L1CAM, a neural cell adhesion molecule, plays an important role in the development of the central nervous system. The human L1CAM gene is located in Xq28. Mutations in the gene are responsible for a wide spectrum of neurological abnormalities and mental retardation. Schizophrenia may result from early neurodevelopmental abnormalities. We screened 30 male and 30 female schizophrenic patients for their genomic sequence of the L1CAM gene in order to determine the DNA sequence variations. Three novel variations located in exon 18 (10564 G > A, GG/AA at codon 758), intron 11 (8575 A > C), and intron 25 (13504 C > T) were detected. An association study of the identified polymorphisms was then performed in a Japanese sample of 152 male and 115 female patients with schizophrenia and 121 male and 114 female control subjects. A statistically significant increase in the count of the 13504 T-allele was observed in the male patients, compared to the male controls, with no differences in the variations of exon 18 or intron 11. There was no statistically significant change in the distribution of allele or genotype of any variations in the female schizophrenics, in comparison with the female controls. These results suggest that the polymorphism in intron 25 plays a role in the genetic predisposition of male schizophrenia in the Japanese sample.
The benzodiazepine receptor (peripheral) (BZRP) mainly localized on glial cells plays a role in neurosteroid synthesis, and increases with glial proliferation. We have recently reported a significant decrease in the density of BZRP labeled by [3H] PK 11195 in the postmortem brain of chronic schizophrenics, suggesting that dysfunctions of the BZRP are involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. We screened 11 patients with schizophrenia and 10 controls, which were used in a previous postmortem study, for their genomic sequences of the BZRP gene in order to find DNA sequence variations. One novel missense polymorphism (His162Arg) and another previously reported missense mutation (Ala147Thr) were detected. An association study of the identified variations was then performed in an extended Japanese sample of 304 schizophrenic patients and 369 controls. While there was an increased tendency in the frequency of the 162Arg allele of schizophrenics compared to that of the controls (p = 0.0603), no statistically significant association with schizophrenia was observed in the Ala147Thr allele (p = 0.1016). These results do not suggest that the two missense polymorphisms play a major role in the genetic predisposition of schizophrenia in the Japanese sample.
The benzodiazepine receptor (peripheral) (BZRP) plays an important role in the steroid syntheses of the adrenal glands and brain, which is possibly involved in the pathophysiology of mood disorders. We evaluated an association study between two missense variations of the BZRP gene and mood disorders in a Japanese sample. However, no statistically significant associations with either bipolar disorders or depressive disorders were observed in the allele frequencies, genotype counts, or haplotype distributions for the two variations, although the present sample size had a moderate power (0.46-0.86). These results do not suggest that the BZRP gene plays a role in the genetic predisposition of affective disorders.
L1CAM, a neural cell adhesion molecule, plays an important role in the development of the central nervous system. The human L1CAM gene is located in Xq28. Mutations in the gene are responsible for a wide spectrum of neurological abnormalities and mental retardation. Schizophrenia may result from early neurodevelopmental abnormalities. We screened 30 male and 30 female schizophrenic patients for their genomic sequence of the L1CAM gene in order to determine the DNA sequence variations. Three novel variations located in exon 18 (10564 G > A, GG/AA at codon 758), intron 11 (8575 A > C), and intron 25 (13504 C > T) were detected. An association study of the identified polymorphisms was then performed in a Japanese sample of 152 male and 115 female patients with schizophrenia and 121 male and 114 female control subjects. A statistically significant increase in the count of the 13504 T-allele was observed in the male patients, compared to the male controls, with no differences in the variations of exon 18 or intron 11. There was no statistically significant change in the distribution of allele or genotype of any variations in the female schizophrenics, in comparison with the female controls. These results suggest that the polymorphism in intron 25 plays a role in the genetic predisposition of male schizophrenia in the Japanese sample.
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