Abstract
The gene known as Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1, DISC1, was originally discovered in a large family, in which it also co-segregated with bipolar affective disorder (BD) and with major depressive disorder (MDD). The TSNAX (Translin-associated factor X) gene, located immediately upstream of DISC1, has also been suggested as a candidate gene in relation to psychiatric illness, as one transcript resulting from intergenic splicing encodes a novel TSNAX-DISC1 fusion protein. We explored the TSNAX-DISC1 gene region for an association with BD and MDD in a sample of 1984 patients (1469 MDD, 515 BD) and 1376 ethnically matched controls. Eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the TSNAX-DISC1 region (rs766288, rs3738401, rs2492367, rs6675281, rs12133766, rs1000731, rs7546310 and rs821597) were investigated using the SNPlex Genotyping System. We found a significant allelic and genotypic association of the TSNAX-DISC1 gene region with BD, whereas a haplotypic association was found for both BD and MDD. Therefore, our results suggest an association between the TSNAX-DISC1 region and both forms of affective disorders, and support the hypothesis that a portion of the genotypic overlap between schizophrenia and affective disorders is attributable to this gene.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 844 - 849 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Molecular Psychiatry |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2010 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Bipolar Disorder/genetics
- Case-Control Studies
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Depression/genetics
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study/methods
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics