A latent genetic subtype of major depression identified by whole-exome genotyping data in a Mexican-American cohort

Identifying data-driven subtypes of major depressive disorder (MDD) is an important topic of psychiatric research. Currently, MDD subtypes are based on clinically defined depression symptom patterns. Although a few data-driven attempts have been made to identify more homogenous subgroups within MDD, other studies have not focused on using human genetic data for MDD subtyping. Here we used a computational strategy to identify MDD subtypes based on single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping data from MDD cases and controls using Hamming distance and cluster analysis. We examined a cohort of Mexican-American participants from Los Angeles, including MDD patients (n=203) and healthy controls (n=196). The results in cluster trees indicate that a significant latent subtype exists in the Mexican-American MDD group. The individuals in this hidden subtype have increased common genetic substrates related to major depression and they also have more anxiety and less middle insomnia, depersonalization and derealisation, and paranoid symptoms. Advances in this line of research to validate this strategy in other patient groups of different ethnicities will have the potential to eventually be translated to clinical practice, with the tantalising possibility that in the future it may be possible to refine MDD diagnosis based on genetic data. © 2017 The Author(s).

• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad del Rosario
• Repositorio: Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/21424
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2017.102; https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/21424
• Palabra clave: aged; anxiety; California; clinical practice; cohort analysis; depersonalization; ethnicity; insomnia; major clinical study; major depression; male; Mexican American; paranoia; single nucleotide polymorphism; whole exome sequencing; anxiety disorder; classification; clinical trial; cluster analysis; depersonalization; ethnology; exome; genetics; genotype; insomnia; major depression; paranoia; single nucleotide polymorphism; young adult; Aged; Anxiety Disorders; Cluster Analysis; Depersonalization; Exome; Genotype; Los Angeles; Male; Mexican Americans; Paranoid Behavior; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Young Adult; Depresión; Enfermedades; adult; Article; controlled study; female; human; middle aged; Adult; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Single Nucleotide; Major; Depressive Disorder; Polymorphism; Drepresión; Trastorno depresivo
• License: Abierto (Texto Completo)