Cited by 77Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersGenomic variations and chromosomal abnormalitiesGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Uncovering obsessive-compulsive disorder risk genes in a pediatric cohort by high-resolution analysis of copy number variation

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Gazzellone, Matthew J., Zarrei, Mehdi, Burton, Christie L., Walker, Susan, Uddin, Mohammed, Shaheen, S. M., Coste, Julie, Rajendram, Rageen +11 more·2016·Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Abstract

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous neuropsychiatric condition, thought to have a significant genetic component. When onset occurs in childhood, affected individuals generally exhibit different characteristics from adult-onset OCD, including higher prevalence in males and increased heritability. Since neuropsychiatric conditions are associated with copy number variations (CNVs), we considered their potential role in the etiology of OCD. We genotyped 307 unrelated pediatric probands with idiopathic OCD (including 174 that were part of complete parent-child trios) and compared their genotypes with those of 3861 population controls, to identify rare CNVs (<0.5 % frequency) of at least 15 kb in size that might contribute to OCD. We uncovered de novo CNVs in 4/174 probands (2.3 %). Our case cohort was enriched for CNVs in genes that encode targets of the fragile X mental retardation protein (nominal p = 1.85 × 10 −03 ; FDR=0.09), similar to previous findings in autism and schizophrenia. These results also identified deletions or duplications of exons in genes involved in neuronal migration ( ASTN2 ), synapse formation ( NLGN1 and PTPRD ), and postsynaptic scaffolding ( DLGAP1 and DLGAP2 ), which may be relevant to the pathogenesis of OCD. Four cases had CNVs involving known genomic disorder loci (1q21.1-21.2, 15q11.2-q13.1, 16p13.11, and 17p12). Further, we identified BTBD9 as a candidate gene for OCD. We also sequenced exomes of ten “CNV positive” trios and identified in one an additional plausibly relevant mutation: a 13 bp exonic deletion in DRD4 . Our findings suggest that rare CNVs may contribute to the etiology of OCD.

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Gazzellone, M. J., Zarrei, M., Burton, C. L., Walker, S., Uddin, M., Shaheen, S. M., Coste, J., Rajendram, R., Schachter, R. J., Colasanto, M., Hanna, G. L., Rosenberg, D. R., Soreni, N., Fitzgerald, K. D., Marshall, C. R., Buchanan, J. A., Merico, D., Arnold, P. D., & Scherer, S. W.
Affiliations
  • Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
  • University of Calgary (CA)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Wayne State University (US)
  • St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (CA)
Corresponding author
  • Arnold, Paul D.
  • Scherer, Stephen W.
Venue
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Published
2016-10-18
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
36-36
ISSN
  • 1866-1947 (ISSN-L)
  • 1866-1955
OpenAlex
W2537126451
Cited by
77
References
64
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
  • TSpace (University of Toronto) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Genome Canada
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation
  • Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
  • Government of Ontario
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • The Hospital for Sick Children
  • University of Toronto McLaughlin centre
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Keywords
obsessive-compulsive disorder, copy number variation, pediatric OCD, de novo CNVs, rare variants, FMRP, BTBD9, DRD4, exome sequencing, genetic etiology

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