An association study of the m6A genes with major depressive disorder in Chinese Han population
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Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common, chronic and recurrent mental disease but the precise mechanism behind this disorder remains unknown. FTO is one of the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification genes and has recently been found to be associated with depression. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant internal modification on RNA, which is highly enriched within the brain. There are five genes involved in m6A modification including FTO, but whether these m6A modification genes could confer a risk of MDD is still unclear. This study aimed to investigate the genetic influence of the m6A modification genes on risk of MDD.Methods We genotyped 23 SNPs in 5 modification genes among 738 patients with MDD and 1098 controls. The UNPHASED program was applied to analyze the genotyping data for allelic and genotypic association with MDD.Results Of the 23 SNPs selected, rs12936694 from the m6A demethylase gene ALKBH5 showed allelic association (χ(2)=11.19, p=0.0008, OR=1.491, 95%CI 1.179-1.887) and genotypic association (χ(2)=12.26, df=2, p=0.0022) with MDD.Limitations Replication and functional study are required to draw a firm conclusion.Conclusions The ALKBH5 gene may play a role in conferring risk of MDD in the Chinese population.
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The m6A demethylase gene ALKBH5 variant rs12936694 showed an allelic association and genotypic association with MDD.
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- Authors
- Du, T., Rao, S., Wu, L., Ye, N., Liu, Z., Hu, H., Xiu, J., Shen, Y., & Xu, Q.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Xu, Qi
- Venue
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-09
- Volume
- 183
- Pages
- 279-286
- ISSN
- 0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
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- W1885991053
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- 3.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Locations
- Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA modifications and cancer
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
- Keywords
- major depressive disorder, N6-methyladenosine, RNA methylation, ALKBH5, FTO, genetic susceptibility, single nucleotide polymorphisms, Han Chinese, genetic association
- MeSH terms
- AlkB Homolog 5, RNA Demethylase, Adenosine, Adult, Alleles, China, Depressive Disorder, Major, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Genotype, Humans, Male, Membrane Proteins, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Case-Control Studies, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Asian People, Dioxygenases
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