Reelin gene polymorphisms in the Indian population: A possible paternal 5′UTR-CGG-repeat-allele effect on autism

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with high heritability factor and the reelin gene, which codes for an extracellular matrix protein involved with neuronal migration and lamination is being investigated as a positional and functional candidate gene for autism. It is located on chromosome 7q22...

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Published in:American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics Neuropsychiatric genetics, 2007-01, Vol.144B (1), p.106-112
Main Authors: Dutta, Shruti, Guhathakurta, Subhrangshu, Sinha, Swagata, Chatterjee, Anindita, Ahmed, Shabina, Ghosh, Saurabh, Gangopadhyay, Prasanta K., Singh, Manoranjan, Usha, Rajamma
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Language:English
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5′UTR
association
autism
paternal transmission
reelin
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Summary:Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with high heritability factor and the reelin gene, which codes for an extracellular matrix protein involved with neuronal migration and lamination is being investigated as a positional and functional candidate gene for autism. It is located on chromosome 7q22 within the autism susceptible locus (AUTS1); identified in earlier genome scans and several investigations have been carried out on various ethnic groups to assess possible association and linkage of the gene with autism. However, the findings are still inconclusive. In the present study which represents the first report of such a study on the Indian population, genotyping analyses of CGG repeat polymorphism at 5′UTR, two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) at exon 6 and exon 50 were performed in 73 autistic subjects, 129 parents, and 80 controls. The allelic distributions of the repeat polymorphism and exon 50 T/C SNP were quite different from earlier reports in other populations. Allelic and genotypic distribution of the markers did not show any differences between the cases and controls. While our preliminary data on family‐based association studies on 58 trios showed no preferential transmission of any allele from the parents to the affected offspring, TDT and HHRR analyses revealed significant paternal transmission distortions for 10‐ and ≥11‐repeat alleles of CGG repeat polymorphism. Thus, the present study suggests that 5′UTR of reelin gene may have a role in the susceptibility towards autism with the paternal transmission and non‐transmission respectively of 10‐ and ≥11‐repeat alleles, to the affected offspring. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:1552-4841
1552-485X
DOI:10.1002/ajmg.b.30419