School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2023
Abstract
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of mood disorders in large case-control cohorts have identified numerous risk loci, yet pathophysiological mechanisms remain elusive, primarily due to the very small effects of common variants. We sought to discover risk variants with larger effects by conducting a genome-wide association study of mood disorders in a founder population, the Old Order Amish (OOA, n = 1,672). Our analysis revealed four genome-wide significant risk loci, all of which were associated with >2-fold relative risk. Quantitative behavioral and neurocognitive assessments (n = 314) revealed effects of risk variants on sub-clinical depressive symptoms and information processing speed. Network analysis suggested that OOA-specific risk loci harbor novel risk-associated genes that interact with known neuropsychiatry-associated genes via gene interaction networks. Annotation of the variants at these risk loci revealed population-enriched, non-synonymous variants in two genes encoding neurodevelopmental transcription factors, CUX1 and CNOT1. Our findings provide insight into the genetic architecture of mood disorders and a substrate for mechanistic and clinical studies.
Recommended Citation
Humphries, E. M., Ahn, K., Kember, R. L., Lopes, F. L., Mocci, E., Peralta, J. M., Blangero, J., Glahn, D. C., Goes, F. S., Zandi, P. P., Kochunov, P., Van Hout, C., Shuldiner, A. R., Pollin, T. I., Mitchell, B. D., Bucan, M., Hong, L. E., McMahon, F. J., & Ament, S. A. (2023). Genome-wide significant risk loci for mood disorders in the Old Order Amish founder population. Molecular psychiatry, 28(12), 5262–5271. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02014-1
Publication Title
Molecular Psychiatry
DOI
10.1038/s41380-023-02014-1
Academic Level
faculty
Mentor/PI Department
Office of Human Genetics
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