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Am J Med Genet. 2002 Aug 8;114(6):605-8.
Association analysis of an (AC)n repeat polymorphism in the GABA(B) receptor gene and schizophrenia.
Imai K, Harada S, Kawanishi Y, Tachikawa H, Okubo T, Asada T.
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. zc6k-imsahi-net.or.jp
The human gamma-aminobutyric acid type B (GABA(B)) receptor gene is a candidate gene for schizophrenia due to its chromosomal location and neurobiologic roles. In the present study, association analyses of genetic polymorphisms of the GABA(B) receptor gene with schizophrenia were carried out in 102 unrelated schizophrenic patients and 100 healthy controls, using a polymerase chain reaction-based, single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis. Although the Ala20Val and Gly489Ser mutations were not found in our samples, we found a novel polymorphism of (AC)n dinucleotide repeats located approximately 1.6 kb upstream from the translational start site. No significant difference in allele frequencies was found between controls and patients with schizophrenia (P = 0.0587) using the Monte Carlo method. Significant differences were found between controls and patients with continuous-course schizophrenia (P = 0.0019), and between controls and patients with a positive family history of psychoses (P = 0.0015). These differences, however, were not significant after Bonferroni correction. These data did not support our hypothesis that polymorphisms of the GABA(B) receptor gene may confer vulnerability for schizophrenia. 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Am J Med Genet. 2002 Aug 8;114(6):609-15.
Spatial working memory deficits in schizophrenia patients and their first degree relatives from Palau, Micronesia.
Myles-Worsley M, Park S.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA. Marina.worslesc.utah.edu
Spatial working memory deficits associated with dorsolateral prefrontal dysfunction have been found in Caucasian samples of schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives. This study evaluated spatial working memory function in affected and unaffected members of multiplex schizophrenia families from the Republic of Palau to determine whether the spatial working memory deficits associated with schizophrenia extend to this non-Caucasian population. Palau is an isolated island nation in Micronesia with an elevated prevalence of schizophrenia and an aggregation of cases in large multigenerational families. Our objective was to evaluate the potential for spatial working memory function to serve as one of multiple endophenotypes in a genetic linkage study of these Palauan schizophrenia families. A spatial delayed response task requiring resistance to distraction and a sensorimotor control task were used to assess spatial working memory in 32 schizophrenia patients, 28 of their healthy first-degree relatives, and 19 normal control subjects. Schizophrenia patients and their relatives were significantly less accurate than normal control subjects on the spatial delayed response task but not on the sensorimotor control task. On both tasks, patients and relatives were slower to respond than the normal controls. There were no age or gender effects on accuracy, and working memory performance in schizophrenia patients was not significantly correlated with medication dosage. In summary, spatial working memory deficits that have been found in Caucasian schizophrenia patients and relatives were confirmed in this isolated Pacific Island family sample. These results suggest that spatial working memory deficits may be a potentially useful addition to the endophenotypic characterization of family members to be used in a comprehensive genome wide linkage analysis of these Palauan families. 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Am J Med Genet. 2002 Aug 8;114(6):616-25.
Brain volumes in familial and non-familial schizophrenic probands and their unaffected relatives.
McDonald C, Grech A, Toulopoulou T, Schulze K, Chapple B, Sham P, Walshe M, Sharma T, Sigmundsson T, Chitnis X, Murray RM.
Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, de Crespigny Park, London, United Kingdom. c.mcdonalop.kcl.AC.uk
Structural brain abnormalities are consistently reported in schizophrenic subjects but the etiology of these abnormalities remains unclear. We tested the contribution of genetic predisposition and obstetric complications to the structural brain abnormalities found in schizophrenic probands and their relatives. MRI scans were carried out on 35 schizophrenic probands from families multiply affected with the disorder, and 63 of their unaffected relatives, including 10 parents who appeared to transmit genetic risk to their children; as well as 31 schizophrenic probands from families with no other affected members, 33 of their unaffected relatives; and finally 68 controls. Volumetric measurements of whole brain, lateral ventricles, third ventricle, cerebellum, and temporal lobes were completed for each subject. The impact of obstetric complications on brain structure was assessed across the gradient of presumed genetic predisposition. Both groups of schizophrenic probands displayed enlargement of the lateral and third ventricles, and there was a gradient of ventricular enlargement amongst the unaffected relatives in proportion to their likelihood of carrying schizophrenic genes. Ventricular enlargement was largely confined to males in both probands and unaffected relatives. Obstetric complications were associated with ventricular enlargement only in the familial probands. Non-familial probands displayed reduced volume of the temporal lobes bilaterally. In families with several schizophrenic members, ventricular enlargement is a marker for genetic liability, particularly in males. Individuals inheriting the susceptibility to schizophrenia appear particularly prone to develop ventricular enlargement in response to obstetric complications. 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Am J Med Genet. 2002 Aug 8;114(6):626-30.
Aromatic amino acid hydroxylase genes and schizophrenia.
Chao HM, Richardson MA.
The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, New York State Office of Mental Health, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA. chaoki.rfmh.org
Phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), which catalyzes the conversion of phenylalanine to tyrosine, shares physical, structural and catalytic properties with tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) that catalyze the rate-limiting steps in the biosynthesis of the neurotransmitters dopamine, noradrenaline, and serotonin. Because these neurotransmitter systems have all been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, the aromatic amino acid hydroxylases are among the likely candidates for genes associated with schizophrenia. A mutation in the functionally critical tetrahydrobiopterin cofactor binding domain of the PAH gene had been identified in African-American patients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia, and biochemical analyses suggested that this mutation has physiological consequences related to amine neurotransmitter function. DNA sequencing of the highly conserved cofactor binding domain of the PAH, TH, and TPH genes in African-American subjects with schizophrenia and unrelated, never mentally ill subjects from the NIMH Schizophrenia Genetics Initiative, was undertaken to assess the concordance of mutant genotype with psychiatric phenotype. The K274E mutation was observed in the PAH gene cofactor binding domain, and several polymorphisms were identified in adjacent intronic regions of the PAH, TH, and TPH genes. All of the genetic variants observed were represented in the schizophrenia group and in the never mentally ill group. Genetic evaluation of the family members of subjects with the PAH K274E mutation showed that all individuals with the K274E mutation also exhibited the PAH L321L polymorphism in the catalytic domain of the PAH enzyme. 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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