Evidence for a susceptibility locus for manic-depressive disorder in Xq26
- National Public Health Institute, Helsinki (Finland); and others
Manic-depression (MD) is a severe psychiatric disorder affecting 1% of the population. Several linkage studies have provided evidence for a susceptibility locus for MD in chromosome Xq27-28. However, validity of these findings have remained unclear for several reasons: linkage has been suggested to two distinct chromosomal regions (F9 and CB-G6PD) separated by 30 cM, linkage has been found in only few of the pedigrees analyzed and ascertainment bias have probably been introduced when using classical markers like CB. The aim of our study was to analyze several markers expanding both of these regions in one extended Finnish pedigree with 13 affected individuals (bipolar or schizoaffective disorder) and without male-to-male transmission. Together 27 polymorphic X chromosomal markers were studied, 22 of them in Xq25-q28. Linkage analyses were carried out using a dominant model, 0.005 disease gene frequency, age-dependent penetrance with a maximum penetrance of 0.80 and low phenocopy rate. Two-point linkage analyses resulted in clearly negative lod scores (<-2) to almost all markers outside the chromosomal region of Xq26. Three markers DXS458, GABRA3 and G6PD, gave uninformative lod scores but respective chromosomal areas could be excluded by other markers in the vicinity. Opposite to this, several markers on Xq26 resulted in positive lod scores. A maximum lod score of 3.4 was obtained with the marker AFM205wd2 at {theta}=0.0. This marker is located about 7 cM centromeric to F9. When all published linkage data on Xq26-q28 was reanalyzed no evidence for locus heterogeneity emerged suggesting a more general significance of this DNA region in the predisposition to manic-depressive disorder.
- OSTI ID:
- 133367
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941009--
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics, Journal Name: American Journal of Human Genetics Journal Issue: Suppl.3 Vol. 55; ISSN AJHGAG; ISSN 0002-9297
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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