Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping of Schizophrenia Susceptibility to the CAPON Region of Chromosome 1q22

  • Linda M. Brzustowicz
  • , Jaime Simone
  • , Paria Mohseni
  • , Jared E. Hayter
  • , Kathleen A. Hodgkinson
  • , Eva W.C. Chow
  • , Anne S. Bassett

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Abstract

Previously, we have reported linkage of markers from chromosome 1q22 to schizophrenia, a finding supported by several independent studies. We have now examined the region of strongest linkage for evidence of linkage disequilibrium (LD) in a sample of 24 Canadian familial-schizophrenia pedigrees. Analysis of 14 microsatellites and 15 single-nudeotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from the 5.4-Mb region between D1S1653 and D1S1677 produced significant evidence (nominal P<.05 of LD between schizophrenia and 2 microsatellites and 6 SNPs. All of the markers exhibiting significant LD to schizophrenia fall within the genomic extent of the gene for carboxyl-terminal PDZ ligand of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (CAPON), making it a prime positional candidate for the schizophrenia-susceptibility locus on 1q22, although initial mutation analysis of this gene has not identified any schizophrenia-associated changes within exons. Consistent with several recently identified candidate genes for schizophrenia, CAPON is involved in signal transduction in the NMDA receptor system, highlighting the potential importance of this pathway in the etiology of schizophrenia.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)1057-1063
Number of pages7
JournalAmerican Journal of Human Genetics
Volume74
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics
  • Genetics(clinical)

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