Journal
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
Volume 65, Issue 12, Pages 1063-1070Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.01.003
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PRODH; Prepulse inhibition; schizotypy; trait anxiety; verbal memory; working memory
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- University of Crete Research Funds Account [E.L.K.E. 1348]
- Manasaki scholarship
- Propondis Foundation postdoctorate fellowship
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Background: Significant associations have been shown for haplotypes comprising three PRODH single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; 194ST/C, 1766A/G, 1852G/A) located in the 3' region of the gene, suggesting a role of these variants in the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia. We assessed the relationship between these high-risk PRODH polymorphisms and schizophrenia-related endophenotypes in a large and highly homogeneous cohort of healthy males. Methods: Participants (n = 217) were tested in prepulse inhibition (PPI), verbal and working memory, trait anxiety and schizotypy. The QTPHASE from the UNPHASED package was used for the association analysis of each SNP or haplotype data. This procedure revealed significant phenotypic impact of the risk CGA haplotype. Subjects were then divided in two groups; levels of PPI, anxiety, and schizotypy, verbal and working memory were compared with analysis of variance. Results: CGA carriers (n = 32) exhibited attenuated PPI (p < .001) and verbal memory (p < .001) and higher anxiety (P < .004) and schizotypy (p < .008) compared with the noncarriers (n = 185). There were no differences in baseline startle, demographics, and working memory. The main significant correlations were schizotypy X PPI [85-dB, 120-msec trials] in the carriers and schizotypy X anxiety in the entire group and the noncarriers but not the carriers group. Conclusions: Our results strongly support PPI as a valid schizophrenia endophenotype and highlight the importance of examining the role of risk haplotypes on multiple endophenotypes and have implications for understanding the continuum from normality to psychosis, transitional states, and the genetics of schizophrenia-related traits.
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