Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: We conducted a case-control analysis (n = 414 PD cases and 846 healthy controls) of ACCN2 single nucleotide polymorphisms and PD. We then tested whether variants showing significant association with PD are also associated with amygdala volume (n = 1048) or task-evoked reactivity to emotional stimuli (n = 103) in healthy individuals. RESULTS: Two single nucleotide polymorphisms at the ACCN2 locus showed evidence of association with PD: rs685012 (odds ratio = 1.32, gene-wise corrected p = .011) and rs10875995 (odds ratio = 1.26, gene-wise corrected p = .046). The association appeared to be stronger when early-onset (age ≤ 20 years) PD cases and when PD cases with prominent respiratory symptoms were compared with controls. The PD risk allele at rs10875995 was associated with increased amygdala volume (p = .035) as well as task-evoked amygdala reactivity to fearful and angry faces (p = .0048). CONCLUSIONS: Genetic variation at ACCN2 appears to be associated with PD and with amygdala phenotypes that have been linked to proneness to anxiety. These results support the possibility that modulation of acid-sensing ion channels may have therapeutic potential for PD.
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Authors | Jordan W Smoller, Patience J Gallagher, Laramie E Duncan, Lauren M McGrath, Stephen A Haddad, Avram J Holmes, Aaron B Wolf, Sidney Hilker, Stefanie R Block, Sydney Weill, Sarah Young, Eun Young Choi, Jerrold F Rosenbaum, Joseph Biederman, Stephen V Faraone, Joshua L Roffman, Gisele G Manfro, Carolina Blaya, Dina R Hirshfeld-Becker, Murray B Stein, Michael Van Ameringen, David F Tolin, Michael W Otto, Mark H Pollack, Naomi M Simon, Randy L Buckner, Dost Ongür, Bruce M Cohen |
Journal | Biological psychiatry
(Biol Psychiatry)
Vol. 76
Issue 11
Pg. 902-10
(Dec 01 2014)
ISSN: 1873-2402 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24529281
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2014 Society of Biological Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- ASIC1 protein, human
- Acid Sensing Ion Channels
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Topics |
- Acid Sensing Ion Channels
(genetics)
- Adult
- Amygdala
(pathology, physiopathology)
- Brain Mapping
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Genetic Association Studies
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Panic Disorder
(genetics, pathology, physiopathology)
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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