Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable disorder of complex and heterogeneous aetiology. It is primarily characterized by altered cognitive ability including impaired language and communication skills and fundamental deficits in social reciprocity. Despite some notable successes in neuropsychiatric genetics, overall, the high heritability of ASD (90%) remains poorly explained by common genetic risk variants. However, recent studies suggest that rare genomic variation, in particular copy number variation, may account for a significant proportion of the genetic basis of ASD. We present a large scale analysis to identify candidate genes which may contain low-frequency recessive variation contributing to ASD while taking into account the potential contribution of population differences to the genetic heterogeneity of ASD. Our strategy, homozygous haplotype (HH) mapping, aims to detect homozygous segments of identical haplotype structure that are shared at a higher frequency amongst ASD patients compared to parental controls. The analysis was performed on 1,402 Autism Genome Project trios genotyped for 1 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We identified 25 known and 1,218 novel ASD candidate genes in the discovery analysis including CADM2, ABHD14A, CHRFAM7A, GRIK2, GRM3, EPHA3, FGF10, KCND2, PDZK1, IMMP2L and FOXP2. Furthermore, 10 of the previously reported ASD genes and 300 of the novel candidates identified in the discovery analysis were replicated in an independent sample of 1,182 trios. Our results demonstrate that regions of HH are significantly enriched for previously reported ASD candidate genes and the observed association is independent of gene size (odds ratio 2.10). Our findings highlight the applicability of HH mapping in complex disorders such as ASD and offer an alternative approach to the analysis of genome-wide association data.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 565-579 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Human Genetics |
| Volume | 131 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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A novel approach of homozygous haplotype sharing identifies candidate genes in autism spectrum disorder. / Casey, Jillian P.; Magalhaes, Tiago; Conroy, Judith M.; Regan, Regina; Shah, Naisha; Anney, Richard; Shields, Denis C.; Abrahams, Brett S.; Almeida, Joana; Bacchelli, Elena; Bailey, Anthony J.; Baird, Gillian; Battaglia, Agatino; Berney, Tom; Bolshakova, Nadia; Bolton, Patrick F.; Bourgeron, Thomas; Brennan, Sean; Cali, Phil; Correia, Catarina; Corsello, Christina; Coutanche, Marc; Dawson, Geraldine; De Jonge, Maretha; Delorme, Richard; Duketis, Eftichia; Duque, Frederico; Estes, Annette; Farrar, Penny; Fernandez, Bridget A.; Folstein, Susan E.; Foley, Suzanne; Fombonne, Eric; Freitag, Christine M.; Gilbert, John; Gillberg, Christopher; Glessner, Joseph T.; Green, Jonathan; Guter, Stephen J.; Hakonarson, Hakon; Holt, Richard; Hughes, Gillian; Hus, Vanessa; Igliozzi, Roberta; Kim, Cecilia; Klauck, Sabine M.; Kolevzon, Alexander; Lamb, Janine A.; Leboyer, Marion; Couteur, Ann Le; Leventhal, Bennett L.; Lord, Catherine; Lund, Sabata C.; Maestrini, Elena; Mantoulan, Carine; Marshall, Christian R.; McConachie, Helen; McDougle, Christopher J.; McGrath, Jane; McMahon, William M.; Merikangas, Alison; Miller, Judith; Minopoli, Fiorella; Mirza, Ghazala K.; Munson, Jeff; Nelson, Stanley F.; Nygren, Gudrun; Oliveira, Guiomar; Pagnamenta, Alistair T.; Papanikolaou, Katerina; Parr, Jeremy R.; Parrini, Barbara; Pickles, Andrew; Pinto, Dalila; Piven, Joseph; Posey, David J.; Poustka, Annemarie; Poustka, Fritz; Ragoussis, Jiannis; Roge, Bernadette; Rutter, Michael L.; Sequeira, Ana F.; Soorya, Latha; Sousa, Inês; Sykes, Nuala; Stoppioni, Vera; Tancredi, Raffaella; Tauber, Maïté; Thompson, Ann P.; Thomson, Susanne; Tsiantis, John; Van Engeland, Herman; Vincent, John B.; Volkmar, Fred; Vorstman, Jacob A S; Wallace, Simon; Wang, Kai; Wassink, Thomas H.; White, Kathy; Wing, Kirsty; Wittemeyer, Kerstin; Yaspan, Brian L.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Betancur, Catalina; Buxbaum, Joseph D.; Cantor, Rita M.; Cook, Edwin H.; Coon, Hilary; Cuccaro, Michael L.; Geschwind, Daniel H.; Haines, Jonathan L.; Hallmayer, Joachim; Monaco, Anthony P.; Nurnberger, John I.; Pericak-Vance, Margaret A.; Schellenberg, Gerard D.; Scherer, Stephen W.; Sutcliffe, James S.; Szatmari, Peter; Vieland, Veronica J.; Wijsman, Ellen M.; Green, Andrew; Gill, Michael; Gallagher, Louise; Vicente, Astrid; Ennis, Sean.
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T1 - A novel approach of homozygous haplotype sharing identifies candidate genes in autism spectrum disorder
AU - Casey, Jillian P.
AU - Magalhaes, Tiago
AU - Conroy, Judith M.
AU - Regan, Regina
AU - Shah, Naisha
AU - Anney, Richard
AU - Shields, Denis C.
AU - Abrahams, Brett S.
AU - Almeida, Joana
AU - Bacchelli, Elena
AU - Bailey, Anthony J.
AU - Baird, Gillian
AU - Battaglia, Agatino
AU - Berney, Tom
AU - Bolshakova, Nadia
AU - Bolton, Patrick F.
AU - Bourgeron, Thomas
AU - Brennan, Sean
AU - Cali, Phil
AU - Correia, Catarina
AU - Corsello, Christina
AU - Coutanche, Marc
AU - Dawson, Geraldine
AU - De Jonge, Maretha
AU - Delorme, Richard
AU - Duketis, Eftichia
AU - Duque, Frederico
AU - Estes, Annette
AU - Farrar, Penny
AU - Fernandez, Bridget A.
AU - Folstein, Susan E.
AU - Foley, Suzanne
AU - Fombonne, Eric
AU - Freitag, Christine M.
AU - Gilbert, John
AU - Gillberg, Christopher
AU - Glessner, Joseph T.
AU - Green, Jonathan
AU - Guter, Stephen J.
AU - Hakonarson, Hakon
AU - Holt, Richard
AU - Hughes, Gillian
AU - Hus, Vanessa
AU - Igliozzi, Roberta
AU - Kim, Cecilia
AU - Klauck, Sabine M.
AU - Kolevzon, Alexander
AU - Lamb, Janine A.
AU - Leboyer, Marion
AU - Couteur, Ann Le
AU - Leventhal, Bennett L.
AU - Lord, Catherine
AU - Lund, Sabata C.
AU - Maestrini, Elena
AU - Mantoulan, Carine
AU - Marshall, Christian R.
AU - McConachie, Helen
AU - McDougle, Christopher J.
AU - McGrath, Jane
AU - McMahon, William M.
AU - Merikangas, Alison
AU - Miller, Judith
AU - Minopoli, Fiorella
AU - Mirza, Ghazala K.
AU - Munson, Jeff
AU - Nelson, Stanley F.
AU - Nygren, Gudrun
AU - Oliveira, Guiomar
AU - Pagnamenta, Alistair T.
AU - Papanikolaou, Katerina
AU - Parr, Jeremy R.
AU - Parrini, Barbara
AU - Pickles, Andrew
AU - Pinto, Dalila
AU - Piven, Joseph
AU - Posey, David J.
AU - Poustka, Annemarie
AU - Poustka, Fritz
AU - Ragoussis, Jiannis
AU - Roge, Bernadette
AU - Rutter, Michael L.
AU - Sequeira, Ana F.
AU - Soorya, Latha
AU - Sousa, Inês
AU - Sykes, Nuala
AU - Stoppioni, Vera
AU - Tancredi, Raffaella
AU - Tauber, Maïté
AU - Thompson, Ann P.
AU - Thomson, Susanne
AU - Tsiantis, John
AU - Van Engeland, Herman
AU - Vincent, John B.
AU - Volkmar, Fred
AU - Vorstman, Jacob A S
AU - Wallace, Simon
AU - Wang, Kai
AU - Wassink, Thomas H.
AU - White, Kathy
AU - Wing, Kirsty
AU - Wittemeyer, Kerstin
AU - Yaspan, Brian L.
AU - Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie
AU - Betancur, Catalina
AU - Buxbaum, Joseph D.
AU - Cantor, Rita M.
AU - Cook, Edwin H.
AU - Coon, Hilary
AU - Cuccaro, Michael L.
AU - Geschwind, Daniel H.
AU - Haines, Jonathan L.
AU - Hallmayer, Joachim
AU - Monaco, Anthony P.
AU - Nurnberger, John I.
AU - Pericak-Vance, Margaret A.
AU - Schellenberg, Gerard D.
AU - Scherer, Stephen W.
AU - Sutcliffe, James S.
AU - Szatmari, Peter
AU - Vieland, Veronica J.
AU - Wijsman, Ellen M.
AU - Green, Andrew
AU - Gill, Michael
AU - Gallagher, Louise
AU - Vicente, Astrid
AU - Ennis, Sean
PY - 2012/4
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N2 - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable disorder of complex and heterogeneous aetiology. It is primarily characterized by altered cognitive ability including impaired language and communication skills and fundamental deficits in social reciprocity. Despite some notable successes in neuropsychiatric genetics, overall, the high heritability of ASD (90%) remains poorly explained by common genetic risk variants. However, recent studies suggest that rare genomic variation, in particular copy number variation, may account for a significant proportion of the genetic basis of ASD. We present a large scale analysis to identify candidate genes which may contain low-frequency recessive variation contributing to ASD while taking into account the potential contribution of population differences to the genetic heterogeneity of ASD. Our strategy, homozygous haplotype (HH) mapping, aims to detect homozygous segments of identical haplotype structure that are shared at a higher frequency amongst ASD patients compared to parental controls. The analysis was performed on 1,402 Autism Genome Project trios genotyped for 1 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We identified 25 known and 1,218 novel ASD candidate genes in the discovery analysis including CADM2, ABHD14A, CHRFAM7A, GRIK2, GRM3, EPHA3, FGF10, KCND2, PDZK1, IMMP2L and FOXP2. Furthermore, 10 of the previously reported ASD genes and 300 of the novel candidates identified in the discovery analysis were replicated in an independent sample of 1,182 trios. Our results demonstrate that regions of HH are significantly enriched for previously reported ASD candidate genes and the observed association is independent of gene size (odds ratio 2.10). Our findings highlight the applicability of HH mapping in complex disorders such as ASD and offer an alternative approach to the analysis of genome-wide association data.
AB - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable disorder of complex and heterogeneous aetiology. It is primarily characterized by altered cognitive ability including impaired language and communication skills and fundamental deficits in social reciprocity. Despite some notable successes in neuropsychiatric genetics, overall, the high heritability of ASD (90%) remains poorly explained by common genetic risk variants. However, recent studies suggest that rare genomic variation, in particular copy number variation, may account for a significant proportion of the genetic basis of ASD. We present a large scale analysis to identify candidate genes which may contain low-frequency recessive variation contributing to ASD while taking into account the potential contribution of population differences to the genetic heterogeneity of ASD. Our strategy, homozygous haplotype (HH) mapping, aims to detect homozygous segments of identical haplotype structure that are shared at a higher frequency amongst ASD patients compared to parental controls. The analysis was performed on 1,402 Autism Genome Project trios genotyped for 1 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We identified 25 known and 1,218 novel ASD candidate genes in the discovery analysis including CADM2, ABHD14A, CHRFAM7A, GRIK2, GRM3, EPHA3, FGF10, KCND2, PDZK1, IMMP2L and FOXP2. Furthermore, 10 of the previously reported ASD genes and 300 of the novel candidates identified in the discovery analysis were replicated in an independent sample of 1,182 trios. Our results demonstrate that regions of HH are significantly enriched for previously reported ASD candidate genes and the observed association is independent of gene size (odds ratio 2.10). Our findings highlight the applicability of HH mapping in complex disorders such as ASD and offer an alternative approach to the analysis of genome-wide association data.
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