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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
Several studies have reported structural brain abnormalities, decreased myelination and oligodendrocyte dysfunction in schizophrenia. In the central nervous system, glia-derived de novo synthesized cholesterol is essential for both myelination and synaptogenesis. Previously, we demonstrated in glial cell lines that antipsychotic drugs induce the expression of genes involved in cholesterol and fatty acids biosynthesis through activation of the sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP) transcription factors, encoded by the sterol regulatory element binding transcription factor 1 (SREBF1) and sterol regulatory element binding transcription factor 2 (SREBF2) genes. Considering the importance of these factors in the lipid biosynthesis and their possible involvement in antipsychotic drug effects, we hypothesized that genetic variants of SREBF1 and/or SREBF2 could affect schizophrenia susceptibility. We therefore conducted a HapMap-based association study in a large German sample, and identified association between schizophrenia and five markers in SREBF1 and five markers in SREBF2. Follow-up studies in two independent samples of Danish and Norwegian origin (part of the Scandinavian collaboration of psychiatric etiology study, SCOPE) replicated the association for the five SREBF1 markers and for two markers in SREBF2. A combined analysis of all samples resulted in highly significant genotypic P-values of 9 x 10(-4) for SREBF1 (rs11868035, odd ration (OR)=1.26, 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.09-1.45)) and 4 x 10(-5) for SREBF2 (rs1057217, OR=1.39, 95% CI (1.19-1.63)). This finding strengthens the hypothesis that SREBP-controlled cholesterol biosynthesis is involved in the etiology of schizophrenia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1476-5578
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
463-72
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Antipsychotic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Genome-Wide Association Study, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Germany, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Lipogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Odds Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Scandinavia, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Schizophrenia, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1, pubmed-meshheading:18936756-Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 2
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Polymorphisms in SREBF1 and SREBF2, two antipsychotic-activated transcription factors controlling cellular lipogenesis, are associated with schizophrenia in German and Scandinavian samples.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Medicine, Bergen Mental Health Research Center, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. stephanie.le.hellard@helse-bergen.no
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't