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1. Genome-wide by environment interaction studies of depressive symptoms and psychosocial stress in UK Biobank and Generation Scotland

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Arnau-Soler, A, Macdonald-Dunlop, E, Adams, MJ, Clarke, T-K, MacIntyre, DJ, Milburn, K, Navrady, L, Hayward, C, McIntosh, AM, Thomson, PA, Wray, NR, Ripke, S, Mattheisen, M, Trzaskowski, M, Byrne, EM, Abdellaoui, A, Agerbo, E, Air, TM, Andlauer, TFM, Bacanu, S-A, Baekvad-Hansen, M, Beekman, ATF, Bigdeli, TB, Binder, EB, Blackwood, DHR, Bryois, J, Buttenscon, HN, Bybjerg-Grauholm, J, Cai, N, Castelao, E, Christensen, JH, Coleman, JR, Colodro-Conde, L, Couvy-Duchesne, B, Craddock, N, Rawford, GEC, Davies, G, Deary, IJ, Degenhardt, F, Derks, EM, Direk, N, Dolan, C, Dunn, EC, Eley, TC, Escott-Price, V, Kiadeh, FFH, Finucane, HK, Foo, JC, Forstner, AJ, Frank, J, Gaspar, HA, Gill, M, Goes, FS, Gordon, SD, Grove, J, Hall, LS, Hansen, CS, Hansen, TF, Herms, S, Hickie, IB, Hoffmann, P, Homuth, G, Horn, C, Hottenga, J-J, Hougaard, DM, Ising, M, Jansen, R, Jones, I, Jones, LA, Jorgenson, E, Knowles, JA, Kohane, IS, Kraft, J, Kretzschmar, WW, Krogh, J, Kutalik, Z, Li, Y, Lind, PA, Macintyre, DJ, MacKinnon, DF, Maier, RM, Maier, W, Marchini, J, Mbarek, H, McGrath, P, McGuffin, P, Medland, SE, Mehta, D, Middeldorp, CM, Mihailov, E, Milaneschi, Y, Milani, L, Mondimore, FM, Montgomery, GW, Mostafavi, S, Mullins, N, Nauck, M, Ng, B, Nivard, MG, Nyholt, DR, O'Reilly, PF, Oskarsson, H, Owen, MJ, Painter, JN, Pedersen, CB, Pedersen, MG, Peterson, RE, Pettersson, E, Peyrot, WJ, Pistis, G, Posthuma, D, Quiroz, JA, Qvist, P, Rice, JP, Riley, BP, Rivera, M, Mirza, SS, Schoevers, R, Schulte, EC, Shen, L, Shi, J, Shyn, S, Sigurdsson, E, Sinnamon, GCB, Smit, JH, Smith, DJ, Stefansson, H, Steinberg, S, Streit, F, Strohmaier, J, Tansey, KE, Teismann, H, Teumer, A, Thompson, W, Thorgeirsson, TE, Traylor, M, Treutlein, J, Trubetskoy, V, Uitterlinden, AG, Umbricht, D, Van der Auwera, S, van Hemert, AM, Viktorin, A, Visscher, PM, Wang, Y, Webb, BT, Weinsheimer, SM, Wellmann, J, Willemsen, G, Witt, SH, Wu, Y, Xi, HS, Yang, J, Zhang, F, Arolt, V, Baune, BT, Berger, K, Boomsma, D, Cichon, S, Dannlowski, U, de Geus, EJC, DePaulo, JR, Domenici, E, Domschke, K, Esko, T, Grabe, HJ, Hamilton, SP, Heath, AC, Kendler, KS, Kloiber, S, Lewis, G, Li, QS, Lucae, S, Madden, PAF, Magnusson, PK, Martin, NG, Metspalu, A, Mors, O, Mortensen, PB, Mueller-Myhsok, B, Nordentoft, M, Noethen, MM, O'Donovan, MC, Paciga, SA, Pedersen, NL, Penninx, BWJH, Perlis, RH, Porteous, DJ, Potash, JB, Preisig, M, Rietschel, M, Schaefer, C, Schulze, TG, Smoller, JW, Stefansson, K, Tiemeier, H, Uher, R, Voelzke, H, Weissman, MM, Werge, T, Lewis, CM, Levinson, DF, Breen, G, Borglum, ASD, Sullivan, PF, Arnau-Soler, A, Macdonald-Dunlop, E, Adams, MJ, Clarke, T-K, MacIntyre, DJ, Milburn, K, Navrady, L, Hayward, C, McIntosh, AM, Thomson, PA, Wray, NR, Ripke, S, Mattheisen, M, Trzaskowski, M, Byrne, EM, Abdellaoui, A, Agerbo, E, Air, TM, Andlauer, TFM, Bacanu, S-A, Baekvad-Hansen, M, Beekman, ATF, Bigdeli, TB, Binder, EB, Blackwood, DHR, Bryois, J, Buttenscon, HN, Bybjerg-Grauholm, J, Cai, N, Castelao, E, Christensen, JH, Coleman, JR, Colodro-Conde, L, Couvy-Duchesne, B, Craddock, N, Rawford, GEC, Davies, G, Deary, IJ, Degenhardt, F, Derks, EM, Direk, N, Dolan, C, Dunn, EC, Eley, TC, Escott-Price, V, Kiadeh, FFH, Finucane, HK, Foo, JC, Forstner, AJ, Frank, J, Gaspar, HA, Gill, M, Goes, FS, Gordon, SD, Grove, J, Hall, LS, Hansen, CS, Hansen, TF, Herms, S, Hickie, IB, Hoffmann, P, Homuth, G, Horn, C, Hottenga, J-J, Hougaard, DM, Ising, M, Jansen, R, Jones, I, Jones, LA, Jorgenson, E, Knowles, JA, Kohane, IS, Kraft, J, Kretzschmar, WW, Krogh, J, Kutalik, Z, Li, Y, Lind, PA, Macintyre, DJ, MacKinnon, DF, Maier, RM, Maier, W, Marchini, J, Mbarek, H, McGrath, P, McGuffin, P, Medland, SE, Mehta, D, Middeldorp, CM, Mihailov, E, Milaneschi, Y, Milani, L, Mondimore, FM, Montgomery, GW, Mostafavi, S, Mullins, N, Nauck, M, Ng, B, Nivard, MG, Nyholt, DR, O'Reilly, PF, Oskarsson, H, Owen, MJ, Painter, JN, Pedersen, CB, Pedersen, MG, Peterson, RE, Pettersson, E, Peyrot, WJ, Pistis, G, Posthuma, D, Quiroz, JA, Qvist, P, Rice, JP, Riley, BP, Rivera, M, Mirza, SS, Schoevers, R, Schulte, EC, Shen, L, Shi, J, Shyn, S, Sigurdsson, E, Sinnamon, GCB, Smit, JH, Smith, DJ, Stefansson, H, Steinberg, S, Streit, F, Strohmaier, J, Tansey, KE, Teismann, H, Teumer, A, Thompson, W, Thorgeirsson, TE, Traylor, M, Treutlein, J, Trubetskoy, V, Uitterlinden, AG, Umbricht, D, Van der Auwera, S, van Hemert, AM, Viktorin, A, Visscher, PM, Wang, Y, Webb, BT, Weinsheimer, SM, Wellmann, J, Willemsen, G, Witt, SH, Wu, Y, Xi, HS, Yang, J, Zhang, F, Arolt, V, Baune, BT, Berger, K, Boomsma, D, Cichon, S, Dannlowski, U, de Geus, EJC, DePaulo, JR, Domenici, E, Domschke, K, Esko, T, Grabe, HJ, Hamilton, SP, Heath, AC, Kendler, KS, Kloiber, S, Lewis, G, Li, QS, Lucae, S, Madden, PAF, Magnusson, PK, Martin, NG, Metspalu, A, Mors, O, Mortensen, PB, Mueller-Myhsok, B, Nordentoft, M, Noethen, MM, O'Donovan, MC, Paciga, SA, Pedersen, NL, Penninx, BWJH, Perlis, RH, Porteous, DJ, Potash, JB, Preisig, M, Rietschel, M, Schaefer, C, Schulze, TG, Smoller, JW, Stefansson, K, Tiemeier, H, Uher, R, Voelzke, H, Weissman, MM, Werge, T, Lewis, CM, Levinson, DF, Breen, G, Borglum, ASD, and Sullivan, PF

Abstract

Stress is associated with poorer physical and mental health. To improve our understanding of this link, we performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of depressive symptoms and genome-wide by environment interaction studies (GWEIS) of depressive symptoms and stressful life events (SLE) in two UK population-based cohorts (Generation Scotland and UK Biobank). No SNP was individually significant in either GWAS, but gene-based tests identified six genes associated with depressive symptoms in UK Biobank (DCC, ACSS3, DRD2, STAG1, FOXP2 and KYNU; p < 2.77 × 10-6). Two SNPs with genome-wide significant GxE effects were identified by GWEIS in Generation Scotland: rs12789145 (53-kb downstream PIWIL4; p = 4.95 × 10-9; total SLE) and rs17070072 (intronic to ZCCHC2; p = 1.46 × 10-8; dependent SLE). A third locus upstream CYLC2 (rs12000047 and rs12005200, p < 2.00 × 10-8; dependent SLE) when the joint effect of the SNP main and GxE effects was considered. GWEIS gene-based tests identified: MTNR1B with GxE effect with dependent SLE in Generation Scotland; and PHF2 with the joint effect in UK Biobank (p < 2.77 × 10-6). Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) analyses incorporating GxE effects improved the prediction of depressive symptom scores, when using weights derived from either the UK Biobank GWAS of depressive symptoms (p = 0.01) or the PGC GWAS of major depressive disorder (p = 5.91 × 10-3). Using an independent sample, PRS derived using GWEIS GxE effects provided evidence of shared aetiologies between depressive symptoms and schizotypal personality, heart disease and COPD. Further such studies are required and may result in improved treatments for depression and other stress-related conditions.

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2019

2. Applying polygenic risk scoring for psychiatric disorders to a large family with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder

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de Jong, S, Abdalla Diniz, MJ, Saloma, A, Gadelha, A, Santoro, ML, Ota, VK, Noto, C, Curtis, C, Newhouse, SJ, Patel, H, Hall, LS, O'Reilly, PF, Belangero, S, Bressan, RA, Breen, G, Wray, NR, Ripke, S, Mattheisen, M, Trzaskowski, M, Byrne, EM, Abdellaoui, A, Adams, MJ, Agerbo, E, Air, TM, Andlauer, TFM, Bacanu, S-A, Baekvad-Hansen, M, Beekman, ATF, Bigdeli, TB, Binder, EB, Blackwood, DHR, Bryois, J, Buttenschon, HN, Bybjerg-Grauholm, J, Cai, N, Castelao, E, Christensen, JH, Clarke, T-K, Coleman, JR, Colodro-Conde, L, Couvy-Duchesne, B, Craddock, N, Crawford, GE, Davies, G, Deary, IJ, Degenhardt, F, Derks, EM, Direk, N, Dolan, C, Dunn, EC, Eley, TC, Escott-Price, V, Kiadeh, FFH, Finucane, HK, Forstner, AJ, Frank, J, Gaspar, HA, Gill, M, Goes, FS, Gordon, SD, Grove, J, Hansen, CS, Hansen, TF, Herms, S, Hickie, IB, Hoffmann, P, Homuth, G, Horn, C, Hottenga, J-J, Hougaard, DM, Ising, M, Jansen, R, Jones, I, Jones, LA, Jorgenson, E, Knowles, JA, Kohane, IS, Kraft, J, Kretzschmar, WW, Krogh, J, Kutalik, Z, Li, Y, Lind, PA, MacIntyre, DJ, MacKinnon, DF, Maier, RM, Maier, W, Marchini, J, Mbarek, H, Mcgrath, P, Mcguffin, P, Medland, SE, Mehta, D, Middeldorp, CM, Mihailov, E, Milaneschi, Y, Milani, L, Mondimore, FM, Montgomery, GW, Mostafavi, S, Mullins, N, Nauck, M, Ng, B, Nivard, MG, Nyholt, DR, Oskarsson, H, Owen, MJ, Painter, JN, Pedersen, CB, Pedersen, MG, Peterson, RE, Pettersson, E, Peyrot, WJ, Pistis, G, Posthuma, D, Quiroz, JA, Qvist, P, Rice, JP, Riley, BP, Rivera, M, Mirza, SS, Schoevers, R, Schulte, EC, Shen, L, Shyn, S, Sigurdsson, E, Sinnamon, GCB, Smit, JH, Smith, DJ, Stefansson, H, Steinberg, S, Streit, F, Strohmaier, J, Tansey, KE, Teismann, H, Teumer, A, Thompson, W, Thomson, PA, Thorgeirsson, TE, Traylor, M, Treutlein, J, Trubetskoy, V, Uitterlinden, AG, Umbricht, D, Van der Auwera, S, van Hemert, AM, Viktorin, A, Visscher, PM, Wang, Y, Webb, BT, Weinsheimer, SM, Wellmann, J, Willemsen, G, Witt, SH, Wu, Y, Xi, HS, Yang, J, Zhang, F, Arolt, V, Baune, BT, Berger, K, Boomsma, D, Cichon, S, Dannlowski, U, de Geus, EJC, DePaulo, JR, Domenici, E, Domschke, K, Esko, T, Grabe, HJ, Hamilton, SP, Hayward, C, Heath, AC, Kendler, KS, Kloiber, S, Lewis, G, Li, QS, Lucae, S, Madden, PAF, Magnusson, PK, Martin, NG, McIntosh, AM, Metspalu, A, Mors, O, Mortensen, PB, Mueller-Myhsok, B, Nordentoft, M, Noethen, MM, O'Donovan, MC, Paciga, SA, Pedersen, NL, Penninx, BWJH, Perlis, RH, Porteous, DJ, Potash, JB, Preisig, M, Rietschel, M, Schaefer, C, Schulze, TG, Smoller, JW, Stefansson, K, Tiemeier, H, Uher, R, Voelzke, H, Weissman, MM, Werge, T, Lewis, CM, Levinson, DF, Borglum, AD, Sullivan, PF, Meier, S, Strauss, J, Xu, W, Vincent, JB, Matthews, K, Ferreira, M, O'Dushlaine, C, Purcell, S, Raychaudhuri, S, Ruderfer, DM, Sklar, P, Scott, LJ, Flickinger, M, Burmeister, M, Li, J, Guan, W, Absher, D, Thompson, RC, Meng, FG, Schatzberg, AF, Bunney, WE, Barchas, JD, Watson, SJ, Myers, RM, Akil, H, Boehnke, M, Chambert, K, Moran, J, Scolnick, E, Djurovic, S, Melle, I, Morken, G, Corvin, A, Anjorin, A, Kandaswamy, R, Lawrence, J, McLean, AW, Pickard, BS, Bergen, SE, Nimgaonkar, V, Landen, M, Schalling, M, Osby, U, Backlund, L, Frisen, L, Langstrom, N, Stahl, E, Dobbyn, A, Jamain, S, Etain, B, Bellivier, F, Leber, M, Maaser, A, Fischer, SB, Reinbold, CS, Kittel-Schneider, S, Fullerton, JM, Oruc, L, Para, JG, Mayoral, F, Rivas, F, Czerski, PM, Kammerer-Ciernioch, J, Vedder, H, Borrmann-Hassenbach, M, Pfennig, A, Brennan, P, McKay, JD, Kogevinas, M, Schwarz, M, Schofield, PR, Muehleisen, TW, Schumacher, J, Bauer, M, Wright, A, Mitchell, PB, Hautzinger, M, Kelsoe, JR, Greenwood, TA, Nievergelt, CM, Shilling, PD, Smith, EN, Bloss, CS, Edenberg, HJ, Koller, DL, Gershon, ES, Liu, C, Badner, JA, Scheftner, WA, Lawson, WB, Nwulia, EA, Hipolito, M, Coryell, W, Rice, J, Byerley, W, McMahon, FJ, Lohoff, FW, Zandi, PP, Mahon, PB, McInnis, MG, Zollner, S, Zhang, P, Szelinger, S, St Clair, D, Caesar, S, Gordon-Smith, K, Fraser, C, Green, EK, Grozeva, D, Hamshere, ML, Kirov, G, Nikolov, I, Collier, DA, Elkin, A, Williamson, R, Young, AH, Ferrier, IN, Milanova, V, Alda, M, Cervantes, P, Cruceanu, C, Rouleau, GA, Turecki, G, Paciga, S, Winslow, AR, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Ophoff, R, Adolfsson, R, Adolfsson, AN, Del-Favero, J, Pato, C, Biernacka, JM, Frye, MA, Morris, D, Schork, NJ, Reif, A, Lissowska, J, Hauser, J, Szeszenia-Dabrowska, N, McGhee, K, Quinn, E, Moskvina, V, Holmans, PA, Farmer, A, Kennedy, JL, Andreassen, OA, Mattingsdal, M, Bass, NJ, Gurling, H, McQuillin, A, Breuer, R, Hultman, C, Lichtenstein, P, Huckins, LM, Leboyer, M, Lathrop, M, Nurnberger, J, Steffens, M, Foroud, TM, Berrettini, WH, Craig, DW, Shi, J, de Jong, S, Abdalla Diniz, MJ, Saloma, A, Gadelha, A, Santoro, ML, Ota, VK, Noto, C, Curtis, C, Newhouse, SJ, Patel, H, Hall, LS, O'Reilly, PF, Belangero, S, Bressan, RA, Breen, G, Wray, NR, Ripke, S, Mattheisen, M, Trzaskowski, M, Byrne, EM, Abdellaoui, A, Adams, MJ, Agerbo, E, Air, TM, Andlauer, TFM, Bacanu, S-A, Baekvad-Hansen, M, Beekman, ATF, Bigdeli, TB, Binder, EB, Blackwood, DHR, Bryois, J, Buttenschon, HN, Bybjerg-Grauholm, J, Cai, N, Castelao, E, Christensen, JH, Clarke, T-K, Coleman, JR, Colodro-Conde, L, Couvy-Duchesne, B, Craddock, N, Crawford, GE, Davies, G, Deary, IJ, Degenhardt, F, Derks, EM, Direk, N, Dolan, C, Dunn, EC, Eley, TC, Escott-Price, V, Kiadeh, FFH, Finucane, HK, Forstner, AJ, Frank, J, Gaspar, HA, Gill, M, Goes, FS, Gordon, SD, Grove, J, Hansen, CS, Hansen, TF, Herms, S, Hickie, IB, Hoffmann, P, Homuth, G, Horn, C, Hottenga, J-J, Hougaard, DM, Ising, M, Jansen, R, Jones, I, Jones, LA, Jorgenson, E, Knowles, JA, Kohane, IS, Kraft, J, Kretzschmar, WW, Krogh, J, Kutalik, Z, Li, Y, Lind, PA, MacIntyre, DJ, MacKinnon, DF, Maier, RM, Maier, W, Marchini, J, Mbarek, H, Mcgrath, P, Mcguffin, P, Medland, SE, Mehta, D, Middeldorp, CM, Mihailov, E, Milaneschi, Y, Milani, L, Mondimore, FM, Montgomery, GW, Mostafavi, S, Mullins, N, Nauck, M, Ng, B, Nivard, MG, Nyholt, DR, Oskarsson, H, Owen, MJ, Painter, JN, Pedersen, CB, Pedersen, MG, Peterson, RE, Pettersson, E, Peyrot, WJ, Pistis, G, Posthuma, D, Quiroz, JA, Qvist, P, Rice, JP, Riley, BP, Rivera, M, Mirza, SS, Schoevers, R, Schulte, EC, Shen, L, Shyn, S, Sigurdsson, E, Sinnamon, GCB, Smit, JH, Smith, DJ, Stefansson, H, Steinberg, S, Streit, F, Strohmaier, J, Tansey, KE, Teismann, H, Teumer, A, Thompson, W, Thomson, PA, Thorgeirsson, TE, Traylor, M, Treutlein, J, Trubetskoy, V, Uitterlinden, AG, Umbricht, D, Van der Auwera, S, van Hemert, AM, Viktorin, A, Visscher, PM, Wang, Y, Webb, BT, Weinsheimer, SM, Wellmann, J, Willemsen, G, Witt, SH, Wu, Y, Xi, HS, Yang, J, Zhang, F, Arolt, V, Baune, BT, Berger, K, Boomsma, D, Cichon, S, Dannlowski, U, de Geus, EJC, DePaulo, JR, Domenici, E, Domschke, K, Esko, T, Grabe, HJ, Hamilton, SP, Hayward, C, Heath, AC, Kendler, KS, Kloiber, S, Lewis, G, Li, QS, Lucae, S, Madden, PAF, Magnusson, PK, Martin, NG, McIntosh, AM, Metspalu, A, Mors, O, Mortensen, PB, Mueller-Myhsok, B, Nordentoft, M, Noethen, MM, O'Donovan, MC, Paciga, SA, Pedersen, NL, Penninx, BWJH, Perlis, RH, Porteous, DJ, Potash, JB, Preisig, M, Rietschel, M, Schaefer, C, Schulze, TG, Smoller, JW, Stefansson, K, Tiemeier, H, Uher, R, Voelzke, H, Weissman, MM, Werge, T, Lewis, CM, Levinson, DF, Borglum, AD, Sullivan, PF, Meier, S, Strauss, J, Xu, W, Vincent, JB, Matthews, K, Ferreira, M, O'Dushlaine, C, Purcell, S, Raychaudhuri, S, Ruderfer, DM, Sklar, P, Scott, LJ, Flickinger, M, Burmeister, M, Li, J, Guan, W, Absher, D, Thompson, RC, Meng, FG, Schatzberg, AF, Bunney, WE, Barchas, JD, Watson, SJ, Myers, RM, Akil, H, Boehnke, M, Chambert, K, Moran, J, Scolnick, E, Djurovic, S, Melle, I, Morken, G, Corvin, A, Anjorin, A, Kandaswamy, R, Lawrence, J, McLean, AW, Pickard, BS, Bergen, SE, Nimgaonkar, V, Landen, M, Schalling, M, Osby, U, Backlund, L, Frisen, L, Langstrom, N, Stahl, E, Dobbyn, A, Jamain, S, Etain, B, Bellivier, F, Leber, M, Maaser, A, Fischer, SB, Reinbold, CS, Kittel-Schneider, S, Fullerton, JM, Oruc, L, Para, JG, Mayoral, F, Rivas, F, Czerski, PM, Kammerer-Ciernioch, J, Vedder, H, Borrmann-Hassenbach, M, Pfennig, A, Brennan, P, McKay, JD, Kogevinas, M, Schwarz, M, Schofield, PR, Muehleisen, TW, Schumacher, J, Bauer, M, Wright, A, Mitchell, PB, Hautzinger, M, Kelsoe, JR, Greenwood, TA, Nievergelt, CM, Shilling, PD, Smith, EN, Bloss, CS, Edenberg, HJ, Koller, DL, Gershon, ES, Liu, C, Badner, JA, Scheftner, WA, Lawson, WB, Nwulia, EA, Hipolito, M, Coryell, W, Rice, J, Byerley, W, McMahon, FJ, Lohoff, FW, Zandi, PP, Mahon, PB, McInnis, MG, Zollner, S, Zhang, P, Szelinger, S, St Clair, D, Caesar, S, Gordon-Smith, K, Fraser, C, Green, EK, Grozeva, D, Hamshere, ML, Kirov, G, Nikolov, I, Collier, DA, Elkin, A, Williamson, R, Young, AH, Ferrier, IN, Milanova, V, Alda, M, Cervantes, P, Cruceanu, C, Rouleau, GA, Turecki, G, Paciga, S, Winslow, AR, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Ophoff, R, Adolfsson, R, Adolfsson, AN, Del-Favero, J, Pato, C, Biernacka, JM, Frye, MA, Morris, D, Schork, NJ, Reif, A, Lissowska, J, Hauser, J, Szeszenia-Dabrowska, N, McGhee, K, Quinn, E, Moskvina, V, Holmans, PA, Farmer, A, Kennedy, JL, Andreassen, OA, Mattingsdal, M, Bass, NJ, Gurling, H, McQuillin, A, Breuer, R, Hultman, C, Lichtenstein, P, Huckins, LM, Leboyer, M, Lathrop, M, Nurnberger, J, Steffens, M, Foroud, TM, Berrettini, WH, Craig, DW, and Shi, J

Abstract

Psychiatric disorders are thought to have a complex genetic pathology consisting of interplay of common and rare variation. Traditionally, pedigrees are used to shed light on the latter only, while here we discuss the application of polygenic risk scores to also highlight patterns of common genetic risk. We analyze polygenic risk scores for psychiatric disorders in a large pedigree (n ~ 260) in which 30% of family members suffer from major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder. Studying patterns of assortative mating and anticipation, it appears increased polygenic risk is contributed by affected individuals who married into the family, resulting in an increasing genetic risk over generations. This may explain the observation of anticipation in mood disorders, whereby onset is earlier and the severity increases over the generations of a family. Joint analyses of rare and common variation may be a powerful way to understand the familial genetics of psychiatric disorders.

Published
2018

3. Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and genetic overlap with other health-related traits in UK Biobank (N=112 117)

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Clarke, T.-K., Adams, M.J., Davies, G., Howard, D.M., Hall, L.S., Padmanabhan, S., Murray, A.D., Smith, B.H., Campbell, A., Hayward, C., Porteous, D.J., Deary, I.J., and McIntosh, A.M.

Abstract

Alcohol consumption has been linked to over 200 diseases and is responsible for over 5% of the global disease burden. Well-known genetic variants in alcohol metabolizing genes, for example, ALDH2 and ADH1B, are strongly associated with alcohol consumption but have limited impact in European populations where they are found at low frequency. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of self-reported alcohol consumption in 112 117 individuals in the UK Biobank (UKB) sample of white British individuals. We report significant genome-wide associations at 14 loci. These include single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in alcohol metabolizing genes (ADH1B/ADH1C/ADH5) and two loci in KLB, a gene recently associated with alcohol consumption. We also identify SNPs at novel loci including GCKR, CADM2 and FAM69C. Gene-based analyses found significant associations with genes implicated in the neurobiology of substance use (DRD2, PDE4B). GCTA analyses found a significant SNP-based heritability of self-reported alcohol consumption of 13% (se=0.01). Sex-specific analyses found largely overlapping GWAS loci and the genetic correlation (rG) between male and female alcohol consumption was 0.90 (s.e.=0.09, P-value=7.16 × 10(-23)). Using LD score regression, genetic overlap was found between alcohol consumption and years of schooling (rG=0.18, s.e.=0.03), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (rG=0.28, s.e.=0.05), smoking (rG=0.40, s.e.=0.06) and various anthropometric traits (for example, overweight, rG=-0.19, s.e.=0.05). This study replicates the association between alcohol consumption and alcohol metabolizing genes and KLB, and identifies novel gene associations that should be the focus of future studies investigating the neurobiology of alcohol consumption.

Published
2017

4. Genome-wide association study of borderline personality disorder reveals genetic overlap with bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia

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Witt, S. H., Streit, F., Jungkunz, M., Frank, J., Awasthi, S., Reinbold, C. S., Treutlein, J., Degenhardt, F., Forstner, A. J., Heilmann-Heimbach, S., Dietl, L., Schwarze, C. E., Schendel, D., Strohmaier, J., Abdellaoui, A., Adolfsson, R., Air, T. M., Akil, H., Alda, M., Alliey-Rodriguez, N., Andreassen, O. A., Babadjanova, G., Bass, N. J., Bauer, M., Baune, B. T., Bellivier, F., Bergen, S., Bethell, A., Biernacka, J. M., Blackwood, D. H. R., Boks, M. P., Boomsma, D. I., Borglum, A. D., Borrmann-Hassenbach, M., Brennan, P., Budde, M., Buttenschon, H. N., Byrne, E. M., Cervantes, P., Clarke, T-K, Craddock, N., Cruceanu, C., Curtis, D., Czerski, P. M., Dannlowski, U., Davis, T., de Geus, E. J. C., Di Florio, A., Djurovic, S., Domenici, E., Edenberg, H. J., Etain, B., Fischer, S. B., Forty, L., Fraser, C., Frye, M. A., Fullerton, J. M., Gade, K., Gershon, E. S., Giegling, I., Gordon, S. D., Gordon-Smith, K., Grabe, H. J., Green, E. K., Greenwood, T. A., Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M., Guzman-Parra, J., Hall, L. S., Hamshere, M., Hauser, J., Hautzinger, M., Heilbronner, U., Herms, S., Hitturlingappa, S., Hoffmann, P., Holmans, P., Hottenga, J-J, Jamain, S., Jones, I., Jones, L. A., Jureus, A., Kahn, R. S., Kammerer-Ciernioch, J., Kirov, G., Kittel-Schneider, S., Kloiber, S., Knott, S. V., Kogevinas, M., Landen, M., Leber, M., Leboyer, M., Li, Q. S., Lissowska, J., Lucae, S., Martin, N. G., Mayoral-Cleries, F., McElroy, S. L., McIntosh, A. M., McKay, J. D., McQuillin, A., Medland, S. E., Middeldorp, C. M., Milaneschi, Y., Mitchell, P. B., Montgomery, G. W., Morken, G., Mors, O., Muehleisen, T. W., Mueller-Myhsok, B., Myers, R. M., Nievergelt, C. M., Nurnberger, J. I., O'Donovan, M. C., Loohuis, L. M. O., Ophoff, R., Oruc, L., Owen, M. J., Paciga, S. A., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Perry, A., Pfennig, A., Potash, J. B., Preisig, M., Reif, A., Rivas, F., Rouleau, G. A., Schofield, P. R., Schulze, T. G., Schwarz, M., Scott, L., Sinnamon, G. C. B., Stahl, E. A., Strauss, J., Turecki, G., Van der Auwera, S., Vedder, H., Vincent, J. B., Willemsen, G., Witt, C. C., Wray, N. R., Xi, H. S., Tadic, A., Dahmen, N., Schott, B. H., Cichon, S., Noethen, M. M., Ripke, S., Mobascher, A., Rujescu, D., Lieb, K., Roepke, S., Schmahl, C., Bohus, M., Rietschel, M., Witt, S. H., Streit, F., Jungkunz, M., Frank, J., Awasthi, S., Reinbold, C. S., Treutlein, J., Degenhardt, F., Forstner, A. J., Heilmann-Heimbach, S., Dietl, L., Schwarze, C. E., Schendel, D., Strohmaier, J., Abdellaoui, A., Adolfsson, R., Air, T. M., Akil, H., Alda, M., Alliey-Rodriguez, N., Andreassen, O. A., Babadjanova, G., Bass, N. J., Bauer, M., Baune, B. T., Bellivier, F., Bergen, S., Bethell, A., Biernacka, J. M., Blackwood, D. H. R., Boks, M. P., Boomsma, D. I., Borglum, A. D., Borrmann-Hassenbach, M., Brennan, P., Budde, M., Buttenschon, H. N., Byrne, E. M., Cervantes, P., Clarke, T-K, Craddock, N., Cruceanu, C., Curtis, D., Czerski, P. M., Dannlowski, U., Davis, T., de Geus, E. J. C., Di Florio, A., Djurovic, S., Domenici, E., Edenberg, H. J., Etain, B., Fischer, S. B., Forty, L., Fraser, C., Frye, M. A., Fullerton, J. M., Gade, K., Gershon, E. S., Giegling, I., Gordon, S. D., Gordon-Smith, K., Grabe, H. J., Green, E. K., Greenwood, T. A., Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M., Guzman-Parra, J., Hall, L. S., Hamshere, M., Hauser, J., Hautzinger, M., Heilbronner, U., Herms, S., Hitturlingappa, S., Hoffmann, P., Holmans, P., Hottenga, J-J, Jamain, S., Jones, I., Jones, L. A., Jureus, A., Kahn, R. S., Kammerer-Ciernioch, J., Kirov, G., Kittel-Schneider, S., Kloiber, S., Knott, S. V., Kogevinas, M., Landen, M., Leber, M., Leboyer, M., Li, Q. S., Lissowska, J., Lucae, S., Martin, N. G., Mayoral-Cleries, F., McElroy, S. L., McIntosh, A. M., McKay, J. D., McQuillin, A., Medland, S. E., Middeldorp, C. M., Milaneschi, Y., Mitchell, P. B., Montgomery, G. W., Morken, G., Mors, O., Muehleisen, T. W., Mueller-Myhsok, B., Myers, R. M., Nievergelt, C. M., Nurnberger, J. I., O'Donovan, M. C., Loohuis, L. M. O., Ophoff, R., Oruc, L., Owen, M. J., Paciga, S. A., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Perry, A., Pfennig, A., Potash, J. B., Preisig, M., Reif, A., Rivas, F., Rouleau, G. A., Schofield, P. R., Schulze, T. G., Schwarz, M., Scott, L., Sinnamon, G. C. B., Stahl, E. A., Strauss, J., Turecki, G., Van der Auwera, S., Vedder, H., Vincent, J. B., Willemsen, G., Witt, C. C., Wray, N. R., Xi, H. S., Tadic, A., Dahmen, N., Schott, B. H., Cichon, S., Noethen, M. M., Ripke, S., Mobascher, A., Rujescu, D., Lieb, K., Roepke, S., Schmahl, C., Bohus, M., and Rietschel, M.

Abstract

Borderline personality disorder (BOR) is determined by environmental and genetic factors, and characterized by affective instability and impulsivity, diagnostic symptoms also observed in manic phases of bipolar disorder (BIP). Up to 20% of BIP patients show comorbidity with BOR. This report describes the first case-control genome-wide association study (GWAS) of BOR, performed in one of the largest BOR patient samples worldwide. The focus of our analysis was (i) to detect genes and gene sets involved in BOR and (ii) to investigate the genetic overlap with BIP. As there is considerable genetic overlap between BIP, major depression (MDD) and schizophrenia (SCZ) and a high comorbidity of BOR and MDD, we also analyzed the genetic overlap of BOR with SCZ and MDD. GWAS, gene-based tests and gene-set analyses were performed in 998 BOR patients and 1545 controls. Linkage disequilibrium score regression was used to detect the genetic overlap between BOR and these disorders. Single marker analysis revealed no significant association after correction for multiple testing. Gene-based analysis yielded two significant genes: DPYD (P = 4.42 x 10(-7)) and PKP4 (P = 8.67 x 10(-7)); and gene-set analysis yielded a significant finding for exocytosis (GO: 0006887, PFDR = 0.019; FDR, false discovery rate). Prior studies have implicated DPYD, PKP4 and exocytosis in BIP and SCZ. The most notable finding of the present study was the genetic overlap of BOR with BIP (r(g) = 0.28 [P = 2.99 x 10(-3)]), SCZ (r(g) = 0.34 [P = 4.37 x 10(-5)]) and MDD (r(g) = 0.57 [P = 1.04 x 10(-3)]). We believe our study is the first to demonstrate that BOR overlaps with BIP, MDD and SCZ on the genetic level. Whether this is confined to transdiagnostic clinical symptoms should be examined in future studies.

Published
2017

5. Genome-wide association study of borderline personality disorder reveals genetic overlap with bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia

Author

Witt, SH, Streit, F, Jungkunz, M, Frank, J, Awasthi, S, Reinbold, CS, Treutlein, J, Degenhardt, F, Forstner, AJ, Heilmann-Heimbach, S, Dietl, L, Schwarze, CE, Schendel, D, Strohmaier, J, Abdellaoui, A, Adolfsson, R, Air, TM, Akil, H, Alda, M, Alliey-Rodriguez, N, Andreassen, OA, Babadjanova, G, Bass, NJ, Bauer, M, Baune, BT, Bellivier, F, Bergen, S, Bethell, A, Biernacka, JM, Blackwood, DHR, Boks, MP, Boomsma, DI, Borglum, AD, Borrmann-Hassenbach, M, Brennan, P, Budde, M, Buttenschon, HN, Byrne, EM, Cervantes, P, Clarke, T-K, Craddock, N, Cruceanu, C, Curtis, D, Czerski, PM, Dannlowski, U, Davis, T, de Geus, EJC, Di Florio, A, Djurovic, S, Domenici, E, Edenberg, HJ, Etain, B, Fischer, SB, Forty, L, Fraser, C, Frye, MA, Fullerton, JM, Gade, K, Gershon, ES, Giegling, I, Gordon, SD, Gordon-Smith, K, Grabe, HJ, Green, EK, Greenwood, TA, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Guzman-Parra, J, Hall, LS, Hamshere, M, Hauser, J, Hautzinger, M, Heilbronner, U, Herms, S, Hitturlingappa, S, Hoffmann, P, Holmans, P, Hottenga, J-J, Jamain, S, Jones, I, Jones, LA, Jureus, A, Kahn, RS, Kammerer-Ciernioch, J, Kirov, G, Kittel-Schneider, S, Kloiber, S, Knott, SV, Kogevinas, M, Landen, M, Leber, M, Leboyer, M, Li, QS, Lissowska, J, Lucae, S, Martin, NG, Mayoral-Cleries, F, McElroy, SL, McIntosh, AM, McKay, JD, McQuillin, A, Medland, SE, Middeldorp, CM, Milaneschi, Y, Mitchell, PB, Montgomery, GW, Morken, G, Mors, O, Muehleisen, TW, Mueller-Myhsok, B, Myers, RM, Nievergelt, CM, Nurnberger, JI, O'Donovan, MC, Loohuis, LMO, Ophoff, R, Oruc, L, Owen, MJ, Paciga, SA, Penninx, BWJH, Perry, A, Pfennig, A, Potash, JB, Preisig, M, Reif, A, Rivas, F, Rouleau, GA, Schofield, PR, Schulze, TG, Schwarz, M, Scott, L, Sinnamon, GCB, Stahl, EA, Strauss, J, Turecki, G, Van der Auwera, S, Vedder, H, Vincent, JB, Willemsen, G, Witt, CC, Wray, NR, Xi, HS, Tadic, A, Dahmen, N, Schott, BH, Cichon, S, Noethen, MM, Ripke, S, Mobascher, A, Rujescu, D, Lieb, K, Roepke, S, Schmahl, C, Bohus, M, Rietschel, M, Witt, SH, Streit, F, Jungkunz, M, Frank, J, Awasthi, S, Reinbold, CS, Treutlein, J, Degenhardt, F, Forstner, AJ, Heilmann-Heimbach, S, Dietl, L, Schwarze, CE, Schendel, D, Strohmaier, J, Abdellaoui, A, Adolfsson, R, Air, TM, Akil, H, Alda, M, Alliey-Rodriguez, N, Andreassen, OA, Babadjanova, G, Bass, NJ, Bauer, M, Baune, BT, Bellivier, F, Bergen, S, Bethell, A, Biernacka, JM, Blackwood, DHR, Boks, MP, Boomsma, DI, Borglum, AD, Borrmann-Hassenbach, M, Brennan, P, Budde, M, Buttenschon, HN, Byrne, EM, Cervantes, P, Clarke, T-K, Craddock, N, Cruceanu, C, Curtis, D, Czerski, PM, Dannlowski, U, Davis, T, de Geus, EJC, Di Florio, A, Djurovic, S, Domenici, E, Edenberg, HJ, Etain, B, Fischer, SB, Forty, L, Fraser, C, Frye, MA, Fullerton, JM, Gade, K, Gershon, ES, Giegling, I, Gordon, SD, Gordon-Smith, K, Grabe, HJ, Green, EK, Greenwood, TA, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Guzman-Parra, J, Hall, LS, Hamshere, M, Hauser, J, Hautzinger, M, Heilbronner, U, Herms, S, Hitturlingappa, S, Hoffmann, P, Holmans, P, Hottenga, J-J, Jamain, S, Jones, I, Jones, LA, Jureus, A, Kahn, RS, Kammerer-Ciernioch, J, Kirov, G, Kittel-Schneider, S, Kloiber, S, Knott, SV, Kogevinas, M, Landen, M, Leber, M, Leboyer, M, Li, QS, Lissowska, J, Lucae, S, Martin, NG, Mayoral-Cleries, F, McElroy, SL, McIntosh, AM, McKay, JD, McQuillin, A, Medland, SE, Middeldorp, CM, Milaneschi, Y, Mitchell, PB, Montgomery, GW, Morken, G, Mors, O, Muehleisen, TW, Mueller-Myhsok, B, Myers, RM, Nievergelt, CM, Nurnberger, JI, O'Donovan, MC, Loohuis, LMO, Ophoff, R, Oruc, L, Owen, MJ, Paciga, SA, Penninx, BWJH, Perry, A, Pfennig, A, Potash, JB, Preisig, M, Reif, A, Rivas, F, Rouleau, GA, Schofield, PR, Schulze, TG, Schwarz, M, Scott, L, Sinnamon, GCB, Stahl, EA, Strauss, J, Turecki, G, Van der Auwera, S, Vedder, H, Vincent, JB, Willemsen, G, Witt, CC, Wray, NR, Xi, HS, Tadic, A, Dahmen, N, Schott, BH, Cichon, S, Noethen, MM, Ripke, S, Mobascher, A, Rujescu, D, Lieb, K, Roepke, S, Schmahl, C, Bohus, M, and Rietschel, M

Abstract

Borderline personality disorder (BOR) is determined by environmental and genetic factors, and characterized by affective instability and impulsivity, diagnostic symptoms also observed in manic phases of bipolar disorder (BIP). Up to 20% of BIP patients show comorbidity with BOR. This report describes the first case-control genome-wide association study (GWAS) of BOR, performed in one of the largest BOR patient samples worldwide. The focus of our analysis was (i) to detect genes and gene sets involved in BOR and (ii) to investigate the genetic overlap with BIP. As there is considerable genetic overlap between BIP, major depression (MDD) and schizophrenia (SCZ) and a high comorbidity of BOR and MDD, we also analyzed the genetic overlap of BOR with SCZ and MDD. GWAS, gene-based tests and gene-set analyses were performed in 998 BOR patients and 1545 controls. Linkage disequilibrium score regression was used to detect the genetic overlap between BOR and these disorders. Single marker analysis revealed no significant association after correction for multiple testing. Gene-based analysis yielded two significant genes: DPYD (P=4.42 × 10-7) and PKP4 (P=8.67 × 10-7); and gene-set analysis yielded a significant finding for exocytosis (GO:0006887, PFDR=0.019; FDR, false discovery rate). Prior studies have implicated DPYD, PKP4 and exocytosis in BIP and SCZ. The most notable finding of the present study was the genetic overlap of BOR with BIP (rg=0.28 [P=2.99 × 10-3]), SCZ (rg=0.34 [P=4.37 × 10-5]) and MDD (rg=0.57 [P=1.04 × 10-3]). We believe our study is the first to demonstrate that BOR overlaps with BIP, MDD and SCZ on the genetic level. Whether this is confined to transdiagnostic clinical symptoms should be examined in future studies.

Published
2017

6. Assessing the presence of shared genetic architecture between Alzheimer's disease and major depressive disorder using genome-wide association data

Author

Gibson, J, Russ, T C, Adams, M J, Clarke, T-K, Howard, D M, Hall, L S, Fernandez-Pujals, A M, Wigmore, E M, Hayward, C, Davies, G, Murray, A D, Smith, B H, Porteous, D J, Deary, I J, and McIntosh, A M

Subjects
Adult, Male, Depressive Disorder, Major, Multifactorial Inheritance, Statistics as Topic, Age Factors, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Survival Analysis, Cohort Studies, Alzheimer Disease, Case-Control Studies, Humans, Original Article, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Age of Onset, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Major depressive disorder (MDD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are both common in older age and frequently co-occur. Numerous phenotypic studies based on clinical diagnoses suggest that a history of depression increases risk of subsequent AD, although the basis of this relationship is uncertain. Both illnesses are polygenic, and shared genetic risk factors could explain some of the observed association. We used genotype data to test whether MDD and AD have an overlapping polygenic architecture in two large population-based cohorts, Generation Scotland's Scottish Family Health Study (GS:SFHS; N=19 889) and UK Biobank (N=25 118), and whether age of depression onset influences any relationship. Using two complementary techniques, we found no evidence that the disorders are influenced by common genetic variants. Using linkage disequilibrium score regression with genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics from the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project, we report no significant genetic correlation between AD and MDD (rG=−0.103, P=0.59). Polygenic risk scores (PRS) generated using summary data from International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP) and the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium were used to assess potential pleiotropy between the disorders. PRS for MDD were nominally associated with participant-recalled AD family history in GS:SFHS, although this association did not survive multiple comparison testing. AD PRS were not associated with depression status or late-onset depression, and a survival analysis showed no association between age of depression onset and genetic risk for AD. This study found no evidence to support a common polygenic structure for AD and MDD, suggesting that the comorbidity of these disorders is not explained by common genetic variants.

Published
2017

7. Major depressive disorder and current psychological distress moderate the effect of polygenic risk for obesity on body mass index

Author

Clarke, T.-K., Hall, L.S., Fernandez-Pujals, A.M., MacIntyre, D.J., Thomson, P., Hayward, C., Smith, B.H., Padmanabhan, S., Hocking, L.J., Deary, I.J., Porteous, D.J., and McIntosh, A.M.

Subjects
Adult, Male, Neuroticism, Depressive Disorder, Major, Multifactorial Inheritance, Genotype, Comorbidity, Middle Aged, behavioral disciplines and activities, Anxiety Disorders, Body Mass Index, Risk Factors, mental disorders, Humans, Original Article, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Obesity, Stress, Psychological
Abstract

Major depressive disorder (MDD) and obesity are frequently co-morbid and this correlation is partly due to genetic factors. Although specific genetic risk variants are associated with body mass index (BMI) and with larger effect sizes in depressed individuals, the genetic overlap and interaction with depression has not been addressed using whole-genome data. Polygenic profile scores for MDD and BMI were created in 13,921 members of Generation Scotland: the Scottish Family Health Study and tested for their association with BMI, MDD, neuroticism and scores on the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) (current psychological distress). The association between BMI polygenic profile scores and BMI was tested fitting GHQ, neuroticism or MDD status as an interaction term to test for a moderating effect of mood disorder. BMI polygenic profile scores were not associated with lifetime MDD status or neuroticism although a significant positive association with GHQ scores was found (P = 0.0001, β = 0.034, r(2) = 0.001). Polygenic risk for MDD was not associated with BMI. A significant interaction between BMI polygenic profile scores and MDD (P = 0.0003, β = 0.064), GHQ (P = 0.0005, β = 0.027) and neuroticism (P = 0.003, β = 0.023) was found when BMI was the dependent variable. The effect of BMI-increasing alleles was greater in those with MDD, high neuroticism or current psychological distress. MDD, neuroticism and current psychological distress amplify the effect of BMI polygenic profile scores on BMI. Depressed individuals with a greater polygenic load for obesity are at greater risk of becoming obese than control individuals.

Published
2015
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8. Genetic effects influencing risk for major depressive disorder in China and Europe

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Bigdeli, T B, Ripke, S, Peterson, R E, Trzaskowski, M, Bacanu, S-A, Abdellaoui, A, Andlauer, T F M, Beekman, A T F, Berger, K, Blackwood, D H R, Boomsma, D I, Breen, G, Buttenschøn, H N, Byrne, E M, Cichon, S, Clarke, T-K, Couvy-Duchesne, B, Craddock, N, de Geus, E J C, Degenhardt, F, Dunn, E C, Edwards, A C, Fanous, A H, Forstner, A J, Frank, J, Gill, M, Gordon, S D, Grabe, H J, Hamilton, S P, Hardiman, O, Hayward, C, Heath, A C, Henders, A K, Herms, S, Hickie, I B, Hoffmann, P, Homuth, G, Hottenga, J-J, Ising, M, Jansen, R, Kloiber, S, Knowles, J A, Lang, M, Li, Q S, Lucae, S, MacIntyre, D J, Madden, P A F, Martin, N G, McGrath, P J, McGuffin, P, McIntosh, A M, Medland, S E, Mehta, D, Middeldorp, C M, Milaneschi, Y, Montgomery, G W, Mors, O, Müller-Myhsok, B, Nauck, M, Nyholt, D R, Nöthen, M M, Owen, M J, Penninx, B W J H, Pergadia, M L, Perlis, R H, Peyrot, W J, Porteous, D J, Potash, J B, Rice, J P, Rietschel, M, Riley, B P, Rivera, M, Schoevers, R, Schulze, T G, Shi, J, Shyn, S I, Smit, J H, Smoller, J W, Streit, F, Strohmaier, J, Teumer, A, Treutlein, J, Van der Auwera, S, van Grootheest, G, van Hemert, A M, Völzke, H, Webb, B T, Weissman, M M, Wellmann, J, Willemsen, G, Witt, S H, Levinson, D F, Lewis, C M, Wray, N R, Flint, J, Sullivan, P F, and Kendler, K S

Abstract

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common, complex psychiatric disorder and a leading cause of disability worldwide. Despite twin studies indicating its modest heritability (~30–40%), extensive heterogeneity and a complex genetic architecture have complicated efforts to detect associated genetic risk variants. We combined single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) summary statistics from the CONVERGE and PGC studies of MDD, representing 10 502 Chinese (5282 cases and 5220 controls) and 18 663 European (9447 cases and 9215 controls) subjects. We determined the fraction of SNPs displaying consistent directions of effect, assessed the significance of polygenic risk scores and estimated the genetic correlation of MDD across ancestries. Subsequent trans-ancestry meta-analyses combined SNP-level evidence of association. Sign tests and polygenic score profiling weakly support an overlap of SNP effects between East Asian and European populations. We estimated the trans-ancestry genetic correlation of lifetime MDD as 0.33; female-only and recurrent MDD yielded estimates of 0.40 and 0.41, respectively. Common variants downstream of GPHN achieved genome-wide significance by Bayesian trans-ancestry meta-analysis (rs9323497; log10 Bayes Factor=8.08) but failed to replicate in an independent European sample (P=0.911). Gene-set enrichment analyses indicate enrichment of genes involved in neuronal development and axonal trafficking. We successfully demonstrate a partially shared polygenic basis of MDD in East Asian and European populations. Taken together, these findings support a complex etiology for MDD and possible population differences in predisposing genetic factors, with important implications for future genetic studies.

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2017
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