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Gene‐based interaction analysis shows GABA ergic genes interacting with parenting in adolescent depressive symptoms

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Van Assche, Evelien, Moons, Tim, Cinar, Ozan, Viechtbauer, Wolfgang, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Van Leeuwen, Karla, Verschueren, Karine, Colpin, Hilde +5 more·2017·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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Background Most gene‐environment interaction studies (G × E) have focused on single candidate genes. This approach is criticized for its expectations of large effect sizes and occurrence of spurious results. We describe an approach that accounts for the polygenic nature of most psychiatric phenotypes and reduces the risk of false‐positive findings. We apply this method focusing on the role of perceived parental support, psychological control, and harsh punishment in depressive symptoms in adolescence. Methods Analyses were conducted on 982 adolescents of Caucasian origin ( M age ( SD ) = 13.78 (.94) years) genotyped for 4,947 SNP s in 263 genes, selected based on a literature survey. The Leuven Adolescent Perceived Parenting Scale ( LAPPS ) and the Parental Behavior Scale ( PBS ) were used to assess perceived parental psychological control, harsh punishment, and support. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale ( CES ‐D) was the outcome. We used gene‐based testing taking into account linkage disequilibrium to identify genes containing SNP s exhibiting an interaction with environmental factors yielding a p ‐value per single gene. Significant results at the corrected p ‐value of p < 1.90 × 10 −4 were examined in an independent replication sample of Dutch adolescents ( N = 1354). Results Two genes showed evidence for interaction with perceived support: GABRR 1 ( p = 4.62 × 10 −5 ) and GABRR 2 ( p = 9.05 × 10 −6 ). No genes interacted significantly with psychological control or harsh punishment. Gene‐based analysis was unable to confirm the interaction of GABRR 1 or GABRR 2 with support in the replication sample. However, for GABRR 2 , but not GABRR 1 , the correlation of the estimates between the two datasets was significant ( r (46) = .32; p = .027) and a gene‐based analysis of the combined datasets supported GABRR 2 × support interaction ( p = 1.63 × 10 −4 ). Conclusions We present a gene‐based method for gene–environment interactions in a polygenic context and show that genes interact differently with particular aspects of parenting. This accentuates the importance of polygenic approaches and the need to accurately assess environmental exposure in G × E.

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Van Assche, E., Moons, T., Cinar, O., Viechtbauer, W., Oldehinkel, A. J., Van Leeuwen, K., Verschueren, K., Colpin, H., Lambrechts, D., Van den Noortgate, W., Goossens, L., Claes, S., & van Winkel, R.
Affiliations
  • GRASP‐Research Group Department of Neuroscience KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
  • KU Leuven (BE)
  • Maastricht University (NL)
  • University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
  • Parenting and Special Education Research Unit Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
  • Department of Methodology of Educational Sciences Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
  • Department of Neuroscience Center for Contextual Psychiatry KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
Venue
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2017-06-28
Volume
58
Issue
12
Pages
1301-1309
ISSN
  • 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7610
OpenAlex
W2728267529
Cited by
19
References
57
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1.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
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  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
KU Leuven Research Fund (GOA/12/009)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
gene-environment interaction, perceived parental support, psychological control, harsh punishment, parenting, adolescent depressive symptoms, linkage disequilibrium, replication
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Belgium, Child, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Punishment, Receptors, GABA-A, Social Support, Parenting, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Gene-Environment Interaction

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