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Psychiatric disorders are highly inheritable, and most psychiatric disorders exhibit genetic overlap. Recent studies associated the 3q29 recurrent deletion with schizophrenia (SCZ) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In this study, we investigated the association of genes in the 3q29 region with SCZ and ASD. TM4SF19 and PAK2 were chosen as candidate genes for this study based on evidence from previous research. We sequenced TM4SF19 and PAK2 in 437 SCZ cases, 187 ASD cases and 524 controls in the Japanese population. Through targeted sequencing, we identified 6 missense variants among the cases (ASD & SCZ), 3 missense variants among controls, and 1 variant common to both cases and controls; however, no loss-of-function variants were identified. Fisher's exact test showed a significant association of variants in TM4SF19 among cases (p=0.0160). These results suggest TM4SF19 variants affect the etiology of SCZ and ASD in the Japanese population. Further research examining 3q29 region genes and their association with SCZ and ASD is thus needed.

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Whole genome analysis has identified rare copy number variations (CNV) that are strongly involved in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders, and 3q29 deletion has been found to have the largest effect size. The 3q29 deletion mice model (3q29-del mice) has been established as a good pathological model for schizophrenia based on phenotypic analysis; however, circadian rhythm and sleep, which are also closely related to neuropsychiatric disorders, have not been investigated. In this study, our aims were to reevaluate the pathogenesis of 3q29-del by recreating model mice and analyzing their behavior and to identify novel new insights into the temporal activity and temperature fluctuations of the mouse model using a recently developed small implantable accelerometer chip, Nano-tag. We generated 3q29-del mice using genome editing technology and reevaluated common behavioral phenotypes. We next implanted Nano-tag in the abdominal cavity of mice for continuous measurements of long-time activity and body temperature. Our model mice exhibited weight loss similar to that of other mice reported previously. A general behavioral battery test in the model mice revealed phenotypes similar to those observed in mouse models of schizophrenia, including increased rearing frequency. Intraperitoneal implantation of Nano-tag, a miniature acceleration sensor, resulted in hypersensitive and rapid increases in the activity and body temperature of 3q29-del mice upon switching to lights-off condition. Similar to the 3q29-del mice reported previously, these mice are a promising model animals for schizophrenia. Successive quantitative analysis may provide results that could help in treating sleep disorders closely associated with neuropsychiatric disorders.

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AIM: The present study aimed to examine the association between copy number variations (CNVs) in parkin (PRKN) and schizophrenia (SCZ) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a large case-control sample. METHOD: Array comparative genomic hybridization was performed on 3111 cases with SCZ, 1236 cases with ASD, and 2713 controls. We systematically prioritized likely pathogenic CNVs (LP-CNVs) in PRKN and examined their association with SCZ and ASD. RESULTS: In total, 3014 SCZ cases (96.9%), 1205 ASD cases (97.5%), and 2671 controls (98.5%) passed quality control. We found that monoallelic carriers of LP-CNVs in PRKN were common (70/6890, 1.02%) and were not at higher risk of SCZ (p = 0.29) or ASD (p = 0.72). We observed that the distribution pattern of LP-CNVs in the Japanese population was consistent with those in other populations. We also identified a patient diagnosed with SCZ and early-onset Parkinson's disease carrying biallelic pathogenic CNVs in PRKN. The absence of Parkinson's symptoms in 10 other monoallelic carriers of the same pathogenic CNV further reflects the lack of effect of monoallelic pathogenic variants in PRKN in the absence of a second hit. CONCLUSION: The present findings suggest that monoallelic CNVs in PRKN do not confer a significant risk for SCZ or ASD. However, further studies to investigate the association between biallelic CNVs in PRKN and SCZ and ASD are warranted.

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<jats:p>Most sequencing studies of schizophrenia (SCZ) have focused on <jats:italic>de novo</jats:italic> genetic variants due to interpretability. However, investigating shared rare variants among patients in the same multiplex family is also important. Relatively large-scale analyses of SCZ multiplex families have been done in Caucasian populations, but whether detected variants are also pathogenic in the Japanese population is unclear because of ethnic differences in rare variants.</jats:p>
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<jats:p>We performed whole-exome sequencing (WES) of 14 Japanese SCZ multiplex families. After quality control and filtering, we identified rare variants shared among affected persons within the same family. A gene ontology (GO) analysis was performed to identify gene categories possibly affected by these candidate variants.</jats:p>
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<jats:p>We found 530 variants in 486 genes as potential candidate variants from the 14 SCZ multiplex families examined. The GO analysis demonstrated significant enrichment in calcium channel activity.</jats:p>
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<jats:p>This study provides supporting evidence that calcium ion channel activity is involved in SCZ. WES of multiplex families is a potential means of identifying disease-associated rare variants for SCZ.</jats:p>
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A number of genomic mutations that are thought to be strongly involved in the development of schizophrenia (SCZ) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been identified. Abnormalities involving oligodendrocytes have been reported in SCZ, and as a related gene, oligodendrocyte lineage transcription factor 2 (OLIG2) has been reported to be strongly associated with SCZ. In this study, based on the common disease-rare variant hypothesis, target sequencing of candidate genes was performed to identify rare mutations with a high effect size and the possibility that the identified mutations may increase the risks of SCZ and ASD in the Japanese population. In this study, the exon region of OLIG2 was targeted; 370 patients with SCZ and 192 with ASD were subjected to next-generation sequencing. As a result, one rare missense mutation (A33T) was detected. We used the Sanger method to validate this missense mutation with a low frequency (<1%), and then carried out a genetic association analysis involving 3299 unrelated individuals (1447 with SCZ, 380 with ASD, and 1472 healthy controls) to clarify whether A33T was associated with SCZ or ASD. A33T was not found in either case group, and in only one control. We did not find evidence that p.A33T is involved in the onset of ASD or SCZ; however, associations with this variant need to be evaluated in larger samples to confirm our results.

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BACKGROUND: We aimed to determine the similarities and differences in the roles of genic and regulatory copy number variations (CNVs) in bipolar disorder (BD), schizophrenia (SCZ), and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHODS: Based on high-resolution CNV data from 8708 Japanese samples, we performed to our knowledge the largest cross-disorder analysis of genic and regulatory CNVs in BD, SCZ, and ASD. RESULTS: In genic CNVs, we found an increased burden of smaller (<100 kb) exonic deletions in BD, which contrasted with the highest burden of larger (>500 kb) exonic CNVs in SCZ/ASD. Pathogenic CNVs linked to neurodevelopmental disorders were significantly associated with the risk for each disorder, but BD and SCZ/ASD differed in terms of the effect size (smaller in BD) and subtype distribution of CNVs linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. We identified 3 synaptic genes (DLG2, PCDH15, and ASTN2) as risk factors for BD. Whereas gene set analysis showed that BD-associated pathways were restricted to chromatin biology, SCZ and ASD involved more extensive and similar pathways. Nevertheless, a correlation analysis of gene set results indicated weak but significant pathway similarities between BD and SCZ or ASD (r = 0.25-0.31). In SCZ and ASD, but not BD, CNVs were significantly enriched in enhancers and promoters in brain tissue. CONCLUSIONS: BD and SCZ/ASD differ in terms of CNV burden, characteristics of CNVs linked to neurodevelopmental disorders, and regulatory CNVs. On the other hand, they have shared molecular mechanisms, including chromatin biology. The BD risk genes identified here could provide insight into the pathogenesis of BD.

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