1: Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2006 Jun 5;141(4):383-6.

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Association of AKT1 haplotype with the risk of schizophrenia in Iranian population.

Bajestan SN, Sabouri AH, Nakamura M, Takashima H, Keikhaee MR, Behdani F, Fayyazi MR, Sargolzaee MR, Bajestan MN, Sabouri Z, Khayami E, Haghighi S, Hashemi SB, Eiraku N, Tufani H, Najmabadi H, Arimura K, Sano A, Osame M.

Department of Neurology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan.

AKT-glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK3beta) signaling is a target of lithium and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of mood disorders and schizophrenia. AKT1 protein level is decreased in the peripheral lymphocytes and brains of schizophrenic patients. The SNP2/3/4 TCG haplotype of AKT1 was associated with schizophrenia in patients with Northern European origin. In the present study, we genotyped five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP1-5) of AKT1 gene according to the original study in Iranians comprising of 321 schizophrenic patients and 383 controls, all residing in Mashhad city, Northeastern Iran. Haplotype analysis showed that the frequency of a five-SNP haplotype (AGCAG) was significantly higher in schizophrenic patients (0.068) than that of controls (0.034) (P = 0.03 after Bonferroni correction, OR = 2.04, CI = 1.2-3.4). In stratified analysis by schizophrenia subtypes, the frequency of the same haplotype was significantly higher in disorganized subtype (n = 78, frequency of haplotype=0.081) when compared with normal controls (P = 0.04 after Bonferroni correction, OR = 2.59, CI = 1.3-5.2). Our findings did not confirm the association of AKT1 SNP2/3/4 TCG haplotype with the risk of schizophrenia as reported in the original study but showed the evidence of association with a different haplotype, AKT1 five-SNP AGCAG haplotype, with the risk of schizophrenia in Iranian population.

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Association of AKT1 haplotype with the risk of schizophrenia in Iranian population

Sepideh N. Bajestan 1, Amir H. Sabouri 1, Masayuki Nakamura 2, Hiroshi Takashima 1, Mohammad R. Keikhaee 3, Fatemeh Behdani 4, Mohammad R. Fayyazi 4, Mohammad R. Sargolzaee 4, Mahboobeh N. Bajestan 5, Zahra Sabouri 5, Esmaeil Khayami 6, Sima Haghighi 6, Susan B. Hashemi 3, Nobutaka Eiraku 7, Hamid Tufani 4, Hossein Najmabadi 3, Kimiyoshi Arimura 1, Akira Sano 2, Mitsuhiro Osame 1 *

1Departments of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

2Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

3Genetics Research Center, Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences University, Tehran, Iran

4Department of Psychiatry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

5Deputy of Research, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

6Khorasan Blood Transfusion Center, Mashhad, Iran

7Kagoshima University Health Service Center, Kagoshima, Japan

email: Mitsuhiro Osame (osame[at]m2.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp)

*Correspondence to Mitsuhiro Osame, Departments of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan.

Please cite this article as follows: Bajestan SN, Sabouri AH, Nakamura M, Takashima H, Keikhaee MR, Behdani F, Fayyazi MR, Sargolzaee MR, Bajestan MN, Sabouri Z, Khayami E, Haghighi S, Hashemi SB, Eiraku N, Tufani H, Najmabadi H, Arimura K, Sano A, Osame M. 2006. Association of AKT1 Haplotype With the Risk of Schizophrenia in Iranian Population. Am J Med Genet Part B 141B:383-386.

Keywords

AKT1 • schizophrenia • Iranians • risk • haplotype

Abstract

AKT-glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) signaling is a target of lithium and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of mood disorders and schizophrenia. AKT1 protein level is decreased in the peripheral lymphocytes and brains of schizophrenic patients. The SNP2/3/4 TCG haplotype of AKT1 was associated with schizophrenia in patients with Northern European origin. In the present study, we genotyped five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP1-5) of AKT1 gene according to the original study in Iranians comprising of 321 schizophrenic patients and 383 controls, all residing in Mashhad city, Northeastern Iran. Haplotype analysis showed that the frequency of a five-SNP haplotype (AGCAG) was significantly higher in schizophrenic patients (0.068) than that of controls (0.034) (P = 0.03 after Bonferroni correction, OR = 2.04, CI = 1.2-3.4). In stratified analysis by schizophrenia subtypes, the frequency of the same haplotype was significantly higher in disorganized subtype (n = 78, frequency of haplotype=0.081) when compared with normal controls (P = 0.04 after Bonferroni correction, OR = 2.59, CI = 1.3-5.2). Our findings did not confirm the association of AKT1 SNP2/3/4 TCG haplotype with the risk of schizophrenia as reported in the original study but showed the evidence of association with a different haplotype, AKT1 five-SNP AGCAG haplotype, with the risk of schizophrenia in Iranian population. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.