title: GABAA alpha-1 subunit gene not associated with depressive symptomatology in mood disorders.
abstract: Considerable evidence implicates the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the biochemical pathophysiology of mood disorders. In this study, we investigated the possibility that the gene for the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor alpha-1 subunit (GABRA1) might be associated with depressive symptomatology in a sample of mood disorder subjects. Sixty-seven inpatients affected by unipolar (n = 37) and bipolar (n = 30) disorder (DSMIV) were assessed at admission by the Hamilton depression rating scale (HAMD) and were typed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques. GABRA1 variants were not associated with depressive symptomatology, and consideration of possible stratification effects such as sex, psychiatric diagnosis and illness severity did not reveal any association either. GABAA alpha-1 subunit gene is not, therefore, associated with depressive symptomatology in mood disorder subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Milano, Italy. serretti@dsnp.hsr.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serretti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Macciardi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cusin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lattuada
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lilli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Bella
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Smeraldi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D003702:Delusions / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D003863:Depression / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000235:genetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D004247:DNA