Association analysis of ANK3 gene variants in nordic bipolar disorder and schizophrenia case-control samples

Martin Tesli, Pernille Koefoed, Lavinia Athanasiu, Morten Mattingsdal, Omar Gustafsson, Ingrid Agartz, Lars M Rimol, Andrew Brown, Katrine V Wirgenes, Lisa-Lena Smorr, Anna K Kähler, Thomas Werge, Ole Mors, Erling Mellerup, Erik G Jönsson, Ingrid Melle, Gunnar Morken, Srdjan Djurovic, Ole A Andreassen

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Abstract

Genetic variants in ankyrin 3 (ANK3) have recently been shown to be associated with bipolar disorder (BD). We genotyped three ANK3 SNPs previously found to be associated with BD (rs10994336, rs1938526, and rs9804190) in a Scandinavian BD case-control sample (N=854/2,614). Due to evidence of genetic overlap between BD and schizophrenia (SZ), we also genotyped these three SNPs in a Scandinavian SZ case-control sample (N=1,073/2,919). Combining our Scandinavian samples with an Icelandic sample (N=435 BD cases, 651 SZ cases, and 11,491 healthy controls), we found rs10994336 and rs9804190 to be nominally significantly associated with BD in this combined Nordic BD sample (N=1,289/14,105). Nominal P was 0.015/0.018 (fixed/random effect) for rs10994336 (Bonferroni corrected P=0.044/0.053) and 0.023 for rs9804190 (Bonferroni corrected P=0.069). None of the SNPs were significantly associated with SZ in the combined Nordic SZ case-control sample (N=1,724/14,410). These results further support that ANK3 is a susceptibility gene specific to BD and that more than one risk locus is involved.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics
Volume156
Issue number8
Pages (from-to)969-74
Number of pages6
ISSN1552-4841
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2011

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