TY - JOUR
T1 - Clock genes may influence bipolar disorder susceptibility and dysfunctional circadian rhythm
AU - Shi, Jiajun
AU - Wittke-Thompson, Jacqueline K.
AU - Badner, Judith A.
AU - Hattori, Eiji
AU - Potash, James B.
AU - Willour, Virginia L.
AU - McMahon, Francis Joseph
AU - Gershon, Elliot S.
AU - Liu, Chunyu
PY - 2008/10/5
Y1 - 2008/10/5
N2 - Several previous studies suggest that dysfunction of circadian rhythms may increase susceptibility to bipolar disorder (BP). We conducted an association study of five circadian genes (CRY2, PER1-3, and TIMELESS) in a family collection of 36 trios and 79 quads (Sample I), and 10 circadian genes (ARNTL, ARNTL2, BHLHB2, BHLHB3, CLOCK, CRY1, CSNK1D, CSNK1E, DBP, and NR1D1) in an extended family collection of 70 trios and 237 quads (Sample II), which includes the same 114 families but not necessarily the same individuals as Sample I. In Sample II, the Sibling-Transmission Disequilibrium Test (sib-tdt) analysis showed nominally significant association of BP with three SNPs within or near the CLOCK gene (rs534654, P = 0.0097; rs6850524, P = 0.012; rs4340844, P = 0.015). In addition, SNPs in the ARNTL2, CLOCK, DBP, and TIMELESS genes and haplotypes in the ARNTL, CLOCK, CSNK1E, and TIMELESS genes showed suggestive evidence of association with several circadian phenotypes identified in BP patients. However, none of these associations reached gene-wide or experiment-wide significance after correction for multiple-testing. A multi-locus interaction between rs6442925 in the 50 upstream of BHLHB2, rs1534891 in CSNK1E, and rs534654 near the 30 end of the CLOCK gene, however, is significantly associated with BP (P = 0.00000172). It remains significant after correcting for multiple testing using the False Discovery Rate method. Our results indicate an interaction between three circadian genes in susceptibility to bipolar disorder.
AB - Several previous studies suggest that dysfunction of circadian rhythms may increase susceptibility to bipolar disorder (BP). We conducted an association study of five circadian genes (CRY2, PER1-3, and TIMELESS) in a family collection of 36 trios and 79 quads (Sample I), and 10 circadian genes (ARNTL, ARNTL2, BHLHB2, BHLHB3, CLOCK, CRY1, CSNK1D, CSNK1E, DBP, and NR1D1) in an extended family collection of 70 trios and 237 quads (Sample II), which includes the same 114 families but not necessarily the same individuals as Sample I. In Sample II, the Sibling-Transmission Disequilibrium Test (sib-tdt) analysis showed nominally significant association of BP with three SNPs within or near the CLOCK gene (rs534654, P = 0.0097; rs6850524, P = 0.012; rs4340844, P = 0.015). In addition, SNPs in the ARNTL2, CLOCK, DBP, and TIMELESS genes and haplotypes in the ARNTL, CLOCK, CSNK1E, and TIMELESS genes showed suggestive evidence of association with several circadian phenotypes identified in BP patients. However, none of these associations reached gene-wide or experiment-wide significance after correction for multiple-testing. A multi-locus interaction between rs6442925 in the 50 upstream of BHLHB2, rs1534891 in CSNK1E, and rs534654 near the 30 end of the CLOCK gene, however, is significantly associated with BP (P = 0.00000172). It remains significant after correcting for multiple testing using the False Discovery Rate method. Our results indicate an interaction between three circadian genes in susceptibility to bipolar disorder.
KW - Bipolar disorder
KW - Circadian rhythm
KW - Haplotype
KW - Linkage disequilibrium
KW - Single nucleotide polymorphism
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U2 - 10.1002/ajmg.b.30714
DO - 10.1002/ajmg.b.30714
M3 - Article
C2 - 18228528
AN - SCOPUS:55349117476
SN - 1552-4841
VL - 147
SP - 1047
EP - 1055
JO - American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics
JF - American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics
IS - 7
ER -