Investigating shared risk variants and genetic etiology between Alzheimer’s disease and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: a large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysis
IntroductionObservational studies have reported that patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have a greater burden of comorbidities typically associated with stress-related psychiatric disorders. However, the contribution of hereditary factors to this comorbidity remains unclear. We evaluated phenoty...
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| description | IntroductionObservational studies have reported that patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have a greater burden of comorbidities typically associated with stress-related psychiatric disorders. However, the contribution of hereditary factors to this comorbidity remains unclear. We evaluated phenotypic associations using observational data from the UK Biobank.MethodOur study focused on investigating the shared risk variants and genetic etiology underlying AD and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, and major depressive disorder. By leveraging summary statistics from genome-wide association studies, we investigated global genetic correlations using linkage disequilibrium score regression, genetic covariance analysis, and high-definition likelihood. Genome-wide cross-trait analysis with association analysis based on subsets and cross-phenotype association were performed to discover genome-wide significant risk variants shared between AD and the three stress-related psychiatric disorders.ResultsA significant positive genetic correlation was observed between AD and major depressive disorder using linkage disequilibrium score regression (rg = 0.231; P = 0.018), genetic covariance analysis (rg = 0.138; P < 0.001), and high-definition likelihood (rg = 0.188; P < 0.001). Association analysis based on subsets and cross-phenotype association revealed thirteen risk variants in six genes shared between AD and post-traumatic stress disorder; seven risk variants in four genes shared between AD and anxiety disorder; and 23 risk variants in four genes shared between AD and major depressive disorder. Functional annotation and gene-set enrichment analysis indicated that 12 genes for comorbidity shared between patients with AD and all three stress-related psychiatric disorders were enriched in the spleen, pancreas, and whole blood.ConclusionThese results advance our knowledge of the shared genetic origins of comorbidities and pave the way for advancements in the diagnosis, management, and prevention of stress-related AD. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f65f20522d6d4a06a2f65fb30670e50b2025-02-05T14:31:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Aging2673-62172025-02-01610.3389/fragi.2025.14885281488528Investigating shared risk variants and genetic etiology between Alzheimer’s disease and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: a large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysisWeijia Dang0Tianqi Hao1Ning Li2Hualin Zhang3Ziqi Li4Hongmei Yu5Yalu Wen6Deqiang Zheng7Long Liu8Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, ChinaDepartment of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, ChinaDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, ChinaDepartment of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, ChinaDepartment of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, ChinaDepartment of Statistics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, ChinaIntroductionObservational studies have reported that patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have a greater burden of comorbidities typically associated with stress-related psychiatric disorders. However, the contribution of hereditary factors to this comorbidity remains unclear. We evaluated phenotypic associations using observational data from the UK Biobank.MethodOur study focused on investigating the shared risk variants and genetic etiology underlying AD and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, and major depressive disorder. By leveraging summary statistics from genome-wide association studies, we investigated global genetic correlations using linkage disequilibrium score regression, genetic covariance analysis, and high-definition likelihood. Genome-wide cross-trait analysis with association analysis based on subsets and cross-phenotype association were performed to discover genome-wide significant risk variants shared between AD and the three stress-related psychiatric disorders.ResultsA significant positive genetic correlation was observed between AD and major depressive disorder using linkage disequilibrium score regression (rg = 0.231; P = 0.018), genetic covariance analysis (rg = 0.138; P < 0.001), and high-definition likelihood (rg = 0.188; P < 0.001). Association analysis based on subsets and cross-phenotype association revealed thirteen risk variants in six genes shared between AD and post-traumatic stress disorder; seven risk variants in four genes shared between AD and anxiety disorder; and 23 risk variants in four genes shared between AD and major depressive disorder. Functional annotation and gene-set enrichment analysis indicated that 12 genes for comorbidity shared between patients with AD and all three stress-related psychiatric disorders were enriched in the spleen, pancreas, and whole blood.ConclusionThese results advance our knowledge of the shared genetic origins of comorbidities and pave the way for advancements in the diagnosis, management, and prevention of stress-related AD.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fragi.2025.1488528/fullAlzheimer’s diseasestress-related psychiatric disordersgenetic correlationgenome-wide cross-trait analysisshared genetic etiology |
| spellingShingle | Weijia Dang Tianqi Hao Ning Li Hualin Zhang Ziqi Li Hongmei Yu Yalu Wen Deqiang Zheng Long Liu Investigating shared risk variants and genetic etiology between Alzheimer’s disease and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: a large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysis Frontiers in Aging Alzheimer’s disease stress-related psychiatric disorders genetic correlation genome-wide cross-trait analysis shared genetic etiology |
| title | Investigating shared risk variants and genetic etiology between Alzheimer’s disease and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: a large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysis |
| title_full | Investigating shared risk variants and genetic etiology between Alzheimer’s disease and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: a large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysis |
| title_fullStr | Investigating shared risk variants and genetic etiology between Alzheimer’s disease and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: a large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating shared risk variants and genetic etiology between Alzheimer’s disease and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: a large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysis |
| title_short | Investigating shared risk variants and genetic etiology between Alzheimer’s disease and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: a large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysis |
| title_sort | investigating shared risk variants and genetic etiology between alzheimer s disease and three stress related psychiatric disorders a large scale genome wide cross trait analysis |
| topic | Alzheimer’s disease stress-related psychiatric disorders genetic correlation genome-wide cross-trait analysis shared genetic etiology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fragi.2025.1488528/full |
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