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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS
Volume 144B, Issue 8, Pages 1027-1033Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30533
Keywords
obsessive-compulsive disorder; candidate gene; gender; anxiety disorders; glutamic acid; glutamate plasma membrane transport proteins; physiopathology
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- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS16648] Funding Source: Medline
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Context: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a debilitating illness with putative glutamatergic abnormalities. Two separate proximal haplotypes in the glutamate transporter gene, SLC1A1, were recently reported to be associated with OCD among males, but replication is required. Objectives: This study examines SLC1A1 as a candidate gene for OCD and explores gender influences. It was hypothesized that a significant association between SLC1A1 and OCD would be replicated in an independent sample of males but not females. Design: Family-based association candidate gene study. Setting: Participants were recruited from tertiary care OCD specialty clinics. Participants: OCD probands and their first degree relatives. Main outcomes measures: Association of OCD with genotypes of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and related haplotypes. Results: Association between OCD and the three-marker haplotype, rs12682807/rs2072657/rs301430, with overtransmission of A/T/T, was observed in both genders combined (global P=0.0015) and in males (global P=0.0031). Single-marker associations with OCD in the region (rs3780412 and rs2228622) demonstrated modest significance (permuted P=0.045). Conclusions: This study identifies a significant association between the SLC1A1 glutamate transporter gene and OCD in a haplotype overlapping with that recently reported. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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