PMID- 27757133 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 1738-3684 (Print) IS - 1976-3026 (Electronic) IS - 1738-3684 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 5 DP - 2016 Sep TI - Chemokine and Chemokine Receptor Polymorphisms in Bipolar Disorder. PG - 541-548 AB - OBJECTIVE: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a debilitating psychiatric disease with unknown etiology. Recent studies have shown inflammation as a potential contributing factor of BD pathogenesis. However, potential associations between chemokine and chemokine receptor polymorphisms and BD have been fundamentally understudied. To identify participation of chemokines in BD pathogenesis, we examined genetic variants of several chemokine and chemokine receptor genes. METHODS: The study population comprised 200 patients with BD and 195 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Genotyping of monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1) A2518G, CCR2 V64I, CCR5 Delta32, CCR5 A55029G, stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1) 3'A, and CXCR4 C138T polymorphisms was performed using polymerase chain reaction and restriction enzyme digestion. RESULTS: We found that CCR5-Delta32 II and CXCR4-C138T C+ genotype frequencies contributed to an increased risk for BD. However, no statistical significance could be obtained with these genotypes after Bonferroni correction. A significant asssociation was only found with MCP-1 GG and G+ genotypes, which were markedly more prevalent in patients with BD and these genotypes seemed to significantly increase the risk for BD even after Bonferroni correction. CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate an association between genetic variants of certain chemokine and chemokine receptor (especially MCP-1) genes and BD. The exact mechanisms by which these variants contribute to BD pathogenesis and their clinical implications need to be further investigated. FAU - Tokac, Damla AU - Tokac D AD - Department of Neurology, Istanbul Erenkoy Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. FAU - Tuzun, Erdem AU - Tuzun E AD - Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. FAU - Gulec, Huseyin AU - Gulec H AD - Department of Neurology, Istanbul Erenkoy Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. FAU - Yilmaz, Vuslat AU - Yilmaz V AD - Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. FAU - Bireller, Elif Sinem AU - Bireller ES AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul Yeni Yuzyil University, Istanbul, Turkey. FAU - Cakmakoglu, Bedia AU - Cakmakoglu B AD - Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. FAU - Kucukali, Cem Ismail AU - Kucukali CI AD - Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160930 PL - Korea (South) TA - Psychiatry Investig JT - Psychiatry investigation JID - 101242994 PMC - PMC5067349 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bipolar disorder OT - Chemokine OT - Chemokine receptor polymorphisms OT - Pathogenesis EDAT- 2016/10/21 06:00 MHDA- 2016/10/21 06:01 PMCR- 2016/09/01 CRDT- 2016/10/21 06:00 PHST- 2015/08/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/01/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/02/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/10/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/10/21 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/10/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.4306/pi.2016.13.5.541 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Psychiatry Investig. 2016 Sep;13(5):541-548. doi: 10.4306/pi.2016.13.5.541. Epub 2016 Sep 30.