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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
The risk of suicide, which causes about 1 million deaths each year, is considered to augment as the levels of stress increase. Dysregulation in the stress response of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis, involving the corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) and its main receptor (CRHR1), is associated with depression, frequent among suicidal males. Here we have analyzed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in these genes, in family trios with suicide attempter offspring (n = 542), by using the transmission disequilibrium test both in a two-staged screening/replication sample design and in detailed reanalysis in the entire sample. Stratification based on the levels of lifetime stress showed reproducible association and linkage of an SNP in the CRHR1 gene (rs4792887) to suicide attempters exposed to low levels of stress (P = 0.002), among whom most males were depressed (P = 0.001). The identified allele may represent a part of the genetic susceptibility for suicidality by increasing HPA axis activity upon exposure to low levels of stress.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1601-183X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
14-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Depressive Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Genetic Linkage, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Genetic Markers, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Life Change Events, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Linkage Disequilibrium, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Personality Inventory, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Pituitary-Adrenal System, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Suicide, Attempted, pubmed-meshheading:17376150-Ukraine
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The CRHR1 gene: a marker for suicidality in depressed males exposed to low stress.
pubmed:affiliation
The National and the Stockholm County Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), the Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute (KI), Stockholm, Sweden. danuta.wasserman@ki.se
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't