PMID:18227837
| Citation |
McAuley, EZ, Blair, IP, Liu, Z, Fullerton, JM, Scimone, A, Van Herten, M, Evans, MR, Kirkby, KC, Donald, JA, Mitchell, PB and Schofield, PR (2009) A genome screen of 35 bipolar affective disorder pedigrees provides significant evidence for a susceptibility locus on chromosome 15q25-26. Mol. Psychiatry 14:492-500 |
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| Abstract |
Bipolar affective disorder is a heritable, relatively common, severe mood disorder with lifetime prevalence up to 4%. We report the results of a genome-wide linkage analysis conducted on a cohort of 35 Australian bipolar disorder families which identified evidence of significant linkage on chromosome 15q25-26 and suggestive evidence of linkage on chromosomes 4q, 6q and 13q. Subsequent fine-mapping of the chromosome 15q markers, using allele frequencies calculated from our cohort, gave significant results with a maximum two-point LOD score of 3.38 and multipoint LOD score of 4.58 for marker D15S130. Haplotype analysis based on pedigree-specific, identical-by-descent allele sharing, supported the location of a bipolar susceptibility gene within the Z(max-1) linkage confidence interval of 17 cM, or 6.2 Mb, between markers D15S979 and D15S816. Non-parametric and affecteds-only linkage analysis further verified the linkage signal in this region. A maximum NPL score of 3.38 (P=0.0008) obtained at 107.16 cM (near D15S130), and a maximum two-point LOD score of 2.97 obtained at marker D15S1004 (affecteds only), support the original genome-wide findings on chromosome 15q. These results are consistent with four independent positive linkage studies of mood and psychotic disorders, and raise the possibility that a common gene for susceptibility to bipolar disorder, and other psychiatric disorders may lie in this chromosome 15q25-26 region. |
| Links |
PubMed Online version:10.1038/sj.mp.4002146 |
| Keywords |
Adolescent; Adult; Australia; Bipolar Disorder/genetics; Chromosome Mapping/methods; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15; DNA Mutational Analysis; Female; Genetic Linkage; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genome-Wide Association Study/methods; Genotype; Humans; Lod Score; Male; Middle Aged; Pedigree; Young Adult |
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