Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for personality

M H M de Moor; P T Costa; A Terracciano; R F Krueger; E J C de Geus; T Toshiko; B W J H Penninx; T Esko; P A F Madden; J Derringer; N Amin; G Willemsen; J-J Hottenga; M A Distel; M Uda; S Sanna; P Spinhoven; C A Hartman; P Sullivan; A Realo; J Allik; A C Heath; M L Pergadia; A Agrawal; P Lin; R Grucza; T Nutile; M Ciullo; D Rujescu; I Giegling; B Konte; E Widen; D L Cousminer; J G Eriksson; A Palotie; L Peltonen; Michelle Luciano; A Tenesa; Gail Davies; Lorna Lopez; N K Hansell; S E Medland; L Ferrucci; D Schlessinger; G W Montgomery; M J Wright; Y S Aulchenko; A C J W Janssens; B A Oostra; A Metspalu; G R Abecasis; Ian Deary; K Räikkönen; L J Bierut; N G Martin; C M van Duijn; D I Boomsma

doi:10.1038/mp.2010.128

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for personality

M H M de Moor, P T Costa, A Terracciano, R F Krueger, E J C de Geus, T Toshiko, B W J H Penninx, T Esko, P A F Madden, J Derringer, N Amin, G Willemsen, J-J Hottenga, M A Distel, M Uda, S Sanna, P Spinhoven, C A Hartman, P Sullivan, A RealoJ Allik, A C Heath, M L Pergadia, A Agrawal, P Lin, R Grucza, T Nutile, M Ciullo, D Rujescu, I Giegling, B Konte, E Widen, D L Cousminer, J G Eriksson, A Palotie, L Peltonen, Michelle Luciano, A Tenesa, Gail Davies, Lorna Lopez, N K Hansell, S E Medland, L Ferrucci, D Schlessinger, G W Montgomery, M J Wright, Y S Aulchenko, A C J W Janssens, B A Oostra, A Metspalu, G R Abecasis, Ian Deary, K Räikkönen, L J Bierut, N G Martin, C M van Duijn, D I Boomsma

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Personality can be thought of as a set of characteristics that influence people's thoughts, feelings and behavior across a variety of settings. Variation in personality is predictive of many outcomes in life, including mental health. Here we report on a meta-analysis of genome-wide association (GWA) data for personality in 10 discovery samples (17,375 adults) and five in silico replication samples (3294 adults). All participants were of European ancestry. Personality scores for Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness were based on the NEO Five-Factor Inventory. Genotype data of ≈ 2.4M single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; directly typed and imputed using HapMap data) were available. In the discovery samples, classical association analyses were performed under an additive model followed by meta-analysis using the weighted inverse variance method. Results showed genome-wide significance for Openness to Experience near the RASA1 gene on 5q14.3 (rs1477268 and rs2032794, P=2.8 × 10(-8) and 3.1 × 10(-8)) and for Conscientiousness in the brain-expressed KATNAL2 gene on 18q21.1 (rs2576037, P=4.9 × 10(-8)). We further conducted a gene-based test that confirmed the association of KATNAL2 to Conscientiousness. In silico replication did not, however, show significant associations of the top SNPs with Openness and Conscientiousness, although the direction of effect of the KATNAL2 SNP on Conscientiousness was consistent in all replication samples. Larger scale GWA studies and alternative approaches are required for confirmation of KATNAL2 as a novel gene affecting Conscientiousness.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	337-349
Number of pages	13
Journal	Molecular Psychiatry
Volume	17
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2010.128
Publication status	Published - Mar 2012

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Adenosine Triphosphatases
Adult
Aged
Australia
Chromosomes, Human
Computer Simulation
Europe
European Continental Ancestry Group
Exploratory Behavior
Female
Genome-Wide Association Study
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Personality
Personality Inventory
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Sampling Studies
United States

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de Moor, M. H. M., Costa, P. T., Terracciano, A., Krueger, R. F., de Geus, E. J. C., Toshiko, T., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Esko, T., Madden, P. A. F., Derringer, J., Amin, N., Willemsen, G., Hottenga, J.-J., Distel, M. A., Uda, M., Sanna, S., Spinhoven, P., Hartman, C. A., Sullivan, P., ... Boomsma, D. I. (2012). Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for personality. Molecular Psychiatry, 17(3), 337-349. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2010.128

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