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Sparse whole-genome sequencing identifies two loci for major depressive disorder

  • Na Cai
  • , Tim B. Bigdeli
  • , Warren Kretzschmar
  • , Yihan Lei
  • , Jieqin Liang
  • , Li Song
  • , Jingchu Hu
  • , Qibin Li
  • , Wei Jin
  • , Zhenfei Hu
  • , Guangbiao Wang
  • , Linmao Wang
  • , Puyi Qian
  • , Yuan Liu
  • , Tao Jiang
  • , Yao Lu
  • , Xiuqing Zhang
  • , Ye Yin
  • , Yingrui Lie
  • , Xun Xu
  • Jingfang Gao, Mark Reimers, Todd Webb, Brien Riley, Silviu Bacanu, Roseann E. Peterson, Yiping Chen, Hui Zhong, Zhengrong Liu, Gang Wang, Jing Sun, Hong Sang, Guoqing Jiang, Xiaoyan Zhou, Yi Li, Wei Zhang, Xueyi Wang, Xiang Fang, Runde Pan, Guodong Miao, Qiwen Zhang, Jian Hu, Fengyu Yu, Bo Du, Wenhua Sang, Keqing Li, Guibing Chen, Min Cai, Lijun Yang, Donglin Yang, Baowei Ha, Xiaohong Hong, Hong Deng, Gongying Li, Kan Li, Yan Song, Shugui Gao, Jinbei Zhang, Zhaoyu Gan, Huaqing Meng, Jiyang Pan, Chengge Gao, Kerang Zhang, Ning Sun, Youhui Li, Qihui Niu, Yutang Zhang, Tieqiao Liu, Chunmei Hu, Zhen Zhang, Luxian Lv, Jicheng Dong, Xiaoping Wang, Ming Tao, Xumei Wang, Jing Xia, Han Rong, Qiang He, Tiebang Liu, Guoping Huang, Qiyi Mei, Zhenming Shen, Ying Liu, Jianhua Shen, Tian Tian, Xiaojuan Liu, Wenyuan Wu, Danhua Gu, Guangyi Fu, Jianguo Shi, Yunchun Chen, Xiangchao Gan, Lanfen Liu, Lina Wang, Fuzhong Yang, Enzhao Cong, Jonathan Marchini, Huanming Yang, Jian Wang, Shenxun Shi, Richard Mott, Qi Xu, Jun Wang, Kenneth S. Kendler, Jonathan Flint
  • University of Oxford
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • BGI-Shenzhen
  • Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital
  • Anhui Mental Health Center
  • Anshan Psychiatric Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Capital Medical University
  • Nanjing Medical University
  • Changchun Mental Hospital
  • Chongqing Mental Health Center
  • Dalian No.7 Hospital
  • Wuhan Mental Health Center
  • Daqing No. 3 Hospital of Heilongjiang Province
  • Hebei Medical University
  • Fuzhou Psychiatric Hospital
  • Guangxi Longquanshan Hospital
  • Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital
  • Hainan Anning Hospital
  • Harbin Medical University
  • Harbin No. 1 Special Hospital
  • Hebei Mental Health Center
  • Huaian No. 3 Hospital
  • Huzhou No. 3 Hospital
  • Jilin Brain Hospital
  • Jining Psychiatric Hospital
  • Liaocheng No Hospital
  • Shantou University
  • Sichuan University
  • Jining Medical College
  • Mental Hospital of Jiangxi Province
  • Mudanjiang Psychiatric Hospital of Heilongjiang Province
  • Ningbo Kang Ning Hospital
  • The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
  • Chongqing Medical University
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University
  • Shanxi Medical University
  • Zhengzhou University
  • Lanzhou University
  • Central South University
  • No. 3 Hospital of Heilongjiang Province
  • No.4 Hospital of Jiangsu University
  • Psychiatric Hospital of Henan Province
  • Qingdao Mental Health Center
  • Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
  • Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
  • China Medical University
  • Shenzhen University
  • Kanazawa Medical University
  • Sichuan Mental Health Center
  • Suzhou Guangji Hospital
  • Tangshan No.5 Hospital
  • Tianjin Anding Hospital
  • Tianjin First Central Hospital
  • Tongji University
  • ETDZ
  • Xian Mental Health Center
  • Air Force Medical University
  • Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
  • Shandong Mental Health Center
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Huashan Hospital
  • Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
  • University of Copenhagen
  • Macau University of Science and Technology
  • King Abdulaziz University
  • East China Normal University

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Abstract

Major depressive disorder (MDD), one of the most frequently encountered forms of mental illness and a leading cause of disability worldwide, poses a major challenge to genetic analysis. To date, no robustly replicated genetic loci have been identified2, despite analysis of more than 9,000 cases3. Here, using low-coverage whole-genome sequencing of 5,303 Chinese women with recurrent MDD selected to reduce phenotypic heterogeneity, and 5,337 controls screened to exclude MDD, we identified, and subsequently replicated in an independent sample, two loci contributing to risk of MDD on chromosome 10: one near the SIRT1 gene (P= 2.53 × 10-10), the other in an intron of the LHPP gene (P = 6.45 × 10-12). Analysis of 4,509 cases with a severe subtype of MDD, melancholia, yielded an increased genetic signal at the SIRT1 locus. We attribute our success to the recruitment of relatively homogeneous cases with severe illness.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)588-591
Number of pages4
JournalNature
Volume523
Issue number7562
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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