TAAR 6 and HSP-70 variations associated with bipolar disorder

  • Chi Un Pae
  • , Antonio Drago
  • , Laura Mandelli
  • , Diana De Ronchi
  • , Alessandro Serretti

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Abstract

We report on the impact of a set of variations located in the HSP-70 (heat shock protein 70) and TAAR6 (trace amine associated receptors 6 gene) in a sample of bipolar patients. Holding a diagnosis of BPD was the first outcome measure. Response to pharmacotreatment in bipolar patients was the secondary outcome measure. One hundred seventy-one bipolar patients and 288 controls were enrolled for the study. Patients were administered HAM-D, YMRS and CGI at baseline and discharge by independent psychiatrists blind to genotypes. As a result, homozygosis at rs2075799 (HSP-70) was found to be more represented in controls than in cases (p = 0.000009). The investigated variations did not show impact on treatment outcome. This study provides preliminary evidence that HSP-70 may play a role in the disrupted mechanisms that lead to BPD. Further confirmatory analyses in this direction are mandatory.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)257-261
Number of pages5
JournalNeuroscience Letters
Volume465
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Nov 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a financial support of the Catholic Medical Center Research Foundation made in the program year of 2009 and by a grant from the Medical Research Center, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation, Republic of Korea ( R13-2002-005-04001-0 ).

Keywords

  • Association
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Gene
  • Heat shock proteins
  • Trace amine associated receptor

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