Open AccessNucks1 gene polymorphism rs823114 is associated with the positive symptoms and neurocognitive function of patients with schizophrenia in parts of southern China
Author(s) -
Xin Wen,
Xusan Xu,
Xudong Luo,
Jinwen Yin,
Chunmei Liang,
Jinyuan Zhu,
Xueyan g,
Xiudeng Zhu,
Ni Fan,
Shanshan Gu,
Susu Xiong,
Jiawu Fu,
Dongjian Zhu,
Zhongmin Dai,
Dong Lv,
Zhixiong Lin,
Juda Lin,
You Li,
Guoda Ma,
Yajun Wang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychiatric genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.661
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1473-5873
pISSN - 0955-8829
DOI - 10.1097/ypg.0000000000000285
Subject(s) - single nucleotide polymorphism , genotype , neurocognitive , medicine , allele , polymorphism (computer science) , snp , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , gastroenterology , verbal fluency test , oncology , genetics , gene , psychiatry , biology , neuropsychology , cognition
Nuclear casein kinase and cyclin-dependent kinase substrate 1 (nucks1) are considered a potential susceptibility gene for certain neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's disease (PD). In our study, we genotyped three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs4951261, rs823114 and rs951366) of the nucks1 gene in 774 schizophrenic patients and 819 healthy controls using the improved multiplex ligation detection reaction (imLDR) technique. Furthermore, we also studied the relationship between the above SNPs and the clinical psychiatric symptoms and neurocognitive function of the patients. Genotype distributions and allele frequencies of these SNPs showed no significant differences and were found between patients and healthy controls. However, in an analysis of the positive symptom score of rs823114 among male patients, we found that the score of the A/A genotype was lower than that of the G/A+G/G genotypes (P = 0.001, P(corr) = 0.003]. Additionally, we also found that among the female patients, G allele carriers with rs823114 had lower semantic fluency scores than subjects with the A/A genotype (P = 0.010, P(corr) = 0.030]. Our data show for the first time that rs823114 polymorphism of nucks1 may affect positive symptoms and neurocognitive function in patients with schizophrenia in parts of southern China.