Publications

Authors:

Rodriguez, Victoria; Alameda, Luis; Aas, Monica; Gayer-Anderson, Charlotte; Trotta, Giulia; Spinazzola, Edoardo; Quattrone, Diego; Tripoli, Giada; Jongsma, Hannah E; Stilo, Simona; La Cascia, Caterina; Ferraro, Laura; La Barbera, Daniele; Lasalvia, Antonio; Tosato, Sarah; Tarricone, Ilaria; Bonora, Elena; Jamain, Stéphane; Selten, Jean-Paul; Velthorst, Eva; De Haan, Lieuwe; Llorca, Pierre-Michel; Arrojo, Manuel; Bobes, Julio; Bernardo, Miguel; Arango, Celso; Kirkbride, James; Jones, Peter B; Rutten, Bart P; Richards, Alexander; Sham, Pak C; O'Donovan, Michael; Van Os, Jim; Morgan, Craig; Di Forti, Marta; Murray, Robin M; Vassos, Evangelos

Title:

Polygenic and Polyenvironment Interplay in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorder and Affective Psychosis; the EUGEI First Episode Study

Year:

2025

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

Schizophrenia Bulletin

ISSN of journal:

0586-7614

N° Volume:

51

Number or Folder:

5

Page numbers:

1254-1265

Keyword:

GxE interaction; affective psychosis; cannabis; childhood adversity; environmental risk factor; polygenic risk score; psychosis; schizophrenia-spectrum disorder

Short description of contents:

Background: Multiple genetic and environmental risk factors play a role in the development of both schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and affective psychoses. How they act in combination is yet to be clarified. Methods: We analyzed 573 first episode psychosis cases and 1005 controls, of European ancestry. Firstly, we tested whether the association of polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression (PRS-SZ, PRS-BD, and PRS-D) with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder and affective psychosis differed when participants were stratified by exposure to specific environmental factors. Secondly, regression models including each PRS and polyenvironmental measures, including migration, paternal age, childhood adversity and frequent cannabis use, were run to test potential polygenic by polyenvironment interactions. Results: In schizophrenia-spectrum disorder vs controls comparison, PRS-SZ was the strongest genetic predictor, having a nominally larger effect in nonexposed to strong environmental factors such as frequent cannabis use (unexposed vs exposed OR 2.43 and 1.35, respectively) and childhood adversity (3.04 vs 1.74). In affective psychosis vs controls, the relative contribution of PRS-D appeared to be stronger in those exposed to environmental risk. No evidence of interaction was found between any PRS with polyenvironmental score. Conclusions: Our study supports an independent role of genetic liability and polyenvironmental risk for psychosis, consistent with the liability threshold model. Whereas schizophrenia-spectrum disorders seem to be mostly associated with polygenic risk for schizophrenia, having an additive effect with well-replicated environmental factors, affective psychosis seems to be a product of cumulative environmental insults alongside a higher genetic liability for affective disorders.

Web page:

https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbae207

Product ID:

143225

Handle IRIS:

11562/1146971

Last Modified:

September 27, 2025

Bibliographic citation:

Rodriguez, Victoria; Alameda, Luis; Aas, Monica; Gayer-Anderson, Charlotte; Trotta, Giulia; Spinazzola, Edoardo; Quattrone, Diego; Tripoli, Giada; Jongsma, Hannah E; Stilo, Simona; La Cascia, Caterina; Ferraro, Laura; La Barbera, Daniele; Lasalvia, Antonio; Tosato, Sarah; Tarricone, Ilaria; Bonora, Elena; Jamain, Stéphane; Selten, Jean-Paul; Velthorst, Eva; De Haan, Lieuwe; Llorca, Pierre-Michel; Arrojo, Manuel; Bobes, Julio; Bernardo, Miguel; Arango, Celso; Kirkbride, James; Jones, Peter B; Rutten, Bart P; Richards, Alexander; Sham, Pak C; O'Donovan, Michael; Van Os, Jim; Morgan, Craig; Di Forti, Marta; Murray, Robin M; Vassos, Evangelos, Polygenic and Polyenvironment Interplay in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorder and Affective Psychosis; the EUGEI First Episode Study «Schizophrenia Bulletin» , vol. 51 , n. 5 , 2025 , pp. 1254-1265

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