No evidence for the involvement of CAG/CTG repeats from within 18q21.33-q23 in bipolar disorder

  • Dirk Goossens
  • , Sandra Villafuerte
  • , Fadel Tissir
  • , Sofie Van Gestel
  • , Stephan Claes
  • , Daniel Souery
  • , Isabelle Massat
  • , Dirk Van Den Bossche
  • , Karel Van Zand
  • , Julien Mendlewicz
  • , Christine Van Broeckhoven
  • , Jurgen Del-Favero*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We previously identified 18q21.33-q23 as a candidate region in one BP family and constructed a yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) contig map. Here, we mapped eight known CAG/CTG repeats relative to 18q21.33-q23. We also isolated four CAG/CTG repeats from within the region using CAG/CTG YAC fragmentation, one of which is located in the 5' untranslated region of the CAP2 gene coding for a brain-expressed serine proteinase inhibitor. The triplet repeats located in the 18q21.33-q23 BP candidate region showed no expanded alleles in the linked BP family nor in a BP case-control sample. Moreover, only the CAP2 triplet repeat was polymorphic but no genetic association with BP disorder was observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)385-388
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Journal of Human Genetics
Volume8
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bipolar disorder
  • CAG/CTG
  • Chromosome 18
  • Trinucleotide repeat
  • YAC fragmentation

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