Analysis of the CAG repeats in the SCA1 and B37 genes in schizophrenic and bipolar I disorder patients: tentative association between B37 and schizophrenia
Abstract
We have genotyped unrelated French Alsatian schizophrenic and bipolar I disorder (BPD) patients and matched controls for the polymorphic CAG repeats within the genes for spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) and dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (B37), in order to test their possible involvement in these disorders. No alleles with abnormally expanded repeats were found in either gene in patients and controls. Differences in allele and genotype frequencies for the SCA1 CAG repeat between patients and controls were not significant, thus providing no support for its role as a possible positional candidate gene for schizophrenia and BPD in our patients. Chi square testing revealed a significant result (P = 0.019) for an association between the B37 CAG repeat on chromosome 12p and schizophrenia. This result was more significant when only schizophrenics with a positive family history were compared with controls (P = 0.0001). The frequencies of alleles with 14, 12, and 15 CAG repeats differed the most, respectively, between schizophrenics and controls. When choosing the median of the B37 allele distribution (15 CAG repeats) as a threshold, there were significantly more controls than schizophrenics in the group with longer alleles (1...Continue Reading
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