Molecular genetic studies of bipolar disorder and puerperal psychosis at two polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor alpha gene (ESR 1)

Jones, Ian Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-5889, Middle, F., McCandless, F., Coyle, N., Robertson, E., Brockington, I., Lendon, C. and Craddock, Nicholas John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2171-0610 2000. Molecular genetic studies of bipolar disorder and puerperal psychosis at two polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor alpha gene (ESR 1). American Journal of Medical Genetics 96 (6) , pp. 850-853. 10.1002/1096-8628(20001204)96:6<850::aid-ajmg31>3.0.co;2-1

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Abstract

A number of lines of evidence point to the possible involvement of estrogen pathways in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder in general and puerperal psychosis in particular. There is strong evidence from clinical, follow-up, and genetic studies to support the hypothesis that most cases of puerperal psychosis are manifestations of an affective disorder diathesis with a puerperal trigger and that genes influence susceptibility to both diathesis and trigger. The nature of the trigger is unknown but in view of the abrupt onset at a time of major physiological change it is widely believed that biological, probably hormonal, mechanisms are of paramount importance, with estrogen receiving the most attention to date. We have undertaken a case control association study of bipolar disorder and puerperal psychosis at two known polymorphisms within the estrogen receptor alpha gene (ESR 1) in a sample of 219 unrelated bipolar probands and 219 controls. We could exclude these polymorphisms from an important contribution to susceptibility to bipolar disorder with a high level of confidence. We found no support for the hypothesis that they contribute specific susceptibility to the puerperal trigger, but due to the small numbers of puerperal probands (n = 26) no firm conclusions can be drawn regarding their involvement in puerperal psychosis. Am. J. Med. Genet. (Neuropsychiatr. Genet.) 96:850-853, 2000

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	wiley
ISSN:	1552-4833
Date of Acceptance:	16 June 2000
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2022 08:59
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/72894

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