학술논문

Genetic contributions to circadian activity rhythm and sleep pattern phenotypes in pedigrees segregating for severe bipolar disorder.
Document Type
article
Source
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113(6)
Subject
Chromosomes
Human
Pair 1
Humans
Pedigree
Family
Sleep
Bipolar Disorder
Circadian Rhythm
Inheritance Patterns
Quantitative Trait
Heritable
Lod Score
Phenotype
Middle Aged
Female
Male
Actigraphy
actigraphy
behavior
bipolar disorder
circadian rhythms
endophenotypes
Human Genome
Serious Mental Illness
Brain Disorders
Mental Health
Genetics
Sleep Research
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
Aetiology
Language
Abstract
Abnormalities in sleep and circadian rhythms are central features of bipolar disorder (BP), often persisting between episodes. We report here, to our knowledge, the first systematic analysis of circadian rhythm activity in pedigrees segregating severe BP (BP-I). By analyzing actigraphy data obtained from members of 26 Costa Rican and Colombian pedigrees [136 euthymic (i.e., interepisode) BP-I individuals and 422 non-BP-I relatives], we delineated 73 phenotypes, of which 49 demonstrated significant heritability and 13 showed significant trait-like association with BP-I. All BP-I-associated traits related to activity level, with BP-I individuals consistently demonstrating lower activity levels than their non-BP-I relatives. We analyzed all 49 heritable phenotypes using genetic linkage analysis, with special emphasis on phenotypes judged to have the strongest impact on the biology underlying BP. We identified a locus for interdaily stability of activity, at a threshold exceeding genome-wide significance, on chromosome 12pter, a region that also showed pleiotropic linkage to two additional activity phenotypes.