A genetic variant in CAMKK2 gene is possibly associated with increased risk of bipolar disorder.
A recent large-scale study have reported that rs1063843, a single nucleotide polymorphism located in the CAMKK2 gene is highly associated with schizophrenia in European and Han Chinese populations. Increasing evidences show that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have some common genetic variance. Here, we evaluated the association of this variant with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in Iranian population. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood of 500 schizophrenic patients, 500 bipolar patients and 500 normal controls and all were genotyped for the rs1063843 using a PCR-RFLP method. The allele frequency of rs1063843 was significantly different in both schizophrenia and bipolar patients comparing to control group. For the first time, we showed that rs1063843 is highly associated with bipolar disorder, although more replication studies are needed to confirm our findings. Our results also support the findings of previous studies suggesting a significant association between rs1063843 and schizophrenia.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Islamic Azad University, East Tehran Branch (Ghiamdasht), Tehran, Iran.
Minoo
M
Atakhorrami
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Simin
S
Rahimi-Aliabadi
Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.
Javad
J
Jamshidi
Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Islamic Azad University, East Tehran Branch (Ghiamdasht), Tehran, Iran.
Elham
E
Moslemi
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abolfazl
A
Movafagh
Genetics Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mina
M
Ohadi
Department of Psychiatry, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Arash
A
Mirabzadeh
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Babak
B
Emamalizadeh
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid
H
Ghaedi
Department of Psychiatry, Emam Hossien Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh
F
Gholipour
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Atena
A
Fazeli
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Marzieh
M
Motallebi
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shaghayegh
S
Taghavi
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Azadeh
A
Ahmadifard
Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, Unit of Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Saeed
S
Mohammadihosseinabad
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Amir Ehtesham
AE
Shafiei Zarneh
Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Neda
N
Shahmohammadibeni
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Faranak
F
Madadi
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Monavvar
M
Andarva
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. darvish_mg@sbmu.ac.ir.
Hossein
H
Darvish
D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D054737:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics
C517698:CAMKK2 protein, human; D054737:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase
Bipolar; CAMKK2; Iranian; Polymorphism; Schizophrenia