TY - JOUR AU - Smigielski, Lukasz AU - Papiol, Sergi AU - Theodoridou, Anastasia AU - Heekeren, Karsten AU - Gerstenberg, Miriam AU - Wotruba, Diana AU - Buechler, Roman AU - Hoffmann, Per AU - Herms, Stefan AU - Adorjan, Kristina AU - Anderson-Schmidt, Heike AU - Budde, Monika AU - Comes, Ashley L. AU - Gade, Katrin AU - Heilbronner, Maria AU - Heilbronner, Urs AU - Kalman, Janos L. AU - Klöhn-Saghatolislam, Farahnaz AU - Reich-Erkelenz, Daniela AU - Schaupp, Sabrina K. AU - Schulte, Eva C. AU - Senner, Fanny AU - Anghelescu, Ion-George AU - Arolt, Volker AU - Baune, Bernhard T. AU - Dannlowski, Udo AU - Dietrich, Detlef E. AU - Fallgatter, Andreas J. AU - Figge, Christian AU - Jäger, Markus AU - Juckel, Georg AU - Konrad, Carsten AU - Nieratschker, Vanessa AU - Reimer, Jens AU - Reininghaus, Eva AU - Schmauß, Max AU - Spitzer, Carsten AU - von Hagen, Martin AU - Wiltfang, Jens AU - Zimmermann, Jörg AU - Gryaznova, Anna AU - Flatau-Nagel, Laura AU - Reitt, Markus AU - Meyers, Milena AU - Emons, Barbara AU - Haußleiter, Ida Sybille AU - Lang, Fabian U. AU - Becker, Thomas AU - Wigand, Moritz E. AU - Witt, Stephanie H. AU - Degenhardt, Franziska AU - Forstner, Andreas J. AU - Rietschel, Marcella AU - Nöthen, Markus M. AU - Andlauer, Till F. M. AU - Rössler, Wulf AU - Walitza, Susanne AU - Falkai, Peter AU - Schulze, Thomas G. AU - Grünblatt, Edna TI - Polygenic risk scores across the extended psychosis spectrum JO - Translational Psychiatry VL - 11 IS - 1 SN - 2158-3188 CY - London PB - Nature Publishing Group M1 - FZJ-2021-05143 SP - 600 PY - 2021 AB - As early detection of symptoms in the subclinical to clinical psychosis spectrum may improve health outcomes, knowing the probabilistic susceptibility of developing a disorder could guide mitigation measures and clinical intervention. In this context, polygenic risk scores (PRSs) quantifying the additive effects of multiple common genetic variants hold the potential to predict complex diseases and index severity gradients. PRSs for schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) were computed using Bayesian regression and continuous shrinkage priors based on the latest SZ and BD genome-wide association studies (Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, third release). Eight well-phenotyped groups (n = 1580; 56% males) were assessed: control (n = 305), lower (n = 117) and higher (n = 113) schizotypy (both groups of healthy individuals), at-risk for psychosis (n = 120), BD type-I (n = 359), BD type-II (n = 96), schizoaffective disorder (n = 86), and SZ groups (n = 384). PRS differences were investigated for binary traits and the quantitative Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. Both BD-PRS and SZ-PRS significantly differentiated controls from at-risk and clinical groups (Nagelkerke’s pseudo-R2: 1.3–7.7%), except for BD type-II for SZ-PRS. Out of 28 pairwise comparisons for SZ-PRS and BD-PRS, 9 and 12, respectively, reached the Bonferroni-corrected significance. BD-PRS differed between control and at-risk groups, but not between at-risk and BD type-I groups. There was no difference between controls and schizotypy. SZ-PRSs, but not BD-PRSs, were positively associated with transdiagnostic symptomology. Overall, PRSs support the continuum model across the psychosis spectrum at the genomic level with possible irregularities for schizotypy. The at-risk state demands heightened clinical attention and research addressing symptom course specifiers. Continued efforts are needed to refine the diagnostic and prognostic accuracy of PRSs in mental healthcare. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:34836939 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000722844000001 DO - DOI:10.1038/s41398-021-01720-0 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/903471 ER -