Gender-specific COMT Val158Met polymorphism association in Spanish schizophrenic patients

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Abstract

The functional Val158Met polymorphism (rs4680) located at the gene that codes for the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) has been extensively investigated in schizophrenia although current data are still controversial. Since COMT activity is sexually dimorphic, we carried out two independent studies in homogeneoussamples ofmale and female Spanish schizophrenic patients. In males, we found an association between the homozygous Val genotype and the disorder, which resembled a recessive model (P=0.022; odds ratio [OR]=1.67). This Val homozygotes overrepresentation is produced at the expense of the heterozygous individuals decrease, whilst the Met homozygotes showed no differences when compared controls and patients. As a consequence, the heterozygous genotype in this sample had a protective effect (P=0.03; OR=0.65) and a strong deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in male cases was observed (P=0.006). In addition, a 2-SNP haplotype analysis (rs4818-Val158Met) confirmed there is an overrepresentation of the different homozygous Val genotypes in the male schizophrenic sample. Regarding females, we did not find any statistically significant association between COMT SNP and schizophrenia. In the light of this we suggest that the Val158Met SNP is involved in risk and protective genotypes for the vulnerability to schizophrenia in Spanish male population. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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Hoenicka, J., Garrido, E., Martínez, I., Ponce, G., Aragüés, M., Rodríguez-Jiménez, R., … Del Yerro, M. J. (2010). Gender-specific COMT Val158Met polymorphism association in Spanish schizophrenic patients. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 153(1), 79–85. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.30957

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