Resumen
Background Defining the molecular genomic basis of the likelihood of developing depressive disorder is a considerable challenge. We previously associated rare, exonic deletion copy number variants (CNV) with recurrent depressive disorder (RDD). Sex chromosome abnormalities also have been observed to co-occur with RDD. Methods In this reanalysis of our RDD dataset (N = 3106 cases; 459 screened control samples and 2699 population control samples), we further investigated the role of larger CNVs and chromosomal abnormalities in RDD and performed association analyses with clinical data derived from this dataset. Results We found an enrichment of Turner's syndrome among cases of depression compared with the frequency observed in a large population sample (N = 34,910) of live-born infants collected in Denmark (two-sided p =.023, odds ratio = 7.76 [95% confidence interval = 1.79-33.6]), a case of diploid/triploid mosaicism, and several cases of uniparental isodisomy. In contrast to our previous analysis, large deletion CNVs were no more frequent in cases than control samples, although deletion CNVs in cases contained more genes than control samples (two-sided p =.0002). Conclusions After statistical correction for multiple comparisons, our data do not support a substantial role for CNVs in RDD, although (as has been observed in similar samples) occasional cases may harbor large variants with etiological significance. Genetic pleiotropy and sample heterogeneity suggest that very large sample sizes are required to study conclusively the role of genetic variation in mood disorders.
Idioma original | English |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 329-336 |
Número de páginas | 8 |
Publicación | Biological Psychiatry |
Volumen | 79 |
N.º | 4 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - feb. 15 2016 |
Nota bibliográfica
Funding Information:This work was supported by a joint grant from the United Kingdom Medical Research Council and GlaxoSmithKline (Grant No. G0701420) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at South London and Maudsley National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust and Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. This work presents independent research in part funded by the NIHR. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, or the Department of Health. This work was also supported by the Wellcome Trust Grant No. 086635 (JJHR); NIHR Specialist Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London (SC-W); a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme (MRiv); European Commission Grant Agreement No. 115008 (RU, PM); and Canada Research Chairs program ( http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/ ) (RU). Dr. Aitchison holds an Alberta Centennial Addiction and Mental Health Research Chair, funded by the government of Alberta, Canada. The Genome Based Therapeutic Drugs for Depression study was funded by a European Commission Framework 6 grant, European Commission Contract Reference LSHB-CT-2003-503428, and GlaxoSmithKline.
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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Biological Psychiatry