MIR137HG risk variant rs1625579 genotype is related to corpus callosum volume in schizophrenia

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Contributors

  • Veena S. Patel - , Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute (Author)
  • Sinead Kelly - , Trinity College Dublin (Author)
  • Carrie Wright - , Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, University of New Mexico (Author)
  • Cota Navin Gupta - , Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute (Author)
  • Alejandro Arias-Vasquez - , Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Author)
  • Nora Perrone-Bizzozero - , University of New Mexico (Author)
  • Stefan Ehrlich - , Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Author)
  • Lei Wang - , Northwestern University (Author)
  • Juan R. Bustillo - , University of New Mexico (Author)
  • Derek Morris - , Trinity College Dublin, University of Galway (Author)
  • Aiden Corvin - , Trinity College Dublin (Author)
  • Dara M. Cannon - , University of Galway (Author)
  • Colm McDonald - , University of Galway (Author)
  • Gary Donohoe - , Trinity College Dublin, University of Galway (Author)
  • Vince D. Calhoun - , Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, University of New Mexico (Author)
  • Jessica A. Turner - , Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Georgia State University (Author)

Abstract

Genome-wide association studies implicate the MIR137HG risk variant rs1625579 (MIR137HGrv) within the host gene for microRNA-137 as a potential regulator of schizophrenia susceptibility. We examined the influence of MIR137HGrv genotype on 17 subcortical and callosal volumes in a large sample of individuals with schizophrenia and healthy controls (n = 841). Although the volumes were overall reduced relative to healthy controls, for individuals with schizophrenia the homozygous MIR137HGrv risk genotype was associated with attenuated reduction of mid-posterior corpus callosum volume (p = 0.001), along with trend-level effects in the adjacent central and posterior corpus callosum. These findings are unique in the literature and remain robust after analysis in ethnically homogenous and single-scanner subsets of the larger sample. Thus, our study suggests that the mechanisms whereby MIR137HGrv works to increase schizophrenia risk are not those that generate the corpus callosum volume reductions commonly found in the disorder.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)44-49
Number of pages6
JournalNeuroscience letters
Volume602
Publication statusPublished - 8 Aug 2015
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 26123324
ORCID /0000-0003-2132-4445/work/160950843

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Keywords

  • Corpus callosum, MicroRNA-137, MIR137, Multi-site, Schizophrenia, Subcortical volume