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ABSTRACT: Objective
To examine glutathione S-transferase (GST) deletion polymorphisms in development of early-onset severe mental disorders, with the hypothesis that patients with GSTM1-null and GSTT1-null genotypes will develop psychotic disorders at a younger age.Methods
We identified GSTM1 and GSTT1 deletion polymorphisms by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 93 patients with early onset severe mental disorders and 278 control individuals. The diagnoses were confirmed by Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version and Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Life-Time Version (K-SADS-PL) interviews.Results
Individuals with the GSTM1-null genotype were at 3.36-fold higher risk of developing early-onset severe mental disorders than carriers of a corresponding active genotype. The risk of those disorders was increased by 6.59-fold in patients with GSTM1-null/GSTT1-active genotype. Patients with the GSTM1-null genotype were at approximately 2-fold increased risk for developing early-onset schizophrenia-spectrum disorder (EOS), early-onset bipolar disorder (EOBD) with psychotic symptoms, or early-onset first-episode psychosis (EOFEP), compared with patients with the GSTM1-active genotype.Conclusion
The GSTM1-null genotype might be associated with higher risk for early onset severe mental disorders.
SUBMITTER: Pejovic-Milovancevic MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4985766 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pejovic-Milovancevic Milica M MM Mandic-Maravic Vanja D VD Coric Vesna M VM Mitkovic-Voncina Marija M MM Kostic Milutin V MV Savic-Radojevic Ana R AR Ercegovac Marko D MD Matic Marija G MG Peljto Amir N AN Lecic-Tosevski Dusica R DR Simic Tatjana P TP Pljesa-Ercegovac Marija S MS
Laboratory medicine 20160425 3
<h4>Objective</h4>To examine glutathione S-transferase (GST) deletion polymorphisms in development of early-onset severe mental disorders, with the hypothesis that patients with GSTM1-null and GSTT1-null genotypes will develop psychotic disorders at a younger age.<h4>Methods</h4>We identified GSTM1 and GSTT1 deletion polymorphisms by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 93 patients with early onset severe mental disorders and 278 control individuals. The diagnoses were confirmed by Sched ...[more]