TY - JOUR A1 - Brevik, Erlend J A1 - van Donkelaar, Marjolein M. J. A1 - Weber, Heike A1 - Sánchez-Mora, Cristina A1 - Jacob, Christian A1 - Rivero, Olga A1 - Kittel-Schneider, Sarah A1 - Garcia-martinez, Iris A1 - Aebi, Marcel A1 - van Hulzen, Kimm A1 - Cormand, Bru A1 - Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A A1 - Lesch, Klaus-Peter A1 - Reif, Andreas A1 - Ribases, Marta A1 - Franke, Barbara A1 - Posserud, Maj-Britt A1 - Johansson, Stefan A1 - Lundervold, Astri J. A1 - Haavik, Jan A1 - Zayats, Tetyana T1 - Genome-wide analyses of aggressiveness in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder JF - American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B-Neuropsychiatric Genetics N2 - Aggressiveness is a behavioral trait that has the potential to be harmful to individuals and society. With an estimated heritability of about 40%, genetics is important in its development. We performed an exploratory genome-wide association (GWA) analysis of childhood aggressiveness in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to gain insight into the underlying biological processes associated with this trait. Our primary sample consisted of 1,060 adult ADHD patients (aADHD). To further explore the genetic architecture of childhood aggressiveness, we performed enrichment analyses of suggestive genome-wide associations observed in aADHD among GWA signals of dimensions of oppositionality (defiant/vindictive and irritable dimensions) in childhood ADHD (cADHD). No single polymorphism reached genome-wide significance (P<5.00E-08). The strongest signal in aADHD was observed at rs10826548, within a long noncoding RNA gene (beta = -1.66, standard error (SE) = 0.34, P = 1.07E-06), closely followed by rs35974940 in the neurotrimin gene (beta = 3.23, SE = 0.67, P = 1.26E-06). The top GWA SNPs observed in aADHD showed significant enrichment of signals from both the defiant/vindictive dimension (Fisher's P-value = 2.28E-06) and the irritable dimension in cADHD (Fisher's P-value = 0.0061). In sum, our results identify a number of biologically interesting markers possibly underlying childhood aggressiveness and provide targets for further genetic exploration of aggressiveness across psychiatric disorders. KW - Large multicenter ADHD KW - Antisocial behavior KW - Diagnostic approach KW - Rating scale KW - Gene KW - Deficit/hyperactivity disorder KW - Susceptibility loci KW - Conduct disorder KW - Association KW - Adult KW - ADHD KW - Aggression KW - GWAS Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-188116 VL - 171B IS - 5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kiser, Dominik P. A1 - Popp, Sandy A1 - Schmitt-Böhrer, Angelika G. A1 - Strekalova, Tatyana A1 - van den Hove, Daniel L. A1 - Lesch, Klaus-Peter A1 - Rivero, Olga T1 - Early-life stress impairs developmental programming in Cadherin 13 (CDH13)-deficient mice JF - Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry N2 - Objective Cadherin-13 (CDH13), a member of the calcium-dependent cell adhesion molecule family, has been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) disorders, but also to depression. In the adult brain, CDH13 expression is restricted e.g. to the presynaptic compartment of inhibitory GABAergic synapses in the hippocampus and Cdh13 knockout mice show an increased inhibitory drive onto hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons, leading to a shift in excitatory/inhibitory balance. CDH13 is also moderating migration of serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus, establishing projections preferentially to the thalamus and cerebellum during brain development. Furthermore, CDH13 is upregulated by chronic stress as well as in depression, suggesting a role in early-life adaptation to stressful experience. Here, we therefore investigated the interaction between Cdh13 variation and neonatal maternal separation (MS) in mice. Methods Male and female wild-type (Cdh13+/+), heterozygous (Cdh13+/−) and homozygous (Cdh13−/−) knockout mice exposed to MS, or daily handling as control, were subjected to a battery of behavioural tests to assess motor activity, learning and memory as well as anxiety-like behaviour. A transcriptome analysis of the hippocampus was performed in an independent cohort of mice which was exposed to MS or handling, but remained naïve for behavioural testing. Results MS lead to increased anxiety-like behaviour in Cdh13−/− mice compared to the other two MS groups. Cdh13−/− mice showed a context-dependent effect on stress- and anxiety-related behaviour, impaired extinction learning following contextual fear conditioning and decreased impulsivity, as well as a mild decrease in errors in the Barnes maze and reduced risk-taking in the light-dark transition test after MS. We also show sex differences, with increased locomotor activity in female Cdh13−/− mice, but unaltered impulsivity and activity in male Cdh13−/− mice. Transcriptome analysis revealed several pathways associated with cell surface/adhesion molecules to be altered following Cdh13 deficiency, together with an influence on endoplasmic reticulum function. Conclusion MS resulted in increased stress resilience, increased exploration and an overall anxiolytic behavioural phenotype in male Cdh13+/+ and Cdh13+/− mice. Cdh13 deficiency, however, obliterated most of the effects caused by early-life stress, with Cdh13−/− mice exhibiting delayed habituation, no reduction of anxiety-like behaviour and decreased fear extinction. Our behavioural findings indicate a role of CDH13 in the programming of and adaptation to early-life stress. Finally, our transcriptomic data support the view of CDH13 as a neuroprotective factor as well as a mediator in cell-cell interactions, with an impact on synaptic plasticity. KW - Cadherin-13 (CDH13) KW - T-cadherin KW - neurodevelopment KW - autism KW - ADHD KW - depression KW - psychiatric disorders KW - early-life stress KW - mouse KW - RNA sequencing KW - endoplasmic reticulum stress KW - adhesion Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-325859 VL - 89 ER -