| Title: | Multivariate genome-wide association study of depression, cognition, and memory phenotypes and validation analysis identify 12 cross-ethnic variants |
| Journal: | Translational Psychiatry |
| Published: | 30 Jul 2022 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35907915/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02074-x |
| URL: | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-022-02074-x.pdf |
Publication 10383
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Abstract
To date, little is known about the pleiotropic genetic variants among depression, cognition, and memory. The current research aimed to identify the potential pleiotropic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), genes, and pathways of the three phenotypes by conducting a multivariate genome-wide association study and an additional pleiotropy analysis among Chinese individuals and further validate the top variants in the UK Biobank (UKB). In the discovery phase, the participants were 139 pairs of dizygotic twins from the Qingdao Twins Registry. The genome-wide efficient mixed-model analysis identified 164 SNPs reaching suggestive significance (P < 1 × 10−5). Among them, rs3967317 (P = 1.21 × 10−8) exceeded the genome-wide significance level (P < 5 × 10−8) and was also demonstrated to be associated with depression and memory in pleiotropy analysis, followed by rs9863698, rs3967316, and rs9261381 (P = 7.80 × 10−8−5.68 × 10−7), which were associated with all three phenotypes. After imputation, a total of 457 SNPs reached suggestive significance. The top SNP chr6:24597173 was located in the KIAA0319 gene, which had biased expression in brain tissues. Genes and pathways related to metabolism, immunity, and neuronal systems demonstrated nominal significance (P < 0.05) in gene-based and pathway enrichment analyses. In the validation phase, 12 of the abovementioned SNPs reached the nominal significance level (P < 0.05) in the UKB. Among them, three SNPs were located in the KIAA0319 gene, and four SNPs were identified as significant expression quantitative trait loci in brain tissues. These findings may provide evidence for pleiotropic variants among depression, cognition, and memory and clues for further exploring the shared genetic pathogenesis of depression with Alzheimer's disease.</p>
8 Authors
- Jing Sun
- Weijing Wang
- Ronghui Zhang
- Haiping Duan
- Xiaocao Tian
- Chunsheng Xu
- Xue Li
- Dongfeng Zhang
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