorder (BPD) is a severe mood disorder with a prevalence of ∼1.5% in the population. The pathogenesis of BPD is poorly understood; however, a strong heritable component has been identified. Previous genome-wide association studies have indicated a region on 6q25, coding for the SYNE1 gene, which increases disease susceptibility. SYNE1 encodes the synaptic nuclear envelope protein-1, nesprin-1. A brain-specific splice variant of SYNE1, CPG2 encoding candidate plasticity gene 2, has been identified. The intronic single-nucleotide polymorphism with the strongest genome-wide significant association in BPD, rs9371601, is present in both SYNE1 and CPG2. METHODS We screened 937 BPD samples for genetic variation in SYNE1 exons 14-33, which covers the CPG2 region, using high-resolution melt analysis. In addition, we screened two regions of increased transcriptional activity, one of them proposed to be the CPG2 promoter region. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION We identified six nonsynonymous and six synonymous variants. We genotyped three rare nonsynonymous variants, rs374866393, rs148346599 and rs200629713, in a total of 1099 BPD samples and 1056 controls. Burden analysis of these rare variants did not show a significant association with BPD. However, nine patients are compound heterozygotes for variants in SYNE1/CPG2, suggesting that rare coding variants may contribute significantly towards the complex genetic architecture underlying BPD. Imputation analysis in our own whole-genome sequencing sample of 99 BPD individuals identified an additional eight risk variants in the CPG2 region of SYNE1.
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Calabrò M, Mandelli L, Crisafulli C, Sidoti A, Jun TY, Lee SJ, Han C, Patkar AA, Masand PS, Pae CU, Serretti A. Genes Involved in Neurodevelopment, Neuroplasticity, and Bipolar Disorder: CACNA1C, CHRNA1, and MAPK1. Neuropsychobiology 2018; 74:159-168. [PMID: 28494468 DOI: 10.1159/000468543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder (BPD) is a common and severe mental disorder. The involvement of genetic factors in the pathophysiology of BPD is well known. In the present study, we tested the association of several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within 3 strong candidate genes (CACNA1C, CHRNA7, and MAPK1) with BPD. These genes are involved in monoamine-related pathways, as well as in dendrite development, neuronal survival, synaptic plasticity, and memory/learning. METHODS One hundred and thirty-two subjects diagnosed with BPD and 326 healthy controls of Korean ancestry were genotyped for 40 SNPs within CACNA1C, CHRNA17, and MAPK1. Distribution of alleles and block of haplotypes within each gene were compared in cases and controls. Interactions between variants in different loci were also tested. RESULTS Significant differences in the distribution of alleles between the cases and controls were detected for rs1016388 within CACNA1C, rs1514250, rs2337980, rs6494223, rs3826029 and rs4779565 within CHRNA7, and rs8136867 within MAPK1. Haplotype analyses also confirmed an involvement of variations within these genes in BPD. Finally, exploratory epistatic analyses demonstrated potential interactive effects, especially regarding variations in CACNA1C and CHRNA7. LIMITATIONS Limited sample size and risk of false-positive findings. DISCUSSION Our data suggest a possible role of these 3 genes in BPD. Alterations of 1 or more common brain pathways (e.g., neurodevelopment and neuroplasticity, calcium signaling) may explain the obtained results.
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- Marco Calabrò
- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Neuroplasticity and second messenger pathways in antidepressant efficacy: pharmacogenetic results from a prospective trial investigating treatment resistance. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2017; 267:723-735. [PMID: 28260126 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-017-0766-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/14/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Genes belonging to neuroplasticity, monoamine, circadian rhythm, and transcription factor pathways were investigated as modulators of antidepressant efficacy. The present study aimed (1) to replicate previous findings in an independent sample with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), and (2) to perform a pathway analysis to investigate the possible molecular mechanisms involved. 220 patients with major depressive disorder who were non-responders to a previous antidepressant were treated with venlafaxine for 4-6 weeks and in case of non-response with escitalopram for 4-6 weeks. Symptoms were assessed using the Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale. The phenotypes were response and remission to venlafaxine, non-response (TRDA) and non-remission (TRDB) to neither venlafaxine nor escitalopram. 50 tag SNPs in 14 genes belonging to the pathways of interest were tested for association with phenotypes. Molecular pathways (KEGG database) that included one or more of the genes associated with the phenotypes were investigated also in the STAR*D sample. The associations between ZNF804A rs7603001 and response, CREB1 rs2254137 and remission were replicated, as well as CHL1 rs2133402 and lower risk of TRD. Other CHL1 SNPs were potential predictors of TRD (rs1516340, rs2272522, rs1516338, rs2133402). The MAPK1 rs6928 SNP was consistently associated with all the phenotypes. The protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum pathway (hsa04141) was the best pathway that may explain the mechanisms of MAPK1 involvement in antidepressant response. Signals in genes previously associated with antidepressant efficacy were confirmed for CREB1, ZNF804A and CHL1. These genes play pivotal roles in synaptic plasticity, neural activity and connectivity.
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Baek JH, Ha K, Kim Y, Yang SY, Cho EY, Choi Y, Ryu S, Lee YS, Park T, Hong KS. Association between the zinc finger protein 804A (ZNF804A) gene and the risk of schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder across diagnostic boundaries. Bipolar Disord 2017; 19:305-313. [PMID: 28544350 DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES In this study, we aimed to determine the role of genetic variations within the zinc finger protein 804A (ZNF804A) gene, a candidate for a psychosis risk-conferring gene, in the development of schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BP) in the Korean population. METHODS A total of 921 patients with SZ, bipolar I (BP-I) and II (BP-II) disorder, and 502 control subjects participated in the study. Twenty-one tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across the genomic region of ZNF804A and seven reference SNPs based on previous reports were genotyped. We applied logistic regression analyses under additive, dominant and recessive models. RESULTS Fifteen of the 28 SNPs showed a nominally significant association with at least one diagnostic group. However, none of these associations remained significant after false discovery rate (FDR) correction. As the trend of association was observed mostly in SZ and BP-I with similar patterns, we performed a post hoc analysis for the combined SZ and BP-I group. Five SNPs (rs2369595, rs6755404, rs10931156, rs12476147 and rs1366842) showed a significant association with an FDR-corrected P of <.05. CONCLUSIONS This study supports a possible role of ZNF804A in the common susceptibility of major psychoses, and identified additional candidate variants of the gene in the Korean population.
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- Ji Hyun Baek
- Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Statistics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Statistics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.,Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Gkintoni E, Pallis EG, Bitsios P, Giakoumaki SG. Neurocognitive performance, psychopathology and social functioning in individuals at high risk for schizophrenia or psychotic bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord 2017; 208:512-520. [PMID: 27810272 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Although cognitive deficits are consistent endophenotypes of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, findings in psychotic bipolar disorder (BDP) are inconsistent. In this study we compared adult unaffected first-degree relatives of schizophrenia and BDP patients on cognition, psychopathology, social functioning and quality of life. METHODS Sixty-six unaffected first-degree relatives of schizophrenia patients (SUnR), 36 unaffected first-degree relatives of BDP patients (BDPUnR) and 102 controls participated in the study. Between-group differences were examined and Discriminant Function Analysis (DFA) predicted group membership. RESULTS Visual memory, control inhibition, working memory, cognitive flexibility and abstract reasoning were linearly impaired in the relatives' groups. Poorer verbal fluency and processing speed were evident only in the SUnR group. The SUnR group had higher depressive and somatization symptoms while the BDPUnR group had higher anxiety and lower social functioning compared with the controls. Individuals with superior cognition were more likely to be classified as controls; those with higher social functioning, prolonged processing speed and lower anxiety were more likely to be classified as SUnR. LIMITATIONS The relatives' sample is quite heterogeneous; the effects of genetic or environmental risk-factors were not examined. CONCLUSIONS Cognitive functions mediated by a fronto-parietal network, show linear impairments in unaffected relatives of BDP and schizophrenia patients; processing speed and verbal fluency impairments were evident only in schizophrenia relatives. Self-perceived symptomatology and social functioning also differ between schizophrenia and BDP relatives. The continuum seen in patients in several indices was also seen in the cognitive impairments in unaffected relatives of schizophrenia and BDP patients.
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- Evgenia Gkintoni
- Department of Psychology, Gallos University campus, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Psychology, Gallos University campus, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
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Pulay AJ, Réthelyi JM. Multimarker analysis suggests the involvement of BDNF signaling and microRNA biosynthesis in suicidal behavior. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2016; 171:763-76. [PMID: 26921221 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Despite moderate heritability estimates the genetics of suicidal behavior remains unclear, genome-wide association and candidate gene studies focusing on single nucleotide associations reported inconsistent findings. Our study explored biologically informed, multimarker candidate gene associations with suicidal behavior in mood disorders. We analyzed the GAIN Whole Genome Association Study of Bipolar Disorder version 3 (n = 999, suicidal n = 358) and the GAIN Major Depression: Stage 1 Genomewide Association in Population-Based Samples (n = 1,753, suicidal n = 245) datasets. Suicidal behavior was defined as severe suicidal ideation or attempt. Candidate genes were selected based on literature search (Geneset1, n = 35), gene expression data of microRNA genes, (Geneset2, n = 68) and their target genes (Geneset3, n = 11,259). Quality control, dosage analyses were carried out with PLINK. Gene-based associations of Geneset1 were analyzed with KGG. Polygenic profile scores of suicidal behavior were computed in the major depression dataset both with PRSice and LDpred and validated in the bipolar disorder data. Several nominally significant gene-based associations were detected, but only DICER1 associated with suicidal behavior in both samples, while only the associations of NTRK2 in the depression sample reached family wise and experiment wise significance. Polygenic profile scores negatively predicted suicidal behavior in the bipolar sample for only Geneset2, with the strongest prediction by PRSice at Pt < 0.03 (Nagelkerke R(2) = 0.01, P < 0.007). Gene-based association results confirmed the potential involvement of the BDNF-NTRK2-CREB pathway in the pathogenesis of suicide and the cross-disorder association of DICER1. Polygenic risk prediction of the selected miRNA genes indicates that the miRNA system may play a mediating role, but with considerable pleiotropy. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Attila J Pulay
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.,Molecular Psychiatry Research Group, MTA-SE NAP-B, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Dalvie S, Fabbri C, Ramesar R, Serretti A, Stein DJ. Glutamatergic and HPA-axis pathway genes in bipolar disorder comorbid with alcohol- and substance use disorders. Metab Brain Dis 2016; 31:183-9. [PMID: 26563126 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-015-9762-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Glutamatergic neurotransmission has been shown to be dysregulated in bipolar disorder (BD), alcohol use disorder (AUD) and substance use disorder (SUD). Similarly, disruption in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis has also been observed in these conditions. BD is often comorbid with AUD and SUD. The effects of the glutamatergic and HPA systems have not been extensively examined in individuals with BD-AUD and BD-SUD comorbidity. The aim of this investigation was to determine whether variants in the glutamatergic pathway and HPA-axis are associated with BD-AUD and BD-SUD comorbidity. The research cohort consisted of 498 individuals with BD type I from the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD). A subset of the cohort had comorbid current AUD and current SUD. A total of 1935 SNPs from both the glutamatergic and HPA pathways were selected from the STEP-BD genome-wide dataset. To identify population stratification, IBS clustering was performed using the program Plink 1.07. Single SNP association and gene-based association testing were conducted using logistic regression. A pathway analysis of glutamatergic and HPA genes was performed, after imputation using IMPUTE2. No single SNP was associated with BD-AUD or BD-SUD comorbidity after correction for multiple testing. However, from the gene-based analysis, the gene PRKCI was significantly associated with BD-AUD. The pathway analysis provided overall negative findings, although several genes including GRIN2B showed high percentage of associated SNPs for BD-AUD. Even though the glutamatergic and HPA pathways may not be involved in BD-AUD and BD-SUD comorbidity, PRKCI deserves further investigation in BD-AUD.
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- Shareefa Dalvie
- MRC/UCT Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Viale Carlo Pepoli 5, Bologna, Italy
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- MRC/UCT Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Viale Carlo Pepoli 5, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
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Ou X, Crane DE, MacIntosh BJ, Young LT, Arnold P, Ameis S, Goldstein BI. CACNA1C rs1006737 genotype and bipolar disorder: Focus on intermediate phenotypes and cardiovascular comorbidity. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2015; 55:198-210. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2014] [Revised: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Delvecchio G, Dima D, Frangou S. The effect of ANK3 bipolar-risk polymorphisms on the working memory circuitry differs between loci and according to risk-status for bipolar disorder. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2015; 168B:188-96. [PMID: 25711502 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Polymorphisms at the rs10994336 and rs9804190 loci of the Ankyrin 3 (ANK3) gene have been strongly associated with increased risk for bipolar disorder (BD). However, their potential pathogenetic effect on BD-relevant neural circuits remains unknown. We examined the effect of BD-risk polymorphisms at rs10994336 and rs9804190 on the working memory (WM) circuit using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data obtained from euthymic patients with BD (n = 41), their psychiatrically healthy first-degree relatives (n = 25) and unrelated individuals without personal or family history of psychiatric disorders (n = 46) while performing the N-back task. In unrelated healthy individuals, the rs10994336-risk-allele was associated with reduced activation of the ventral visual cortical components of the WM circuit while the rs9804190-risk-allele was associated with inefficient hyperactivation of the prefrontal cortical components of the WM. In patients and their healthy relatives, risk alleles at either loci were associated with hyperactivation in the ventral anterior cingulate cortex. Additionally, Rs9804190-risk-allele carriers with BD evidenced abnormal hyperactivation within the posterior cingulate cortex. This study provides new insights on the neurogenetic correlates of allelic variation at different genome-wide supported BD-risk associated ANK3 loci that support their involvement in BD and highlight the modulatory influence of increased background genetic risk for BD.
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- Giuseppe Delvecchio
- Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Center, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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Zai CC, Manchia M, Sønderby IE, Yilmaz Z, De Luca V, Tiwari AK, Squassina A, Zai GC, Shaikh SA, Strauss J, King N, Le Foll B, Kaplan AS, Finseth PI, Vaaler AE, Djurovic S, Andreassen O, Vincent JB, Kennedy JL. Investigation of the genetic interaction between BDNF and DRD3 genes in suicidical behaviour in psychiatric disorders. World J Biol Psychiatry 2015; 16:171-9. [PMID: 25264289 PMCID: PMC4377309 DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2014.953011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Suicide is a serious public health concern, and it is partly genetic. The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene has been a strong candidate in genetic studies of suicide (Dwivedi et al., Arch Gen Psychiatry 2010;60:804-815; Zai et al., Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2012;34:1412-1418) and BDNF regulates the expression of the dopamine D3 receptor. OBJECTIVE We examined the role of the BDNF and DRD3 genes in suicide. METHODS We analysed four tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in BDNF and 15 SNPs in the D3 receptor gene DRD3 for possible association with suicide attempt history in our Canadian sample of Schizophrenia (SCZ) patients of European ancestry (N = 188). RESULTS In this sample, we found a possible interaction between the BDNF Val66Met and DRD3 Ser9Gly SNPs in increasing the risk of suicide attempt(s) in our SCZ sample. Specifically, a larger proportion of SCZ patients who were carrying at least one copy of the minor allele at each of the Val66Met and Ser9Gly functional markers have attempted suicides compared to patients with other genotypes (Bonferroni P < 0.05). However, we could not replicate this finding in samples from other psychiatric populations. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, the results from the present study suggest that an interaction between BDNF and DRD3 may not play a major role in the risk for suicide attempt, though further studies, especially in SCZ, are required.
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- Clement C. Zai
- Neurogenetics Section, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada (CA),Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, CA,Department of Public Health, Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Neurogenetics Section, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada (CA),Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Neurogenetics Section, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada (CA),Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada
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- Neurogenetics Section, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada (CA)
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- Laboratory of Pharmacogenomics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Neuroscience and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Neurogenetics Section, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada (CA),Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada,Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CA
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- Neurogenetics Section, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada (CA)
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- Neurogenetics Section, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada (CA),Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada
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- Neurogenetics Section, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada (CA)
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- Translational Addiction Research Laboratory, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH, Toronto, Ontario, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada,Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CA,Access & Transitions Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, St Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway,Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatry, St Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway,Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, 0407 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada,Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CA,Molecular Neuropsychiatry & Development (MiND) Lab, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Neurogenetics Section, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada (CA),Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Canada,Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CA,Corresponding Author: James L. Kennedy, MD, Address: Rm129 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T1R8, Phone: 1-416-9794987, FAX: 1-416-7974666,
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Pearlson GD. Etiologic, Phenomenologic, and Endophenotypic Overlap of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2015; 11:251-81. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032814-112915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Godfrey D. Pearlson
- Departments of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510;
- Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Hartford Healthcare Corporation, Hartford, Connecticut 06106
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Sun Y, Hu D, Liang J, Bao YP, Meng SQ, Lu L, Shi J. Association between variants of zinc finger genes and psychiatric disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophr Res 2015; 162:124-37. [PMID: 25667193 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Psychiatric disorders have a negative impact on society and human lives. Genetic factors are involved in the occurrence and development of psychiatric diseases. ZNF804A has been identified as one of the most compelling risk genes associated with broad phenotypes related to psychosis. We conducted a systematic meta-analysis and reviewed ZNF804A variants in psychosis-related disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. We also summarized the association between other zinc finger protein genes (ZNFs) and psychiatric diseases. The meta-analysis included a total of six variants of ZNF804A and three variants of other ZNFs (ZDHHC8 and ZKSCAN4), and the effects of ZNF variants on neurocognition and neuroimaging phenotypes were reviewed. The biological functions of these variants are also presented. We verified that ZNF804A was significantly related to psychiatric diseases, and the association between ZNF804A rs1344706 and psychosis (schizophrenia and bipolar disorder) did not vary with disease or ethnicity. The main brain area regulated by ZNF804A rs1344706 was the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The effect of ZNF804A variants on cognition did not display consistency with different diseases or methodologies. These findings suggest that ZNF804A might play an important role in common pathogenesis of psychiatric diseases, and its variants are likely involved in regulating the expression of psychosis-related genes, especially the dopamine pathway genes. Further research should focus on the molecular mechanisms by which ZNF804A variants act in psychiatric diseases and related phenotypes.
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- Yan Sun
- National Institute on Drug Dependence, Beijing 100191, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug Dependence Research, Beijing 100191, China
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- National Institute on Drug Dependence, Beijing 100191, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug Dependence Research, Beijing 100191, China
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- National Institute on Drug Dependence, Beijing 100191, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug Dependence Research, Beijing 100191, China
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- National Institute on Drug Dependence, Beijing 100191, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug Dependence Research, Beijing 100191, China
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- National Institute on Drug Dependence, Beijing 100191, China; Institute of Mental Health/Peking University Sixth Hospital and Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences and PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug Dependence Research, Beijing 100191, China
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- National Institute on Drug Dependence, Beijing 100191, China; Institute of Mental Health/Peking University Sixth Hospital and Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences and PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug Dependence Research, Beijing 100191, China
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- National Institute on Drug Dependence, Beijing 100191, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug Dependence Research, Beijing 100191, China; The State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory for Neuroscience of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Public Health, Beijing 100191, China.
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Sokolowski M, Wasserman J, Wasserman D. An overview of the neurobiology of suicidal behaviors as one meta-system. Mol Psychiatry 2015; 20:56-71. [PMID: 25178164 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2014.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Revised: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Suicidal behaviors (SB) may be regarded as the outmost consequence of mental illnesses, or as a distinct entity per se. Regardless, the consequences of SB are very large to both society and affected individuals. The path leading to SB is clearly a complex one involving interactions between the subject's biology and environmental influences throughout life. With the aim to generate a representative and diversified overview of the different neurobiological components hypothesized or shown implicated across the entire SB field up to date by any approach, we selected and compiled a list of 212 gene symbols from the literature. An increasing number of novel gene (products) have been introduced as candidates, with half being implicated in SB in only the last 4 years. These candidates represent different neuro systems and functions and might therefore be regarded as competing or redundant explanations. We then adopted a unifying approach by treating them all as parts of the same meta-system, using bioinformatic tools. We present a network of all components connected by physical protein-protein interactions (the SB interactome). We proceeded by exploring the differences between the highly connected core (~30% of the candidate genes) and its peripheral parts, observing more functional homogeneity at the core, with multiple signal transduction pathways and actin-interacting proteins connecting a subset of receptors in nerve cell compartments as well as development/morphology phenotypes and the stress-sensitive synaptic plasticity processes of long term potentiation/depression. We suggest that SB neurobiology might also be viewed as one meta-system and perhaps be explained as intrinsic unbalances acting within the core or as imbalances arising between core and specific peripheral components.
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- M Sokolowski
- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institute (KI), Stockholm, Sweden
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- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institute (KI), Stockholm, Sweden
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- 1] National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institute (KI), Stockholm, Sweden [2] WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Methods Development and Training in Suicide Prevention, Stockholm, Sweden
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Trotta A, Murray RM, MacCabe JH. Do premorbid and post-onset cognitive functioning differ between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychol Med 2015; 45:381-394. [PMID: 25065268 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291714001512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Schizophrenia (SZ) is characterized by a broad global cognitive impairment that precedes the onset of the disease. By contrast, some studies suggest that premorbid deficits are absent, or even reversed, in bipolar disorder (BD). However, studies have shown impairments in cognitive functioning after the illness onset in both disorders. The aim of this study was to systematically review and meta-analyze those studies that compared premorbid and/or post-onset global cognitive function between SZ and BD. METHOD We searched Medline (PubMed), EMBASE and PsycINFO for studies where information on cognitive functioning was collected in both SZ and BD within the same study or using the same methods. RESULTS Compared to healthy comparison groups, SZ patients showed a significant premorbid cognitive impairment [standardized mean difference (SMD) -0.597, 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.707 to -0.487, p < 0.0001] and a large post-onset impairment (SMD -1.369, 95% CI -1.578 to -1.160, p < 0.0001). We found small significant deficits in premorbid intellectual function in the BD group when this was assessed retrospectively (-0.147, 95% CI -0.238 to -0.056, p = 0.001) but not prospectively (-0.029, 95% CI -0.199 to + 0.142, p = 0.744), and moderate cognitive impairment after onset (SMD -0.623, 95% CI -0.717 to -0.529, p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS SZ is characterized by significant deficits in premorbid intellectual function but the evidence regarding premorbid function in BD is equivocal. After illness onset, patients with both disorders seem to suffer a further decline in cognitive function but the magnitude of the impairment remains greater in SZ than in BD.
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- A Trotta
- Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry,King's College London,UK
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- Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry,King's College London,UK
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- Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry,King's College London,UK
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Lim CH, Zain SM, Reynolds GP, Zain MA, Roffeei SN, Zainal NZ, Kanagasundram S, Mohamed Z. Genetic association of LMAN2L gene in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and its interaction with ANK3 gene polymorphism. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2014; 54:157-62. [PMID: 24914473 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2014.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2014] [Revised: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Recent studies have shown that bipolar disorder (BPD) and schizophrenia (SZ) share some common genetic risk factors. This study aimed to examine the association between candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) identified from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and risk of BPD and SZ. A total of 715 patients (244 BPD and 471 SZ) and 593 controls were genotyped using the Sequenom MassARRAY platform. We showed a positive association between LMAN2L (rs6746896) and risk of both BPD and SZ in a pooled population (P-value=0.001 and 0.009, respectively). Following stratification by ethnicity, variants of the ANK3 gene (rs1938516 and rs10994336) were found to be associated with BPD in Malays (P-value=0.001 and 0.006, respectively). Furthermore, an association exists between another variant of LMAN2L (rs2271893) and SZ in the Malay and Indian ethnic groups (P-value=0.003 and 0.002, respectively). Gene-gene interaction analysis revealed a significant interaction between the ANK3 and LMAN2L genes (empirical P=0.0107). Significant differences were shown between patients and controls for two haplotype frequencies of LMAN2L: GA (P=0.015 and P=0.010, for BPD and SZ, respectively) and GG (P=0.013 for BPD). Our study showed a significant association between LMAN2L and risk of both BPD and SZ.
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- Chor Hong Lim
- The Pharmacogenomics Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- The Pharmacogenomics Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Biomedical Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield S11WB, UK
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- The Pharmacogenomics Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- The Pharmacogenomics Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- The Pharmacogenomics Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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CACNA1C risk variant affects reward responsiveness in healthy individuals. Transl Psychiatry 2014; 4:e461. [PMID: 25290268 PMCID: PMC4350510 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2014.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Revised: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The variant at rs1006737 in the L-type voltage-gated calcium channel (alpha 1c subunit) CACNA1C gene is reliably associated with both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. We investigated whether this risk variant affects reward responsiveness because reward processing is one of the central cognitive-motivational domains implicated in both disorders. In a sample of 164 young, healthy individuals, we show a dose-dependent response, where the rs1006737 risk genotype was associated with blunted reward responsiveness, whereas discriminability did not significantly differ between genotype groups. This finding suggests that the CACNA1C risk locus may have a role in neural pathways that facilitate value representation for rewarding stimuli. Impaired reward processing may be a transdiagnostic phenotype of variation in CACNA1C that could contribute to anhedonia and other clinical features common to both affective and psychotic disorders.
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Liberzon I, King AP, Ressler KJ, Almli LM, Zhang P, Ma ST, Cohen GH, Tamburrino MB, Calabrese JR, Galea S. Interaction of the ADRB2 gene polymorphism with childhood trauma in predicting adult symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. JAMA Psychiatry 2014; 71:1174-82. [PMID: 25162199 PMCID: PMC4597911 DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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IMPORTANCE Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), while highly prevalent (7.6% over a lifetime), develops only in a subset of trauma-exposed individuals. Genetic risk factors in interaction with trauma exposure have been implicated in PTSD vulnerability. OBJECTIVE To examine the association of 3755 candidate gene single-nucleotide polymorphisms with PTSD development in interaction with a history of childhood trauma. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Genetic association study in an Ohio National Guard longitudinal cohort (n = 810) of predominantly male soldiers of European ancestry, with replication in an independent Grady Trauma Project (Atlanta, Georgia) cohort (n = 2083) of predominantly female African American civilians. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Continuous measures of PTSD severity, with a modified (interview) PTSD checklist in the discovery cohort and the PTSD Symptom Scale in the replication cohort. RESULTS Controlling for the level of lifetime adult trauma exposure, we identified the novel association of a single-nucleotide polymorphism within the promoter region of the ADRB2 (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man 109690) gene with PTSD symptoms in interaction with childhood trauma (rs2400707, P = 1.02 × 10-5, significant after correction for multiple comparisons). The rs2400707 A allele was associated with relative resilience to childhood adversity. An rs2400707 × childhood trauma interaction predicting adult PTSD symptoms was replicated in the independent predominantly female African American cohort. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Altered adrenergic and noradrenergic function has been long believed to have a key etiologic role in PTSD development; however, direct evidence of this link has been missing. The rs2400707 polymorphism has been linked to function of the adrenergic system, but, to our knowledge, this is the first study to date linking the ADRB2 gene to PTSD or any psychiatric disorders. These findings have important implications for PTSD etiology, chronic pain, and stress-related comorbidity, as well as for both primary prevention and treatment strategies.
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- Israel Liberzon
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor2Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor2Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Fiorentino A, O'Brien NL, Locke DP, McQuillin A, Jarram A, Anjorin A, Kandaswamy R, Curtis D, Blizard RA, Gurling HMD. Analysis of ANK3 and CACNA1C variants identified in bipolar disorder whole genome sequence data. Bipolar Disord 2014; 16:583-91. [PMID: 24716743 PMCID: PMC4227602 DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 12/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Genetic markers in the genes encoding ankyrin 3 (ANK3) and the α-calcium channel subunit (CACNA1C) are associated with bipolar disorder (BP). The associated variants in the CACNA1C gene are mainly within intron 3 of the gene. ANK3 BP-associated variants are in two distinct clusters at the ends of the gene, indicating disease allele heterogeneity. METHODS In order to screen both coding and non-coding regions to identify potential aetiological variants, we used whole-genome sequencing in 99 BP cases. Variants with markedly different allele frequencies in the BP samples and the 1,000 genomes project European data were genotyped in 1,510 BP cases and 1,095 controls. RESULTS We found that the CACNA1C intron 3 variant, rs79398153, potentially affecting an ENCyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)-defined region, showed an association with BP (p = 0.015). We also found the ANK3 BP-associated variant rs139972937, responsible for an asparagine to serine change (p = 0.042). However, a previous study had not found support for an association between rs139972937 and BP. The variants at ANK3 and CACNA1C previously known to be associated with BP were not in linkage disequilibrium with either of the two variants that we identified and these are therefore independent of the previous haplotypes implicated by genome-wide association. CONCLUSIONS Sequencing in additional BP samples is needed to find the molecular pathology that explains the previous association findings. If changes similar to those we have found can be shown to have an effect on the expression and function of ANK3 and CACNA1C, they might help to explain the so-called 'missing heritability' of BP.
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- Alessia Fiorentino
- Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, Division of Psychiatry, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, Division of Psychiatry, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, Division of Psychiatry, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, Division of Psychiatry, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, Division of Psychiatry, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, Division of Psychiatry, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Queen Mary University of LondonLondon, UK
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- Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, Division of Psychiatry, University College LondonLondon, UK
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Erk S, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Linden DE, Lancaster T, Mohnke S, Grimm O, Degenhardt F, Holmans P, Pocklington A, Schmierer P, Haddad L, Mühleisen TW, Mattheisen M, Witt SH, Romanczuk-Seiferth N, Tost H, Schott BH, Cichon S, Nöthen MM, Rietschel M, Heinz A, Walter H. Replication of brain function effects of a genome-wide supported psychiatric risk variant in the CACNA1C gene and new multi-locus effects. Neuroimage 2014; 94:147-154. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Revised: 02/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Fernandes CPD, Westlye LT, Giddaluru S, Christoforou A, Kauppi K, Adolfsson R, Nilsson LG, Nyberg L, Lundervold AJ, Reinvang I, Steen VM, Le Hellard S, Espeseth T. Lack of association of the rs1344706 ZNF804A variant with cognitive functions and DTI indices of white matter microstructure in two independent healthy populations. Psychiatry Res 2014; 222:60-6. [PMID: 24636489 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2013] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The rs1344706 single nucleotide polymorphism within intron 2 of the ZNF804A gene is strongly associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. This variant has also been associated in some studies with a range of cognitive and neuroimaging phenotypes, but several studies have reported no effect on the same phenotypes in other samples. Here, we genotyped 670 healthy adult Norwegian subjects and 1753 healthy adult Swedish subjects for rs1344706, and tested for associations with cognitive phenotypes including general intellectual abilities, memory functions and cognitive inhibition. We also tested whether rs1344706 is associated with white matter microstructural properties using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data from 250 to 340 of the Norwegian and Swedish subjects, respectively. Whole-brain voxel-wise statistical modeling of the effect of the ZNF804A variant on two DTI indices, fractional anisotropy (FA) and radial diffusivity (RD), was performed using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS), and commonly reported effect sizes were calculated within several large-scale white matter pathways based on neuroanatomical atlases. No significant associations were found between rs1344706 and the cognitive traits or white matter microstructure. We conclude that the rs1344706 SNP has no significant effect on these phenotypes in our two reasonably powered samples.
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- Carla Patricia Duarte Fernandes
- K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Dr. Einar Martens Research Group for Biological Psychiatry, Center for Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Norwegian Centre For Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo N-0317, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Dr. Einar Martens Research Group for Biological Psychiatry, Center for Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Dr. Einar Martens Research Group for Biological Psychiatry, Center for Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology, Stockholm University and Stockholm Brain Institute, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Physiology Section, and Department of Radiation Sciences, Diagnostic Radiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Kavli Research Centre for Aging and Dementia, Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital, Bergen, Norway; K.G. Jebsen Centre for Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo N-0317, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Dr. Einar Martens Research Group for Biological Psychiatry, Center for Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Dr. Einar Martens Research Group for Biological Psychiatry, Center for Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Norwegian Centre For Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo N-0317, Norway.
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PPP3CC gene: a putative modulator of antidepressant response through the B-cell receptor signaling pathway. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2014; 14:463-72. [PMID: 24709691 DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2014.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Revised: 01/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Antidepressant pharmacogenetics represents a stimulating, but often discouraging field. The present study proposes a combination of several methodologies across three independent samples. Genes belonging to monoamine, neuroplasticity, circadian rhythm and transcription factor pathways were investigated in two samples (n=369 and 88) with diagnosis of major depression who were treated with antidepressants. Phenotypes were response, remission and treatment-resistant depression. Logistic regression including appropriate covariates was performed. Genes associated with outcomes were investigated in the STAR*D (Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression) genome-wide study (n=1861). Top genes were further studied through a pathway analysis. In both original samples, markers associated with outcomes were concentrated in the PPP3CC gene. Other interesting findings were particularly in the HTR2A gene in one original sample and the STAR*D. The B-cell receptor signaling pathway proved to be the putative mediator of PPP3CC's effect on antidepressant response (P=0.03). Among innovative candidates, PPP3CC, involved in the regulation of immune system and synaptic plasticity, seems promising for further investigation.
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Bramon E, Pirinen M, Strange A, Lin K, Freeman C, Bellenguez C, Su Z, Band G, Pearson R, Vukcevic D, Langford C, Deloukas P, Hunt S, Gray E, Dronov S, Potter SC, Tashakkori-Ghanbaria A, Edkins S, Bumpstead SJ, Arranz MJ, Bakker S, Bender S, Bruggeman R, Cahn W, Chandler D, Collier DA, Crespo-Facorro B, Dazzan P, de Haan L, Di Forti M, Dragović M, Giegling I, Hall J, Iyegbe C, Jablensky A, Kahn RS, Kalaydjieva L, Kravariti E, Lawrie S, Linszen DH, Mata I, McDonald C, McIntosh A, Myin-Germeys I, Ophoff RA, Pariante CM, Paunio T, Picchioni M, Ripke S, Rujescu D, Sauer H, Shaikh M, Sussmann J, Suvisaari J, Tosato S, Toulopoulou T, Van Os J, Walshe M, Weisbrod M, Whalley H, Wiersma D, Blackwell JM, Brown MA, Casas JP, Corvin A, Duncanson A, Jankowski JAZ, Markus HS, Mathew CG, Palmer CNA, Plomin R, Rautanen A, Sawcer SJ, Trembath RC, Wood NW, Barroso I, Peltonen L, Lewis CM, Murray RM, Donnelly P, Powell J, Spencer CCA. A genome-wide association analysis of a broad psychosis phenotype identifies three loci for further investigation. Biol Psychiatry 2014; 75:386-97. [PMID: 23871474 PMCID: PMC3923972 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2012] [Revised: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 03/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several loci associated with schizophrenia and/or bipolar disorder. We performed a GWAS of psychosis as a broad syndrome rather than within specific diagnostic categories. METHODS 1239 cases with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or psychotic bipolar disorder; 857 of their unaffected relatives, and 2739 healthy controls were genotyped with the Affymetrix 6.0 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array. Analyses of 695,193 SNPs were conducted using UNPHASED, which combines information across families and unrelated individuals. We attempted to replicate signals found in 23 genomic regions using existing data on nonoverlapping samples from the Psychiatric GWAS Consortium and Schizophrenia-GENE-plus cohorts (10,352 schizophrenia patients and 24,474 controls). RESULTS No individual SNP showed compelling evidence for association with psychosis in our data. However, we observed a trend for association with same risk alleles at loci previously associated with schizophrenia (one-sided p = .003). A polygenic score analysis found that the Psychiatric GWAS Consortium's panel of SNPs associated with schizophrenia significantly predicted disease status in our sample (p = 5 × 10(-14)) and explained approximately 2% of the phenotypic variance. CONCLUSIONS Although narrowly defined phenotypes have their advantages, we believe new loci may also be discovered through meta-analysis across broad phenotypes. The novel statistical methodology we introduced to model effect size heterogeneity between studies should help future GWAS that combine association evidence from related phenotypes. Applying these approaches, we highlight three loci that warrant further investigation. We found that SNPs conveying risk for schizophrenia are also predictive of disease status in our data.
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Guan F, Zhang B, Yan T, Li L, Liu F, Li T, Feng Z, Zhang B, Liu X, Li S. MIR137 gene and target gene CACNA1C of miR-137 contribute to schizophrenia susceptibility in Han Chinese. Schizophr Res 2014; 152:97-104. [PMID: 24275578 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Revised: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 11/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Recently, evidence has accumulated indicating that the MIR137 gene and the target gene CACNA1C of miR-137 might be two of the most robustly implicated genes in schizophrenia. In this study, we examined 33 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in two genes by performing an association analysis in a cohort of 1430 schizophrenia patients and 1570 healthy Han Chinese control subjects. Single SNP association, sex-specific association and haplotype association analyses were performed. For the rs1625579 marker in MIR137 and the rs1006737 and rs4765905 markers in CACNA1C, significant differences in the allele frequencies were found between the patients and controls (p=0.007949, p=0.013658 and p=0.013999, respectively), and the genotype association analysis for them suggested a similar pattern (p=0.023167, p=0.046623 and p=0.047824, respectively). Further analysis of the haplotype rs1006737-rs4765905-rs882194 in CACNA1C showed significant associations with schizophrenia (corrected global p<0.005), and two haplotypes (ACC and ACT) in the block were significantly increased in the patients. When the samples were analyzed separately by gender, we found no significant sex-specific associations in MIR137 and CACNA1C, which was similar to the results from the relevant haplotype association analysis in the female and male subgroups. We have provided new evidence supporting the association between MIR137 and CACNA1C and schizophrenia in the Han Chinese population.
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- Fanglin Guan
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, China; Institute of Human Genomics & Forensic Sciences, Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Ministry of Health for Forensic Sciences, College of Medicine & Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China; Department of Forensic Psychiatry, College of Medicine & Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Ministry of Health for Forensic Sciences, College of Medicine & Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China; Department of Forensic Psychiatry, College of Medicine & Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Ministry of Health for Forensic Sciences, College of Medicine & Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China; Department of Forensic Psychiatry, College of Medicine & Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Forensic Psychiatry, College of Medicine & Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Ministry of Health for Forensic Sciences, College of Medicine & Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Ministry of Health for Forensic Sciences, College of Medicine & Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Ministry of Health for Forensic Sciences, College of Medicine & Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China; Department of Forensic Psychiatry, College of Medicine & Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, China; Institute of Human Genomics & Forensic Sciences, Xi'an, China
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Integrative biological analysis for neuropsychopharmacology. Neuropsychopharmacology 2014; 39:5-23. [PMID: 23800968 PMCID: PMC3857644 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2013] [Revised: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 04/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Although advances in psychotherapy have been made in recent years, drug discovery for brain diseases such as schizophrenia and mood disorders has stagnated. The need for new biomarkers and validated therapeutic targets in the field of neuropsychopharmacology is widely unmet. The brain is the most complex part of human anatomy from the standpoint of number and types of cells, their interconnections, and circuitry. To better meet patient needs, improved methods to approach brain studies by understanding functional networks that interact with the genome are being developed. The integrated biological approaches--proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and glycomics--have a strong record in several areas of biomedicine, including neurochemistry and neuro-oncology. Published applications of an integrated approach to projects of neurological, psychiatric, and pharmacological natures are still few but show promise to provide deep biological knowledge derived from cells, animal models, and clinical materials. Future studies that yield insights based on integrated analyses promise to deliver new therapeutic targets and biomarkers for personalized medicine.
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Bramon E, Pirinen M, Strange A, Lin K, Freeman C, Bellenguez C, Su Z, Band G, Pearson R, Vukcevic D, Langford C, Deloukas P, Hunt S, Gray E, Dronov S, Potter SC, Tashakkori-Ghanbaria A, Edkins S, Bumpstead SJ, Arranz MJ, Bakker S, Bender S, Bruggeman R, Cahn W, Chandler D, Collier DA, Crespo-Facorro B, Dazzan P, de Haan L, Di Forti M, Dragović M, Giegling I, Hall J, Iyegbe C, Jablensky A, Kahn RS, Kalaydjieva L, Kravariti E, Lawrie S, Linszen DH, Mata I, McDonald C, McIntosh A, Myin-Germeys I, Ophoff RA, Pariante CM, Paunio T, Picchioni M, Ripke S, Rujescu D, Sauer H, Shaikh M, Sussmann J, Suvisaari J, Tosato S, Toulopoulou T, Van Os J, Walshe M, Weisbrod M, Whalley H, Wiersma D, Blackwell JM, Brown MA, Casas JP, Corvin A, Duncanson A, Jankowski JAZ, Markus HS, Mathew CG, Palmer CNA, Plomin R, Rautanen A, Sawcer SJ, Trembath RC, Wood NW, Barroso I, Peltonen L, Lewis CM, Murray RM, Donnelly P, Powell J, Spencer CCA. A genome-wide association analysis of a broad psychosis phenotype identifies three loci for further investigation. Biol Psychiatry 2013. [PMID: 23871474 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several loci associated with schizophrenia and/or bipolar disorder. We performed a GWAS of psychosis as a broad syndrome rather than within specific diagnostic categories. METHODS 1239 cases with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or psychotic bipolar disorder; 857 of their unaffected relatives, and 2739 healthy controls were genotyped with the Affymetrix 6.0 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array. Analyses of 695,193 SNPs were conducted using UNPHASED, which combines information across families and unrelated individuals. We attempted to replicate signals found in 23 genomic regions using existing data on nonoverlapping samples from the Psychiatric GWAS Consortium and Schizophrenia-GENE-plus cohorts (10,352 schizophrenia patients and 24,474 controls). RESULTS No individual SNP showed compelling evidence for association with psychosis in our data. However, we observed a trend for association with same risk alleles at loci previously associated with schizophrenia (one-sided p = .003). A polygenic score analysis found that the Psychiatric GWAS Consortium's panel of SNPs associated with schizophrenia significantly predicted disease status in our sample (p = 5 × 10(-14)) and explained approximately 2% of the phenotypic variance. CONCLUSIONS Although narrowly defined phenotypes have their advantages, we believe new loci may also be discovered through meta-analysis across broad phenotypes. The novel statistical methodology we introduced to model effect size heterogeneity between studies should help future GWAS that combine association evidence from related phenotypes. Applying these approaches, we highlight three loci that warrant further investigation. We found that SNPs conveying risk for schizophrenia are also predictive of disease status in our data.
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Evidence for the impact of the CACNA1C risk allele rs1006737 on 2-year cognitive functioning in bipolar disorder. Psychiatr Genet 2013; 23:41-2. [DOI: 10.1097/ypg.0b013e328358641c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bhat S, Dao DT, Terrillion CE, Arad M, Smith RJ, Soldatov NM, Gould TD. CACNA1C (Cav1.2) in the pathophysiology of psychiatric disease. Prog Neurobiol 2012; 99:1-14. [PMID: 22705413 PMCID: PMC3459072 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2012] [Revised: 05/27/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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One of the most consistent genetic findings to have emerged from bipolar disorder genome wide association studies (GWAS) is with CACNA1C, a gene that codes for the α(1C) subunit of the Ca(v)1.2 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel (LTCC). Genetic variation in CACNA1C have also been associated with depression, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders, as well as changes in brain function and structure in control subjects who have no diagnosable psychiatric illness. These data are consistent with a continuum of shared neurobiological vulnerability between diverse-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) defined-neuropsychiatric diseases. While involved in numerous cellular functions, Ca(v)1.2 is most frequently implicated in coupling of cell membrane depolarization to transient increase of the membrane permeability for calcium, leading to activation and, potentially, changes in intracellular signaling pathway activity, gene transcription, and synaptic plasticity. Ca(v)1.2 is involved in the proper function of numerous neurological circuits including those involving the hippocampus, amygdala, and mesolimbic reward system, which are strongly implicated in psychiatric disease pathophysiology. A number of behavioral effects of LTCC inhibitors have been described including antidepressant-like behavioral actions in rodent models. Clinical studies suggest possible treatment effects in a subset of patients with mood disorders. We review the genetic structure and variation of CACNA1C, discussing relevant human genetic and clinical findings, as well as the biological actions of Ca(v)1.2 that are most relevant to psychiatric illness.
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- Shambhu Bhat
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Leussis MP, Madison JM, Petryshen TL. Ankyrin 3: genetic association with bipolar disorder and relevance to disease pathophysiology. BIOLOGY OF MOOD & ANXIETY DISORDERS 2012; 2:18. [PMID: 23025490 PMCID: PMC3492013 DOI: 10.1186/2045-5380-2-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bipolar disorder (BD) is a multi-factorial disorder caused by genetic and environmental influences. It has a large genetic component, with heritability estimated between 59-93%. Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) using large BD patient populations have identified a number of genes with strong statistical evidence for association with susceptibility for BD. Among the most significant and replicated genes is ankyrin 3 (ANK3), a large gene that encodes multiple isoforms of the ankyrin G protein. This article reviews the current evidence for genetic association of ANK3 with BD, followed by a comprehensive overview of the known biology of the ankyrin G protein, focusing on its neural functions and their potential relevance to BD. Ankyrin G is a scaffold protein that is known to have many essential functions in the brain, although the mechanism by which it contributes to BD is unknown. These functions include organizational roles for subcellular domains in neurons including the axon initial segment and nodes of Ranvier, through which ankyrin G orchestrates the localization of key ion channels and GABAergic presynaptic terminals, as well as creating a diffusion barrier that limits transport into the axon and helps define axo-dendritic polarity. Ankyrin G is postulated to have similar structural and organizational roles at synaptic terminals. Finally, ankyrin G is implicated in both neurogenesis and neuroprotection. ANK3 and other BD risk genes participate in some of the same biological pathways and neural processes that highlight several mechanisms by which they may contribute to BD pathophysiology. Biological investigation in cellular and animal model systems will be critical for elucidating the mechanism through which ANK3 confers risk of BD. This knowledge is expected to lead to a better understanding of the brain abnormalities contributing to BD symptoms, and to potentially identify new targets for treatment and intervention approaches.
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Affiliation(s)
- Melanie P Leussis
- Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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Vargas H, Beldia G, Korosh W, Sudhalter V, Iqbal A, Sanchez-Lacay JA, Velinov M. A 4.5 Mb terminal deletion of chromosome 12p helps further define a psychosis-associated locus. Eur J Med Genet 2012; 55:573-6. [PMID: 22669037 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2012.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Accepted: 04/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A 12 year-old girl presented with cognitive disability and dysmorphic features. Chromosome microarray analysis revealed a de novo, approximately 4.5 Mb terminal deletion of the short arm of chromosome 12 at 12p13.33 region: chr12:100712-4607067. At 13 years this patient developed psychotic manifestations and was admitted to a psychiatric department for treatment. She started hearing voices, talking to herself and laughing without reason. We have previously reported a male individual with psychotic manifestations and a larger (6.2 Mb) terminal deletion in the same chromosomal region. The present case along with previous reports, define a 2 Mb region on chromosome 12p, where a psychosis-associated gene may be located. Included in this psychosis-associated area are 18 OMIM listed genes.
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