Frontiers in Psychiatry (Mar 2021)

Association Between OLIG2 Gene SNP rs1059004 and Negative Self-Schema Constructing Trait Factors Underlying Susceptibility to Depression

  • Hiroshi Komatsu,
  • Hiroshi Komatsu,
  • Hikaru Takeuchi,
  • Chiaki Ono,
  • Zhiqian Yu,
  • Yoshie Kikuchi,
  • Yoshihisa Kakuto,
  • Shunichi Funakoshi,
  • Shunichi Funakoshi,
  • Takashi Ono,
  • Ryuta Kawashima,
  • Ryuta Kawashima,
  • Yasuyuki Taki,
  • Yasuyuki Taki,
  • Yasuyuki Taki,
  • Hiroaki Tomita,
  • Hiroaki Tomita,
  • Hiroaki Tomita,
  • Hiroaki Tomita,
  • Hiroaki Tomita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.631475
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12

Abstract

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Recent evidence has indicated that the disruption of oligodendrocytes may be involved in the pathogenesis of depression. Genetic factors are likely to affect trait factors, such as characteristics, rather than state factors, such as depressive symptoms. Previously, a negative self-schema had been proposed as the major characteristic of constructing trait factors underlying susceptibility to depression. Thus, the association between a negative self-schema and the functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs1059004 in the OLIG2 gene, which influences OLIG2 gene expression, white matter integrity, and cerebral blood flow, was evaluated. A total of 546 healthy subjects were subjected to genotype and psychological evaluation using the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and the Brief Core Schema Scale (BCSS). The rs1059004 SNP was found to be associated with the self-schema subscales of the BCSS and scores on the BDI-II in an allele dose-dependent manner, and to have a predictive impact on depressive symptoms via a negative-self schema. The results suggest the involvement of a genetic factor regulating oligodendrocyte function in generating a negative-self schema as a trait factor underlying susceptibility to depression.

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