Genetic influences on schizophrenia and subcortical brain volumes: Large-scale proof of concept

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Abstract

Schizophrenia is a devastating psychiatric illness with high heritability. Brain structure and function differ, on average, between people with schizophrenia and healthy individuals. As common genetic associations are emerging for both schizophrenia and brain imaging phenotypes, we can now use genome-wide data to investigate genetic overlap. Here we integrated results from common variant studies of schizophrenia (33,636 cases, 43,008 controls) and volumes of several (mainly subcortical) brain structures (11,840 subjects). We did not find evidence of genetic overlap between schizophrenia risk and subcortical volume measures either at the level of common variant genetic architecture or for single genetic markers. These results provide a proof of concept (albeit based on a limited set of structural brain measures) and define a roadmap for future studies investigating the genetic covariance between structural or functional brain phenotypes and risk for psychiatric disorders.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)420-431
Number of pages12
JournalNature Neuroscience
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Feb 2016
Externally publishedYes

Funding

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Centre for Medical Systems Biology
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Australian Government
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Welsh Assembly Government
K.G. Jebsen Foundation
FP7 projects IMAGEMEND
Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure
Federal State of Mecklenburg
Aarhus Universitet
Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas
MATRICS
German Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Lundbeckfonden
EU-GEI
National Institute for Health Research
Stanley Foundation
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Max-Planck-Förderstiftung
North Shore – Long Island Jewish Health System Foundation
Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
Stanley Research Foundation
Dr Einar Martens Fund
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
BBMRI-NL
National Health and Medical Research Council
Strategiske Forskningsråd
Dutch Brain Foundation
Seventh Framework Programme
High Potential Grant Utrecht University
Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam
Universitetet i Bergen
VU University’s Institutes for Health and Care Research
Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development
British Medical Association
Donald and Barbara Zucker Foundation
Janssen Research Foundation
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
European Research Council
Vetenskapsrådet
NIHR Biomedical Research Center
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Flagship Collaboration Fund
ZonMwR01 MH078075
ZonMw
Seventh Framework Programme268800, 242257, 602805, 242167, 286213, MW904-61-193, 218251, 313010, MagW 480-04-004, NWO/SPI 56-464-14192, 51.02.060, HEALTH-F2-2010-241909, 241909, 115300, 230374, 602450, 279227, 278948, MaGW-nr 400-07-080, 668.772, 603016
Seventh Framework Programme
Dementia Australia Research FoundationP41 EB015922, R01NS080655, R01AG040060, R01 MH089722, U01 AG024904, R01MH085667, 568940, R01 MH097268, R01 MH094343, R01 EB008432
Dementia Australia Research Foundation
National Institute of Mental HealthK01MH085812, R01MH061884, R01MH059566, R01MH060870, R01MH059565, K24MH094614, U01MH085520, RC2MH089964, R01MH060879, R01MH092380, R01MH041953, U01MH046289, R01MH052618, K23MH001760, R01MH059571, R01MH068921, K99MH102357, R01MH068922, R01MH089722, K01MH099232, RC2MH089951, RC2MH089995, R01MH078075, R01MH081802, R01MH071681, R01MH081800, U01MH046276, U01MH081928, P50MH080272, R01MH068881, U01MH046318, R01MH062276, R01MH062873, R01MH058693, R01MH059586, U01MH079469, R01MH059588, R01MH059587, R01MH094343, R01MH095034, R01MH077139, K01MH065580, R01MH097268, U01MH094421, U01MH109528, R01MH083094, R01MH084098, K99MH101367, R01MH061675, R01MH085542, R01MH067257, R01MH085667, ZIAMH002810, R01MH085548, R01MH100141, U01MH079470
National Institute of Mental Health
Medical Research CouncilMC_UU_12013/2, G0000934, MC_UU_12013/1, G0801418, G0901858, 93558, G0800509, G1100616, MR/L010305/1, MR/K026992/1, MR/L016400/1, MR/P005748/1
Medical Research Council
National Center for Research ResourcesU54RR020278, RR026075
National Center for Research Resources
European Union-funded FP6LSHM-CT-2007-037286
EU-AIMS115300-2
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeR01NS080655
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NHS Blood and TransplantRP-PG-0310-1002, WTCCC-084710, R01 MH068881, R01 MH083094, R01 MH041953
NHS Blood and Transplant
BiG Grid1750102007010, R01MH62873
Norges Forskningsråd217776, 223273, 213837
Norges Forskningsråd
HelmholtzZentrum München568969, 350833, 03ZIK012
National Science Foundation1229450
National Science Foundation
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung01GS08144, 01GS08147, 01ZX1314G, 01GS08148, 01ZX1314A, 01ZX1314C, 1EV0711
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringP41EB015922, R01EB005846, R01EB008432, U54EB020403
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Australian Research Council310667, 1045325, 401162
Australian Research Council
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek480-05-003, 10-000-1002
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and DepressionMH001760, MH065580
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
University of New South Wales525453
University of New South Wales
National Institute on AgingU24AG021886, R01AG033193, U01AG024904, R01AG040060, R01AG054076, R01AG008122
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of HealthR01D0042157-01A
National Institutes of Health
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentR01HD050735
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Exzellenz-Stiftung of the Max Planck SocietyFKZ 01GS0481
University of Melbourne401184
University of Melbourne
Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftGR 1912/5-1
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme692145
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Wellcome Trust076113/C/04/Z, 068545/Z/0
Wellcome Trust
Autism Speaks01ZZ0403, FT110100548, 486682, 389875, FT0991634, 619667, R01 HD050735, 01ZZ9603, 01ZZ0103, 1009064
Autism Speaks
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesR01DK075787
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Massachusetts General Hospital Executive Committee on ResearchMH085542, K99 MH101367, MH071681, MH085548, MH061884
South-East Norway Health Authority2013-123
National Institutes of HealthR01MH084098, R01MH085542, P50MH080272
National Institutes of Health

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