Convergent Lines of Evidence Support LRP8 as a Susceptibility Gene for Psychosis

Li, Ming; Huang, Liang; Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Maria; Bergen, Sarah E.; Landén, Mikael; Hultman, Christina M.; Forstner, Andreas J.; Strohmaier, Jana; Hecker, Julian; Schulze, Thomas G.; Müller-Myhsok, Bertram; Reif, Andreas; Mitchell, Philip B.; Martin, Nicholas G.; Cichon, Sven; Nöthen, Markus M.; Alkelai, Anna; Lerer, Bernard; Jamain, Stéphane; Leboyer, Marion; Bellivier, Frank; Etain, Bruno; Kahn, Jean-Pierre; Henry, Chantal und Rietschel, Marcella (2016): Convergent Lines of Evidence Support LRP8 as a Susceptibility Gene for Psychosis. In: Molecular Neurobiology, Bd. 53, Nr. 10: S. 6608-6619

Abstract

Reelin (RELN) is identified as a risk gene for major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BPD). However, the role of its downstream signaling molecule, the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 8 (LRP8) in these illnesses is still unclear. To detect whether LRP8 is a susceptibility gene for SCZ and BPD, we analyzed the associations of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in LRP8 in a total of 47,187 subjects (including 9379 SCZ patients;6990 BPD patients;and 12,556 controls in a screening sample, and 1397 SCZ families, 3947 BPD patients, and 8387 controls in independent replications), and identified a non-synonymous SNP rs5174 in LRP8 significantly associated with SCZ and BPD as well as the combined psychosis phenotype (P (meta) = 1.99 x 10(-5), odds ratio (OR) = 1.066, 95 % confidence interval (CI) = 1.035-1.098). The risk SNP rs5174 was also associated with LRP8 messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in multiple brain tissues across independent samples (lowest P = 0.00005). Further exploratory analysis revealed that LRP8 was preferentially expressed in fetal brain tissues. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis demonstrated that LRP8 significantly participated in a highly interconnected PPI network build by top risk genes for SCZ and BPD (P = 7.0 x 10(-4)). Collectively, we confirmed that LRP8 is a risk gene for psychosis, and our results provide useful information toward a better understanding of genetic mechanism involving LRP8 underlying risk of complex psychiatric disorders.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 0893-7648
• Sprache: Englisch