Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

Hibar, Derrek P.; Hieab, H.H. Adams; Chauhan, Ganesh; Stein, Jason L.; Hofer, Edith; Renteria, Miguel E.; Bis, Joshua; Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro; Ikram, Kamran; Desrivières, Sylvane; Vernooij, Meike W.; Abramovic, Lucija; Alhusaini, Saud; Amin, Najaf; Andersson, Micael; Arfanakis, Konstantinos A.; Aribisala, Benjamin S.; Armstrong, Nicola J.; Athanasiu, Lavinia; Axelsson, Tomas; ... (2017). Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume. Nature communications, 8, p. 13624. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/ncomms13624

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The hippocampal formation is a brain structure integrally involved in episodic memory, spatial navigation, cognition and stress responsiveness. Structural abnormalities in hippocampal volume and shape are found in several common neuropsychiatric disorders. To identify the genetic underpinnings of hippocampal structure here we perform a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 33,536 individuals and discover six independent loci significantly associated with hippocampal volume, four of them novel. Of the novel loci, three lie within genes
(ASTN2, DPP4and MAST4) and one is found 200 kb upstream of SHH. A hippocampal subfield analysis shows that a locus within the MSRB3 gene shows evidence of a localized effect along the dentate gyrus, subiculum, CA1 and fissure. Further, we show that genetic variants associated with decreased hippocampal volume are also associated with increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease (rg = -0.155). Our findings suggest novel biological pathways through which human genetic variation influences hippocampal volume and risk for neuropsychiatric illness.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Translational Research Center

UniBE Contributor:

Papmeyer, Martina

Subjects:

100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

2041-1723

Publisher:

Nature Publishing Group

Language:

English

Submitter:

Martina Papmeyer

Date Deposited:

15 Feb 2017 14:34

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:00

Publisher DOI:

10.1038/ncomms13624

PubMed ID:

28098162

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.92075

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/92075

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