J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.
2005 May;44(3):287-294.
Association of Genetic Variations within 5' end of Neuregulin 1 with Schizophrenia in Korean Population
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- 1Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea. kshong@smc.samsung.co.kr
- 2Yong-In Mental Hospital, Yong-In, Korea.
- 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- 4National Chuncheon Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
The authors recently found a suggestive evidence of linkage of chromosome 8p21-12 to schizophrenia in Korean multiplex families. Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) was identified in this locus as a positional and functional candidate gene for schizophrenia, through several independent studies with European and Chinese populations. The purpose of this study is to determine whether NRG1 is associated with schizophrenia in Korean population.
METHODS
Three SNPs (SNP8NRG221533, SNP8NRG241930, SNP8NRG243177) and two microsatellites markers (478B14-848, 420M9-1395) located at the 5' end of NRG1 were genotyped for 242 unrelated schizophrenia patients and the same number of normal controls. Genetic association was tested by chi2-test (df=1). Not only for the whole patients group but also for a subgroup of patients with auditory hallucination. This subtype showed stronger linkage with chromosome 8p12 in the prior study of the authors with multiplex families.
RESULTS
G allele of SNP8NRG241930 was significantly in excess in the subgroup of patients with auditory hallucination compared to the control group (p=0.03, OR=1.76). We also found that 3 SNPs haplotype TTC (p=0.04, OR=0.58) and five markers haplotype TTC53 (p=0.01, OR=0.49) were associated with schziophrenia with a protective effect. Three SNPs haplotype CGT which is a part of the at-risk haplotype of the Icelandic schizophrenia families was found in excess in the patients group but no significant association was observed.
CONCLUSION
NRG1 might either play a role in the predisposition to schizophrenia or be in linkage disequilibrium with a causal locus of this illness.
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