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Kushima I, Nakatochi M, Aleksic B, Okada T, Kimura H, Kato H, Morikawa M, Inada T, Ishizuka K, Torii Y, Nakamura Y, Tanaka S, Imaeda M, Takahashi N, Yamamoto M, Iwamoto K, Nawa Y, Ogawa N, Iritani S, Hayashi Y, Lo T, Otgonbayar G, Furuta S, Iwata N, Ikeda M, Saito T, Ninomiya K, Okochi T, Hashimoto R, Yamamori H, Yasuda Y, Fujimoto M, Miura K, Itokawa M, Arai M, Miyashita M, Toriumi K, Ohi K, Shioiri T, Kitaichi K, Someya T, Watanabe Y, Egawa J, Takahashi T, Suzuki M, Sasaki T, Tochigi M, Nishimura F, Yamasue H, Kuwabara H, Wakuda T, Kato TA, Kanba S, Horikawa H, Usami M, Kodaira M, Watanabe K, Yoshikawa T, Toyota T, Yokoyama S, Munesue T, Kimura R, Funabiki Y, Kosaka H, Jung M, Kasai K, Ikegame T, Jinde S, Numata S, Kinoshita M, Kato T, Kakiuchi C, Yamakawa K, Suzuki T, Hashimoto N, Ishikawa S, Yamagata B, Nio S, Murai T, Son S, Kunii Y, Yabe H, Inagaki M, Goto YI, Okumura Y, Ito T, Arioka Y, Mori D, Ozaki N. Cross-Disorder Analysis of Genic and Regulatory Copy Number Variations in Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Biol Psychiatry 2022; 92:362-374. [PMID: 35667888 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND We aimed to determine the similarities and differences in the roles of genic and regulatory copy number variations (CNVs) in bipolar disorder (BD), schizophrenia (SCZ), and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHODS Based on high-resolution CNV data from 8708 Japanese samples, we performed to our knowledge the largest cross-disorder analysis of genic and regulatory CNVs in BD, SCZ, and ASD. RESULTS In genic CNVs, we found an increased burden of smaller (<100 kb) exonic deletions in BD, which contrasted with the highest burden of larger (>500 kb) exonic CNVs in SCZ/ASD. Pathogenic CNVs linked to neurodevelopmental disorders were significantly associated with the risk for each disorder, but BD and SCZ/ASD differed in terms of the effect size (smaller in BD) and subtype distribution of CNVs linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. We identified 3 synaptic genes (DLG2, PCDH15, and ASTN2) as risk factors for BD. Whereas gene set analysis showed that BD-associated pathways were restricted to chromatin biology, SCZ and ASD involved more extensive and similar pathways. Nevertheless, a correlation analysis of gene set results indicated weak but significant pathway similarities between BD and SCZ or ASD (r = 0.25-0.31). In SCZ and ASD, but not BD, CNVs were significantly enriched in enhancers and promoters in brain tissue. CONCLUSIONS BD and SCZ/ASD differ in terms of CNV burden, characteristics of CNVs linked to neurodevelopmental disorders, and regulatory CNVs. On the other hand, they have shared molecular mechanisms, including chromatin biology. The BD risk genes identified here could provide insight into the pathogenesis of BD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Itaru Kushima
- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan; Medical Genomics Center, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
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- Public Health Informatics Unit, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan; Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Health Support Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Higashi Owari National Hospital, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan; Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology and Chemotherapy, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan; Okehazama Hospital Brain Research Institute, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Japan Community Health Care Organization Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan; Medical Corporation Foster, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Schizophrenia Research Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Schizophrenia Research Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Schizophrenia Research Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Takatsuki Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Schizophrenia Research Project, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan; Department of General Internal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, Department of Biomedical Pharmaceutics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan; Research Center for Idling Brain Science, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan; Research Center for Idling Brain Science, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Health Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Research on Counseling and Support Services, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Japan Depression Center, Tokyo, Japan; Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; Horikawa Hospital, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Aiiku Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
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- Hiroshima City Center for Children's Health and Development, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan; Cognitive Science Group, Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; International Research Center for Neurointelligence at University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurodevelopmental Disorder Genetics, Institute of Brain Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Neurodevelopmental Disorder Genetics, Institute of Brain Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Disaster Psychiatry, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tottori Prefecture Rehabilitation Center, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Public Health Informatics Unit, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan; Department of Basic Medicinal Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Public Health Informatics Unit, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan; Department of Basic Medicinal Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan; Center for Advanced Medicine and Clinical Research, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan; Brain and Mind Research Center, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan; Institute for Glyco-core Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
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Ikawa H, Tochigi M, Noda Y, Oba H, Kaminaga T, Sakurai K, Ikebuchi E, Hayashi N, Kunugi H. A preliminary study on predictors of treatment response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with treatment-resistant depression in Japan. Neuropsychopharmacol Rep 2022; 42:478-484. [PMID: 36039823 PMCID: PMC9773710 DOI: 10.1002/npr2.12290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Brain imaging studies have reported that the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is associated with the activities of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and ventral medial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC). However, few studies have been conducted in Japanese patients. AIM We aimed to identify brain regions associated with depressive symptom changes by measuring regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in the DLPFC and VMPFC before and after the high-frequency rTMS to the left DLPFC in Japanese patients with treatment-resistant depression. METHOD Fourteen patients participated in the rTMS study and were assessed with the 17-item Hamilton depression rating scale (HAM-D17 ). Among them, 13 participants underwent magnetic resonance imaging scan of the brain using the arterial spin labeling method. The rCBF was calculated using the fine stereotactic region of interest template (FineSRT) program for automated analysis. We focused on eight regions reported in previous studies. RESULTS Depression severity significantly decreased after 2 week (HAM-D17 :11.4 ± 2.8, P = 0.00027) and 4 week (HAM-D17 : 11.0 ± 3.7, P = 0.0023) of rTMS treatment. There was no significant change in rCBF at each region in the pre-post design. However, there was a significantly negative correlation between baseline rCBF in the right DLPFC and the improvement in HAM-D17 score (r = -0.559, P = 0.047). CONCLUSION We obtained supportive evidence for the effectiveness of rTMS to the prefrontal cortex in treatment-resistant depression, which may be associated with reduced rCBF of the right DLPFC before initiation of rTMS.
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- Haruki Ikawa
- Department of NeuropsychiatryTeikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of MedicineItabashiJapan,Tokyo‐Yokohama TMS clinicKawasakiJapan
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- Department of NeuropsychiatryTeikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of MedicineItabashiJapan,Health Care Center, the University of Electro‐CommunicationsTokyoJapan
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- Department of NeuropsychiatryKeio University School of MedicineTokyoJapan
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- Department of RadiologyTeikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of MedicineItabashiJapan
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- Department of RadiologyTeikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of MedicineItabashiJapan
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- Department of RadiologyNational Center for Geriatrics and GerontologyObuJapan
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- Department of NeuropsychiatryTeikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of MedicineItabashiJapan,Teikyo Heisei University, Graduate School of Clinical PsychologyToshimaJapan
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- Department of NeuropsychiatryTeikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of MedicineItabashiJapan,Nishigahara HospitalKitaJapan
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- Department of NeuropsychiatryTeikyo University School of Medicine, Graduate School of MedicineItabashiJapan
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Tanahashi S, Tanii H, Konishi Y, Otowa T, Sasaki T, Tochigi M, Okazaki Y, Kaiya H, Okada M. Association of Serotonin Transporter Gene (5-HTTLPR/rs25531) Polymorphism with Comorbidities of Panic Disorder. Neuropsychobiology 2022; 80:333-341. [PMID: 33333511 DOI: 10.1159/000512699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Panic disorder (PD) has many comorbidities such as depression, bipolar disorder (BPD), and agoraphobia (AG). PD is a moderately heritable anxiety disorder whose pathogenesis is not well understood. Recently, a tri-allelic serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR/rs25531) polymorphism was reported to be more sensitive to personality traits compared to the bi-allelic 5-HTTLPR polymorphism. We hypothesized that the 5-HTTLPR/rs25531 polymorphism may lead to a pathological anxious state depending on the presence or absence of a comorbidity in PD. METHODS In this study, we investigated the relationship between comorbidities in PD and tri-allelic 5-HTTLPR polymorphisms. A total of 515 patients with PD (148 males, 367 females) were genotyped, and the Revised NEO Personality Inventory as well as anxiety-related psychological tests were administered. Depression, BPD, and AG were diagnosed as comorbidities. RESULTS For the tri-allele 5-HTTLPR genotype, a significant interaction effect was found between openness to experience and comorbid depression. Examination of the interaction between AG and the tri-allelic 5-HTTLPR genotype revealed that L' allele carriers are associated with higher trait anxiety than the S'S' genotype group in PD without AG. CONCLUSION Some anxiety and personality traits can be characterized by the tri-allelic gene effect of 5-HTTLPR. These results suggest that tri-allelic 5-HTTLPR genotypes have genetic effects on the presence of comorbidities of PD.
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- Shunsuke Tanahashi
- Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Brain Science and Animal Model Research Center, Mie University, Tsu, Japan
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- Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Brain Science and Animal Model Research Center, Mie University, Tsu, Japan, .,Center for Physical and Mental Health, Mie University, Tsu, Japan,
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- Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Brain Science and Animal Model Research Center, Mie University, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Koseikai Michinoo Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Panic Disorder Research Center, Warakukai Medical Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Brain Science and Animal Model Research Center, Mie University, Tsu, Japan
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Oshikubo G, Akahane A, Unno A, Watanabe Y, Ikebuchi E, Tochigi M, Hayashi N. Utility of VSRAD for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in patients screened for dementia. J Int Med Res 2021; 48:300060520917270. [PMID: 32299274 PMCID: PMC7169355 DOI: 10.1177/0300060520917270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Objective To investigate the utility of the voxel-based specific regional analysis system for Alzheimer’s disease (VSRAD). Methods Clinical data from patients who underwent screening for dementia using VSRAD and the Japanese version of COGNISTAT, the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination, were retrospectively investigated to specify the domains of cognitive function that correlate with the statistical mean value of positive Z-scores in the target volume-of-interest (VOI). A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was constructed to assess the mean value of positive Z-scores in discriminating patients with AD. Results A total of 72 patients were included (18 male and 54 female; 15 patients with AD). The mean value of positive Z-scores in the target VOI was significantly correlated with standardized COGNISTAT scores for Orientation and Memory in all patients (r = –0.35 and –0.38, respectively). ROC curve analysis revealed that a cut-off of 1.57 for mean value of positive Z-scores in the target VOI provided 69.4% accuracy in discriminating patients with AD, with a sensitivity of 0.80 and specificity of 0.67. Conclusions The results evinced the value of VSRAD in diagnosing AD. The degree of atrophy represented by the target VOI may reflect impairments in Orientation and Memory, which are early stage symptoms observed in AD.
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- Gaku Oshikubo
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yamasaki M, Makino T, Khor SS, Toyoda H, Miyagawa T, Liu X, Kuwabara H, Kano Y, Shimada T, Sugiyama T, Nishida H, Sugaya N, Tochigi M, Otowa T, Okazaki Y, Kaiya H, Kawamura Y, Miyashita A, Kuwano R, Kasai K, Tanii H, Sasaki T, Honda M, Tokunaga K. Sensitivity to gene dosage and gene expression affects genes with copy number variants observed among neuropsychiatric diseases. BMC Med Genomics 2020; 13:55. [PMID: 32223758 PMCID: PMC7104509 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-020-0699-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Copy number variants (CNVs) have been reported to be associated with diseases, traits, and evolution. However, it is hard to determine which gene should have priority as a target for further functional experiments if a CNV is rare or a singleton. In this study, we attempted to overcome this issue by using two approaches: by assessing the influences of gene dosage sensitivity and gene expression sensitivity. Dosage sensitive genes derived from two-round whole-genome duplication in previous studies. In addition, we proposed a cross-sectional omics approach that utilizes open data from GTEx to assess the effect of whole-genome CNVs on gene expression. METHODS Affymetrix Genome-Wide SNP Array 6.0 was used to detect CNVs by PennCNV and CNV Workshop. After quality controls for population stratification, family relationship and CNV detection, 287 patients with narcolepsy, 133 patients with essential hypersomnia, 380 patients with panic disorders, 164 patients with autism, 784 patients with Alzheimer disease and 1280 healthy individuals remained for the enrichment analysis. RESULTS Overall, significant enrichment of dosage sensitive genes was found across patients with narcolepsy, panic disorders and autism. Particularly, significant enrichment of dosage-sensitive genes in duplications was observed across all diseases except for Alzheimer disease. For deletions, less or no enrichment of dosage-sensitive genes with deletions was seen in the patients when compared to the healthy individuals. Interestingly, significant enrichments of genes with expression sensitivity in brain were observed in patients with panic disorder and autism. While duplications presented a higher burden, deletions did not cause significant differences when compared to the healthy individuals. When we assess the effect of sensitivity to genome dosage and gene expression at the same time, the highest ratio of enrichment was observed in the group including dosage-sensitive genes and genes with expression sensitivity only in brain. In addition, shared CNV regions among the five neuropsychiatric diseases were also investigated. CONCLUSIONS This study contributed the evidence that dosage-sensitive genes are associated with CNVs among neuropsychiatric diseases. In addition, we utilized open data from GTEx to assess the effect of whole-genome CNVs on gene expression. We also investigated shared CNV region among neuropsychiatric diseases.
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- Maria Yamasaki
- Department of Health Data Science Research, Healthy Aging Innovation Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Genome Medical Science Project (Toyama), National Center for for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Genome Medical Science Project (Toyama), National Center for for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
- Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division for Counseling and Support, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Asunaro Hospital for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mie, Japan
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- Unit of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Koseikai Michinoo Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Panic Disorder Research Center, Warakukai Med Corp, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Bioresource Science Branch, Center for Bioresources, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Bioresource Science Branch, Center for Bioresources, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Asahigawaso Research Institute, Asahigawaso Medical-Welfare Center, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Physical and Mental Health, Mie University, Tsu, Mie Japan
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- Division of Physical and Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Genome Medical Science Project (Toyama), National Center for for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Kushima I, Aleksic B, Nakatochi M, Shimamura T, Okada T, Uno Y, Morikawa M, Ishizuka K, Shiino T, Kimura H, Arioka Y, Yoshimi A, Takasaki Y, Yu Y, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto M, Iidaka T, Iritani S, Inada T, Ogawa N, Shishido E, Torii Y, Kawano N, Omura Y, Yoshikawa T, Uchiyama T, Yamamoto T, Ikeda M, Hashimoto R, Yamamori H, Yasuda Y, Someya T, Watanabe Y, Egawa J, Nunokawa A, Itokawa M, Arai M, Miyashita M, Kobori A, Suzuki M, Takahashi T, Usami M, Kodaira M, Watanabe K, Sasaki T, Kuwabara H, Tochigi M, Nishimura F, Yamasue H, Eriguchi Y, Benner S, Kojima M, Yassin W, Munesue T, Yokoyama S, Kimura R, Funabiki Y, Kosaka H, Ishitobi M, Ohmori T, Numata S, Yoshikawa T, Toyota T, Yamakawa K, Suzuki T, Inoue Y, Nakaoka K, Goto YI, Inagaki M, Hashimoto N, Kusumi I, Son S, Murai T, Ikegame T, Okada N, Kasai K, Kunimoto S, Mori D, Iwata N, Ozaki N. Comparative Analyses of Copy-Number Variation in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizophrenia Reveal Etiological Overlap and Biological Insights. Cell Rep 2019; 24:2838-2856. [PMID: 30208311 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Revised: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Compelling evidence in Caucasian populations suggests a role for copy-number variations (CNVs) in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia (SCZ). We analyzed 1,108 ASD cases, 2,458 SCZ cases, and 2,095 controls in a Japanese population and confirmed an increased burden of rare exonic CNVs in both disorders. Clinically significant (or pathogenic) CNVs, including those at 29 loci common to both disorders, were found in about 8% of ASD and SCZ cases, which was significantly higher than in controls. Phenotypic analysis revealed an association between clinically significant CNVs and intellectual disability. Gene set analysis showed significant overlap of biological pathways in both disorders including oxidative stress response, lipid metabolism/modification, and genomic integrity. Finally, based on bioinformatics analysis, we identified multiple disease-relevant genes in eight well-known ASD/SCZ-associated CNV loci (e.g., 22q11.2, 3q29). Our findings suggest an etiological overlap of ASD and SCZ and provide biological insights into these disorders.
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- Itaru Kushima
- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan; Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Division of Data Science, Data Coordinating Center, Department of Advanced Medicine, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8560, Japan
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- Division of Systems Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan; Laboratory for Psychiatric and Molecular Neuroscience, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan; Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8553, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan; Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan; Center for Advanced Medicine and Clinical Research, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8560, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Sciences and Neuropsychopharmacology, Faculty and Graduate School of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8503, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 461-8673, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychobiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan; Center for Postgraduate Clinical Training and Career Development, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8560, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan; Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- Aichi Psychiatric Medical Center, Nagoya, Aichi 464-0031, Japan
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- Department of Child Psychiatry, Aichi Prefectural Colony Central Hospital, Kasugai, Aichi 480-0392, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Taisho University, Tokyo 170-8470, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine and Bioethics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8553, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
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- Center for Medical Cooperation, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, Chiba 272-8516, Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, Chiba 272-8516, Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, Chiba 272-8516, Japan
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- Department of Physical and Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193, Japan; Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1193, Japan; Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory for Neurogenetics, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory for Neurogenetics, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorder, Shizuoka 420-8688, Japan
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- Aichi Psychiatric Medical Center, Nagoya, Aichi 464-0031, Japan
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- Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8553, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan; The International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN) at The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS), Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan; Brain and Mind Research Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
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Ikawa H, Kanata S, Akahane A, Tochigi M, Hayashi N, Ikebuchi E. A case of methamphetamine use disorder presenting a condition of ultra-rapid cycler bipolar disorder. SAGE Open Med Case Rep 2019; 7:2050313X19827739. [PMID: 30783527 PMCID: PMC6365985 DOI: 10.1177/2050313x19827739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Methamphetamine, a potent psychostimulant, may cause a condition of mood disorder among users. However, arguments concerning methamphetamine-induced mood disorder remain insufficient. This case study describes a male with methamphetamine-induced bipolar disorder not accompanied by psychotic symptoms, who twice in an 11-year treatment period, manifested an ultra-rapid cycler condition alternating between manic and depressive mood states with 3- to 7-day durations for each. The conditions ensued after a bout of high-dose methamphetamine use and shifted to a moderately depressive condition within 1 month after the use under a treatment regimen of aripiprazole and mood stabilizers. The cycler condition may be characteristic of a type of the bipolar disorder and a sign usable for characterization. Further efforts are needed to seek distinctive features and to improve diagnostic assessment of methamphetamine-induced mood disorders.
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- Haruki Ikawa
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshikawa A, Nishimura F, Inai A, Eriguchi Y, Nishioka M, Takaya A, Tochigi M, Kawamura Y, Umekage T, Kato K, Sasaki T, Ohashi Y, Iwamoto K, Kasai K, Kakiuchi C. Mutations of the glycine cleavage system genes possibly affect the negative symptoms of schizophrenia through metabolomic profile changes. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2018; 72:168-179. [PMID: 29232014 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2017] [Revised: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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AIM Hypofunction of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR) may contribute to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia (SCZ). Recently, the glycine cleavage system (GCS) was shown to affect NMDAR function in the brain. GCS functional defects cause nonketotic hyperglycinemia, the atypical phenotype of which presents psychiatric symptoms similar to SCZ. Here, we examined the involvement of GCS in SCZ. METHODS First, to identify the rare variants and the exonic deletions, we resequenced all the coding exons and the splice sites of four GCS genes (GLDC, AMT, GCSH, and DLD) in 474 patients with SCZ and 475 controls and performed multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis in SCZ. Next, we performed metabolome analysis using plasma of patients harboring GCS variants (n = 5) and controls (n = 5) by capillary electrophoresis time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The correlation between plasma metabolites and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale score was further examined. RESULTS Possibly damaging variants were observed in SCZ: A203V, S801N in GLDC, near the atypical nonketotic hyperglycinemia causative mutations (A202V, A802V); G825D in GLDC, a potential neural tube defect causative mutation; and R253X in AMT. Marked elevation of plasma 5-oxoproline (pyroglutamic acid), aspartate, and glutamate, which might affect NMDAR function, was observed in patients harboring GCS variants. The aspartate level inversely correlated with negative symptoms (r = -0.942, P = 0.0166). CONCLUSION These results suggest that GCS rare variants possibly contribute to the pathophysiology of SCZ by affecting the negative symptoms through elevation of aspartate.
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- Akane Yoshikawa
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division for Counseling and Support, Office for Mental Health Support, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fukui Memorial Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kamakura, Japan
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- Division for Environment, Health and Safety, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Brain Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Disability Services Office, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Morimoto Y, Shimada-Sugimoto M, Otowa T, Yoshida S, Kinoshita A, Mishima H, Yamaguchi N, Mori T, Imamura A, Ozawa H, Kurotaki N, Ziegler C, Domschke K, Deckert J, Umekage T, Tochigi M, Kaiya H, Okazaki Y, Tokunaga K, Sasaki T, Yoshiura KI, Ono S. Whole-exome sequencing and gene-based rare variant association tests suggest that PLA2G4E might be a risk gene for panic disorder. Transl Psychiatry 2018; 8:41. [PMID: 29391400 PMCID: PMC5804028 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-017-0088-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Revised: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Panic disorder (PD) is characterized by recurrent and unexpected panic attacks, subsequent anticipatory anxiety, and phobic avoidance. Recent epidemiological and genetic studies have revealed that genetic factors contribute to the pathogenesis of PD. We performed whole-exome sequencing on one Japanese family, including multiple patients with panic disorder, which identified seven rare protein-altering variants. We then screened these genes in a Japanese PD case-control group (384 sporadic PD patients and 571 controls), resulting in the detection of three novel single nucleotide variants as potential candidates for PD (chr15: 42631993, T>C in GANC; chr15: 42342861, G>T in PLA2G4E; chr20: 3641457, G>C in GFRA4). Statistical analyses of these three genes showed that PLA2G4E yielded the lowest p value in gene-based rare variant association tests by Efficient and Parallelizable Association Container Toolbox algorithms; however, the p value did not reach the significance threshold in the Japanese. Likewise, in a German case-control study (96 sporadic PD patients and 96 controls), PLA2G4E showed the lowest p value but again did not reach the significance threshold. In conclusion, we failed to find any significant variants or genes responsible for the development of PD. Nonetheless, our results still leave open the possibility that rare protein-altering variants in PLA2G4E contribute to the risk of PD, considering the function of this gene.
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- Yoshiro Morimoto
- 0000 0000 8902 2273grid.174567.6Department of Neuropsychiatry, Unit of Translation Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan ,0000 0000 8902 2273grid.174567.6Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 0000 0001 2151 536Xgrid.26999.3dDepartment of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- grid.440938.2Graduate School of Clinical Psychology, Professional Degree Program in Clinical Psychology, Teikyo Heisei University, Tokyo, Japan
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- 0000 0000 8902 2273grid.174567.6Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 0000 0000 8902 2273grid.174567.6Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 0000 0000 8902 2273grid.174567.6Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 0000 0000 8902 2273grid.174567.6Department of Neuropsychiatry, Unit of Translation Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 0000 0000 8902 2273grid.174567.6Department of Neuropsychiatry, Unit of Translation Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 0000 0000 8902 2273grid.174567.6Department of Neuropsychiatry, Unit of Translation Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 0000 0000 8902 2273grid.174567.6Department of Neuropsychiatry, Unit of Translation Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 0000 0001 1958 8658grid.8379.5Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ,grid.5963.9Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- 0000 0001 1958 8658grid.8379.5Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ,grid.5963.9Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- 0000 0001 1958 8658grid.8379.5Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- 0000 0001 2151 536Xgrid.26999.3dDivision for Environment, Health and Safety, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 0000 0000 9239 9995grid.264706.1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Panic Disorder Research Center, Warakukai Med. Corp, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Koseikai Michino-o Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 0000 0001 2151 536Xgrid.26999.3dDepartment of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 0000 0001 2151 536Xgrid.26999.3dDepartment of Physical and Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 0000 0000 8902 2273grid.174567.6Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Unit of Translation Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan. .,Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan. .,Aino-Ariake Hospital, Unzen, Nagasaki, Japan.
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Yoshikawa A, Nishimura F, Inai A, Eriguchi Y, Nishioka M, Takaya A, Tochigi M, Kawamura Y, Umekage T, Kato K, Sasaki T, Kasai K, Kakiuchi C. Novel rare variations in genes that regulate developmental change in N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor in patients with schizophrenia. Hum Genome Var 2018; 5:17056. [PMID: 29423241 PMCID: PMC5794673 DOI: 10.1038/hgv.2017.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Revised: 10/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
The mechanism underlying the vulnerability to developing schizophrenia (SCZ) during adolescence remains elusive. Hypofunction of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of SCZ. During development, the composition of synaptic NMDARs dramatically changes from NR2B-containing NMDARs to NR2A-containing NMDARs through the phosphorylation of NR2B S1480 or Y1472 by CDK5, CSNK2A1, and EphB2, which plays a pivotal role in the maturation of neural circuits. We hypothesized that the dysregulation of developmental change in NMDARs could be involved in the onset of SCZ. Using next-generation sequencing, we re-sequenced all the coding regions and splice sites of CDK5, CSNK2A1, and EphB2 in 474 patients with SCZ and 475 healthy controls. Variants on the database for human control subjects of Japanese origin were removed and all the nonsynonymous and nonsense variants were validated using Sanger sequencing. Four novel variants in CDK5 were observed in patients with SCZ but were not observed in controls. The total number of variants, however, was not significantly different between the SCZ and control groups (P=0.062). In silico analyses predicted P271T to be damaging. Further genetic research using a larger sample is required to examine whether CDK5 is involved in the pathophysiology of SCZ.
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- Akane Yoshikawa
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division for Counseling and Support, Office for Mental Health Support, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fukui Memorial Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kamakura, Japan
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- Division for Environment, Health and Safety, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Disability Services Office, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Eriguchi Y, Kuwabara H, Inai A, Kawakubo Y, Nishimura F, Kakiuchi C, Tochigi M, Ohashi J, Aoki N, Kato K, Ishiura H, Mitsui J, Tsuji S, Doi K, Yoshimura J, Morishita S, Shimada T, Furukawa M, Umekage T, Sasaki T, Kasai K, KanoMD PhD Y. Identification of candidate genes involved in the etiology of sporadic Tourette syndrome by exome sequencing. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2017; 174:712-723. [PMID: 28608572 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by chronic motor and vocal tics. Although there is a large genetic contribution, the genetic architecture of TS remains unclear. Exome sequencing has successfully revealed the contribution of de novo mutations in sporadic cases with neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. Here, using exome sequencing, we investigated de novo mutations in individuals with sporadic TS to identify novel risk loci and elucidate the genetic background of TS. Exome analysis was conducted for sporadic TS cases: nine trio families and one quartet family with concordant twins were investigated. Missense mutations were evaluated using functional prediction algorithms, and their population frequencies were calculated based on three public databases. Gene expression patterns in the brain were analyzed using the BrainSpan Developmental Transcriptome. Thirty de novo mutations, including four synonymous and four missense mutations, were identified. Among the missense mutations, one in the rapamycin-insensitive companion of mammalian target of rapamycin (RICTOR)-coding gene (rs140964083: G > A, found in one proband) was predicted to be hazardous. In the three public databases analyzed, variants in the same SNP locus were absent, and variants in the same gene were either absent or present at an extremely low frequency (3/5,008), indicating the rarity of hazardous RICTOR mutations in the general population. The de novo variant of RICTOR may be implicated in the development of sporadic TS, and RICTOR is a novel candidate factor for TS etiology.
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- Yosuke Eriguchi
- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Sakura Hospital, Aomori, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Disability Services Office, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Sakura Hospital, Aomori, Japan
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- Department of Physical and Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Medical Genome Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
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- Division for Counseling and Support, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physical and Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Tochigi M, Usami S, Matamura M, Kitagawa Y, Fukushima M, Yonehara H, Togo F, Nishida A, Sasaki T. Annual longitudinal survey at up to five time points reveals reciprocal effects of bedtime delay and depression/anxiety in adolescents. Sleep Med 2016; 17:81-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2015] [Revised: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Fujisawa TX, Nishitani S, Iwanaga R, Matsuzaki J, Kawasaki C, Tochigi M, Sasaki T, Kato N, Shinohara K. Association of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor-Related Gene Variants with the Severity of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Front Psychiatry 2016; 7:184. [PMID: 27899901 PMCID: PMC5110561 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Exposure to environmental chemicals, such as dioxin, is known to have adverse effects on the homeostasis of gonadal steroids, thereby potentially altering the sexual differentiation of the brain to express autistic traits. Dioxin-like chemicals act on the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), polymorphisms, and mutations of AhR-related gene may exert pathological influences on sexual differentiation of the brain, causing autistic traits. To ascertain the relationship between AhR-related gene polymorphisms and autism susceptibility, we identified genotypes of them in patients and controls and determined whether there are different gene and genotype distributions between both groups. In addition, to clarify the relationships between the polymorphisms and the severity of autism, we compared the two genotypes of AhR-related genes (rs2066853, rs2228099) with the severity of autistic symptoms. Although no statistically significant difference was found between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) patients and control individuals for the genotypic distribution of any of the polymorphisms studied herein, a significant difference in the total score of severity was observed in rs2228099 polymorphism, suggesting that the polymorphism modifies the severity of ASD symptoms but not ASD susceptibility. Moreover, we found that a significant difference in the social communication score of severity was observed. These results suggest that the rs2228099 polymorphism is possibly associated with the severity of social communication impairment among the diverse ASD symptoms.
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- Takashi X Fujisawa
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan; Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University , Nagasaki , Japan
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Nagasaki University , Nagasaki , Japan
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- Nagasaki Municipal Welfare Center for the Handicapped , Nagasaki , Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Physical and Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University , Nagasaki , Japan
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Kinoshita A, Takizawa R, Koike S, Satomura Y, Kawasaki S, Kawakubo Y, Marumo K, Tochigi M, Sasaki T, Nishimura Y, Kasai K. Effect of metabotropic glutamate receptor-3 variants on prefrontal brain activity in schizophrenia: An imaging genetics study using multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2015; 62:14-21. [PMID: 25914064 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2015.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 04/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND The glutamatergic system is essential for learning and memory through its crucial role in neural development and synaptic plasticity. Genes associated with the glutamatergic system, including metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR or GRM) genes, have been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Few studies, however, have investigated a relationship between polymorphism of glutamate-related genes and cortical function in vivo in patients with schizophrenia. We thus explored an association between genetic variations in GRM3 and brain activation driven by a cognitive task in the prefrontal cortex in patients with schizophrenia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-one outpatients with schizophrenia and 48 healthy controls participated in this study. We measured four candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (rs274622, rs2299225, rs1468412, and rs6465084) of GRM3, and activity in the prefrontal and temporal cortices during a category version of a verbal fluency task, using a 52-channel near-infrared spectroscopy instrument. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The rs274622 C carriers with schizophrenia were associated with significantly smaller prefrontal activation than patients with TT genotype. This between-genotype difference tended to be confined to the patient group. GRM3 polymorphisms are associated with prefrontal activation during cognitive task in schizophrenia.
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- Akihide Kinoshita
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan; MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan; Office for Mental Health Support, Division for Counseling and Support, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan; Application Development Office, Hitachi Medical Corporation, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-0804, Japan
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- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan
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- Department of Physical and Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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Liu X, Shimada T, Otowa T, Wu YY, Kawamura Y, Tochigi M, Iwata Y, Umekage T, Toyota T, Maekawa M, Iwayama Y, Suzuki K, Kakiuchi C, Kuwabara H, Kano Y, Nishida H, Sugiyama T, Kato N, Chen CH, Mori N, Yamada K, Yoshikawa T, Kasai K, Tokunaga K, Sasaki T, Gau SSF. Genome-wide Association Study of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the East Asian Populations. Autism Res 2015; 9:340-9. [PMID: 26314684 DOI: 10.1002/aur.1536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Revised: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder with strong genetic basis. To identify common genetic variations conferring the risk of ASD, we performed a two-stage genome-wide association study using ASD family and healthy control samples obtained from East Asian populations. A total of 166 ASD families (n = 500) and 642 healthy controls from the Japanese population were used as the discovery cohort. Approximately 900,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped using Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP array 6.0 chips. In the replication stage, 205 Japanese ASD cases and 184 healthy controls, as well as 418 Chinese Han trios (n = 1,254), were genotyped by TaqMan platform. Case-control analysis, family based association test, and transmission/disequilibrium test (TDT) were then conducted to test the association. In the discovery stage, significant associations were suggested for 14 loci, including 5 known ASD candidate genes: GPC6, JARID2, YTHDC2, CNTN4, and CSMD1. In addition, significant associations were identified for several novel genes with intriguing functions, such as JPH3, PTPRD, CUX1, and RIT2. After a meta-analysis combining the Japanese replication samples, the strongest signal was found at rs16976358 (P = 6.04 × 10(-7)), which is located near the RIT2 gene. In summary, our results provide independent support to known ASD candidate genes and highlight a number of novel genes warranted to be further investigated in a larger sample set in an effort to improve our understanding of the genetic basis of ASD.
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- Xiaoxi Liu
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sakae Seijinkai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Asunaro Hospital for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Showa, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Department and Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physical and Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Oshikubo G, Tochigi M, Akahane A, Hayashi N, Ikebuchi E. Graves' hyperthyroidism-induced psychosis in a patient with periventricular nodular heterotopia. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2015; 69:505-6. [PMID: 25918012 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 04/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Gaku Oshikubo
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Sugaya N, Yoshida E, Yasuda S, Tochigi M, Takei K, Otowa T, Umekage T, Konishi Y, Sakano Y, Nomura S, Okazaki Y, Kaiya H, Tanii H, Sasaki T. Anger tendency may be associated with duration of illness in panic disorder. Biopsychosoc Med 2015; 9:6. [PMID: 25745511 PMCID: PMC4349781 DOI: 10.1186/s13030-015-0035-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Several studies have reported an increased tendency towards anger in patients with panic disorder (PD). If this propensity for anger arises from the pathological process of PD, it may be associated with the duration of the illness. The present study therefore examined the relationship between duration of PD and the personality tendency to experience anger in PD patients. Methods Participants were 413 patients (132 men and 281 women; age = 38.7 years) with PD. Diagnoses were confirmed using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Illness duration ranged from less than a year to 51 years. After participants completed the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, we examined the association between illness duration and the Angry Hostility and Impulsiveness subscale scores. In the analysis, participants were divided into two groups by duration of illness (long group, n = 186 and short group, n = 200) using the median value (9 years) as a cut-off because of the skewed distribution of the duration. Patients with an illness duration of 9 years (n = 27) were excluded from the comparison. Results The duration of illness was significantly correlated with the Angry Hostility score (p = 0.002) after controlling for age. Scores were significantly higher in the long group than in the short group (p = 0.04). No significant association was observed between Impulsiveness scores and duration of illness. Conclusion The present study suggests that longer PD duration is related to a stronger tendency to experience anger.
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- Nagisa Sugaya
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004 Japan
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- Outpatient Clinic for Anxiety Disorders, Akasaka Clinic, 3-9-18 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan
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- Outpatient Clinic for Anxiety Disorders, Akasaka Clinic, 3-9-18 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan ; Kinkou Hospital, Kanagawa Psychiatric Center, 2-5-1, Serigaya, Kounan-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 233-0006 Japan ; Neural Plasticity Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506 Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8655 Japan
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- Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654 Japan ; Office for Mental Health Support, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654 Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8655 Japan
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- Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654 Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507 Japan
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- School of Psychological Science, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, 2-5 Ainosato, Kita-ku,, Sapporo, Hokkaido 002-8072 Japan
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-1192 Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Koseikai Michinoo Hospital, 1-1 Nijigaoka-machi, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki 852-8055 Japan
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- Outpatient Clinic for Anxiety Disorders, Akasaka Clinic, 3-9-18 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan ; Research Center for Panic Disorder, Nagoya Mental Clinic, 1-16 Tsubaki-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 453-0015 Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507 Japan ; Research Center for Panic Disorder, Nagoya Mental Clinic, 1-16 Tsubaki-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 453-0015 Japan
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- Office for Mental Health Support, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654 Japan ; Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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Konishi Y, Tanii H, Otowa T, Sasaki T, Motomura E, Fujita A, Umekage T, Tochigi M, Kaiya H, Okazaki Y, Okada M. Gender-specific association between the COMT Val158Met polymorphism and openness to experience in panic disorder patients. Neuropsychobiology 2015; 69:165-74. [PMID: 24852514 DOI: 10.1159/000360737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Because major depression and panic disorder are both more prevalent among females and since several lines of evidence suggest that genetic factors might influence an individual's vulnerability to panic disorder, gene-gender interactions are being examined in such psychiatric disorders and mental traits. A number of studies have suggested that specific genes, e.g. catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), might lead to distinct clinical characteristics of panic disorder. METHOD We compared gender-specific personality-related psychological factors of 470 individuals with panic disorder and 458 healthy controls in terms of their COMT Val158Met polymorphism and their scores on the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) with a 1-way analysis of covariance. RESULTS In the male panic disorder patients, the NEO PI-R score for openness to experience was significantly lower in the Met/Met carrier group, whereas there was no such association among the female panic disorder patients or the male or female control groups. CONCLUSION The gender-specific effect of the COMT genotype suggests that the COMT Val/Met genotype may influence a personality trait, openness to experience, in males with panic disorder.
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- Yoshiaki Konishi
- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Brain Science and Animal Model Research Center, Mie University, Tsu, Japan
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Oh G, Wang SC, Pal M, Chen ZF, Khare T, Tochigi M, Ng C, Yang YA, Kwan A, Kaminsky ZA, Mill J, Gunasinghe C, Tackett JL, Gottesman II, Willemsen G, de Geus EJ, Vink JM, Slagboom PE, Wray NR, Heath AC, Montgomery GW, Turecki G, Martin NG, Boomsma DI, McGuffin P, Kustra R, Petronis A. DNA modification study of major depressive disorder: beyond locus-by-locus comparisons. Biol Psychiatry 2015; 77:246-255. [PMID: 25108803 PMCID: PMC4277915 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2014] [Revised: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/08/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) exhibits numerous clinical and molecular features that are consistent with putative epigenetic misregulation. Despite growing interest in epigenetic studies of psychiatric diseases, the methodologies guiding such studies have not been well defined. METHODS We performed DNA modification analysis in white blood cells from monozygotic twins discordant for MDD, in brain prefrontal cortex, and germline (sperm) samples from affected individuals and control subjects (total N = 304) using 8.1K CpG island microarrays and fine mapping. In addition to the traditional locus-by-locus comparisons, we explored the potential of new analytical approaches in epigenomic studies. RESULTS In the microarray experiment, we detected a number of nominally significant DNA modification differences in MDD and validated selected targets using bisulfite pyrosequencing. Some MDD epigenetic changes, however, overlapped across brain, blood, and sperm more often than expected by chance. We also demonstrated that stratification for disease severity and age may increase the statistical power of epimutation detection. Finally, a series of new analytical approaches, such as DNA modification networks and machine-learning algorithms using binary and quantitative depression phenotypes, provided additional insights on the epigenetic contributions to MDD. CONCLUSIONS Mapping epigenetic differences in MDD (and other psychiatric diseases) is a complex task. However, combining traditional and innovative analytical strategies may lead to identification of disease-specific etiopathogenic epimutations.
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- Institute of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan.
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Hashimoto R, Ikeda M, Yamashita F, Ohi K, Yamamori H, Yasuda Y, Fujimoto M, Fukunaga M, Nemoto K, Takahashi T, Tochigi M, Onitsuka T, Yamasue H, Matsuo K, Iidaka T, Iwata N, Suzuki M, Takeda M, Kasai K, Ozaki N. Common variants at 1p36 are associated with superior frontal gyrus volume. Transl Psychiatry 2014; 4:e472. [PMID: 25335168 PMCID: PMC4350516 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2014.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Revised: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The superior frontal gyrus (SFG), an area of the brain frequently found to have reduced gray matter in patients with schizophrenia, is involved in self-awareness and emotion, which are impaired in schizophrenia. However, no genome-wide association studies of SFG volume have investigated in patients with schizophrenia. To identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with SFG volumes, we demonstrated a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of gray matter volumes in the right or left SFG of 158 patients with schizophrenia and 378 healthy subjects. We attempted to bioinformatically ascertain the potential effects of the top hit polymorphism on the expression levels of genes at the genome-wide region. We found associations between five variants on 1p36.12 and the right SFG volume at a widely used benchmark for genome-wide significance (P<5.0 × 10(-8)). The strongest association was observed at rs4654899, an intronic SNP in the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4 gamma, 3 (EIF4G3) gene on 1p36.12 (P=7.5 × 10(-9)). No SNP with genome-wide significance was found in the volume of the left SFG (P>5.0 × 10(-8)); however, the rs4654899 polymorphism was identified as the locus with the second strongest association with the volume of the left SFG (P=1.5 × 10(-6)). In silico analyses revealed a proxy SNP of rs4654899 had effect on gene expression of two genes, HP1BP3 lying 3' to EIF4G3 (P=7.8 × 10(-6)) and CAPN14 at 2p (P=6.3 × 10(-6)), which are expressed in moderate-to-high levels throughout the adult human SFG. These results contribute to understand genetic architecture of a brain structure possibly linked to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
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- R Hashimoto
- Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan,Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan,Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, D3, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan. E-mail:
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
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- Division of Ultrahigh Field MRI, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Iwate, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan,Department of Molecular Neuropsychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Biofunctional Imaging, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan,Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Konishi Y, Tanii H, Otowa T, Sasaki T, Tochigi M, Umekage T, Motomura E, Shiroyama T, Kaiya H, Okazaki Y, Okada M. Gene×gene×gender interaction of BDNF and COMT genotypes associated with panic disorder. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2014; 51:119-25. [PMID: 24508446 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2014.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Genetic and gender differences are among the factors that have a role in the etiology of panic disorder (PD). It is thought that PD is related to neurotransmitter pathways, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), both of which are involved in the regulation of the monoamine mechanism. We examined the interactions of BDNF, COMT and gender differences in terms of personality characteristics in PD. The subjects were 470 patients (178 men, 292 women) with a DSM-IV diagnosis of PD, and 458 healthy controls (195 men, 263 women). The subjects were further clinically characterized using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). COMT Val158Met polymorphisms (rs4680) and BDNF Val66Met (rs6265) polymorphisms were genotyped using allelic discrimination by a real-time PCR assay. A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was performed with STAI and NEO-PI-R scores as the dependent factor, gender and genotyping groups (BDNF and COMT) as fixed factors, and the covariate of age in the PD and healthy control groups. Post hoc MANCOVA tests were conducted to evaluate COMT × BDNF interactions. An interaction of BDNF × COMT × gender was confirmed in the PD group by MANCOVA on STAI scores and NEO-PI-R Neuroticism and Extraversion scores, whereas no association of such interactions was observed in the healthy controls. The anxiety sensitivity of the COMT Met+BDNF Val/Val carriers was higher than that of the COMT Val/Val+BDNF Val/Val carriers by post hoc MANCOVA. A significant BDNF × COMT × gender interaction was observed in the PD patients but not in the controls. Our findings partly demonstrated the involvement of a gene × gene × gender interaction in the pathogenesis of PD.
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- Yoshiaki Konishi
- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Brain Science and Animal Model Research Center (BSAM), Mie University, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Brain Science and Animal Model Research Center (BSAM), Mie University, Mie, Japan.
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division for Environment, Health and Safety, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Brain Science and Animal Model Research Center (BSAM), Mie University, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Brain Science and Animal Model Research Center (BSAM), Mie University, Mie, Japan
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- Research Center for Panic Disorder, Nagoya Mental Clinic, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Brain Science and Animal Model Research Center (BSAM), Mie University, Mie, Japan
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Matamura M, Tochigi M, Usami S, Yonehara H, Fukushima M, Nishida A, Togo F, Sasaki T. Associations between sleep habits and mental health status and suicidality in a longitudinal survey of monozygotic twin adolescents. J Sleep Res 2014; 23:290-4. [PMID: 24456111 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2013] [Accepted: 12/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Several epidemiological studies have indicated that there is a relationship between sleep habits, such as sleep duration, bedtime and bedtime regularity, and mental health status, including depression and anxiety in adolescents. However, it is still to be clarified whether the relationship is direct cause-and-effect or mediated by the influence of genetic and other traits, i.e. quasi-correlation. To examine this issue, we conducted a twin study using a total of 314 data for monozygotic twins from a longitudinal survey of sleep habits and mental health status conducted in a unified junior and senior high school (grades 7-12), located in Tokyo, Japan. Three-level hierarchical linear model analysis showed that both bedtime and sleep duration had significant associations with the Japanese version of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) score, suicidal thoughts and the experience of self-harm behaviours when genetic factors and shared environmental factors, which were completely shared between co-twins, were controlled for. These associations were statistically significant even after controlling for bedtime regularity, which was also associated significantly with the GHQ-12 score. These suggest that the associations between sleep habits and mental health status were still statistically significant after controlling for the influence of genetic and shared environmental factors of twins, and that there may be a direct cause-and-effect in the relationship in adolescents. Thus, late bedtime and short sleep duration could predict subsequent development of depression and anxiety, including suicidal or self-injury risk. This suggests that poor mental health status in adolescents might be improved by health education and intervention concerning sleep and lifestyle habits.
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- Misato Matamura
- Department of Physical and Health Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Sakakibara E, Takizawa R, Nishimura Y, Kawasaki S, Satomura Y, Kinoshita A, Koike S, Marumo K, Kinou M, Tochigi M, Nishida N, Tokunaga K, Eguchi S, Yamasaki S, Natsubori T, Iwashiro N, Inoue H, Takano Y, Takei K, Suga M, Yamasue H, Matsubayashi J, Kohata K, Shimojo C, Okuhata S, Kono T, Kuwabara H, Ishii-Takahashi A, Kawakubo Y, Kasai K. Genetic influences on prefrontal activation during a verbal fluency task in adults: A twin study based on multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy. Neuroimage 2014; 85 Pt 1:508-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.03.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Sugaya N, Yoshida E, Yasuda S, Tochigi M, Takei K, Ohtani T, Otowa T, Minato T, Umekage T, Sakano Y, Chen J, Shimada H, Nomura S, Okazaki Y, Kaiya H, Tanii H, Sasaki T. Irritable bowel syndrome, its cognition, anxiety sensitivity, and anticipatory anxiety in panic disorder patients. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2013; 67:397-404. [PMID: 23890055 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2011] [Revised: 05/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM The present study examined the effect of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), cognitive appraisal of IBS, and anxiety sensitivity on anticipatory anxiety (AA) and agoraphobia (AG) in patients with panic disorder (PD). METHODS We examined 244 PD patients who completed a set of questionnaires that included the Rome II Modular Questionnaire to assess the presence of IBS, the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI), the Cognitive Appraisal Rating Scale (CARS; assessing the cognitive appraisal of abdominal symptoms in four dimensions: commitment, appraisal of effect, appraisal of threat, and controllability), and items about the severity of AA and AG. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview was used to diagnose AG and PD. RESULTS After excluding individuals with possible organic gastrointestinal diseases by using 'red flag items,' valid data were obtained from 174 participants, including 110 PD patients without IBS (PD/IBS[-]) and 64 with IBS (PD/IBS[+]). The PD/IBS[+] group had higher AA and higher comorbidity with AG than the PD/IBS[-] group. In the PD/IBS[+] group, the controllability score of CARS was significantly correlated with AA and ASI. Multiple regression analysis showed a significant effect of ASI but not of controllability on AA in PD/IBS[+] subjects. CONCLUSION This study suggested that the presence of IBS may be related to agoraphobia and anticipatory anxiety in PD patients. Cognitive appraisal could be partly related to anticipatory anxiety in PD patients with IBS with anxiety sensitivity mediating this correlation.
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- Nagisa Sugaya
- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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Ikegame T, Bundo M, Sunaga F, Asai T, Nishimura F, Yoshikawa A, Kawamura Y, Hibino H, Tochigi M, Kakiuchi C, Sasaki T, Kato T, Kasai K, Iwamoto K. DNA methylation analysis of BDNF gene promoters in peripheral blood cells of schizophrenia patients. Neurosci Res 2013; 77:208-14. [PMID: 23973796 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2013.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Revised: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 08/12/2013] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Accumulating evidence suggests that epigenetic alterations in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) promoters are associated with the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders. Epigenetic changes in BDNF were reported not only in brain tissues but also in other tissues, including peripheral blood cells (PBC) and saliva. We examined DNA methylation levels of BDNF promoters I and IV using genomic DNA derived from PBC of healthy controls (n=100), and patients with schizophrenia (n=100), all from the Japanese population, by pyrosequencing. The examined CpG sites were chosen based on previous epigenetic studies that reported altered DNA methylation. We found a significantly higher level of methylation at BDNF promoter I in patients with schizophrenia compared to controls, although the difference was small. Subsequent analysis revealed that in controls, the methylation level of BDNF promoters was associated with sex, and the methylation difference observed in promoter I was more prominent in male patients with schizophrenia. Epigenetic alteration of BDNF in the PBC might reflect the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, and could be a potential biomarker.
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- Tempei Ikegame
- Department of Molecular Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan; Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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Saito Y, Suga M, Tochigi M, Abe O, Yahata N, Kawakubo Y, Liu X, Kawamura Y, Sasaki T, Kasai K, Yamasue H. Neural correlate of autistic-like traits and a common allele in the oxytocin receptor gene. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2013; 9:1443-50. [PMID: 23946005 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Sub-clinical autistic-like traits (ALTs) are continuously distributed in the general population and genetically linked to autism. Although identifying the neurogenetic backgrounds of ALTs might enhance our ability to identify those of autism, they are largely unstudied. Here, we have examined the neuroanatomical basis of ALTs and their association with the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) rs2254298A, a known risk allele for autism in Asian populations which has also been implicated in limbic-paralimbic brain structures. First, we extracted a four-factor structure of ALTs, as measured using the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, including 'prosociality', 'communication', 'details/patterns' and 'imagination' in 135 neurotypical adults (79 men, 56 women) to reduce the genetic heterogeneity of ALTs. Then, in the same population, voxel-based morphometry revealed that lower 'prosociality', which indicates strong ALTs, was significantly correlated to smaller regional grey matter volume in the right insula in males. Males with lower 'prosociality' also had less interregional structural coupling between the right insula and the ventral anterior cingulate cortex. Furthermore, males with OXTR rs2254298A had significantly smaller grey matter volume in the right insula. These results show that decreased volume of the insula is a neuroanatomical correlate of ALTs and a potential intermediate phenotype linking ALTs with OXTR in male subjects.
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- Yuki Saito
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan, Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Health Service Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, and Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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Sugaya N, Yoshida E, Yasuda S, Tochigi M, Takei K, Otani T, Otowa T, Minato T, Umekage T, Konishi Y, Sakano Y, Chen J, Nomura S, Okazaki Y, Kaiya H, Sasaki T, Tanii H. Prevalence of bipolar disorder in panic disorder patients in the Japanese population. J Affect Disord 2013. [PMID: 23206320 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND We examined the rate of bipolar I (BPD-I) and bipolar II disorders (BPD-II) in panic disorder (PD) patients, and compared clinical and psychological variables between PD patients with and without bipolar disorders (BPD). METHODS Participants were 649 Japanese patients with PD (215 men and 434 women, 38.49 ± 10.40 years) at outpatient clinics for anxiety disorders. Constructive interviews using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) were conducted to confirm the diagnosis of PD, agoraphobia, and BPD, as well as the presence and severity of suicide risk in each subject. Clinical records were also reviewed to confirm the diagnosis of PD and BPD. Participants then completed several questionnaires, including the State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait scale, the Anxiety Sensitivity Index, and the Revised Neuroticism-Extraversion- Openness Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R). RESULTS We found that 22.34% of the PD patients had BPD (BPD-I: 5.24%, BPD-II: 17.10%). PD patients with BPD-I showed higher prevalence and severity of suicide risk, trait anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, and neuroticism, and lower agreeableness (subscales of the NEO-PI-R) than those with BPD-II and those without BPD. LIMITATION First, we could not investigate the order of the onset of PD and BPD. Second, BPD patients without PD were not studied as another control group for PD patients with BPD. CONCLUSION PD patients had high prevalence of BPD. Both PD patients with BPD-I and those with BPD-II had high severity of suicide risk, trait anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, neuroticism, and agreeableness, though these characteristics were more prominent in patients with BPD-I.
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- Nagisa Sugaya
- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Japan
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Tochigi M, Nishida A, Shimodera S, Okazaki Y, Sasaki T. Season of birth effect on psychotic-like experiences in Japanese adolescents. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2013; 22:89-93. [PMID: 22983561 PMCID: PMC3562433 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-012-0326-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2012] [Accepted: 09/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A number of studies have investigated seasonality of birth in schizophrenia. Most of the studies have consistently observed an excess of winter births, often associated with decreased summer births. We postulated that psychotic-like experiences (PLEs), subclinical hallucinatory and delusional experiences, may also be affected by birth season. In the present study, we assessed the season of birth effect on the prevalence of PLEs using data from the cross-sectional survey of 19,436 Japanese adolescents. As a result, significant excess of winter births was observed in the prevalence of PLEs, accompanied by a decreased proportion of summer births. The odds ratios for the prevalence of PLEs were estimated to be 1.11, which was on the same order with those for the development of schizophrenia in the previous meta-analytic studies. To our knowledge, this is the first to show the seasonality of birth in the prevalence of PLEs and implicate the winter birth effect on subclinical stage of schizophrenia.
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- Mamoru Tochigi
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8655 Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Kamikitazawa 2-1-6, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8506 Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505 Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, 2-1-1 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya, Tokyo, 156-0057 Japan
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- Department of Health Education, Graduate School of Education and Office for Mental Health Support, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8655 Japan
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Tochigi M, Nishida A, Shimodera S, Oshima N, Inoue K, Okazaki Y, Sasaki T. Irregular bedtime and nocturnal cellular phone usage as risk factors for being involved in bullying: a cross-sectional survey of Japanese adolescents. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45736. [PMID: 23029211 PMCID: PMC3446940 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 08/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Purpose A number of studies have tried to identify risk factors for being involved in bullying in order to help developing preventive measures; however, to our knowledge, no study has investigated the effect of nocturnal lifestyle behavior such as sleep pattern or cellular phone usage. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between school bullying and sleep pattern or nocturnal cellular phone usage in adolescents. The effect of school size on school bullying was also examined. Methods Data from the cross-sectional survey of psychopathologies conducted for 19,436 Japanese students from 45 public junior high schools (7th–9th grade) and 28 senior high schools (10th–12th grade) were analyzed. Results Bullying status was significantly associated with irregular bedtime (OR = 1.23 and 1.41 for pure bullies and bully-victims, respectively) and e-mail exchange or calling after lights-out (OR = 1.53 and 1.31 for pure bullies and bully-victims, respectively) after controlling domestic violence and substance usage. In addition, school size was significantly associated with the increased risk of bullying in junior high school students (OR = 1.13 for bully-victims). Conclusions The present results suggested that sleep pattern and nocturnal cellular phone usage might be risk factors for being involved in school bullying in adolescents. Although further accumulation of data is needed, progressive trend towards nocturnal lifestyle and increasing usage of cellular phone might impair the well-being of adolescents. School-based interventions for lifestyle including sleep pattern and cellular phone usage may be encouraged to reduce school bullying.
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- Mamoru Tochigi
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Schizophrenia Research, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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- Office for Mental Health Support, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Education, Graduate School of Education and Office for Mental Health Support, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Khare T, Pai S, Koncevicius K, Pal M, Kriukiene E, Liutkeviciute Z, Irimia M, Jia P, Ptak C, Xia M, Tice R, Tochigi M, Moréra S, Nazarians A, Belsham D, Wong AHC, Blencowe BJ, Wang SC, Kapranov P, Kustra R, Labrie V, Klimasauskas S, Petronis A. 5-hmC in the brain is abundant in synaptic genes and shows differences at the exon-intron boundary. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2012; 19:1037-43. [PMID: 22961382 PMCID: PMC3465469 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 08/02/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC), a derivative of 5-methylcytosine (5-mC), is abundant in the brain for unknown reasons. Our goal was to characterize the genomic distribution of 5-hmC and 5-mC in human and mouse tissues. We assayed 5-hmC using glucosylation coupled with restriction enzyme digestion, and interrogation on microarrays. We detected 5-hmC enrichment in genes with synapse-related functions in both human and mouse brain. We also identified substantial tissue-specific differential distributions of these DNA modifications at the exon-intron boundary, in both human and mouse. This boundary change was mainly due to 5-hmC in the brain, but due to 5-mC in non-neural contexts. This pattern was replicated in multiple independent datasets and with single molecule sequencing. Moreover, in human frontal cortex, constitutive exons contained higher levels of 5-hmC, relative to alternatively-spliced exons. Our study suggests a novel role for 5-hmC in RNA splicing and synaptic function in the brain.
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- Tarang Khare
- The Krembil Family Epigenetics Laboratory, The Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Kaminsky Z, Tochigi M, Jia P, Pal M, Mill J, Kwan A, Ioshikhes I, Vincent JB, Kennedy JL, Strauss J, Pai S, Wang SC, Petronis A. A multi-tissue analysis identifies HLA complex group 9 gene methylation differences in bipolar disorder. Mol Psychiatry 2012; 17:728-40. [PMID: 21647149 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2011.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Epigenetic studies of DNA and histone modifications represent a new and important activity in molecular investigations of human disease. Our previous epigenome-wide scan identified numerous DNA methylation differences in post-mortem brain samples from individuals affected with major psychosis. In this article, we present the results of fine mapping DNA methylation differences at the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex group 9 gene (HCG9) in bipolar disorder (BPD). Sodium bisulfite conversion coupled with pyrosequencing was used to interrogate 28 CpGs spanning ∼700 bp region of HCG9 in 1402 DNA samples from post-mortem brains, peripheral blood cells and germline (sperm) of bipolar disease patients and controls. The analysis of nearly 40 000 CpGs revealed complex relationships between DNA methylation and age, medication as well as DNA sequence variation (rs1128306). Two brain tissue cohorts exhibited lower DNA methylation in bipolar disease patients compared with controls at an extended HCG9 region (P=0.026). Logistic regression modeling of BPD as a function of rs1128306 genotype, age and DNA methylation uncovered an independent effect of DNA methylation in white blood cells (odds ratio (OR)=1.08, P=0.0077) and the overall sample (OR=1.24, P=0.0011). Receiver operating characteristic curve A prime statistics estimated a 69-72% probability of correct BPD prediction from a case vs control pool. Finally, sperm DNA demonstrated a significant association (P=0.018) with BPD at one of the regions demonstrating epigenetic changes in the post-mortem brain and peripheral blood samples. The consistent multi-tissue epigenetic differences at HCG9 argue for a causal association with BPD.
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- Z Kaminsky
- The Krembil Family Epigenetics Laboratory, Neuroscience Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Oshima N, Nishida A, Shimodera S, Tochigi M, Ando S, Yamasaki S, Okazaki Y, Sasaki T. The Suicidal Feelings, Self-Injury, and Mobile Phone Use After Lights Out in Adolescents. J Pediatr Psychol 2012; 37:1023-30. [DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Watanabe Y, Egawa J, Iijima Y, Nunokawa A, Kaneko N, Shibuya M, Arinami T, Ujike H, Inada T, Iwata N, Tochigi M, Kunugi H, Itokawa M, Ozaki N, Hashimoto R, Someya T. A two-stage case-control association study between the tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2) gene and schizophrenia in a Japanese population. Schizophr Res 2012; 137:264-6. [PMID: 22342331 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2011] [Revised: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Horiuchi Y, Iida S, Koga M, Ishiguro H, Iijima Y, Inada T, Watanabe Y, Someya T, Ujike H, Iwata N, Ozaki N, Kunugi H, Tochigi M, Itokawa M, Arai M, Niizato K, Iritani S, Kakita A, Takahashi H, Nawa H, Arinami T. Association of SNPs linked to increased expression of SLC1A1 with schizophrenia. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2012; 159B:30-7. [PMID: 22095641 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2011] [Accepted: 10/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Glutamate is one of the key molecules involved in signal transduction in the brain, and dysfunction of glutamate signaling could be linked to schizophrenia. The SLC1A1 gene located at 9p24 encodes the glutamate transporter EAAT3/EAAC1. To investigate the association between the SLC1A1 gene and schizophrenia in the Japanese population, we genotyped 19 tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (tagSNPs) in the SLC1A1 gene in 576 unrelated individuals with schizophrenia and 576 control subjects followed by replication in an independent case-control study of 1,344 individuals with schizophrenia and 1,344 control subjects. In addition, we determined the boundaries of the copy number variation (CNV) region in the first intron (Database of Genomic Variants, chr9:4516796-4520549) and directly genotyped the CNV because of significant deviation from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The CNV was not associated with schizophrenia. Four SNPs showed a possible association with schizophrenia in the screening subjects and the associations were replicated in the same direction (nominal allelic P < 0.05), and, among them, an association with rs7022369 was replicated even after Bonferroni correction (allelic nominal P = 5 × 10(-5) , allelic corrected P = 2.5 × 10(-4) , allelic odds ratio, 1.30; 95% CI: 1.14-1.47 in the combined subjects). Expression analysis quantified by the real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction in the postmortem prefrontal cortex of 43 Japanese individuals with schizophrenia and 11 Japanese control subjects revealed increased SLC1A1 expression levels in individuals homozygous for the rs7022369 risk allele (P = 0.003). Our findings suggest the involvement of SLC1A1 in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia.
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- Yasue Horiuchi
- Department of Medical Genetics, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Deng X, Takaki H, Wang L, Kuroki T, Nakahara T, Hashimoto K, Ninomiya H, Arinami T, Inada T, Ujike H, Itokawa M, Tochigi M, Watanabe Y, Someya T, Kunugi H, Iwata N, Ozaki N, Shibata H, Fukumaki Y. Positive association of phencyclidine-responsive genes, PDE4A and PLAT, with schizophrenia. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2011; 156B:850-8. [PMID: 21898905 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2010] [Accepted: 07/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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As schizophrenia-like symptoms are produced by administration of phencyclidine (PCP), a noncompetitive antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, PCP-responsive genes could be involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. We injected PCP to Wistar rats and isolated five different parts of the brain in 1 and 4 hr after the injection. We analyzed the gene expression induced by the PCP treatment of these tissues using the AGILENT rat cDNA microarray system. We observed changes in expression level in 90 genes and 21 ESTs after the treatment. Out of the 10 genes showing >2-fold expressional change evaluated by qRT-PCR, we selected 7 genes as subjects for the locus-wide association study to identify susceptibility genes for schizophrenia in the Japanese population. In haplotype analysis, significant associations were detected in combinations of two SNPs of BTG2 (P = 1.4 × 10(-6) ), PDE4A (P = 1.4 × 10(-6) ), and PLAT (P = 1 × 10(-3) ), after false discovery rate (FDR) correction. Additionally, we not only successfully replicated the haplotype associations in PDE4A (P = 6.8 × 10(-12) ) and PLAT (P = 0.015), but also detected single-point associations of one SNP in PDE4A (P = 0.0068) and two SNPs in PLAT (P = 0.0260 and 0.0104) in another larger sample set consisting of 2,224 cases and 2,250 controls. These results indicate that PDE4A and PLAT may be susceptibility genes for schizophrenia in the Japanese population.
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- Xiangdong Deng
- Division of Human Molecular Genetics, Research Center for Genetic Information, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Kawakubo Y, Suga M, Tochigi M, Yumoto M, Itoh K, Sasaki T, Kano Y, Kasai K. Effects of metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 genotype on phonetic mismatch negativity. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24929. [PMID: 22022368 PMCID: PMC3191133 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The genetic and molecular basis of glutamatergic dysfunction is one key to understand schizophrenia, with the identification of an intermediate phenotype being an essential step. Mismatch negativity (MMN) or its magnetic counterpart, magnetic mismatch field (MMF) is an index of preattentive change detection processes in the auditory cortex and is generated through glutamatergic neurotransmission. We have previously shown that MMN/MMF in response to phoneme change is markedly reduced in schizophrenia. Variations in metabotropic glutamate receptor (GRM3) may be associated with schizophrenia, and has been shown to affect cortical function. Here we investigated the effect of GRM3 genotypes on phonetic MMF in healthy men. Methods MMF in response to phoneme change was recorded using magnetoencephalography in 41 right-handed healthy Japanese men. Based on previous genetic association studies in schizophrenia, 4 candidate SNPs (rs6465084, rs2299225, rs1468412, rs274622) were genotyped. Results GRM3 rs274622 genotype variations significantly predicted MMF strengths (p = 0.009), with C carriers exhibiting significantly larger MMF strengths in both hemispheres compared to the TT subjects. Conclusions These results suggest that variations in GRM3 genotype modulate the auditory cortical response to phoneme change in humans. MMN/MMF, particularly those in response to speech sounds, may be a promising and sensitive intermediate phenotype for clarifying glutamatergic dysfunction in schizophrenia.
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- Yuki Kawakubo
- Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Otowa T, Tochigi M, Umekage T, Ebisawa T, Kasai K, Kato N, Sasaki T. No association between CLOCK gene 3111C/T polymorphism and personality traits in healthy Japanese subjects. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2011; 65:604. [PMID: 22003994 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2011.02259.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kinoshita A, Takizawa R, Nishimura Y, Marumo K, Tochigi M, Sasaki T, Kasai K. Effect of GRM3 gene polymorphism on cerebral blood flow in category fluencytask: A NIRS study. Neurosci Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.07.1724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Nishimura Y, Takizawa R, Koike S, Tochigi M, Sasaki T, Yoshikawa T, Kasai K. Association between EGR3 gene polymorphism and prefrontal hemodynamic response during cognitive task in patients with schizophrenia. Neurosci Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.07.1732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Otowa T, Shimada T, Kawamura Y, Sugaya N, Yoshida E, Inoue K, Yasuda S, Liu X, Minato T, Tochigi M, Umekage T, Kasai K, Tanii H, Okazaki Y, Kaiya H, Sasaki T. Association of RGS2 variants with panic disorder in a Japanese population. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2011; 156B:430-4. [PMID: 21438143 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2010] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Panic disorder (PD) is a severe and chronic psychiatric disorder with significant genetic components underlying its etiology. The gene regulator of G protein signaling 2 (RGS2) has been reported to be associated with anxiety disorders. To confirm the association of RGS2 with PD, we investigated three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of RGS2 (rs10801152, rs4606, and rs1819741) in 677 Japanese PD cases and 460 controls. The SNP rs10801152 was suggestive of an association with PD (allele P = 0.045 adjusted using sex and age as confounding factors). The three-SNP haplotype was significantly associated with PD (global permutation P = 4 × 10(-4)). The haplotypes T-G-C and T-C-T showed significant association and protective effect on PD (T-G-C, permutation P = 0.038, OR = 0.80, 95%CI = 0.68-0.95; T-C-T, permutation P = 0.004, OR = 0.38, 95%CI = 0.21-0.70). These results provide support for an association of RGS2 with PD in a Japanese population.
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- Takeshi Otowa
- Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0126, USA.
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Otowa T, Kawamura Y, Sugaya N, Yoshida E, Shimada T, Liu X, Tochigi M, Umekage T, Miyagawa T, Nishida N, Kaiya H, Okazaki Y, Tokunaga K, Sasaki T. Association study of PDE4B with panic disorder in the Japanese population. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2011; 35:545-9. [PMID: 21184794 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2010] [Revised: 12/13/2010] [Accepted: 12/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Panic disorder (PD) is a severe and chronic psychiatric disorder with genetic components underlying in its etiology. The Phosphodiesterase 4B (PDE4B) gene has been reported to be associated with several psychiatric disorders. Several studies indicated that PDE4B may be involved in the regulation of anxiety and depression. Therefore, we investigate the association of PDE4B with PD in the Japanese population. METHODS We genotyped 14 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of PDE4B in 231 PD cases (85 males and 146 females) and 407 controls (162 males and 245 females). Differences in the genotype, allele and haplotype frequencies between the two groups were compared. RESULTS We found a significant association between PDE4B and PD in the haplotype analysis (haplotype C-T-T-A, permutation P=0.031, OR=1.81, 95% CI=1.30-2.51). Sex-specific analyses demonstrated that PDE4B was associated with PD in females in the allele/genotype and haplotype analyses (rs10454453, allele P=0.042, genotype P=0.0034; haplotype C-T-T-A, permutation P=0.028). CONCLUSION Our results suggest that PDE4B may play a role in the pathophysiology of PD in the Japanese population. Replication studies using larger samples will be needed for more reliable conclusions.
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- Takeshi Otowa
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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Inoue H, Yamasue H, Tochigi M, Abe O, Liu X, Kawamura Y, Takei K, Suga M, Yamada H, Rogers MA, Aoki S, Sasaki T, Kasai K. Association between the oxytocin receptor gene and amygdalar volume in healthy adults. Biol Psychiatry 2010; 68:1066-72. [PMID: 20832055 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2009] [Revised: 07/10/2010] [Accepted: 07/12/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent studies have suggested that oxytocin affects social cognition and behavior mediated by the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) in amygdala in humans as well as in experimental animals. Genetic studies have revealed a link between the OXTR gene and the susceptibility to autism spectrum disorders (ASD), especially in the social dysfunctional feature of ASD. METHODS We examined the relationship between amygdala volume measured with manual tracing methodology and seven single nucleotide polymorphisms and one haplotype-block in OXTR, which were previously reported to be associated with ASD, in 208 socially intact Japanese adults with no neuropsychiatric history or current diagnosis. RESULTS The rs2254298A allele of OXTR was significantly associated with larger bilateral amygdala volume. The rs2254298A allele effect on amygdala volume varied in proportion to the dose of this allele. The larger the number of rs2254298A alleles an individual had, the larger their amygdala volume. Such an association was not observed with hippocampal volume or with global brain volumes, including whole gray, white matter, and cerebrospinal-fluid space. Furthermore, two three-single nucleotide polymorphism haplotypes, including rs2254298G allele, showed significant associations with the smaller bilateral amygdala volume. CONCLUSIONS The present results suggest that OXTR might be associated with the susceptibility to ASD, especially in its aspects of social interaction and communication mediated by a modulation of amygdala development, one of the most distributed brain regions with high density of OXTR. Furthermore, amygdala volume measured with magnetic resonance imaging could be a useful intermediate phenotype to uncover the complex link between OXTR and social dysfunction in ASD.
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- Hideyuki Inoue
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Inoue H, Yamasue H, Tochigi M, Suga M, Iwayama Y, Abe O, Yamada H, Rogers MA, Aoki S, Kato T, Sasaki T, Yoshikawa T, Kasai K. Functional (GT)n polymorphisms in promoter region ofN-methyl-d-aspartate receptor 2A subunit (GRIN2A) gene affect hippocampal and amygdala volumes. Genes, Brain and Behavior 2010; 9:269-75. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2009.00557.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Inoue H, Yamasue H, Tochigi M, Takei K, Suga M, Abe O, Yamada H, Rogers MA, Aoki S, Sasaki T, Kasai K. Effect of tryptophan hydroxylase-2 gene variants on amygdalar and hippocampal volumes. Brain Res 2010; 1331:51-7. [PMID: 20331984 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.03.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2009] [Revised: 03/14/2010] [Accepted: 03/15/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of serotonin (5-HT). Genetic variations in human TPH2, a newly identified isoform of TPH, have been shown to impact on enzymatic activity of TPH and to be associated with emotion-related personality traits and mood/anxiety disorders. Identification of an intermediate phenotype that bridges the relationship between genes and behavior may be of great importance in the further clarification of how hTPH2 contributes to emotional regulation. Previous studies have shown that a polymorphism in the upstream regulatory region of hTPH2 (SNP G-703T, rs4570625) correlates functional MRI response of the amygdala. In this study, we examined the effect of this genotype on amygdalar and hippocampal volumes in 208 mentally healthy individuals. To measure volumes of amygdala and hippocampus, gray matter regions of interest were outlined manually on three-dimensional MRI data obtained using a 1.5-T scanner. Additionally, personality traits were evaluated using the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). Those subjects with T allele carriers were associated with significantly smaller volumes in bilateral amygdala and hippocampus and higher reward dependence than those with G allele homozygotes. These results suggest that amygdalar and hippocampal volumes assessed using MRI may be a useful intermediate phenotype that will uncover the biological pathway linking 5-HT synthesis and emotional behaviors and affective disorders.
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- Hideyuki Inoue
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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Liu X, Kawamura Y, Shimada T, Otowa T, Koishi S, Sugiyama T, Nishida H, Hashimoto O, Nakagami R, Tochigi M, Umekage T, Kano Y, Miyagawa T, Kato N, Tokunaga K, Sasaki T. Association of the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene polymorphisms with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the Japanese population. J Hum Genet 2010; 55:137-41. [PMID: 20094064 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene, which is located on chromosome 3p25.3, has been implicated as a candidate gene for susceptibility of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Positive associations between OXTR and ASD have been reported in earlier studies. However, the results were inconsistent and demand further studies. In this study, we investigated the associations between OXTR and ASD in a Japanese population by analyzing 11 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using both family-based association test (FBAT) and population-based case-control test. No significant signal was detected in the FBAT test. However, significant differences were observed in allelic frequencies of four SNPs, including rs2254298 between patients and controls. The risk allele of rs2254298 was 'A', which was consistent with the previous study in Chinese, and not with the observations in Caucasian. The difference in the risk allele of this SNP in previous studies might be attributable to an ethnic difference in the linkage disequilibrium structure between the Asians and Caucasians. In addition, haplotype analysis exhibits a significant association between a five-SNP haplotype and ASD, including rs22542898. In conclusion, our study might support that OXTR has a significant role in conferring the risk of ASD in the Japanese population.
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- Xiaoxi Liu
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Inoue H, Yamasue H, Tochigi M, Abe O, Takei K, Suga M, Yamada H, Rogers MA, Aoki S, Liu X, Kawamura Y, Sasaki T, Kasai K. Association between the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) and amygdalar volume in healthy adults. Neurosci Res 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2010.07.2479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Otowa T, Tanii H, Sugaya N, Yoshida E, Inoue K, Yasuda S, Shimada T, Kawamura Y, Tochigi M, Minato T, Umekage T, Miyagawa T, Nishida N, Tokunaga K, Okazaki Y, Kaiya H, Sasaki T. Replication of a genome-wide association study of panic disorder in a Japanese population. J Hum Genet 2009; 55:91-6. [PMID: 19960027 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Panic disorder (PD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and unexpected panic attacks, subsequent worry and phobic avoidance. Although a number of association and linkage studies have been conducted, no gene has been identified as a susceptibility locus. We previously conducted a genome-wide association analysis of PD in 200 Japanese patients and the same number of controls, using a 500 K single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) chip. In this study, we report a replication analysis of PD using the DigTag2 assay. The second stage sample consisted of 558 Japanese patients and 566 controls. Thirty-two markers were tested in a replication sample. As a result, no significant association was found after correction for multiple testing. However, the difference was observed at the nominal allele P-value <0.05 for two SNPs (rs6733840 and rs132617). We also conducted haplotype analyses of SNPs in the APOL3 and CLU genes. Our results failed to show any significant association with PD in these genes. Further studies on these variants with a larger sample size may be worth testing to confirm the results.
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- Takeshi Otowa
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, the University of Tokyo, Japan.
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Takizawa R, Tochigi M, Kawakubo Y, Marumo K, Sasaki T, Fukuda M, Kasai K. Association between catechol-O-methyltrasferase Val108/158Met genotype and prefrontal hemodynamic response in schizophrenia. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5495. [PMID: 19424500 PMCID: PMC2675059 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2009] [Accepted: 04/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background “Imaging genetics” studies have shown that brain function by neuroimaging is a sensitive intermediate phenotype that bridges the gap between genes and psychiatric conditions. Although the evidence of association between functional val108/158met polymorphism of the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene (COMT) and increasing risk for developing schizophrenia from genetic association studies remains to be elucidated, one of the most topical findings from imaging genetics studies is the association between COMT genotype and prefrontal function in schizophrenia. The next important step in the translational approach is to establish a useful neuroimaging tool in clinical settings that is sensitive to COMT variation, so that the clinician could use the index to predict clinical response such as improvement in cognitive dysfunction by medication. Here, we investigated spatiotemporal characteristics of the association between prefrontal hemodynamic activation and the COMT genotype using a noninvasive neuroimaging technique, near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Methodology/Principal Findings Study participants included 45 patients with schizophrenia and 60 healthy controls matched for age and gender. Signals that are assumed to reflect regional cerebral blood volume were monitored over prefrontal regions from 52-channel NIRS and compared between two COMT genotype subgroups (Met carriers and Val/Val individuals) matched for age, gender, premorbid IQ, and task performance. The [oxy-Hb] increase in the Met carriers during the verbal fluency task was significantly greater than that in the Val/Val individuals in the frontopolar prefrontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia, although neither medication nor clinical symptoms differed significantly between the two subgroups. These differences were not found to be significant in healthy controls. Conclusions/Significance These data suggest that the prefrontal NIRS signals can noninvasively detect the impact of COMT variation in patients with schizophrenia. NIRS may be a promising candidate translational approach in psychiatric neuroimaging.
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- Ryu Takizawa
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Takizawa R, Tochigi M, Marumo K, Kawakubo Y, Sasaki T, Fukuda M, Kasai K. 23. Association between polymorphism of susceptibility genes and prefrontal hemodynamic activation in schizophrenia: A NIRS study. Clin Neurophysiol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Takizawa R, Hashimoto K, Tochigi M, Kawakubo Y, Marumo K, Sasaki T, Fukuda M, Kasai K. Association between sigma-1 receptor gene polymorphism and prefrontal hemodynamic response induced by cognitive activation in schizophrenia. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2009; 33:491-8. [PMID: 19439245 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2008] [Revised: 01/22/2009] [Accepted: 01/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The molecular biological role of the sigma-1 receptor (Sig-1R) has attracted much attention. Evidence suggests that the Sig-1R engaged in modulating NMDA and dopamine receptors is involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and the mechanism of psychotropic drug efficacy. However, whether the Sig-1R genotype affects brain function in schizophrenia in vivo remains unknown. We investigated the association between Sig-1R functional polymorphism (Gln2Pro) and brain function in schizophrenia. The subjects were 40 patients with schizophrenia and 60 healthy controls, all right-handed, who gave written informed consent to participate. Signals, detected from prefrontal regions by 52-channel near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) during cognitive activation, were compared between two Sig1-R genotype subgroups (Gln/Gln individuals and Pro carriers) matched for age, gender, premorbid IQ and task performance. The prefrontal hemodynamic response of healthy controls during the verbal fluency task was higher than that of patients with schizophrenia. For the patients with schizophrenia, even after controlling the effect of medication, the [oxy-Hb] increase in the prefrontal cortex of the Gln/Gln genotype group was significantly greater than that of the Pro carriers (false discovery rate corrected p<0.05). Clinical symptoms were not significantly different between the two Sig-1R genotype subgroups. These differences were not significant in the healthy controls. This is the first functional imaging genetics study that implicated the association between Sig-1R genotype and prefrontal cortical function in schizophrenia in vivo. Our findings also suggest that the prefrontal hemodynamic response assessed by noninvasive and less demanding NIRS is a useful intermediate phenotype for translational research in schizophrenia.
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- Ryu Takizawa
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
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