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Genome-wide common and rare variant analysis provides novel insights into clozapine-associated neutropenia.
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Molecular psychiatry [Mol Psychiatry] 2017 Oct; Vol. 22 (10), pp. 1502-1508. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jul 12. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The antipsychotic clozapine is uniquely effective in the management of schizophrenia; however, its use is limited by its potential to induce agranulocytosis. The causes of this, and of its precursor neutropenia, are largely unknown, although genetic factors have an important role. We sought risk alleles for clozapine-associated neutropenia in a sample of 66 cases and 5583 clozapine-treated controls, through a genome-wide association study (GWAS), imputed human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles, exome array and copy-number variation (CNV) analyses. We then combined associated variants in a meta-analysis with data from the Clozapine-Induced Agranulocytosis Consortium (up to 163 cases and 7970 controls). In the largest combined sample to date, we identified a novel association with rs149104283 (odds ratio (OR)=4.32, P=1.79 × 10 <superscript>-8</superscript> ), intronic to transcripts of SLCO1B3 and SLCO1B7, members of a family of hepatic transporter genes previously implicated in adverse drug reactions including simvastatin-induced myopathy and docetaxel-induced neutropenia. Exome array analysis identified gene-wide associations of uncommon non-synonymous variants within UBAP2 and STARD9. We additionally provide independent replication of a previously identified variant in HLA-DQB1 (OR=15.6, P=0.015, positive predictive value=35.1%). These results implicate biological pathways through which clozapine may act to cause this serious adverse effect.
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- Carrier Proteins genetics
Case-Control Studies
Clozapine therapeutic use
Exome
Female
Genome-Wide Association Study
HLA-DQ beta-Chains genetics
Humans
Male
Neutropenia metabolism
Odds Ratio
Schizophrenia drug therapy
Schizophrenia genetics
Solute Carrier Organic Anion Transporter Family Member 1B3 genetics
Clozapine adverse effects
Neutropenia chemically induced
Neutropenia genetics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1476-5578
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Molecular psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27400856
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2016.97