title: Influence of 5-HTTLPR and TPH variants on illness time course in mood disorders.
abstract: The aim of our study was to investigate gene variants in the long-term outcome of mood disorders. We retrospectively studied a sample of inpatients affected by recurrent and rapid cycling mood disorders. The serotonin transporter gene-linked functional polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) and the A218C tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) gene variant were determined using a PCR-based technique. For 5-HTTLPR polymorphism we genotyped 435 inpatients affected by major depressive (n=153), bipolar (n=213) and rapid cycling (n=69) mood disorders and 456 controls; for TPH we genotyped 399 inpatients (MD, n=132; BP, n=203; rapid cycling n=64) and 259 controls. Random Regression Model analysis was used to investigate the longitudinal time course of the illness. 5-HTTLPR and TPH polymorphisms were not associated with mood disorders time course. However we observed an excess of 5-HTTLPR*long alleles among rapid cycling subjects compared to both controls (P=0.018) and remitting mood disorders (P=0.006). TPH frequencies did not differ between mood disorders subtypes. Our results suggest that 5-HTTLPR variants may confer a susceptibility toward rapid cycling mood disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Istituto Scientifico H San Raffaele, Vita-Salute University, Via Stamira D'Ancona 20, 20127 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cusin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serretti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lattuada
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lilli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lorenzi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mandelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pisati
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Smeraldi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008875:Middle Aged; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D014365:Tryptophan Hydroxylase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C493230:SLC6A4 protein, human; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D014365:Tryptophan Hydroxylase