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Mol Psychiatry ; 15(10): 996-1005, 2010 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19455149

RESUMO

Chromosome 17q11-q21 is a region of the genome likely to harbor susceptibility to autism (MIM(209850)) based on earlier evidence of linkage to the disorder. This linkage is specific to multiplex pedigrees containing only male probands (MO) within the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE). Earlier, Stone et al.(1) completed a high-density single nucleotide polymorphism association study of 13.7 Mb within this interval, but common variant association was not sufficient to account for the linkage signal. Here, we extend this single nucleotide polymorphism-based association study to complete the coverage of the two-LOD support interval around the chromosome 17q linkage peak by testing the majority of common alleles in 284 MO trios. Markers within an interval containing the gene, CACNA1G, were found to be associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder at a locally significant level (P=1.9 × 10(-5)). While establishing CACNA1G as a novel candidate gene for autism, these alleles do not contribute a sufficient genetic effect to explain the observed linkage, indicating that there is substantial genetic heterogeneity despite the clear linkage signal. The region thus likely harbors a combination of multiple common and rare alleles contributing to the genetic risk. These data, along with earlier studies of chromosomes 5 and 7q3, suggest few if any major common risk alleles account for Autism Spectrum Disorder risk under major linkage peaks in the AGRE sample. This provides important evidence for strategies to identify Autism Spectrum Disorder genes, suggesting that they should focus on identifying rare variants and common variants of small effect.


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Transtorno Autístico/genética , Canais de Cálcio Tipo T/genética , Cromossomos Humanos Par 17 , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Transtorno Autístico/epidemiologia , Criança , Feminino , Seguimentos , Dosagem de Genes , Marcadores Genéticos , Predisposição Genética para Doença/epidemiologia , Haplótipos , Humanos , Desequilíbrio de Ligação , Escore Lod , Masculino , Fatores de Risco
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