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Genetic Heritability and Shared Environmental Factors Among Twin Pairs With Autism
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CONTEXT: Autism is considered the most heritable of neurodevelopmental disorders, mainly because of the large difference in concordance rates between monozygotic and dizygotic twins. OBJECTIVE: To provide rigorous quantitative estimates of genetic heritability of autism and the effects of shared environment. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Twin pairs with at least 1 twin with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) born between 1987 and 2004 were identified through the California Department of Developmental Services. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Structured diagnostic assessments (Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) were completed on 192 twin pairs. Concordance rates were calculated and parametric models were fitted for 2 definitions, 1 narrow (strict autism) and 1 broad (ASD). RESULTS: For strict autism, probandwise concordance for male twins was 0.58 for 40 monozygotic pairs (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.42-0.74) and 0.21 for 31 dizygotic pairs (95% CI, 0.09-0.43); for female twins, the concordance was 0.60 for 7 monozygotic pairs (95% CI, 0.28-0.90) and 0.27 for 10 dizygotic pairs (95% CI, 0.09-0.69). For ASD, the probandwise concordance for male twins was 0.77 for 45 monozygotic pairs (95% CI, 0.65-0.86) and 0.31 for 45 dizygotic pairs (95% CI, 0.16-0.46); for female twins, the concordance was 0.50 for 9 monozygotic pairs (95% CI, 0.16-0.84) and 0.36 for 13 dizygotic pairs (95% CI, 0.11-0.60). A large proportion of the variance in liability can be explained by shared environmental factors (55%; 95% CI, 9%-81% for autism and 58%; 95% CI, 30%-80% for ASD) in addition to moderate genetic heritability (37%; 95% CI, 8%-84% for autism and 38%; 95% CI, 14%-67% for ASD). CONCLUSION: Susceptibility to ASD has moderate genetic heritability and a substantial shared twin environmental component.
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“It is known that autism is strongly influenced by the genome-in contrast to earlier speculation, ranges of heritability estimates generally center ~50 or 55%”
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“Two large, independent twin studies that examined the relative contributions of genetic heritability versus the shared environment similarly concluded that environmental factors were more predominant than genetic factors in determining autism risk [ 23 , 24 ].”
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“This is considerably lower than the 90% in earlier twin studies2–4 and closer to the 38% (14–67) reported in a recent California twin study7 but estimated with substantially higher precision”
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“Several studies support currently the hypothesis that autism etiology is based on a polygenic and epistatic model.”
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“Hallmayer et al. (9) underline in their twin studies the involvement of both genetic and environmental factors in the development of ASD.”
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“In the Folstein and Rutter (29), Bailey et al. (30), and Hallmayer et al. (9) studies, concordance rates vary according to the diagnosis: the concordance rates are higher for the broader autism phenotype than for AD (full diagnostic criteria).”
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“The results of recent twin and family studies point toward a greater role for environmental contributions [29, 30]”
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“Environmental chemical exposures may act through pathophysiologies, including the direct disruption of cells and structures of the nervous system, endocrine hormone- or immune system-mediated impacts, epigenetic changes, and more (Table 1).”
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“Secondly, genetics strongly contributes to the pathogenesis of AD, but many patients reveal no obviously pathogenic mutations or copy number variants, and initial heritability estimates as high as >90% [234] have been challenged by more recent twin studies [235].”
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“With one notable exception (Hallmayer et al., 2011), heritability estimates range from 52-90% (Chen et al., 2015; De Rubeis and Buxbaum, 2015a, b; Gaugler et al., 2014; Rosenberg et al., 2009; Sandin et al., 2014; Toro et al., 2010).”
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“Two recent studies report somewhat higher rates of concordance in DZ twins (31%), suggesting, that the contribution of shared environmental factors could be greater than had been previously estimated (Hallmayer et al., 2011; Rosenberg et al., 2009).”
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“Heritability estimates based on studies of clinically ascertained twin samples (Bailey et al., 1995; Folstein and Rutter, 1977; Hallmayer et al., 2011; Steffenburg et al., 1989) vary widely, from 38% to 90%, but it is clear that genes play a major role in ASD.”
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“This model predicts that relatives of female probands should be at increased risk for ASD as compared with relatives of male probands, which is supported by a recent twin study [32].”
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“Findings of ~60% concordance rate in monozygotic and ~25% concordance in dizygotic twin pairs”
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“have recalibrated heritability estimates for ASD”
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“and suggest that the gestational environment play a significant role in ASD susceptibility”
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“A recent, large, population-based twin study of ASD concordance”
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“recent reports have suggested that the environment may have a much larger role in causing ASD than had been initially proposed4,5.”
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“Early estimates of the heritability of ASD of around 90%14,15, and even recently revised estimates of between 38 and 54%, strongly suggest that genetic mutations are a major cause of ASD4,16.”
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“recent estimates suggest that between 50 and 60% of the risk for ASD is unaccounted for, which implies that environmental factors or gene–environment interactions contribute substantially to the risk for this disorder4,16.”
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“There is little evidence, however, that siblings of female probands exhibit a differential risk for the occurrence of categorical ASD [8, 21, 23–25].”
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“The current lack of evidence for a proband sex effect on recurrence mirrors a recent population-based study [8] and reports on clinically diagnosed ASD cases [23, 24].”
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“Heritable factors account for at least 50% of ASD risk with the remainder attributable to environmental factors acting alone or through interaction with genetics45.”
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“evidence from twin studies suggest that while heritability is quite high,9 there is also a substantial environmental component for ASD susceptibility.10”
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“Twin, family and population-based studies have shown ASD to be one of the most heritable of all psychiatric disorders, with heritability estimated at ~50% (see reviews in [119, 310]) and monozygotic twin concordance rates between 70 to 90% [1, 113, 139, 304, 344].”
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“These results are similar to those of recent population-based cohorts 4,9,10 as well as a recent metaanalysis of twin studies, 8 which estimated heritability in the range of 64% to 91%.”
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“and 3 population-based studies from Sweden recently estimated the heritability of ASD to be 83%, 9 80%, 4 and 66%. 10”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hallmayer, J.
- Affiliations
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hallmayer, Joachim
- ORCID
- Hallmayer, Joachim
- Venue
- Archives of General Psychiatry
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2011-11-01
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1095
- ISSN
- 0003-990X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4440679
- OpenAlex
- W2167684047
- Cited by
- 1,970
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 85.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Archives of General Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH067005)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, heritability, shared environment, monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins, twin concordance, liability, genetic and environmental effects, sex differences, twin pairs, neurodevelopmental disorders, heritability estimates, shared environmental factors
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, California, Child, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Environment, Female, Humans, Male, Maternal Age, Models, Genetic, Sex Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Twins, Monozygotic, Prevalence, Confidence Intervals, Risk Assessment, Patient Selection, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Gene-Environment Interaction
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