No association of complexin1 and complexin2 genes with schizophrenia in a Japanese population

Schizophr Res. 2006 Feb 28;82(2-3):185-9. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.12.842. Epub 2006 Jan 25.

Abstract

Several investigations suggest that complexin may be a schizophrenia-susceptibility factor. We conducted a genetic association analysis between complexin genes (CPLX1 and CPLX2) and schizophrenia in Japanese patients (377 cases and 341 controls). Ten and eleven haplotype-tagging (ht)SNPs in CPLX1 and CPLX2, respectively, were selected. Only one htSNP (rs930047 in CPLX2) in allele-wise analysis showed significance, and even this disappeared with an increased sample size (563 cases and 519 controls: P = .757). Haplotype-wise analysis showed a weak association with a combination of htSNPs in CPLX2 (P = .0424), but this may be a result of type I error due to multiple testing. Our results suggest that complexin genes do not play a major role in schizophrenia in Japanese patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport
  • Adult
  • Alleles
  • Asian People / genetics*
  • Female
  • Gene Expression / physiology
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease / genetics
  • Genotype
  • Haplotypes
  • Humans
  • Linkage Disequilibrium
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Schizophrenia / diagnosis
  • Schizophrenia / genetics*
  • Statistics as Topic

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • complexin I
  • complexin II