PMID- 23433505 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131025 LR - 20220330 IS - 1573-2509 (Electronic) IS - 0920-9964 (Print) IS - 0920-9964 (Linking) VI - 146 IP - 1-3 DP - 2013 May TI - Genetic variation in BDNF is associated with antipsychotic treatment resistance in patients with schizophrenia. PG - 285-8 LID - S0920-9964(13)00058-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.schres.2013.01.020 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Antipsychotic drugs are the mainstay of treatment for schizophrenia. However, a substantial proportion of patients are poorly responsive or resistant to first-line treatments, and clozapine treatment is often indicated. Therefore, we and others have used clozapine treatment as a proxy phenotype for antipsychotic treatment resistance in pharmacogenetic studies. In the present study, we utilized this phenotype to test previously-identified candidate genes for antipsychotic treatment response. METHOD: We assessed 89 Caucasian schizophrenia patients clinically assigned to clozapine treatment versus 190 Caucasian patients that were not selected for clozapine treatment. We conducted gene-based association tests on a set of 74 relevant candidate genes nominated in the CATIE pharmacogenetic study (Need et al., 2009), using the GATES procedure (Li et al., 2011). RESULTS: After correcting for multiple testing in the gene-based association test, the gene for brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was significantly associated with treatment resistance. The top single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in BDNF included rs11030104 (OR = 2.57), rs10501087 (OR = 2.19) and rs6265 (Val66Met) (OR = 2.08). These SNPs appear to be in high linkage disequilibrium with each other. CONCLUSION: BDNF appears to have a strong association with antipsychotic treatment resistance. Future studies are needed to replicate this finding and further elucidate the biological pathways underlying the association between BDNF and antipsychotic drug response. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhang, Jian-Ping AU - Zhang JP AD - Department of Psychiatry, Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Glen Oaks, NY 11004, United States. jzhang1@nshs.edu FAU - Lencz, Todd AU - Lencz T FAU - Geisler, Stephen AU - Geisler S FAU - DeRosse, Pamela AU - DeRosse P FAU - Bromet, Evelyn J AU - Bromet EJ FAU - Malhotra, Anil K AU - Malhotra AK LA - eng GR - K23 MH001760/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - MH065580/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - K01 MH065580/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - P50MH080173/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - K23 MH097108/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - MH001760/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 MH080173/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 MH090590/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - 1K23MH097108/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130219 PL - Netherlands TA - Schizophr Res JT - Schizophrenia research JID - 8804207 RN - 0 (Antipsychotic Agents) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - J60AR2IKIC (Clozapine) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Antipsychotic Agents/*adverse effects MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*genetics MH - Clozapine/*adverse effects MH - Female MH - Genetic Association Studies MH - Humans MH - Linkage Disequilibrium MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Pharmacogenetics MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/*genetics MH - Schizophrenia/drug therapy/*genetics PMC - PMC3622803 MID - NIHMS439304 EDAT- 2013/02/26 06:00 MHDA- 2013/10/26 06:00 PMCR- 2014/05/01 CRDT- 2013/02/26 06:00 PHST- 2012/10/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/01/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/01/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/02/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/02/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/10/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0920-9964(13)00058-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.schres.2013.01.020 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Schizophr Res. 2013 May;146(1-3):285-8. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.01.020. Epub 2013 Feb 19.