■性别不一致(GI)的特征是个体经历/表达的性别与出生时指定的性别之间明显不一致。它包括对他或她的性解剖结构和第二性征的强烈不满。在一些人中,这种情况会产生强烈的焦虑和抑郁困扰,称为性别焦虑(GD)。这种情况似乎与遗传有关,表观遗传学,荷尔蒙以及社会因素。鉴于L-谷氨酸是中枢神经系统中主要的兴奋性神经递质,也与男性性行为以及抑郁症有关,我们的目的是确定代谢型谷氨酸受体是否参与GD。
■我们分析了94名跨性别人群与94名顺式人群中位于代谢型谷氨酸受体(mGluR1,mGluR3,mGluR4,mGluR5,mGluR7和mGluR8)的74个单核苷酸多态性。通过c2检验分析了男性和女性顺性和变性人群的等位基因和基因型频率。关联的强度通过二元逻辑回归来衡量,估计每种基因型的比值比(OR)。连锁不平衡的测量,随后的单倍型频率测量也考虑了三个显著性水平:P≤0.05,P≤0.005和P≤0.0005.此外,用Bonferroni校正控制假阳性(P≤0.05/74=0.00067)。
■在分析等位基因和基因型频率后,我们发现25个多态性在P≤0.05水平有显著差异,5个在P≤0.005,2个在P≤0.0005。此外,通过Bonferroni校正的仅有的两个多态性(rs9838094和rs1818033)均与代谢型谷氨酸受体7(mGluR7)相关,并且在多种遗传模式下显示出显着差异。此外,单倍型T/G[OR=0.34(0.19-0.62);P<0.0004]在跨性别人群中的代表性低于顺性别人群,没有性别交叉互动的证据。
■我们提供遗传证据表明mGluR7,因此谷氨酸能神经传递,可能涉及GI和GD。
UNASSIGNED: Gender incongruence (GI) is characterized by a marked incongruence between an individual\'s experienced/expressed gender and the assigned sex at birth. It includes strong displeasure about his or her sexual anatomy and secondary sex characteristics. In some people, this condition produces a strong distress with anxiety and depression named gender dysphoria (GD). This condition appears to be associated with genetic, epigenetics, hormonal as well as social factors. Given that L-glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, also associated with male sexual behavior as well as depression, we aimed to determine whether metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved in GD.
UNASSIGNED: We analyzed 74 single nucleotide polymorphisms located at the metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR1, mGluR3, mGluR4, mGluR5, mGluR7 and mGluR8) in 94 transgender versus 94 cisgender people. The allele and genotype frequencies were analyzed by c2 test contrasting male and female cisgender and transgender populations. The strength of the associations was measured by binary logistic regression, estimating the odds ratio (OR) for each genotype. Measurement of linkage disequilibrium, and subsequent measurement of haplotype frequencies were also performed considering three levels of significance: P ≤ 0.05, P ≤ 0.005 and P ≤ 0.0005. Furthermore, false positives were controlled with the Bonferroni correction (P ≤ 0.05/74 = 0.00067).
UNASSIGNED: After analysis of allele and genotypic frequencies, we found twenty-five polymorphisms with significant differences at level P ≤ 0.05, five at P ≤ 0.005 and two at P ≤ 0.0005. Furthermore, the only two polymorphisms (rs9838094 and rs1818033) that passed the Bonferroni correction were both related to the metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7) and showed significant differences for multiple patterns of inheritance. Moreover, the haplotype T/G [OR=0.34 (0.19-0.62); P<0.0004] had a lower representation in the transgender population than in the cisgender population, with no evidence of sex cross-interaction.
UNASSIGNED: We provide genetic evidence that the mGluR7, and therefore glutamatergic neurotransmission, may be involved in GI and GD.