A Genetic Study of Psychosis in Huntington's Disease: Evidence for the Involvement of Glutamate Signaling Pathways

Journal of Huntington's Disease
Debby W TsuangThomas D Bird

Abstract

Psychotic symptoms of delusions and hallucinations occur in about 5% of persons with Huntington's disease (HD). The mechanisms underlying these occurrences are unknown, but the same symptoms also occur in schizophrenia, and thus genetic risk factors for schizophrenia may be relevant to the development of psychosis in HD. To investigate the possible role of genes associated with schizophrenia in the occurrence of psychotic symptoms in HD. DNA from subjects with HD and psychosis (HD+P; n = 47), subjects with HD and no psychosis (HD-P; n = 126), and controls (CTLs; n = 207) was genotyped using the Infinium PsychArray-24 v1.1 BeadChip. The allele frequencies of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were previously associated with schizophrenia and related psychiatric disorders were compared between these groups. Of the 30 candidate genes tested, 10 showed an association with psychosis in HD. The majority of these genes, including CTNNA2, DRD2, ERBB4, GRID2, GRIK4, GRM1, NRG1, PCNT, RELN, and SLC1A2, demonstrate network interactions related to glutamate signaling. This study suggests genetic associations between several previously identified candidate genes for schizophrenia and the occurrence of psychotic symptoms in HD. Thes...Continue Reading

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