Association of body mass index-related single nucleotide polymorphisms with psychiatric disease and memory performance in a Japanese population

Midori Ninomiya-Baba; Junko Matsuo; Daimei Sasayama; Hiroaki Hori; Toshiya Teraishi; Miho Ota; Kotaro Hattori; Takamasa Noda; Ikki Ishida; Shigenobu Shibata; Hiroshi Kunugi

doi:10.1017/neu.2016.66

Association of body mass index-related single nucleotide polymorphisms with psychiatric disease and memory performance in a Japanese population

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 December 2016

Midori Ninomiya-Baba ,

Miho Ota ,

Ikki Ishida and

Midori Ninomiya-Baba: Affiliation:
Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Junko Matsuo: Affiliation:
Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan
Daimei Sasayama: Affiliation:
Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan Department of Psychiatry, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
Hiroaki Hori: Affiliation:
Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan
Toshiya Teraishi: Affiliation:
Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan
Miho Ota: Affiliation:
Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan
Kotaro Hattori: Affiliation:
Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan
Takamasa Noda: Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Ikki Ishida: Affiliation:
Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan
Shigenobu Shibata: Affiliation:
Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroshi Kunugi*: Affiliation:
Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan
*: Hiroshi Kunugi, Director, Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscience, 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan. Tel: +81 42 346 1714; Fax: +81 42 346 1714; E-mail: hkunugi@ncnp.go.jp

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Abstract

Objective

Obesity is a risk factor for psychiatric diseases. Recently, a number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been shown to be related to body mass index (BMI). In this study, we investigated the association of BMI-related SNPs with psychiatric diseases and one of their endophenotypes, memory performance, in a Japanese population.

Methods

The subjects were 1624 patients with one of three psychiatric diseases (799 patients with major depressive disorder, 594 with schizophrenia, and 231 with bipolar disorder) and 1189 healthy controls. Memory performance was assessed using the Wechsler Memory Scale – Revised (WMS-R). Genomic DNA was prepared from venous blood and used to genotype 23 BMI-related SNPs using the TaqMan 5′-exonuclease allelic discrimination assay. We then analysed the relationships between the SNPs and psychiatric disease and various subscales of the WMS-R.

Results

Three SNPs (rs11142387, rs12597579, and rs6548238) showed significant differences in the genotype or allele frequency between patients with any psychiatric diseases and controls. Furthermore, six SNPs (rs11142387, rs12597579, rs2815752, rs2074356, rs4776970, and rs2287019) showed significant differences in at least one subscale of the WMS-R depending on the genotypes of the healthy controls. Interestingly, rs11142387 near the Kruppel-like factor 9 (KLF9) was significantly associated with psychiatric disease and poor memory function.

Conclusions

We identified three and six BMI-related SNPs associated with psychiatric disease and memory performance, respectively. In particular, carrying the A allele of rs11142387 near KLF9 was found to be associated with psychiatric disease and poor memory performance, which warrants further investigations.

Keywords

BMI memory psychiatric disorders SNP Wechsler Memory Scale – Revised

Type: Original Articles
Information: Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2017 , pp. 299 - 308

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/neu.2016.66 [Opens in a new window]
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