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Decreased serum pyridoxal levels in schizophrenia: meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization analysis.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Alterations in one-carbon metabolism have been associated with schizophrenia, and vitamin B6 is one of the key components in this pathway. METHODS:We first conducted a case-control study of serum pyridoxal levels and schizophrenia in a large Japanese cohort (n = 1276). Subsequently, we conducted a meta-analysis of association studies (n = 2125). Second, we investigated whether rs4654748, which was identified in a genome-wide association study as a vitamin B6-related single nucleotide polymorphism, was genetically implicated in patients with schizophrenia in the Japanese population (n = 10 689). Finally, we assessed the effect of serum pyridoxal levels on schizophrenia risk using a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach. RESULTS:Serum pyridoxal levels were significantly lower in patients with schizophrenia than in controls, not only in our cohort, but also in the pooled data set of the meta-analysis of association studies (standardized mean difference -0.48, 95% confidence interval [CI] -0.57 to -0.39, p = 9.8 × 10-24). We failed to find a significant association between rs4654748 and schizophrenia. Furthermore, an MR analysis failed to find a causal relationship between pyridoxal levels and schizophrenia risk (odds ratio 0.99, 95% CI 0.65-1.51, p = 0.96). LIMITATIONS:Food consumption and medications may have affected serum pyridoxal levels in our cross-sectional study. Sample size, number of instrumental variables and substantial heterogeneity among patients with schizophrenia are limitations of an MR analysis. CONCLUSION:We found decreased serum pyridoxal levels in patients with schizophrenia in this observational study. However, we failed to obtain data supporting a causal relationship between pyridoxal levels and schizophrenia risk using the MR approach.

SUBMITTER: Tomioka Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5915240 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<h4>Background</h4>Alterations in one-carbon metabolism have been associated with schizophrenia, and vitamin B6 is one of the key components in this pathway.<h4>Methods</h4>We first conducted a case-control study of serum pyridoxal levels and schizophrenia in a large Japanese cohort (<i>n</i> = 1276). Subsequently, we conducted a meta-analysis of association studies (<i>n</i> = 2125). Second, we investigated whether rs4654748, which was identified in a genome-wide association study as a vitamin  ...[more]

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