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Family-based association study between the brain derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf) gene and the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a Mexican population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

J.P. Sánchez de la Cruz
Affiliation:
Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Division Academica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Villahermosa, Mexico
A. López López
Affiliation:
Hospital Regional de Alta especialidad “Dr. Rodolfo Nieto Padrón”, Servicio de Citogenética, Villahermosa, Mexico
C.A. Tovilla Zárate
Affiliation:
Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Division Academica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Villahermosa, Mexico
R. Molina Sólis
Affiliation:
Hospital Regional de Alta especialidad “Dr. Rodolfo Nieto Padrón”, Servicio de Citogenética, Villahermosa, Mexico
A. Valencia Hernández
Affiliation:
Hospital Regional de Alta especialidad “Dr. Rodolfo Nieto Padrón”, Servicio de Citogenética, Villahermosa, Mexico
L. Gómez Valencia
Affiliation:
Hospital Regional de Alta especialidad “Dr. Rodolfo Nieto Padrón”, Servicio de Citogenética, Villahermosa, Mexico
M.M. Rivera Angles
Affiliation:
Hospital Regional de Alta especialidad “Dr. Rodolfo Nieto Padrón”, Servicio de Citogenética, Villahermosa, Mexico
M.L. López Narváez
Affiliation:
Hospital General de Yajalón- Secretaría de Salud, Servicio de Pediatría, Yahalón, Chiapas, Mexico
D.Y. Bermúdez Ocaña
Affiliation:
Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Division Academica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Villahermosa, Mexico

Abstract

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The attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neuropsychiatric disease in infancy and adolescence, its world prevalence in the general population is high 3.4%. There is genetic evidence that consistently supports the polygenic nature of ADHD with a heritability estimated between 75% and 91%; literature proposes that the brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a candidate gene that participates in the ADHA pathogenesis. One of the most studied polymorphisms is the Val66Met. The aim of this study was to determine a family-based an association between the rs6265, rs122,733,63 and rs110,301,19 polymorphisms of the BDNF gene and the ADHD in a Mexican population. The ADHD diagnose was performed by a pedopsychiatrist utilizing the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-V) who selected 35 patients; along with the biological parents, a total of 105 individuals grouped in family-trios (mother, father and ADHD patient) were studied. Of the 35 probands, 32 were men and 3 were women (average age 7.7 years; age range 4–14 years). Subsequently, no statistically significant association was observed between the BDNF gene polymorphisms and the ADHD etiology in Mexican families: rs6265 (χ2 = 1.33; P = 0.24); rs122,733,63 (χ2 = 1.33; P = 0.24); rs110,301;19 (χ2 = 0.66; P = 0.41). Furthermore, no preference of transmission was observed for any of the haplotypes. In conclusion, it was not possible to prove any association between the BDNF gene polymorphic variants and ADHD in a Mexican population. Future studies comprising larger samples are necessary to determine the potential role of the BDNF gene in ADHD.

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The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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e-Poster viewing: Genetics & molecular neurobiology
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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