Shirai T, Okazaki S, Tanifuji T, Otsuka I, Miyachi M, Okada S, Shindo R, Horai T, Mouri K, Takahashi M, Kondo T, Ueno Y, Hishimoto A. Association study of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the hypoxia response element of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene promoter with suicide completers in the Japanese population.
Neuropsychopharmacol Rep 2024;
44:262-266. [PMID:
38267013 PMCID:
PMC10932791 DOI:
10.1002/npr2.12410]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
More than 800 000 people die by suicide annually. The heritability of suicide is 30%-50%. We focused on the hypoxia response element (HRE), which promotes the expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) via the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) pathway, important in neurogenesis and neuroprotection. We examined a genetic polymorphism of rs17004038, a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), in suicide completers and controls.
METHODS
The study population included 1336 suicide completers and 814 unrelated healthy controls. All participants were Japanese. We obtained peripheral blood, extracted DNA, and genotyped the patients for SNP rs17004038 (C > A).
RESULTS
No significant differences were observed between the two groups in either the allele or genotype analyses. Subgroup analyses by sex, age (<40 or ≥40), and suicide method (violent or nonviolent suicide) were performed with similar results.
CONCLUSION
No association was observed between SNP rs17004038 and suicide completion. Although it is challenging to collect a large number of samples from suicide completers, further MIF-related genetic studies, including those of rs17004038, are necessary with larger sample sizes.
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