Genome-wide regional heritability mapping identifies a locus within the TOX2 gene associated with major depressive disorder

Zeng, Y. et al. (2017) Genome-wide regional heritability mapping identifies a locus within the TOX2 gene associated with major depressive disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 82(5), pp. 312-321. (doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.12.012) (PMID:28153336)

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Abstract

Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the second largest cause of global disease burden. It has an estimated heritability of 37%, but published genome-wide association studies have so far identified few risk loci. Haplotype-block-based regional heritability mapping (HRHM) estimates the localized genetic variance explained by common variants within haplotype blocks, integrating the effects of multiple variants, and may be more powerful for identifying MDD-associated genomic regions. Methods: We applied HRHM to Generation Scotland: The Scottish Family Health Study, a large family- and population-based Scottish cohort (N = 19,896). Single-single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and haplotype-based association tests were used to localize the association signal within the regions identified by HRHM. Functional prediction was used to investigate the effect of MDD-associated SNPs within the regions. Results: A haplotype block across a 24-kb region within the TOX2 gene reached genome-wide significance in HRHM. Single-SNP- and haplotype-based association tests demonstrated that five of nine genotyped SNPs and two haplotypes within this block were significantly associated with MDD. The expression of TOX2 and a brain-specific long noncoding RNA RP1-269M15.3 in frontal cortex and nucleus accumbens basal ganglia, respectively, were significantly regulated by MDD-associated SNPs within this region. Both the regional heritability and single-SNP associations within this block were replicated in the UK–Ireland group of the most recent release of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC), the PGC2–MDD (Major Depression Dataset). The SNP association was also replicated in a depressive symptom sample that shares some individuals with the PGC2–MDD. Conclusions: This study highlights the value of HRHM for MDD and provides an important target within TOX2 for further functional studies.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust through a Strategic Award (104036/Z/14/Z).
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Padmanabhan, Professor Sandosh
Authors: Zeng, Y., Navarro, P., Shirali, M., Howard, D. M., Adams, M. J., Hall, L. S., Clarke, T.-K., Thomson, P. A., Smith, B., Murray, A., Padmanabhan, S., Hayward, C., Boutin, T., MacIntyre, D. J., Lewis, C. M., Wray, N. R., Mehta, D., Penninx, B. W.J.H., Milaneschi, Y., Baune, B. T., Air, T., Hottenga, J.-J., Mbarek, H., Castelao, E., Pistis, G., Schulze, T. G., Streit, F., Forstner, A. J., Byrne, E. M., Martin, N. G., Breen, G., Müller-Myhsok, B., Lucae, S., Kloiber, S., Domenici, E., Deary, I. J., Porteous, D. J., Haley, C. S., and McIntosh, A. M.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health
Journal Name:Biological Psychiatry
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0006-3223
ISSN (Online):1873-2402
Published Online:16 December 2016
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2016 Society of Biological Psychiatry
First Published:First published in Biological Psychiatry 82(5): 312-321
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons license

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Project CodeAward NoProject NamePrincipal InvestigatorFunder's NameFunder RefLead Dept
381721Generation ScotlandAnna DominiczakScottish Executive Health Department (SEHHD-CSO)CZD/16/6RI CARDIOVASCULAR & MEDICAL SCIENCES