Systematic screening of the LDL-PLA2 gene for polymorphic variants and case-control analysis in schizophrenia

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
R BellI S Gloger

Abstract

Systematic scans of the genome using microsatellite markers have identified chromosome 6p21.1 as a putative locus for schizophrenia in multiply affected families. There is also evidence from a series of studies for a role of abnormal phospholipid metabolism in schizophrenia. In light of these findings, and the role of platelet activating factor in neurotransmission and neurodevelopment, we have examined the LDL-PLA2 (plasma PAF acetylhydrolase, PAF-AH) gene, a serine dependent phospholipase that has been mapped by hybrid mapping to chromosome 6p21.1, as a positional candidate gene for schizophrenia. The gene was systematically screened using SSCP/HD analysis for polymorphisms associated with the disease. Four polymorphic variants were found within the gene and studied in a group of 200 schizophrenic patients and 100 controls. The variant in exon 7 (Iso195Thr) was found to be weakly associated with schizophrenia (p = 0.04) and the variant in exon 11 (Val379Ala) almost reached significance (p = 0.057). After correcting for multiple testing no significant associations were detected. Haplotype analysis combining pairs of polymorphisms also provided no evidence for association of this gene with schizophrenia in our sample of patients.

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