Abstract
We have previously reported genome-wide significant linkage of bipolar disorder to a region on 22q12.3 near the marker D22S278. Towards identifying the susceptibility gene, we have conducted a fine-mapping association study of the region in two independent family samples, an independent case-control sample and a genome-wide association dataset. Two hundred SNPs were first examined in a 5Mb region surrounding the D22S278 marker in a sample of 169 families and analyzed using PLINK. The peak of association was a haplotype near the genes stargazin (CACNG2), intraflagellar transport protein homolog 27 (IFT27) and parvalbumin (PVALB; P=4.69×10-4). This peak overlapped a significant haplotype in a family based association study of a second independent sample of 294 families (P=1.42×10-5). Analysis of the combined family sample yielded statistically significant evidence of association to a rare three SNP haplotype in the gene IFT27 (P=8.89×10-6). Twelve SNPs comprising these haplotypes were genotyped in an independent sample of 574 bipolar I cases and 550 controls. Statistically significant association was found for a haplotype window that overlapped the region from the first two family samples (P=3.43×10-4). However, analyses of the two family samples using the program LAMP, found no evidence for association in this region, but did yield significant evidence for association to a haplotype 3' of CACNG2 (P=1.76×10-6). Furthermore, no evidence for association was found in a large genome-wide association dataset. The replication of association to overlapping haplotypes in three independent datasets suggests the presence of a bipolar disorder susceptibility gene in this region.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 941-950 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics |
Volume | 159 B |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2012 |
Keywords
- Bipolar disorder
- Chromosome 22
- Genetic association
- Stargazin
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics(clinical)
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience