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19851986

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
Several studies have observed decreased expression of spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase (SAT1) in the brains of suicide completers, and we previously identified a single-nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter region of SAT1 which was associated with suicide completion and SAT1 expression in the brain. We recently characterized the haplotype structure of the SAT1 promoter region and identified an insertion/deletion (in/del) of 15 adenine residues. This variant appears to be a predictor of SAT1 expression, and we were thus interested in determining if the lower expressing deletion allele was found more frequently among suicide completers. To this end, we genotyped the in/del in a sample of 771 French-Canadian males, comprising 326 suicide completers and 445 non-suicide controls. We found no significant difference in the frequencies of the two alleles between suicide completers and controls in the entire sample. However, we observed a significantly higher frequency of the deletion in the depressed suicide completers compared to the depressed non-suicides. These results add support for a role of SAT1 in conferring a risk for suicide completion, in particular in the context of depressive disorders.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1552-485X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
153B
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
825-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Association of the SAT1 in/del polymorphism with suicide completion.
pubmed:affiliation
McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't