Abstract
Sex differences in incidence and/or presentation of schizophrenia (SCZ), major depressive disorder (MDD), and bipolar disorder (BIP) are pervasive. Previous evidence for shared genetic risk and sex differences in brain abnormalities across disorders suggest possible shared sex-dependent genetic risk.
Methods
We conducted the largest to date genome-wide genotype-by-sex (G×S) interaction of risk for these disorders using 85,735 cases (33,403 SCZ, 19,924 BIP, and 32,408 MDD) and 109,946 controls from the PGC (Psychiatric Genomics Consortium) and iPSYCH.
Results
Across disorders, genome-wide significant single nucleotide polymorphism–by-sex interaction was detected for a locus encompassing NKAIN2 (rs117780815, p = 3.2 × 10−8), which interacts with sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase (adenosine triphosphatase) enzymes, implicating neuronal excitability. Three additional loci showed evidence (p < 1 × 10−6) for cross-disorder G×S interaction (rs7302529, p = 1.6 × 10−7; rs73033497, p = 8.8 × 10−7; rs7914279, p = 6.4 × 10−7), implicating various functions. Gene-based analyses identified G×S interaction across disorders (p = 8.97 × 10−7) with transcriptional inhibitor SLTM. Most significant in SCZ was a MOCOS gene locus (rs11665282, p = 1.5 × 10−7), implicating vascular endothelial cells. Secondary analysis of the PGC-SCZ dataset detected an interaction (rs13265509, p = 1.1 × 10−7) in a locus containing IDO2, a kynurenine pathway enzyme with immunoregulatory functions implicated in SCZ, BIP, and MDD. Pathway enrichment analysis detected significant G×S interaction of genes regulating vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling in MDD (false discovery rate-corrected p < .05).
Conclusions
In the largest genome-wide G×S analysis of mood and psychotic disorders to date, there was substantial genetic overlap between the sexes. However, significant sex-dependent effects were enriched for genes related to neuronal development and immune and vascular functions across and within SCZ, BIP, and MDD at the variant, gene, and pathway levels.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 102-117 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Biological Psychiatry |
Volume | 91 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 23 Mar 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2022 |
Funding
These analyses were supported by a private donor, Ms. Gwill York (to JMG) and, in part, by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Office of Research on Women's Health (Grant No. ORWH-NIMH U54 MH118919 [to JMG, ST, and RH; JMG and RH, multi–principal investigators] and Grant No. NIMH R01 MH092380 [to TLP, principal investigator]). Funding sources for individual cohorts are provided in reference numbers (35–37). Summary statistics are available for download from https://www.med.unc.edu/pgc/ upon publication. JMG is on the scientific advisory board for and has equity in Cala Health, a neuromodulation company, although this is unrelated to the topic in this study; TLP is an employee of Concert Pharmaceuticals, also unrelated to this study. JWS is an unpaid member of the Bipolar/Depression Research Community Advisory Panel of 23andMe. All other authors report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest. 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Li, Susanne Lucae, Pamela AF Madden, Patrik K. Magnusson, Nicholas G. Martin, Andrew M. McIntosh, Andres Metspalu, Ole Mors, Preben Bo Mortensen, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Merete Nordentoft, Markus M. Nöthen, Michael C. O'Donovan, Sara A. Paciga, Nancy L. Pedersen, Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Roy H. Perlis, David J. Porteous, James B. Potash, Martin Preisig, Marcella Rietschel, Catherine Schaefer, Thomas G. Schulze, Jordan W. Smoller, Kari Stefansson, Henning Tiemeier, Rudolf Uher, Henry Völzke, Myrna M. Weissman, Thomas Werge, Cathryn M. Lewis, Douglas F. Levinson, Gerome Breen, Anders D. Børglum, Patrick F. Sullivan. These analyses were supported by a private donor, Ms. Gwill York (to JMG) and, in part, by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Office of Research on Women's Health (Grant No. ORWH-NIMH U54 MH118919 [to JMG, ST, and RH; JMG and RH, multi–principal investigators] and Grant No. NIMH R01 MH092380 [to TLP, principal investigator]). Funding sources for individual cohorts are provided in reference numbers ( 35–37 ).
Funders | Funder number |
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Hualin S. Xi | |
National Institute of Mental Health | U54MH118919 |
Office of Research on Women's Health | R01 MH092380, 35–37 |
Concert Pharmaceuticals |