Psychiatry Investig.
2010 Sep;7(3):196-201.
Genetic Association Study of the Alpha 7 Nicotinic Receptor (CHRNA7) with the Development of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in Korean Population
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- 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Eulji University School of Medicine, Eulji General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- 2College of Nursing, Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea.
- 3Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kys@snu.ac.kr
- 4Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
CHRNA7 has been shown to be a strong candidate gene for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It is located on chromosome 15q13-q14, which is one of the replicated linkage spots for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
METHODS
We conducted an association study to determine whether previous positive association is replicable in the Korean population. We included 254 patients with schizophrenia, 193 patients with bipolar disorder type I, 38 patients with bipolar disorder type II, 64 schizoaffective disorder patients, and 349 controls. All subjects were ethnically Korean. A total of 898 subjects were included, and genotyping was done for three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of CHRNA7. These three intronic SNPs were rs2337506 (A/G), rs6494223 (C/T), and rs12916879 (A/G).
RESULTS
There was only one marginally significant association; this association was between rs12916879 and bipolar disorder type I in the male subgroup. In both the allele and genotype distributions, we found a weak signal (Chi-squared=3.57, df=1, p=0.06 for allele, Chi-squared=7.50, df=2, p=0.02 for genotype) only. Unphased haplotype analysis could not provide additional support for this finding. No SNP was associated with schizophrenia or any other affected groups in this Korean sample. The associative finding is marginal and inconclusive.
CONCLUSION
We could not replicate positive association in other ethnic groups previously studied. This suggests possible heterogeneity in the genes associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. Because of structural complexity of the CHRNA7 gene and the limited statistical power of this study, further genetic studies with more SNPs and larger samples covering various populations, along with more fine molecular exploration of the CHRNA7 gene structure, are required.
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