Characterization of Age and Polarity at Onset in Bipolar Disorder

Autor: Aiden Corvin, Maria Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Mark Hyman Rapaport, Frederike T. Fellendorf, Urs Heilbronner, Mariam M. Al Eissa, John J Nurnberger, Claire O'Donovan, Claire Slaney, Mark A. Frye, Niamh L. O'Brien, Roland Hasler, Michael John Owen, Michael Conlon O'Donovan, Farah Klöhn-Saghatolislam, Markus M. Nöthen, Scott R. Clark, Mikael Landén, Lina Jonsson, Peter Falkai, Qingqin S. Li, Alessio Squassina, Simon Schmitt, Gustavo Turecki, Heike Anderson-Schmidt, Jonathan Repple, Sofie R. Aminoff, Eduard Vieta, Katherine Gordon-Smith, Stéphane Jamain, William Byerley, Hélène Richard-Lepouriel, Fermín Mayoral, Francis J. McMahon, Marin Veldic, Ingrid Melle, Andrew McQuillin, Nicholas Bass, Gloria Roberts, Douglas M. Ruderfer, John B. Vincent, Nelson B. Freimer, Kirov George, Wei Xu, Susan L. McElroy, Ceylan Balaban, Marco P. Boks, Franziska Degenhardt, Paul E. Croarkin, Wade H. Berrettini, Piotr M. Czerski, Fernando S. Goes, Peter P. Zandi, Sabrina K. Schaupp, Barbara W. Schweizer, Andrew M. McIntosh, Marcella Rietschel, Helena Pelin, Evelyn J. Bromet, Marion Leboyer, Ole A. Andreassen, Georgia Panagiotaropoulou, Alessia Fiorentino, Sally I. Sharp, Torbjørn Elvsåshagen, Kristina Adorjan, Monika Budde, Lisa Jones, Thomas G. Schulze, Vihra Milanova, Janos Kalman, Tim B. Bigdeli, Esther Jiménez, Abigail Ortiz, Dolores Malaspina, Kevin S. O’Connell, Sergi Papiol, Mario Maj, Tim Hahn, Frederike Stein, Jordan W. Smoller, Tomas Novak, Katrin Gade, J. Raymond DePaulo, Sarah Kittel-Schneider, Julia-Katharina Pfarr, Martin Alda, James A. Knowles, Sven Cichon, David Craig, Eli A. Stahl, William A. Scheftner, Bruno Etain, Annabel Vreeker, Guy A. Rouleau, Stephan Ripke, Clement C. Zai, Frank Bellivier, Giovanni Severino, Palmiero Monteleone, Ian Jones, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Mark Adams, John Strauss, Philip B. Mitchell, Andreas Reif, Fabian Streit, Roel A. Ophoff, James L. Kennedy, Nils Opel, Raffaella Ardau, Paul Grof, Peter R. Schofield, Susanne Bengesser, Maria Hake, Loes M. Olde Loohuis, Joanna Pawlak, Daniela Reich-Erkelenz, Ingrid Agartz, Maria Del Zompo, Antonio Benabarre, Bernhard T. Baune, Arianna Di Florio, Ashley L. Comes, Michael Gill, Cristiana Cruceanu, Susanne Meinert, William Coryell, Alessio Maria Monteleone, Fanny Senner, Trine Vik Lagerberg, Jose Guzman-Parra, Erik Pålsson, Elliot S. Gershon, Melvin G. McInnis, Pavla Stopkova, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, René S. Kahn, Janice M. Fullerton, Howard J. Edenberg, Tilo Kircher, Nina Dalkner, Udo Dannlowski, Rolf Adolfsson, Alfonso Tortorella, Jean-Michel Aubry, James B. Potash, Catina Chillotti, Eva Z. Reininghaus, Janet L. Sobell, Thorsten M. Kranz, Tina Meller, Ayman H. Fanous, Kai Ringwald, K Oliver Schubert, Andreas J. Forstner, Till F. M. Andlauer, Helena Medeiros, Mirko Manchia, Joanna M. Biernacka, Katharina Brosch, Julie Garnham, Olav B. Smeland, Eva C. Schulte, Carlos N. Pato, Nicholas John Craddock, Srdjan Djurovic, Pablo Cervantes, Michele T. Pato, John R. Kelsoe, Claudia Pisanu, Joanna Twarowska-Hauser, William Lawson
Rok vydání: 2021
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Popis: BackgroundStudying the phenotypic and genetic characteristics of age and polarity at onset (AAO, PAO) in bipolar disorder (BD) can provide new insights into disease pathology and facilitate the development of screening tools.AimsTo examine the genetic architecture of AAO and PAO and their association with BD disease characteristics.MethodsGenome-wide association studies (GWASs) and polygenic score (PGS) analyses of AAO (N=12977) and PAO (N=6773) were conducted in BD patients of 34 cohorts and a replication sample (N=2237). The association of onset with disease characteristics was investigated in two of these cohorts.ResultsEarlier AAO was associated with an increased risk of psychotic symptoms, suicidality, and fewer episodes. A depressive onset correlated with lifetime suicidality and a manic onset with delusions and manic episodes. Systematic differences in AAO between cohorts and continents of origin were observed. This was also reflected in SNV-based heritability estimates, with higher heritabilities for stricter onset definitions. Increased polygenic scores for autism spectrum disorder (β=-0.34 years, SE=0.08), major depression (β=-0.34 years, SE=0.08), schizophrenia (β=-0.39 years, SE=0.08), and educational attainment (β=-0.31 years, SE=0.08) were associated with an earlier AAO. The AAO GWAS identified one significant locus, but this finding did not replicate. Neither GWAS nor PGS analyses yielded significant associations with PAO.ConclusionsAAO and PAO are associated with indicators of BD severity. Individuals with an earlier onset show an increased polygenic liability for a broad spectrum of psychiatric traits. Systematic differences in AAO across cohorts, continents, and phenotype definitions introduce significant heterogeneity, affecting analyses.RELEVANCE STATEMENTIn the largest study to systematically characterize age at onset (N=12977) and polarity at onset (N=6773) in bipolar disorder, we describe an association between illness onset characteristics and indicators of severity, confirming their clinical relevance. Our study shows that that early illness onset is associated with genetic liability for a broad range of psychiatric disorders. However, we also highlight systematic differences in age at onset across cohorts, continents, and phenotype definitions. This heterogeneity results in reduced heritability and affects genetic analyses, underscoring the need for the development of standardized phenotype definitions.
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