THRB基因第7、第10外显子遗传标记与抑郁症的关联和连锁不平衡研究

目的从单核苷酸多态性(SNP)和单倍型分析的角度入手分析抑郁症患者甲状腺激素β受体(THRB)基因与抑郁症之间的关系。方法入组抑郁症患者及健康对照者各50例,均为中国陕西籍汉族人。提取基因组DNA,对THRB基因第7、第10外显子测序,并对患者进行汉密尔顿抑郁量表(HAMD)、汉密尔顿焦虑量表(HAMA)评分。测序结果进行序列比对,采用SPSS软件进行统计分析,采用SHEsis在线分析系统、LDA 1.0软件、Haploview 4.0软件进行单倍型和连锁不平衡分析。结果全部样本THRB基因第7外显子上未发现SNP,抑郁症患者组第10外显子上发现G1457T和G1671A两处SNP,健康对照组第10外显子上发现G1671A一处SNP,组间分布无统计学差异(P>0.05)。THRB基因G1671A与G1457T两处SNP构成的单倍型位于存在强烈连锁不平衡关系的单倍型域内,抑郁症患者组中存在3种单倍型分布,表现为连锁不平衡关系;健康对照组中发现两种单倍型分布,不存在连锁不平衡关系。携带THRB基因G1671A杂合子的抑郁症患者HAMD量表总分高于野生型纯合子个体;携带THRB基因G1457T杂合子的抑郁症患者HAMD量表抑郁情绪、HAMA量表抑郁心境得分高于野生型纯合子个体,HAMD迟缓因子得分低于野生型纯合子个体。结论中国陕西省汉族抑郁症患者THRB基因第7、第10外显子上存在不同于现有报道的SNP分布,G1671A与G1457T两处SNP位点及其构成的单倍型与抑郁症不存在关联和连锁不平衡,携带THRB基因G1671A杂合子和/或携带THRB基因G1457T杂合子的抑郁症患者有不同于携带上述两位点野生型纯合子个体的临床表现型。     

RESEARCH OF GENETIC POLYMORPHISM OF 5-HTT IN CHILDHOOD AUTISM

Objective To reveal the relationship between the 5-HTTLPR and the Chinese Han nationality children with CA, compared the distribution of the 5-HTTLPR between the Han Chinese children with CA and healthy Han Chinese children , and analyzed the association between the 5-HTTLPR and clinical symptoms of the Han Chinese children with CA. Methods Genomic DNAs of fifty subjects including 25 autistic children and 25 controls were extracted from blood samples. PCR amplification using Oligonucleotide primers flanking 5-HTTLPR was performed. Results① Three kinds of alleles including the S （short） allele, the L （long） allele and the VL allele were found , and the 5-HTTLPR genotypes shown were S/S, L/L, S/L and L/VL. ②Allele frequencies did not differ significantly in patient groups in comparison with the control sample. No significant difference was identified between the observed 5-HTTLPR genotype distribution of the patient groups and control group. ③The distribution of homozygons and heterozygous subjects between the two groups differed significantly. ④ The genotypes of the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism correlated significantly with the Body Movement Factor. ⑤ The allele frequency of healthy Han Chinese population and that of healthy Japanese population were similar. The frequency of S allele in not only autistic subjects but also healthy children in this study was considerably more than that in Caucasians and the frequency of L allele in our subjects decreased correspondingly. Conclusion ① A significant difference in the allele frequency between the Han Chinese and Caucasian populations was found. ② The genotypes of the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism correlated significantly with the Body Movement Factor of the patients. ③ The homozygote and the L allele were positively relevant to CA and they might be the risk factors of CA. The heterozygote and the S allele were negatively relevant to CA and they might be the protective factors of CA.