Lack of association to a NRG1 missense polymorphism in schizophrenia or bipolar disorder in a Costa Rican population
| Autor: | Brandi Rollins, Richard M. Myers, Emily A. Moon, Huda Akil, Jack D. Barchas, Alan F. Schatzberg, William E. Bunney, Marquis P. Vawter, William Byerley, Adolfo Sequeira, Lynn E. DeLisi, Andrea Mesén, Stanley J. Watson, Edward G. Jones |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Costa Rica
Male Candidate gene Bipolar Disorder Genotype Neuregulin-1 DNA Mutational Analysis Population Single-nucleotide polymorphism Biology Article Gene Frequency mental disorders Humans Missense mutation Promoter Regions Genetic education Biological Psychiatry Genetic association Genetics Analysis of Variance education.field_of_study Polymorphism Genetic Genetic heterogeneity Brain Minor allele frequency Psychiatry and Mental health Schizophrenia Female |
| Zdroj: | Schizophrenia Research. 131:52-57 |
| ISSN: | 0920-9964 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.schres.2011.06.024 |
| Popis: | A missense polymorphism in the NRG1 gene, Val > Leu in exon 11, was reported to increase the risk of schizophrenia in selected families from the Central Valley region of Costa Rica (CVCR). The present study investigated the relationship between three NRG1 genetic variants, rs6994992, rs3924999, and Val > Leu missense polymorphism in exon 11, in cases and selected controls from an isolated population from the CVCR. Isolated populations can have less genetic heterogeneity and increase power to detect risk variants in candidate genes. Subjects with bipolar disorder (BD, n = 358), schizophrenia (SZ, n = 273), or unrelated controls (CO, n = 479) were genotyped for three NRG1 variants. The NRG1 promoter polymorphism (rs6994992) was related to altered expression of NRG1 Type IV in other studies. The expression of NRG1 type IV in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and the effect of the rs6994992 genotype on expression were explored in a postmortem cohort of BD, SZ, major depressive disorder (MDD) cases, and controls. The missense polymorphism Val > Leu in exon 11 was not significantly associated with schizophrenia as previously reported in a family sample from this population, the minor allele frequency is 4%, thus our sample size is not large enough to detect an association. We observed however an association of rs6994992 with NRG1 type IV expression in DLPFC and a significantly decreased expression in MDD compared to controls. The present results while negative do not rule out a genetic association of these SNPs with BD and SZ in CVCR, perhaps due to small risk effects that we were unable to detect and potential intergenic epistasis. The previous genetic relationship between expression of a putative brain-specific isoform of NRG1 type IV and SNP variation was replicated in postmortem samples in our preliminary study. |
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