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Revealing the complex genetic architecture of obsessive–compulsive disorder using meta-analysis

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International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Genetics Collaborative (IOCDF-GC) and OCD Collaborative Genetics Association Studies (OCGAS)·2018·Molecular Psychiatry

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Two obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have been published by independent OCD consortia, the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation Genetics Collaborative (IOCDF-GC) and the OCD Collaborative Genetics Association Study (OCGAS), but many of the top-ranked signals were supported in only one study. We therefore conducted a meta-analysis from the two consortia, investigating a total of 2688 individuals of European ancestry with OCD and 7037 genomically matched controls. No single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) reached genome-wide significance. However, in comparison with the two individual GWASs, the distribution of P-values shifted toward significance. The top haplotypic blocks were tagged with rs4733767 (P=7.1 × 10-7; odds ratio (OR)=1.21; confidence interval (CI): 1.12-1.31, CASC8/CASC11), rs1030757 (P=1.1 × 10-6; OR=1.18; CI: 1.10-1.26, GRID2) and rs12504244 (P=1.6 × 10-6; OR=1.18; CI: 1.11-1.27, KIT). Variants located in or near the genes ASB13, RSPO4, DLGAP1, PTPRD, GRIK2, FAIM2 and CDH20, identified in linkage peaks and the original GWASs, were among the top signals. Polygenic risk scores for each individual study predicted case-control status in the other by explaining 0.9% (P=0.003) and 0.3% (P=0.0009) of the phenotypic variance in OCGAS and the European IOCDF-GC target samples, respectively. The common SNP heritability in the combined OCGAS and IOCDF-GC sample was estimated to be 0.28 (s.e.=0.04). Strikingly, ∼65% of the SNP-based heritability in the OCGAS sample was accounted for by SNPs with minor allele frequencies of ⩾40%. This joint analysis constituting the largest single OCD genome-wide study to date represents a major integrative step in elucidating the genetic causes of OCD.

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  • The common single nucleotide polymorphism heritability of OCD is estimated at 28% in meta-analyses, while overall heritability is reported at 40% to 50%.

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International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Genetics Collaborative (IOCDF-GC) and OCD Collaborative Genetics Association Studies (OCGAS)
Venue
Molecular Psychiatry
Published
2017-08-01
Volume
23
Issue
5
Pages
1181-1188
ISSN
  • 1359-4184 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5578
OpenAlex
W2739834351
Cited by
618
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 60 · 2025: 88 · 2024: 102 · 2023: 84 · 2022: 77 · 2021: 83 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 52 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 2
FWCI
41.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • International OCD Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH079494, ZIAMH002930, K23MH085057, R01MH071507, MH079488, R21MH087748, R13MH073250, MH071507, MH079487, MH079489, U01MH109536, R01MH079489, R01MH079487, MH002930-06, MH002930, R01MH079488, R01MH079494, T32MH014592)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U01NS040024, R01NS040024)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
Keywords
obsessive-compulsive disorder, genetic architecture, polygenic risk score, GRID2, KIT
MeSH terms
Alleles, Female, Gene Frequency, Humans, Genetic Linkage, Male, Neoplasm Proteins, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Case-Control Studies, Receptors, Glutamate, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Multifactorial Inheritance, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, Genome-Wide Association Study, RNA, Long Noncoding

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