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J Autoimmun ; 116: 102562, 2021 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33168359

ABSTRACT

Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a rare autoinflammatory disease with systemic involvement, and its pathophysiology remains unclear. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in the Chinese population have revealed an association between AOSD and the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) locus; however, causal variants in the MHC remain undetermined. In the present study, we identified independent amino-acid polymorphisms in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules that are associated with Han Chinese patients with AOSD by fine-mapping the MHC locus. Through conditional analyses, we identified position 34 in HLA-DQα1 (p = 1.44 × 10-14) and Asn in HLA-DRß1 position 37 (p = 5.12 × 10-11) as the major determinants for AOSD. Moreover, we identified the associations for three main HLA class II alleles: HLA-DQB1*06:02 (OR = 2.70, p = 3.02 × 10-14), HLA-DRB1*15:01 (OR = 2.44, p = 3.66 × 10-13), and HLA-DQA1*01:02 (OR = 1.97, p = 1.09 × 10-9). This study reveals the relationship between functional variations in the class II HLA region and AOSD, implicating the MHC locus in the pathogenesis of AOSD.


Subject(s)
Amino Acids/genetics , Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics , HLA-DQ alpha-Chains/genetics , HLA-DRB1 Chains/genetics , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , Still's Disease, Adult-Onset/genetics , Adult , Alleles , Asian People/genetics , China , Gene Frequency , Genetic Predisposition to Disease/ethnology , Genome-Wide Association Study/methods , Genotype , HLA-DQ alpha-Chains/chemistry , HLA-DRB1 Chains/chemistry , Haplotypes , Humans , Linkage Disequilibrium , Models, Molecular , Protein Conformation , Still's Disease, Adult-Onset/ethnology
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Mol Genet Genomics ; 294(1): 47-56, 2019 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30167790

ABSTRACT

The ACTN3 gene locates on 11q13-q14 and encodes the α-actinin-3 protein, which is only expressed in human skeletal muscle and influenced muscle function and metabolism. The previous studies reported that SNP rs1815739 is associated with elite power athletes' performance. In this study, we investigated the association between five SNPs within the ACTN3 gene and Chinese children physical fitness. We recruited 2244 Han Chinese children participants, and measured their 25-m run, stand broad jump, 10-m shuttle run, handgrip, BMI (calculated by weight and height) data. SNPs rs1671064, rs2275998, rs2290463, rs10791881, and rs1815739 of ACTN3 gene were genotyped and analyzed in five physical fitness data. QTL analysis on genotype and physical fitness data was carried out in all samples. Furthermore, a dichotomous division of samples into an overweight group (543) and a normal group (1701) was used for an association study of overweight. In the QTL analysis, we found rs2290463 was significantly associated with stand broad jump (corrected P value = 0.009, beta = 2.692). After added age and gender as covariates in the regression test, the association became more significant (P value = 5.80 × 10- 5, corrected P value = 4.06 × 10- 4); when we used BMI as a covariate, the association still existed (P value = 4.65 × 10- 4, corrected P value = 0.001). In the association study of overweight, rs2275998 was found to be significant (OR, 95% CI = 0.733 [0.6-0.895]; Pallele = 0.011, Pgenotype = 0.024) after the Bonferroni correction, and the association did not change much after a further correction for gender, age, and stand broad jump performance. Our results showed that common variants in ACTN3 are significantly associated with both stand broad jump performance and overweight in Han Chinese children.


Subject(s)
Actinin/genetics , Asian People/ethnology , Overweight/genetics , Physical Fitness , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , Asian People/genetics , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Genetic Association Studies , Genotype , Hand Strength , Humans , Male , Quantitative Trait Loci
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Endocr J ; 65(7): 783-791, 2018 Jul 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29657248

ABSTRACT

Body mass index (BMI) is the most commonly used quantitative measure of adiposity. It is a kind of complex genetic diseases which are caused by multiple susceptibility genes. The first intron of fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) has been widely discovered to be associated with BMI. Retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator-interacting protein-1 like (RPGRIP1L) is located in the upstream region of FTO and has been proved to be linked with obesity through functional tests. We carried out a genetic association analysis to figure out the role of the FTO gene and the RPGRIP1L gene in BMI. A quantitative traits study with 6,102 Chinese female samples, adjusted for age, was performed during our project. Among the twelve SNPs, rs1421085, rs1558902, rs17817449, rs8050136, rs9939609, rs7202296, rs56137030, rs9930506 and rs12149832 in the FTO gene were significantly associated with BMI after Bonferroni correction. Meanwhile, rs9934800 in the RPGRIP1L gene showed significance with BMI before Bonferroni correction, but this association was eliminated after Bonferroni correction. Our results suggested that genetic variants in the FTO gene were strongly associated with BMI in Chinese women, which may serve as targets of pharmaceutical research and development concerning BMI. Meanwhile, we didn't found the significant association between RPGRIP1L and BMI in Chinese women.


Subject(s)
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics , Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTO/genetics , Body Mass Index , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , China , Female , Genetic Association Studies , Humans , Linkage Disequilibrium
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Psychiatr Genet ; 28(1): 1-7, 2018 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29112096

ABSTRACT

AIM/OBJECTIVES/BACKGROUND: ZNF804A has been investigated widely as a candidate susceptibility gene for mental disorders in individuals of different ethnicities. However, in the Han Chinese population, most studies of this gene have focused on associations of the common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs1344706. METHODS: To investigate additional common variants within ZNF804A, we carried out a case-control study of 13 SNPs distributed across the whole gene, in 1330 schizophrenic patients, 1045 major depressive disorder patients, and 1235 normal controls. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: We found that rs12476147 (P=0.0078) was associated significantly with schizophrenia, but no SNPs showed statistically significant associations with major depressive disorder after Bonferroni correction. Moreover, we also found that haplotype block 2, which included rs12476147 and rs1344706, was associated significantly with schizophrenia and major depressive disorder. Nevertheless, we could not replicate the association of rs1344706 with schizophrenia. In conclusion, the common variant rs12476147 and the related haplotype block in ZNF804A were associated significantly with schizophrenia in the Han Chinese population.


Subject(s)
Depressive Disorder, Major/genetics , Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/genetics , Schizophrenia/genetics , Adult , Asian People/genetics , Case-Control Studies , China , Depressive Disorder, Major/metabolism , Ethnicity/genetics , Female , Gene Frequency , Genetic Association Studies , Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics , Genetic Testing , Genotype , Haplotypes , Humans , Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/metabolism , Male , Middle Aged , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics , Schizophrenia/metabolism
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Nat Genet ; 49(11): 1576-1583, 2017 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28991256

ABSTRACT

We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) with replication in 36,180 Chinese individuals and performed further transancestry meta-analyses with data from the Psychiatry Genomics Consortium (PGC2). Approximately 95% of the genome-wide significant (GWS) index alleles (or their proxies) from the PGC2 study were overrepresented in Chinese schizophrenia cases, including ∼50% that achieved nominal significance and ∼75% that continued to be GWS in the transancestry analysis. The Chinese-only analysis identified seven GWS loci; three of these also were GWS in the transancestry analyses, which identified 109 GWS loci, thus yielding a total of 113 GWS loci (30 novel) in at least one of these analyses. We observed improvements in the fine-mapping resolution at many susceptibility loci. Our results provide several lines of evidence supporting candidate genes at many loci and highlight some pathways for further research. Together, our findings provide novel insight into the genetic architecture and biological etiology of schizophrenia.


Subject(s)
Gene Regulatory Networks , Genetic Loci , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genome, Human , Schizophrenia/genetics , Alleles , Asian People , Chromosome Mapping , Female , Genome-Wide Association Study , Humans , Male , Protein Interaction Mapping , Risk Assessment , Schizophrenia/ethnology , Schizophrenia/physiopathology
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Sci Rep ; 7(1): 4094, 2017 06 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28642574

ABSTRACT

Gout is a chronic disease resulting from elevated serum urate (SU). Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified dozens of susceptibility loci for SU/gout, but few have been conducted for Chinese descent. Here, we try to extensively investigate whether these loci contribute to gout risk in Han Chinese. A total of 2255 variants in linkage disequilibrium (LD) with GWAS identified SU/gout associated variants were analyzed in a Han Chinese cohort of 1255 gout patients and 1848 controls. Cumulative genetic risk score analysis was performed to assess the cumulative effect of multiple "risk" variants on gout incidence. 23 variants (41%) of LD pruned variants set (n = 56) showed nominal association with gout in our sample (p < 0.05). Some of the previously reported gout associated loci (except ALDH16A1), including ABCG2, SLC2A9, GCKR, ALDH2 and CNIH2, were replicated. Cumulative genetic risk score analyses showed that the risk of gout increased for individuals with the growing number (≥8) of the risk alleles on gout associated loci. Most of the gout associated loci identified in previous GWAS were confirmed in an independent Chinese cohort, and the SU associated loci also confer susceptibility to gout. These findings provide important information of the genetic association of gout.


Subject(s)
Asian People/genetics , Genetic Loci , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genome-Wide Association Study , Gout/blood , Gout/genetics , Uric Acid/blood , Alleles , Biomarkers , China , Female , Genome-Wide Association Study/methods , Humans , Linkage Disequilibrium , Male , Odds Ratio
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Nat Commun ; 8: 14900, 2017 04 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28447608

ABSTRACT

Primary dysmenorrhoea, defined as painful menstrual cramps in the absence of pelvic pathology, is a common problem in women of reproductive age. Its aetiology and pathophysiology remain largely unknown. Here we performed a two-stage genome-wide association study and subsequent replication study to identify genetic factors associated with primary dysmenorrhoea in a total of 6,770 Chinese individuals. Our analysis provided evidence of a significant (P<5 × 10-8) association at rs76518691 in the gene ZMIZ1 and at rs7523831 near NGF. ZMIZ1 has previously been associated with several autoimmune diseases, and NGF plays a key role in the generation of pain and hyperalgesia and has been associated with migraine. These findings provide future directions for research on susceptibility mechanisms for primary dysmenorrhoea. Furthermore, our genetic architecture analysis provides molecular support for the heritability and polygenic nature of this condition.


Subject(s)
Dysmenorrhea/genetics , Transcription Factors/genetics , Adolescent , Adult , Asian People/genetics , China , Female , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genome-Wide Association Study , Humans , Hyperalgesia/genetics , Nerve Growth Factor/genetics , Pain/genetics , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , Young Adult
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Hum Mol Genet ; 25(13): 2873-2880, 2016 07 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27094129

ABSTRACT

Recently, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several susceptibility loci for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in populations of European descent; only a few loci could be confirmed in Asian populations because of those populations' genetic heterogeneity. To identify genetic factors associated with childhood ALL risk in the Chinese population, we performed a three-stage GWAS of 1184 childhood ALL cases and 3219 non-ALL controls. The combined analysis identified a new locus (rs1121404 in WWOX) at 16q23.1 associated with childhood ALL susceptibility (odds ratio (OR) = 1.38, P = 5.29 × 10-10), especially in the subtype of B-ALL (OR = 1.39, P = 2.47 × 10-9). The functional studies subsequently revealed that the expression of WWOX in ALL bone marrow was significantly lower than that in normal bone marrow. The G allele of rs1121404 displayed significantly decreased levels of mRNA expression of WWOX These results suggest that WWOX plays an important role in the development of childhood ALL and provide new insights into the etiology of childhood ALL.


Subject(s)
Oxidoreductases/genetics , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/genetics , Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics , Alleles , Asian People/genetics , Child , Child, Preschool , China , Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16/genetics , Ethnicity/genetics , Female , Gene Frequency , Genetic Loci , Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics , Genome-Wide Association Study/methods , Genotype , Humans , Male , Odds Ratio , Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/etiology , Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism , WW Domain-Containing Oxidoreductase
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Biol Psychiatry ; 80(4): 331-337, 2016 08 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26795442

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Compelling evidence suggested the role of copy number variations (CNVs) in schizophrenia susceptibility. Most of the evidence was from studies in populations with European ancestry. We tried to validate the associated CNV loci in a Han Chinese population and identify novel loci conferring risk of schizophrenia. METHODS: We performed a genome-wide CNV analysis on 6588 patients with schizophrenia and 11,904 control subjects of Han Chinese ancestry. RESULTS: Our data confirmed increased genome-wide CNV (>500 kb and <1%) burden in schizophrenia, and the increasing trend was more significant when only >1 Mb CNVs were considered. We also replicated several associated loci that were previously identified in European populations, including duplications at 16p11.2, 15q11.2-13.1, 7q11.23, and VIPR2 and deletions at 22q11.2, 1q21.1-q21.2, and NRXN1. In addition, we discovered three additional new potential loci (odds ratio >6, p < .05): duplications at 1p36.32, 10p12.1, and 13q13.3, involving many neurodevelopmental and synaptic related genes. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide further support for the role of CNVs in the etiology of schizophrenia.


Subject(s)
DNA Copy Number Variations/genetics , Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics , Schizophrenia/genetics , Asian People/ethnology , Asian People/genetics , Calcium-Binding Proteins , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Chromosome Disorders/genetics , Female , Genome-Wide Association Study , Genotype , Humans , Male , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules , Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide, Type II/genetics , Schizophrenia/ethnology
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Br J Psychiatry ; 208(5): 441-5, 2016 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26450579

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and major depressive disorder (MDD) are likely to be caused by multiple susceptibility genes, each with small effects in increasing the risk of illness. Identifying DNA variants associated with schizophrenia and MDD is a crucial step in understanding the pathophysiology of these disorders. AIMS: To investigate whether the SP4 gene plays a significant role in schizophrenia or MDD in the Han Chinese population. METHOD: We focused on nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) harbouring the SP4 gene and carried out case-control studies in 1235 patients with schizophrenia, 1045 patients with MDD and 1235 healthy controls recruited from the Han Chinese population. RESULTS: We found that rs40245 was significantly associated with schizophrenia in both allele and genotype distributions (Pallele = 0.0005, Pallele = 0.004 after Bonferroni correction; Pgenotype = 0.0023, Pgenotype = 0.0184 after Bonferroni correction). The rs6461563 SNP was significantly associated with schizophrenia in the allele distributions (Pallele = 0.0033, Pallele = 0.0264 after Bonferroni correction). CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that common risk factors in the SP4 gene are associated with schizophrenia, although not with MDD, in the Han Chinese population.


Subject(s)
Depressive Disorder, Major/genetics , Schizophrenia/genetics , Sp4 Transcription Factor/genetics , Adult , Case-Control Studies , China , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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Nat Genet ; 47(7): 793-7, 2015 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26029870

ABSTRACT

Pituitary adenoma is one of the most common intracranial neoplasms, and its genetic basis remains largely unknown. To identify genetic susceptibility loci for sporadic pituitary adenoma, we performed a three-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) in the Han Chinese population. We first analyzed genome-wide SNP data in 771 pituitary adenoma cases and 2,788 controls and then carried forward the promising variants for replication in another 2 independent sets (2,542 cases and 3,620 controls in total). We identified three new susceptibility loci below the genome-wide significance threshold (P < 5 × 10(-8)) in the combined analyses: 10p12.31 (rs2359536, P(meta) = 2.25 × 10(-10) and rs10828088, P(meta) = 6.27 × 10(-10)), 10q21.1 (rs10763170, P(meta) = 6.88 × 10(-10)) and 13q12.13 (rs17083838, P(meta) = 1.89 × 10(-8)). This study is the first GWAS to our knowledge on sporadic pituitary adenoma, and our results provide insight into the genetic basis of this disease.


Subject(s)
Adenoma/genetics , Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10/genetics , Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13/genetics , Pituitary Neoplasms/genetics , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , Adult , Case-Control Studies , Female , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genome-Wide Association Study , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Nat Commun ; 6: 7041, 2015 May 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25967671

ABSTRACT

Gout is one of the most common types of inflammatory arthritis, caused by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in and around the joints. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified many genetic loci associated with raised serum urate concentrations. However, hyperuricemia alone is not sufficient for the development of gout arthritis. Here we conduct a multistage GWAS in Han Chinese using 4,275 male gout patients and 6,272 normal male controls (1,255 cases and 1,848 controls were genome-wide genotyped), with an additional 1,644 hyperuricemic controls. We discover three new risk loci, 17q23.2 (rs11653176, P=1.36 × 10(-13), BCAS3), 9p24.2 (rs12236871, P=1.48 × 10(-10), RFX3) and 11p15.5 (rs179785, P=1.28 × 10(-8), KCNQ1), which contain inflammatory candidate genes. Our results suggest that these loci are most likely related to the progression from hyperuricemia to inflammatory gout, which will provide new insights into the pathogenesis of gout arthritis.


Subject(s)
Asian People/genetics , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genome-Wide Association Study , Gout/genetics , Case-Control Studies , Cohort Studies , Female , Genotype , Humans , Male , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet ; 168B(2): 144-9, 2015 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25656805

ABSTRACT

Schizophrenia (SCZ) and major depressive disorder (MDD) are two of the most common and severe mental disorders, the etiologies of which are not yet clearly elucidated. The ACSM1 gene has been identified as a susceptibility gene for SCZ in two previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS). ACSM1 catalyzes the activation of fatty acids and plays an important role in the metabolic system. Some evidence has suggested that ACSM1 contributes to a genetic risk for MDD. The present study aimed to evaluate the common genetic risk of the ACSM1 gene in these two disorders in the Han Chinese population. In total, 1235 patients with SCZ, 1045 patients with MDD and 1235 control subjects of Chinese origin were recruited. Six single nuclear polymorphisms (SNPs) in ACSM1 were genotyped to test their associations with SCZ and MDD. SNP rs163234 was found to be significantly associated with both SCZ (permutated Pallele=1.700×10(-3), OR=1.350 [95% CI=1.152-1.581]) and MDD (permutated Pallele=4.800×10(-3), OR=1.329 [95% CI=1.127-1.567]). SNP rs433598 showed a strong association with SCZ (permutated Pallele=4.300×10(-3), OR=1.303 [95% CI=1.117-1.520]). Haplotype analysis of the blocks containing the two positive markers also revealed a significant association. This is the first study to assess the possible association of the ACSM1 gene with a genetic susceptibility for MDD. Our data are the first to suggest a positive association of the ACSM1 gene with a genetic susceptibility for SCZ and MDD in the Han Chinese population.


Subject(s)
Asian People/genetics , Coenzyme A Ligases/genetics , Depressive Disorder, Major/genetics , Ethnicity/genetics , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genome-Wide Association Study , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics , Schizophrenia/genetics , Adult , Alleles , Case-Control Studies , Female , Haplotypes , Humans , Linkage Disequilibrium/genetics , Male
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J Clin Psychiatry ; 76(1): e76-82, 2015 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25650683

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: Synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP25) is a member of the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment receptor (SNARE) protein complex, which plays essential roles in the modulation of different voltage-gated calcium channels and neurotransmitter release. Many previous studies have reported the SNAP25 gene to be significantly associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Recently, shared genetic variants have been demonstrated in 5 major psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorders, and ADHD. However, no compelling, convincing evidence has suggested an association between SNAP25 and schizophrenia or major depressive disorder. Thus, we investigated the association between SNAP25 and both schizophrenia and major depressive disorder in the Han Chinese population. METHOD: We performed a large-scale case-control study to test the association between SNAP25 and 2 major mental disorders, schizophrenia (DSM-IV criteria) and major depressive disorder (DSM-IV criteria), in the Han Chinese population. Seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in 1,330 schizophrenia patients, 1,045 major depressive disorder patients, and 1,520 healthy controls of Han Chinese origin. RESULTS: Two SNPs, rs3787283 and rs3746544, were found to be associated with both schizophrenia (rs3746544, adjusted P = .00257) and major depressive disorder (rs3746544, adjusted P = .0485; rs3787283, adjusted P = .00387) in this study. The AG haplotype consisting of rs3787283 and rs3746544 was also significantly associated with both schizophrenia and major depressive disorder (schizophrenia: adjusted P = .0126; major depressive disorder: adjusted P = .000580). Additionally, we carried out a meta-analysis of the current data and published association results and further confirmed the association between rs3746544 and schizophrenia (Pmeta = .002, ORmeta = 1.213 [95% CI, 1.077-1.367]). CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicated that SNPs in SNAP25 represented a common risk factor of both schizophrenia and major depressive disorder in the Han Chinese population.


Subject(s)
Depressive Disorder, Major/genetics , Schizophrenia/genetics , Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25/genetics , Adult , Case-Control Studies , China/ethnology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , Risk Factors
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Cell Res ; 25(3): 306-17, 2015 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25675982

ABSTRACT

Cushing's disease, also known as adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary adenomas (PAs) that cause excess cortisol production, accounts for up to 85% of corticotrophin-dependent Cushing's syndrome cases. However, the genetic alterations in this disease are unclear. Here, we performed whole-exome sequencing of DNA derived from 12 ACTH-secreting PAs and matched blood samples, which revealed three types of somatic mutations in a candidate gene, USP8 (encoding ubiquitin-specific protease 8), exclusively in exon 14 in 8 of 12 ACTH-secreting PAs. We further evaluated somatic USP8 mutations in additional 258 PAs by Sanger sequencing. Targeted sequencing further identified a total of 17 types of USP8 variants in 67 of 108 ACTH-secreting PAs (62.04%). However, none of these mutations was detected in other types of PAs (n = 150). These mutations aggregate within the 14-3-3 binding motif of USP8 and disrupt the interaction between USP8 and 14-3-3 protein, resulting in an elevated capacity to protect EGFR from lysosomal degradation. Accordingly, PAs with mutated USP8 display a higher incidence of EGFR expression, elevated EGFR protein abundance and mRNA expression levels of POMC, which encodes the precursor of ACTH. PAs with mutated USP8 are significantly smaller in size and have higher ACTH production than wild-type PAs. In surgically resected primary USP8-mutated tumor cells, USP8 knockdown or blocking EGFR effectively attenuates ACTH secretion. Taken together, somatic gain-of-function USP8 mutations are common and contribute to ACTH overproduction in Cushing's disease. Inhibition of USP8 or EGFR is promising for treating USP8-mutated corticotrophin adenoma. Our study highlights the potentially functional mutated gene in Cushing's disease and provides insights into the therapeutics of this disease.


Subject(s)
ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma/therapy , Adrenocorticotropic Hormone/metabolism , Cushing Syndrome/genetics , Endopeptidases/genetics , Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport/genetics , ErbB Receptors/antagonists & inhibitors , Ubiquitin Thiolesterase/genetics , 14-3-3 Proteins/metabolism , ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma/genetics , Adolescent , Adult , Base Sequence , Endopeptidases/metabolism , Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport/metabolism , ErbB Receptors/metabolism , Exome/genetics , Female , Gefitinib , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pro-Opiomelanocortin/metabolism , Protein Binding/genetics , Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology , Quinazolines/pharmacology , RNA Interference , RNA, Small Interfering , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Ubiquitin Thiolesterase/metabolism , Young Adult
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World J Biol Psychiatry ; 15(7): 553-60, 2014 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24988482

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES: A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the European population implicated the CMYA5 gene in schizophrenia. Previous functional studies showed that the CMYA5 protein can interact with DTNBP1 and PKA, providing further support for a role of CMYA5 in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. However, this association requires additional validation in independent populations. METHODS: To validate the association between CMYA5 and schizophrenia and major depressive disorder, we genotyped 16 SNPs within the CMYA5 gene and performed case-control studies in 1330 schizophrenia patients, 1045 patients with major depressive disorder, and 1235 normal controls. All patients were of Han Chinese origin. RESULTS: rs6883197 and rs259127 were significantly associated with schizophrenia, and rs12514461, rs259127, and rs7343 were associated with major depressive disorder. Additionally, one risk haplotype of rs16877109-rs3828611 (G-G) was associated with both schizophrenia (P = 0.0000784, after correction) and major depressive disorder (P = 0.00230, after correction). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings support the idea that specific alleles and haplotype in the CMYA5 confer genetic risk for both schizophrenia and major depressive disorder in the Han Chinese population.


Subject(s)
Depressive Disorder, Major/genetics , Schizophrenia/genetics , Adult , Case-Control Studies , China/epidemiology , Female , Haplotypes , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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BMC Genet ; 15: 51, 2014 Apr 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24767175

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Refractive errors and high myopia are the most common ocular disorders, and both of them are leading causes of blindness in the world. Recently, genetic association studies in European and Japanese population identified that common genetic variations located in 15q14 and 15q25 were associated with high myopia. To validate whether the same variations conferred risk to high myopia in the Han Chinese population, we genotyped 1,461 individuals (940 controls and 521 cases samples) recruited of Han Chinese origin. RESULT: We found rs8027411 in 15q25 (P = 0.012 after correction, OR = 0.78) was significantly associated with high myopia but rs634990 in 15q14 (P = 0.54 after correction), OR = 0.88) was not. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings supported that 15q25 is a susceptibility locus for high myopia, and gene RASGRF1 was possible to play a role in the pathology of high myopia.


Subject(s)
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15 , Genome-Wide Association Study , Myopia/genetics , Adult , Asian People/genetics , Case-Control Studies , China , Female , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genetic Variation , Genotype , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , Young Adult , ras-GRF1/genetics
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Behav Genet ; 44(2): 97-101, 2014 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24554215

ABSTRACT

Cadherin-7 (CDH7) gene encodes a calcium dependent cell-cell adhesion glycoprotein. Gene loci of cadherins family have been supposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders. Recent genome-wide association study also demonstrated that CDH7 was significant associated with bipolar disorder. Due to the fact that the same genetic risk factor can be shared by different kinds of psychiatric disorders, we examined whether CDH7 is also associated with major depressive disorder (MDD) in this study, with a large Han Chinese sample set. We carried out a 2-stage case-control study to examine the association between CDH7 and MDD in the Han Chinese population. Ten tag SNPs were genotyped using Taqman technology in 1,045 MDD patients and 1,520 healthy controls. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms with significance were additionally genotyped in another independent sample set with 576 MDD cases and 576 healthy controls. Among ten genotyped SNPs, rs1444067 and rs12605720 was found to be significantly associated with MDD (rs1444067: P(allele) = 0.00571, OR 0.830, 95 % CI 0.728-0.947; rs12605720: P(allele) = 0.00321, OR 1.245, 95 % CI 1.076-1.441). We successfully replicated these two SNPs association with independent sample sets (rs1444067: P(allele) = 0.00518; rs12605720: P(allele) = 0.0227). Finally we have combined these results by a meta-analysis (rs1444067: P(allele) = 0.000174, OR 0.817; rs12605720: P(allele) = 0.000199, OR 1.255). Our results support CDH7 to be a risk factor of MDD in the Han Chinese population. However, further studies with more markers and independent samples were suggested to validate our findings.


Subject(s)
Asian People/genetics , Cadherins/genetics , Depressive Disorder, Major/genetics , Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics , Adult , Case-Control Studies , Female , Genotype , Humans , Male
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Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24389398

ABSTRACT

As a major extracellular matrix component, ITIHs played an important role in inflammation and carcinogenesis. Several genome-wide association studies have reported that some positive signals which were derived from the tight linkage disequilibrium region on chromosome 3p21 were associated with both schizophrenia and bipolar disorders in the Caucasian population. To further investigate whether this genomic region is also a susceptibility locus of schizophrenia and major depressive disorder in the Han Chinese population, we conducted this study by recruiting 1235 schizophrenia patients, 1045 major depressive disorder patients and 1235 healthy control subjects in the Han Chinese samples for a case-control study. We genotyped seven SNPs within this region using TaqMan® technology. We found that rs2710322 was significantly associated with schizophrenia (adjusted P(allele) = 0.0018, adjusted P(genotype) = 0.006, OR [95% CI] = 1.278 [1.117-1.462]) while rs1042779 was weakly associated with schizophrenia (adjusted P(allele) = 0.048, OR [95% CI] = 1.164 [1.040-1.303]) and major depressive disorder (adjusted P(allele) = 0.042, OR [95% CI] = 1.178 [1.047-1.326]); it was also our finding that rs3821831 was positively associated with major depressive disorder (adjusted P(allele) = 0.003, adjusted P(genotype) = 0.006, OR [95% CI] = 1.426 [1.156-1.760]). Furthermore, no haplotype was found to be associated with schizophrenia and major depressive disorder. Via the association analysis which combines the schizophrenia and major depressive disorder cases, we also notice that rs1042779 and rs3821831 were significantly associated with combined cases (rs1042779: adjusted P(allele) = 0.012, adjusted P(genotype) = 0.018, OR [95% CI] = 1.171 [1.060-1.292]; rs3821831:adjusted P(genotype) = 0.012, OR [95% CI] = 1.193 [1.010-1.410]). Our results revealed that the shared genetic risk factors of both schizophrenia and major depressive disorder exist in ITIH family genes in the Han Chinese population.


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Alpha-Globulins/genetics , Depressive Disorder, Major/genetics , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics , Schizophrenia/genetics , Adult , Asian People/ethnology , Asian People/genetics , Female , Gene Frequency , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genome-Wide Association Study , Genotype , Humans , Linkage Disequilibrium , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult
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