A Role of DNA Methylation within the CYP17A1 Gene in the Association of Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors with Stress-Related Manifestations of Schizophrenia

Author:

Alfimova Margarita,Kondratyev NikolayORCID,Korovaitseva Galina,Lezheiko Tatyana,Plakunova VictoriaORCID,Gabaeva Marina,Golimbet Vera

Abstract

As genetic and environmental influences on schizophrenia might converge on DNA methylation (DNAm) within loci which are both associated with the disease and implicated in response to environmental stress, we examined whether DNAm within CYP17A1, a hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal axis gene which is situated within the schizophrenia risk locus 10q24.32, would mediate genetic and environmental effects on stress-related schizophrenia symptoms. DNAm within an exonic–intronic fragment of CYP17A1 was assessed in the blood of 66 schizophrenia patients and 63 controls using single-molecule real-time bisulfite sequencing. Additionally, the VNTR polymorphism of the AS3MT gene, a plausible causal variant within the 10q24.32 locus, was genotyped in extended patient and control samples (n = 700). The effects of local haplotype, VNTR and a polyenviromic risk score (PERS) on DNAm, episodic verbal memory, executive functions, depression, and suicidality of patients were assessed. Haplotype and PERS differentially influenced DNAm at four variably methylated sites identified within the fragment, with stochastic, additive, and allele-specific effects being found. An allele-specific DNAm at CpG-SNP rs3781286 mediated the relationship between the local haplotype and verbal fluency. Our findings do not confirm that the interrogated DNA fragment is a place where genetic and environmental risk factors converge to influence schizophrenia symptoms through DNAm.

Funder

Russian Science Foundation

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis

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