Family-based association study between NOS-I and -IIA polymorphisms and autism spectrum disorders in Korean trios

Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2009 Mar 5;150B(2):300-6. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30798.

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong genetic component and environmental risk factors. Nitric oxide (NO), which is produced by nitric oxide synthase (NOS), may play a role in the development of ASD. We genotyped nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the NOS-I gene and nine SNPs in the NOS-IIA gene and carried out the transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) and haplotype analysis in 151 Korean ASD trios. We found preferential transmission of the A allele of rs8068149 (P = 0.039) and G allele of rs1060826 (P = 0.035) of NOS-IIA in ASD and the haplotype analysis revealed that the two haplotypes had significant associations (P = 0.014 and 0.031, respectively). The behavioral subdomain score of failure to use nonverbal behaviors to regulate social interaction in Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) was significantly higher in subjects with the GG or AG allele in rs1060826 of NOS-IIA compared to those who had the AA allele (P = 0.027). These results provide significant but weak evidence for an association between NOS-IIA and ASD in the Korean population.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Autistic Disorder / genetics*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genetics, Population
  • Genotype
  • Haplotypes / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Korea
  • Male
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I / genetics*
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II / genetics*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • NOS1 protein, human
  • NOS2 protein, human
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II