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[Preprint]. 2025 Aug 5:rs.3.rs-7274612. [Version 1] doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7274612/v1

Antipsychotic Use in Bipolar Disorder: Clinical and Genomic Correlates– A Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank Study

Balwinder Singh 1, Ada Man-Choi Ho 2, Brandon J Coombes 3, Francisco Romo-Nava 4, David J Bond 5, Marin Veldic 6, Richard S Pendegraft 7, Anthony Batzler 8, Alfredo B Cuellar-Barboza 9, Manuel Gardea-Reséndez 10, Miguel L Prieto 11, Aysegul Ozerdem 12, Susan L McElroy 13, Joanna M Biernacka 14, Mark A Frye 15
PMCID: PMC12340913  PMID: 40799747

Abstract

Background:

Responsiveness to mood-stabilizing pharmacotherapy varies in bipolar disorder (BD). We investigated clinical correlates of second-generation antipsychotic (SGA) treatment response and conducted the first genome-wide association study (GWAS), including exploratory polygenic scores (PGS), of SGA pharmacogenomic treatment response in BD.

Methods:

Treatment response was quantified using the Alda scale, and GWAS was performed using Alda-A score, controlling for sex, genotyping batch, and the genomic principal components.

Results:

The cohort included 2,159 adults with BD (1,416 BD-I, 691 BD-II, 51 schizoaffective BD), mean age 41.8 years, 62% female, 84% white, and 14% Hispanic. Nearly half (48%) were treated with SGAs. Current SGA users were younger (41.2±14.7 vs. 42.5±15.3 years, p=0.040), more likely to be Hispanic (14% vs. 11%, p=0.047), had a higher body mass index (BMI; 30.4±7.6 vs. 29.5±7.1 kg/m2, p=0.005). Lifetime comorbidity patterns for current SGA users include higher rates of manic psychosis (29% vs. 17%, p<0.001) and eating disorders — Anorexia Nervosa (7% vs. 4%, p=0.003), Bulimia Nervosa (7% vs. 4%, p=0.003), and Binge Eating Disorder (14% vs. 11%, p=0.030). We detected a genome-wide significant association between SGA Alda-A scores and GAS7 variants (top variant: rs202127418, β=−2.998, p=4.96E-08). However, SGA response was not significantly associated with PGS for schizophrenia, BD, and major depression (FDR>0.05).

Conclusions:

SGAs are frequently utilized as mood stabilizers in patients with BD and are associated with manic psychosis and eating disorders. GAS7 variants may predict SGA response, but larger, more diverse cohorts are needed for validation.

Keywords: Bipolar disorder, antipsychotics, treatment response, pharmacogenomics

INTRODUCTION

Pharmacotherapy plays a crucial role in mood stabilization for bipolar disorders (BD) (Singh et al., 2025). Recent data highlight that second-generation antipsychotics (SGA) are the most commonly prescribed pharmacotherapeutic treatment for BD in outpatient settings (Rhee et al., 2020; Singh et al., 2024). However, predictors associated with SGA prescribing in BD remain understudied (Post et al., 1998). While genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have examined antipsychotic efficacy in schizophrenia (SCZ) (Allen and Bishop, 2019; De Pieri et al., 2024; Fortinguerra et al., 2019; Koromina et al., 2020; Zhang and Malhotra, 2018), no GWAS to date has specifically investigated the efficacy of SGA in BD. Although many pharmacogenomic studies have focused on SCZ and included various first- and second-generation antipsychotics, they offer limited insights into potential genetic markers for antipsychotic response in BD (Fortinguerra et al., 2019; Zhang and Malhotra, 2018).

GWAS have identified significant associations between variants in CNTNAP5, GRM7, and KCNK9 and antipsychotic efficacy in SCZ; these genes have also been identified in GWAS of BD (Fortinguerra et al., 2019). Polygenic scores (PGS) have been applied to study the relationship between genetic liability to certain phenotypes and antipsychotic treatment response. A recent study found that PGS for SCZ was positively correlated with prescribed antipsychotic dose and antipsychotic polypharmacy in five large cohorts of patients with SCZ, BD, and other psychosis (Koch et al., 2024). Another study developed a PGS for antipsychotic response based on 11 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and found a significant association between this PGS and antipsychotic responder status in the overall cohort consisting of patients with SCZ, schizoaffective disorder, and BD. Still, this association was not significant in the BD-only subgroup (De Pieri et al., 2024). Nevertheless, using PGS may help clarify the genetic contributions to SGA response, thereby improving treatment outcome prediction.

This study aimed to investigate clinical correlates of antipsychotic use, particularly SGA, for the treatment of BD. We also investigated potential biological correlates through an exploratory GWAS and PGS analysis of SGA treatment response in BD.

METHODS

Data for this study were collected from adult individuals (18–80 years) with BD who were enrolled in the Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank (MCBDB) (Frye et al., 2015). Established in July 2009, the MCBDB enrolled patients at five sites: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Lindner Center of HOPE/University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico; and Universidad de los Andes, Chile. The Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board approved the study. Detailed information about the MCBDB has been published previously (Frye et al., 2015; Gardea-Resendez et al., 2022; Pahwa et al., 2021a). In brief, the MCBDB was created to identify biological risk factors for BD, as well as clinical and biological factors associated with BD sub-phenotypes, prognosis, and treatment outcomes. Participants needed to be English-speaking at the U.S. sites and Spanish-speaking at the Mexico and Chile sites, able to provide written informed consent, and meet DSM-IV-TR criteria for BD-I/BD-II or schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. Patients with active psychosis or active suicidal ideation were excluded.

Medication data, demographics, psychiatric (adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD], childhood ADHD, anorexia nervosa [AN], bulimia nervosa [BN], binge eating disorder [BED], generalized anxiety disorder [GAD], obsessive compulsive disorder [OCD], panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], and social anxiety disorder) and medical comorbidities, and family history were collected at the time of study enrollment. The Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (EDDS) score was used to measure the eating disorder symptomatology (Stice et al., 2000). To assess the medical illness burden of the study patients, we used the Modified Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (MCIRS) (Salvi et al., 2008), which includes 14 items across various systems, with each item scored from 0 to 4. The severity index is calculated as the mean score of the first 13 categories — excluding psychiatric comorbidity — to evaluate the overall comorbidity burden. Individual categories mean scores were analyzed to examine specific comorbidities.

We collected data on the current and lifetime prescriptions for antipsychotics, mood stabilizing anticonvulsants (MSAC), lithium, and antidepressants. The FGA prescribed in the study cohort included chlorpromazine, fluphenazine, haloperidol, perphenazine, thiothixene, and trifluoperazine. The SGA prescribed included aripiprazole, clozapine, olanzapine, paliperidone, pimozide, quetiapine, ziprasidone, and risperidone. Because the rate of FGA prescriptions was low in the full sample (n = 16), our analysis focuses on clinical and genetic predictors of SGA response and current use.

Measurement of SGA treatment response by the Alda scale

We assessed the response to SGA using the Alda Scale modified for non-lithium mood stabilizing treatments (Grof et al., 2002). This scale was originally developed to retrospectively evaluate prophylactic treatment response to lithium under naturalistic conditions and has since also been used to assess responses to other mood stabilizers (Cuellar-Barboza et al., 2020; Ho et al., 2020). It includes two subscales: Subscale A measures clinical improvement in severity, duration, and frequency of illness, rated from 0 to 10, while Subscale B evaluates five potential confounders of response including the number and frequency of episodes off treatment, duration of treatment, treatment compliance during stable period, and the use of additional medications during the stable period. For clinical analysis, we classified patients with BD who had used SGA and provided treatment response data into SGA responders (A score ≥ 7) and nonresponders (A score < 7) for comparisons. For genetic analysis, we used the A score as a continuous variable to maximize sample size. Because multiple SGA can be assessed with the Alda scale for a single participant, we preferentially chose the A score for the SGA with lowest B score (more confidence in A score). In the case that multiple SGA had the same B score, we averaged the A scores to obtain a combined SGA response outcome. This approach to combining Alda scores across medications has been previously used when assessing MSAC (Ho et al., 2020). The Alda A score has shown comparable intra-class correlation to the total score, while Subscale B is more prone to measurement errors (Manchia et al., 2013; Scott et al., 2019). This methodology has been employed in previous studies (Joseph et al., 2023; Pahwa et al., 2021b).

Statistical analysis of demographics and clinical factors

We first aimed to identify demographic and clinical correlates associated with current SGA prescriptions in patients with BD, as well as correlates of SGA treatment response. To achieve this, we first performed comparisons of demographic and clinical variables: (1) between participants with BD currently on an SGA and those not on any antipsychotics, (2) among participants currently on one SGA and those currently on more than one SGA, and (3) between SGA responders (Alda A score ≥ 7) and non-responders (Alda A score < 7). Additionally, we explored differences between participants with BD currently using an SGA versus an FGA. ANOVA and Pearson’s chi-squared test were used for comparisons of continuous and categorical variables, respectively. We do not report tests of significance for any variable with an observed frequency less than 5%. Statistical analysis was performed using R 4.2.2. To adjust for multiple comparisons in these analyses, we use a significance threshold of p < 0.001 to identify meaningful differences.

Genotyping, imputation, and GWAS

Genotyping and imputation of MCBDB samples from Mayo Clinic patients were conducted using Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GxS) technology through the Regeneron Genetics Center (Tarrytown, NY, USA), with a detailed methodology published previously (Gelfman et al., 2023). For participants enrolled at other sites, genotyping was performed with either the Illumina HumanOmniExpress 12v1 or the Global Screening Array 24v2. Within each batch, samples were excluded for inconsistencies in sex, elevated genotype missingness (>5%), or heterozygosity below 70% on multiple chromosomes. Variants were excluded if they exhibited high missingness (>0.5%), low minor allele frequency (MAF < 0.05), or deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (p < 1E-06).

Each batch was subsequently imputed via the TOPMed imputation server (Taliun et al., 2021). Post-imputation, batches were merged, retaining only variants with a dosage-R2 > 0.3 across all batches. FlashPCA (Abraham et al., 2017; Alexander and Lange, 2011) was used to calculate principal components (PCs) for each subject. KING software evaluated relatedness, and for any pair with a second-degree or higher relatedness (kinship coefficient ≥ 0.0442), one individual was randomly removed (Manichaikul et al., 2010).

For the GWAS of SGA response, we used linear regression to assess the association between each SNP (in terms of allele dosage) and Alda A score as a continuous variable. We adjusted for sex, genotyping batch, and the first three PCs of ancestry. In total, 517 participants were included in the GWAS analysis. GWAS results were annotated by the human genome assembly GRCh38 for genomic location and nearby genes. SNP associations with p < 5E-08 were considered statistically significant. Analyses were run using PLINK2 (Chang et al., 2015).

Polygenic score analysis

Polygenic scores (PGS) were computed using LDpred2-auto in the bigsnpr R package (Prive et al., 2023; Prive et al., 2021). Only SNPs in Hapmap3+ with a MAF > 5% and a dosage-R2 > 0.8 were included. PGS were computed using summary statistics for BD, major depressive disorder (MDD), and SCZ, and were standardized to a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1 before analysis. These PGSs were chosen because of the substantial genetic overlaps among BD, SCZ, and MDD (Bigdeli et al., 2022; Cross-Disorder Group of the Psychiatric Genomics et al., 2013; Lichtenstein et al., 2009). Moreover, SGAs are used for treatment and prevention of psychosis in both BD and SCZ; hence, the expectation of potential correlations between SGA treatment response in BD participants and genetic variants associated with BD and SCZ. Conversely, we did not expect a significant genetic correlation between SGA treatment response in BD and MDD PGS.

RESULTS

The cohort included 2,159 adults with BD: 1416 (66%) with BD-I, 691 (32%) with BD-II, and 51 (2%) with schizoaffective BD. The mean age of the cohort was 41.8 years, with 62% female, 84% white, and 14% Hispanic participants (Table 1). SGAs and FGAs were prescribed to 48% and 0.7% of patients (currently), respectively. Tardive dyskinesia (TD) was reported by 11% (66/620) of the cohort, where the TD data was available.

Table 1.

Comparison of demographic and clinical variables between BD patients currently on SGA versus currently not on any antipsychotics.

Total (N=2159) No Current Antipsychotics (N=1114) Current SGA (N=1045) p-value
BD type, n 2158 1114 1044
 Bipolar I, n (%) 1416 (66%) 718 (64%) 698 (67%) 0.324
 Bipolar II, n (%) 691 (32%) 372 (33%) 319 (31%)
 Schizoaffective, n (%) 51 (2%) 24 (2%) 27 (3%)
Rapid cycling, n 2024 1052 972
 Yes, n (%) 1142 (56%) 600 (57%) 542 (56%) 0.564
Age of BD diagnosis, n 2025 1044 981
 ≤ 19 years old, n (%) 764 (38%) 407 (39%) 357 (36%) 0.229
Mean age at enrollment (SD) 41.8 (15.0) 42.5 (15.3) 41.2 (14.7) 0.040
Female, n (%) 1328 (62%) 665 (60%) 663 (63%) 0.074
Race, n 2146 1106 1040
 White, n (%) 1800 (84%) 927 (84%) 873 (84%) 0.351
 Black, n (%) 56 (3%) 25 (2%) 31 (3%)
 Asian, n (%) 24 (1%) 16 (1%) 8 (1%)
 Other, n (%) 266 (12%) 138 (12%) 128 (12%)
Hispanic ethnicity, n 2086 1071 1015
 Yes, n (%) 259 (12%) 118 (11%) 141 (14%) 0.047
Body mass index, n 2045 1057 988
 Mean (SD) 29.9 (7.3) 29.5 (7.1) 30.4 (7.6) 0.005
Currently married, n 2064 1056 1008
 Yes, n (%) 944 (46%) 522 (49%) 422 (42%) <0.001
Current full-time employment, n 2028 1039 989
 Yes, n (%) 522 (26%) 297 (29%) 225 (23%) 0.003
Highest education level, n 2030 1047 983
 High school or less, n (%) 58 (3%) 25 (2%) 33 (3%) 0.181
 High school graduated, n (%) 278 (14%) 134 (13%) 144 (15%)
 Beyond high school graduation, n (%) 1694 (83%) 888 (85%) 806 (82%)
Current Use of Other BD Medications
Current lithium, n (%) 611 (28%) 303 (27%) 308 (29%) 0.241
Current MSACs, n (%) 1158 (54%) 563 (51%) 595 (57%) 0.003
Current antidepressants, n (%) 967 (45%) 498 (45%) 469 (45%) 0.934
Family History (First-degree Relative)
BD, n 1588 808 780
 Yes, n (%) 767 (48%) 396 (49%) 371 (48%) 0.564
Schizophrenia, n 1675 862 813
 Yes, n (%) 159 (9%) 79 (9%) 80 (10%) 0.637
Lifetime Psychiatric Illness History
Adult ADHD, n 2097 1087 1010
 Yes, n (%) 429 (20%) 224 (21%) 205 (20%) 0.860
Child ADHD, n 2084 1078 1006
 Yes, n (%) 332 (16%) 168 (16%) 164 (16%) 0.655
Post-traumatic stress disorder, n 2101 1089 1012
 Yes, n (%) 548 (26%) 268 (25%) 280 (28%) 0.111
General anxiety disorder, n 2101 1084 1017
 Yes, n (%) 1051 (50%) 539 (50%) 512 (50%) 0.776
Social anxiety disorder, n 2092 1082 1010
 Yes, n (%) 457 (22%) 222 (21%) 235 (23%) 0.128
Obsessive compulsive disorder, n 2104 1087 1017
 Yes, n (%) 274 (13%) 136 (13%) 138 (14%) 0.471
Phobia, n 1402 721 681
 Yes, n (%) 137 (10%) 63 (9%) 74 (11%) 0.180
Panic, n 2101 1086 1015
 Yes, n (%) 632 (30%) 317 (29%) 315 (31%) 0.357
Anorexia, n 2107 1088 1019
 Yes, n (%) 109 (5%) 41 (4%)* 68 (7%) 0.003
Bulimia, n 2102 1084 1018
 Yes, n (%) 122 (6%) 47 (4%)* 75 (7%) 0.003
Binge eating, n 2102 1083 1019
 Yes, n (%) 256 (12%) 116 (11%) 140 (14%) 0.034
Manic psychosis, n 2131 1096 1035
 Yes, n (%) 488 (23%) 183 (17%) 305 (29%) <0.001
Suicide Attempt History
Suicide attempt (ever), n 2138 1099 1039
 Yes, n (%) 724 (34%) 333 (30%) 391 (38%) <0.001
Lifetime Substance Use Disorder History
Nicotine use disorder, n 2104 1085 1019
 Yes, n (%) 854 (41%) 419 (39%) 435 (43%) 0.057
Alcohol use disorder, n 2115 1093 1022
 Yes, n (%) 848 (40%) 430 (39%) 418 (41%) 0.465
Cocaine use disorder, n 2094 1082 1012
 Yes, n (%) 305 (15%) 147 (14%) 158 (16%) 0.189
Marijuana use disorder, n 2108 1090 1018
 Yes, n (%) 638 (30%) 313 (29%) 325 (32%) 0.109
Methamphetamine use disorder, n 2101 1085 1016
 Yes, n (%) 199 (9%) 94 (9%) 105 (10%) 0.191
Opioid use disorder, n 2091 1081 1010
 Yes, n (%) 223 (11%) 93 (9%) 130 (13%) 0.002
Benzodiazepine use disorder, n 1380 711 669
 Yes, n (%) 118 (9%) 45 (6%) 73 (11%) 0.002
Medical Comorbidity
Modified CIRS, n 1455 749 706
 Medical comorbidity severity, mean (SD) 6.2 (6.5) 6.2 (6.6) 6.3 (6.5) 0.951
 Cardiac, n (%) 202 (14%) 109 (15%) 93 (13%)
 Hypertension, n (%) 387 (27%) 195 (26%) 192 (27%)
 Vascular, n (%) 148 (10%) 70 (9%) 78 (11%)
 Respiratory, n (%) 357 (25%) 180 (24%) 177 (25%)
 Eyes, ears, nose, throat, larynx, n (%) 403 (28%) 212 (28%) 191 (27%)
 Upper gastrointestinal, n (%) 369 (25%) 189 (25%) 180 (25%)
 Lower gastrointestinal, n (%) 313 (22%) 169 (23%) 144 (20%)
 Hepatic, n (%) 77 (5%) 40 (5%) 37 (5%)
 Renal, n (%) 134 (9%) 68 (9%) 66 (9%)
 Other genitourinary, n (%) 297 (20%) 157 (21%) 140 (20%)
 Musculoskeletal, integumentary, n (%) 536 (37%) 285 (38%) 251 (36%)
 Neurological, n (%) 548 (38%) 277 (37%) 271 (38%)
  Endocrine-metabolic, n (%) 439 (30%) 214 (29%) 225 (32%)
EDDS score 1807 927 880 < 0.001
 Mean (SD) −0.07 (0.53) −0.12 (0.52) −0.03 (0.54)
Tardive dyskinesia, n 620 256 364
 Yes, n (%) 66 (11%) 24 (9%) 42 (12%) 0.390

The mean of the scores of the first 13 categories (excluding psychiatric) in the Modified Cumulative Illness Ration Scale (CIRS).

ADHD: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; BD: bipolar disorder; CIRS: Cumulative Illness Ration Scale; FGA: first-generation antipsychotics; MSAC: Mood-stabilizing anticonvulsant; SGA: second-generation antipsychotics

Bold p-value: < 0.001;

*

Frequency < 5%

Comparison between patients currently on SGAs (n = 1045) and those not on antipsychotics (n = 1114)

There were no significant differences in the rates of BD-I (67% vs. 64%) and BD-II (31% vs. 33%), sex (female: 63% vs. 60%, p = 0.07), or race (white: 84% vs. 84%) between patients currently on SGA and currently those not on antipsychotics (Table 1). However, patients on SGA were younger (41.2 ± 14.7 vs. 42.5 ± 15.3 years, p = 0.04), more likely to be Hispanic (14% vs. 11%, p = 0.047), had a higher body mass index (BMI; 30.4 ± 7.6 vs. 29.5 ± 7.1, p = 0.005), and were less likely to be married (42% vs. 49%, p < 0.001) and full-time employed (23% vs. 29%, p = 0.003), while education levels were similar.

Compared to those not on antipsychotics, current SGA users were more likely to have concomitant MSAC prescriptions (57% vs. 51%, p = 0.003), but did not meet the threshold of p<0.001. They also had higher rates of lifetime AN (7% vs. 4%, p = 0.003), BN (7% vs. 4%, p = 0.003), BED (14% vs. 11%, p = 0.03), and a higher EDDS score (−0.03 ± 0.54 vs. −0.12 ± 0.52, p < 0.001). History of manic psychosis was more frequent in the current SGA group (29% vs. 17%, p < 0.001), as were opioid (13% vs. 9%, p = 0.002) and benzodiazepine (11% vs. 6%, p = 0.002) use disorders. Medical comorbidities did not differ between groups.

Comparison between participants currently on one SGA (n= 967) and those on more than one SGA (n = 78)

Among the 1,045 patients currently on SGA, 967 (92.5%) were on one SGA and 78 (7.5%) were on more than one (Supplementary Table 1). No significant differences were found in demographic characteristics (all p > 0.08) or prescription rates for lithium (29% vs. 37%, p = 0.12), MSACs (57% vs. 50%, p = 0.20), and antidepressants (45% vs. 49%, p = 0.48) between patients on one SGA compared to those on multiple SGAs. Patients on multiple SGA had higher rates of lifetime BN (13% vs. 7%, p = 0.04) and prior suicide attempts (50% vs. 37%, p = 0.02). Those on more than one SGA also had a higher likelihood of being diagnosed with hypertension (40% vs. 26%, p = 0.046) and upper GI comorbidities (38% vs. 25%, p = 0.048), although overall MCIRS scores were similar (6.74 ± 6.56 vs 6.22 ± 6.51, p = 0.495). However, none of these findings met the conservative threshold of p < 0.001. The prevalence of TD was higher in the multiple SGA group compared to the single SGA group (18% vs. 11%), though this difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.21), possibly due to the small sample size.

Comparison between patients currently on SGA (n = 1035) and those on FGA (n = 16)

Less than 1% of the overall cohort were on FGA. Patients on FGA were more likely to be female (88% vs. 63%, p = 0.046) and had a higher rate of prior suicide attempts (62% vs. 38%, p = 0.04). (Supplementary Table 2). Although the rate of TD was higher in the FGA group (29% vs. 11%, p = 0.16), this difference was not statistically significant.

Comparison between SGA responders (n = 174) and non-responders (n = 356)

SGA response data was available for 51% of patients (n = 530), with 33% (n = 174) classified as responders Table 2. Responders were less likely to be White (60% vs. 76%, p < 0.001) and more likely to be Hispanic (40% vs. 19%, p < 0.001), with lower education levels (beyond high school: 77% vs. 85%, p = 0.02). SGA responders had higher Alda A scores for SGA (8.0 ± 1.0 vs. 3.6 ± 2.0, p < 0.001). Responders were less likely to be on antidepressants (36% vs. 48%, p = 0.006) and had a lower prevalence of relatives with BD (38% vs. 54%, p = 0.002), while rates of current lithium (24% vs. 22%, p = 0.668) and MSAC use (55% vs. 55%, p = 0.980) were similar between groups. In addition, responders had lower rates of rapid cycling, adult ADHD (13% vs. 24%, p = 0.005), childhood ADHD (13% vs. 22%, p = 0.017), PTSD (21% vs. 32%, p = 0.006), GAD (43% vs. 55%, p = 0.015), panic disorder (32% vs. 42%, p = 0.024), and social anxiety disorder (15% vs. 25%, p = 0.010). They also experienced fewer medical comorbidities, with a lower mean MCIRS score (5.3 ± 6.4 vs. 7.4 ± 7.6, p = 0.001).

Table 2.

Comparison of demographic and clinical variables between SGA responders (Alda A score ≥ 7) and SGA non-responders (Alda A score < 7).

Total (N=530) SGA non-responder (N=356) SGA responder (N=174) p-value
BD type, n 530 356 174
 Bipolar I, n (%) 361 (68%) 248 (70%) 113 (65%) 0.143
 Bipolar II, n (%) 160 (30%) 100 (28%) 60 (34%)
 Schizoaffective, n (%) 9 (2%) 8 (2%) 1 (1%)
Rapid cycling, n 512 343 169 0.007
 Yes, n (%) 315 (62%) 225 (66%) 90 (53%)
Age of BD diagnosis, n 518 346 172
 ≤ 19 years old, n (%) 229 (44%) 151 (44%) 78 (45%) 0.713
Age at enrollment, n 530 356 174
 Mean (SD) 39.8 (14.6) 40.1 (14.5) 39.2 (14.7) 0.525
Sex, n 530 356 174
 Male, n (%) 173 (33%) 119 (33%) 54 (31%) 0.581
 Female, n (%) 357 (67%) 237 (67%) 120 (69%)
Race, n 527 354 173
 White, n (%) 372 (71%) 269 (76%) 103 (60%) <0.001
 Black, n (%) 26 (5%) 21 (6%) 5 (3%)
 Asian, n (%) 6 (1%) 4 (1%) 2 (1%)
 Other, n (%) 123 (23%) 60 (17%) 63 (36%)
Hispanic, n 507 339 168
 Yes, n (%) 130 (26%) 63 (19%) 67 (40%) <0.001
Body mass index, n 504 343 161
 Mean (SD) 30.6 (7.7) 30.9 (7.7) 30.1 (7.8) 0.240
Currently married, n 505 339 166
 Yes, n (%) 198 (39%) 138 (41%) 60 (36%) 0.324
Current full-time employment, n 500 335 165
 Yes, n (%) 107 (21%) 66 (20%) 41 (25%) 0.187
Highest education level, n 497 334 163
 High school or less, n (%) 17 (3%) 7 (2%) 10 (6%) 0.020
 High school graduated, n (%) 70 (14%) 42 (13%) 28 (17%)
 Beyond high school graduation, n (%) 410 (82%) 285 (85%) 125 (77%)
BD Medication Response
FGA: Alda A score, n 42 28 14
 Mean (SD) 2.7 (2.6) 2.1 (2.3) 3.9 (3.0) 0.044
SGA: Alda A score, n 530 356 174
 Mean (SD) 5.0 (2.7) 3.6 (2.0) 8.0 (1.0) <0.001
Current Use of Other BD Medications
Current lithium, n 530 356 174
 Yes, n (%) 119 (22%) 78 (22%) 41 (24%) 0.668
Current MSACs, n 530 356 174
 Yes, n (%) 292 (55%) 196 (55%) 96 (55%) 0.980
Current antidepressants, n 530 356 174
 Yes, n (%) 234 (44%) 172 (48%) 62 (36%) 0.006
Family History (First-degree Relative)
BD, n 408 267 141
 Yes, n (%) 197 (48%) 144 (54%) 53 (38%) 0.002
Schizophrenia, n 426 278 148
 Yes, n (%) 37 (9%) 29 (10%) 8 (5%) 0.079
Lifetime Psychiatric Illness History
Adult ADHD, n 520 349 171
 Yes, n (%) 107 (21%) 84 (24%) 23 (13%) 0.005
Child ADHD, n 518 349 169
 Yes, n (%) 98 (19%) 76 (22%) 22 (13%) 0.017
Post-traumatic stress disorder, n 515 345 170
 Yes, n (%) 146 (28%) 111 (32%) 35 (21%) 0.006
General anxiety disorder, n 519 348 171
 Yes, n (%) 264 (51%) 190 (55%) 74 (43%) 0.015
Social anxiety disorder, n 518 348 170
 Yes, n (%) 114 (22%) 88 (25%) 26 (15%) 0.010
Obsessive compulsive disorder, n 519 348 171
 Yes, n (%) 68 (13%) 52 (15%) 16 (9%) 0.076
Phobia, n 295 211 84
 Yes, n (%) 32 (11%) 26 (12%) 6 (7%) 0.197
Panic, n 520 349 171
 Yes, n (%) 203 (39%) 148 (42%) 55 (32%) 0.024
Anorexia, n 520 350 170
 Yes, n (%) 24 (5%)* 19 (5%) 5 (3%)* 0.205
Bulimia, n 520 350 170
 Yes, n (%) 30 (6%) 21 (6%) 9 (5%) 0.746
Binge eating, n 519 349 170
 Yes, n (%) 105 (20%) 67 (19%) 38 (22%) 0.401
Psychosis history, n 522 349 173
 Yes, n (%) 248 (48%) 157 (45%) 91 (53%) 0.101
Manic psychosis, n 522 349 173
 Yes, n (%) 143 (27%) 88 (25%) 55 (32%) 0.113
Suicide Attempt History
Suicide attempt (ever), n 524 352 172
 Yes, n (%) 214 (41%) 148 (42%) 66 (38%) 0.422
Lifetime Substance Use Disorder History
Nicotine use disorder, n 517 348 169
 Yes, n (%) 181 (35%) 129 (37%) 52 (31%) 0.159
Alcohol use disorder, n 519 348 171
 Yes, n (%) 186 (36%) 117 (34%) 69 (40%) 0.133
Cocaine use disorder, n 518 347 171
 Yes, n (%) 60 (12%) 38 (11%) 22 (13%) 0.522
Marijuana use disorder, n 521 350 171
 Yes, n (%) 127 (24%) 84 (24%) 43 (25%) 0.775
Methamphetamine use disorder, n 521 349 172
 Yes, n (%) 31 (6%) 18 (5%) 13 (8%) 0.276
Opioid use disorder, n 517 346 171
 Yes, n (%) 45 (9%) 36 (10%) 9 (5%) 0.051
Benzodiazepine use disorder, n 363 237 126
 Yes, n (%) 33 (9%) 23 (10%) 10 (8%) 0.577
Medical Comorbidity
Modified CIRS, n 301 214 87
 Medical comorbidity severity, mean (SD) 6.7 (7.3) 7.4 (7.6) 5.3 (6.4) 0.001
 Cardiac, n (%) 50 (17%) 41 (19%) 9 (10%)
 Hypertension, n (%) 98 (33%) 69 (32%) 29 (33%)
 Vascular, n (%) 37 (12%) 28 (13%) 9 (10%)
 Respiratory, n (%) 105 (35%) 77 (36%) 28 (32%)
 Eyes, ears, nose, throat, larynx, n (%) 116 (39%) 77 (36%) 39 (45%)
 Upper gastrointestinal, n (%) 112 (37%) 87 (41%) 25 (29%)
 Lower gastrointestinal, n (%) 77 (26%) 54 (25%) 23 (26%)
 Hepatic, n (%) 14 (5%) 7 (3%) 7 (8%)
 Renal, n (%) 31 (10%) 24 (11%) 7 (8%)
 Other genitourinary, n (%) 77 (26%) 54 (25%) 23 (26%)
 Musculoskeletal, integumentary, n (%) 146 (49%) 112 (52%) 34 (39%)
 Neurological, n (%) 150 (50%) 113 (53%) 37 (43%)
  Endocrine-metabolic, n (%) 119 (40%) 86 (40%) 33 (38%)
EDDS score 442 299 143 0.253
Mean (SD) −0.02 (0.53) −0.06 (0.51) 0.00 (0.53)
Tardive dyskinesia, n 238 149 89
 Yes, n (%) 23 (10%) 16 (11%) 7 (8%) 0.468

The mean of the scores of the first 13 categories (excluding psychiatric) in the Modified Cumulative Illness Ration Scale (CIRS).

ADHD: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; BD: bipolar disorder; CIRS: Cumulative Illness Ration Scale; FGA: first-generation antipsychotics; MSAC: Mood-stabilizing anticonvulsant; SGA: second-generation antipsychotics

Bold p-value: < 0.001

*

Frequency < 5%

GWAS of SGA treatment response in BD patients

We performed a GWAS of SGA response among the 517 participants with an Alda score for SGAs while adjusting for sex, genotyping batch, and the first three genomic PCs. We detected a genome-wide significant association between a SNP located in 17p13.1 and SGA Alda A score (rs202127418; β = −2.998; p = 4.96E-08; minor allele frequency = 0.023; Fig. 1A). Multiple SNPs in this genetic locus with high linkage disequilibrium with the top SNP also showed associations at p < 5E-06 and are located in GAS7 introns (Fig. 1C). The top 4 SNPs are expression quantitative trait loci (eQLT) of GAS7 gene expression in cultured fibroblasts according to GTEx Portal v.8 (https://gtexportal.org/; Fig. 1D). Top GWAS results are shown in Supplementary Table 3.

Figure 1.

Figure 1

(A) Manhattan plot and (B) Q-Q plot of second-generation antipsychotics (SGA) treatment response GWAS. One SNP, rs2020127418, attains genome-wide significant association. (C) Locus zoom plot of chromosome region around the top SNP. (D) The top four SNPs are expression quantitative loci (eQTL) of GAS7 gene expression in cultured fibroblasts (retrieved from GTEx Portal v.8 on 9/16/2024). Red dotted horizontal lines mark the genome-wide statistical significance threshold p = 5E-08.

Associations of psychiatric disorder PGSs and SGA treatment response for BD, MDD, and SCZ

We did not find significant associations between SGA Alda A score and the PGSs of BD, MDD, or SCZ (FDR > 0.05; Supplementary Table 4).

DISCUSSION

SGA are among the most prescribed medications for BD (Vieta et al., 2018). This study is the first to investigate clinical and biological (genomic) predictors of SGA prescriptions and response in patients with BD. Nearly 50% of individuals with BD were prescribed SGA and less than 1% FGA, aligning with data from the GBC survey and North American cohorts, as well as evidence-based guidelines (Keramatian et al., 2023; Singh et al., 2024). About 8% of patients were on multiple SGA, likely reflecting higher severity burden although the group was too small to formally test this. TD rates were higher in patients prescribed FGAs (29%) compared to those on SGAs (11%), though the difference was not statistically significant, perhaps due to the small sample size. The higher TD rate with FGA is consistent with the literature (Correll and Schenk, 2008), attributed to FGAs’ potent D2 receptor blocking effects.

Several clinical predictors were associated with SGA use, including a history of manic psychosis, higher EDDS scores, and prior suicide attempts. Previous studies have shown that SGA not only increase BMI but may also contribute to disordered eating behaviors (de Beaurepaire, 2021). In our sample, higher EDDS scores among patients receiving SGA suggest a potential association between SGA use and eating disorder symptoms. This could likely be due to SGA, however, given the cross-sectional nature of our data, this finding should be interpreted with caution. Patients on SGA were more likely to use concomitant mood stabilizers (trend level, p = 0.003) but showed no differences in medical comorbidities compared to those not on antipsychotics. SGA responders had lower levels of medical comorbidities and psychiatric comorbidities—such as rapid cycling, ADHD, and PTSD—which have been associated with increased treatment refractoriness in prior studies (Chopra et al., 2024; Roosen and Sienaert, 2022; Salvi et al., 2021).

BD pharmacogenomic studies continued to face challenges due to small sample sizes, in part because of lack of standardized measures for assessing medication treatment response, which hinders data harmonization across cohorts. The Alda Scale, developed and validated for evaluating lithium treatment response (Manchia et al., 2013), demonstrated the value of using a unified instrument across international sites. It also exhibits promise to be applied for other BD medications, such as MSAC (Ho et al., 2025; Ho et al., 2020), enabling within-participant comparison of medication treatment responses. Therefore, the development of a standardized treatment response research instrument would provide a foundation for expanding sample sizes for BD pharmacogenomic research.

In this first GWAS of SGA response in BD, we found one locus in GAS7 associated with SGA treatment response. GAS7 encodes growth arrest-specific 7, a member of the growth arrest-specific genes expressed in terminally differentiated cells (Brenner et al., 1989; Schneider et al., 1988). Its most well-known function is neurogenesis via promoting actin filament formation (Gotoh et al., 2013; Ju et al., 1998; Khanal et al., 2023; She et al., 2002; You and Lin-Chao, 2010; Zhang et al., 2016). Reduced Gas7 expression inhibits neurite formation (Ju et al., 1998; You and Lin-Chao, 2010), while overexpressing Gas7 increases dendritic spine density (Khanal et al., 2023), suggesting that GAS7 plays an important role in neurodevelopment and synaptic plasticity. GAS7 has also been implicated in SCZ (Zhang et al., 2016) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (Akiyama et al., 2009; Hidaka et al., 2012). In a brain imaging GWAS, GAS7 was identified among the genes associated with the volume of temporal lobe, a brain region implicated in both SCZ and AD (Kohannim et al., 2012). Interestingly, GAS7 is among the genes with altered DNA methylation patterns in blood cells of clozapine-treated patients with psychosis compared to psychopharmacotherapeutic-naïve patients with psychosis (Pérez-Aldana et al., 2022). While GAS7 has not been previously associated with BD, a recent transcriptomic study revealed that it is one of the top upregulated genes in the peripheral blood of patients with BD compared to controls (Torsvik et al., 2023). However, that study had not adjusted for the use of antipsychotics and other medications (Torsvik et al., 2023). Considering this alongside our GWAS findings that the top four SNPs associated with SGA treatment response are eQTLs of GAS7 expression in cultured fibroblasts, GAS7 gene expression may potentially be involved in SGA treatment response in BD patients, warranting futher investigation.

Our PGS analysis did not reveal any significant associations between SGA treatment response among participants with BD and the PGSs of BD and SCZ. Previous GWAS studies in SCZ have reported inconsistent findings, with high PGS associated with a range of outcomes—from lower likelihood of improvement with antipsychotics (Zhang et al., 2019) to higher odds of treatment response (De Pieri et al., 2024), as well as increased treatment resistance (Werner et al., 2020). Our null findings suggest that SGA may operate differently in patients with BD and SCZ with respect to psychosis treatment and prevention and treatment of mania/hypomania in BD. They also imply that SGA actions may not directly target the molecular bases of mania/hypomania and psychosis in BD, thus warranting further investigation focused on a better understanding of the biological underpinnings of BD etiology and the development of novel pharmacotherapeutics. Evaluating PGS in relation to specific medications and distinct symptom domains — such as psychosis, activation, and sleep — could represent a promising direction for future research.

Strength and limitations

Our study has several strengths, along with certain limitations. As one of the largest studies examining clinical predictors of SGA response among patients with BD, it offers valuable insights. A particular strength of the MCBDB is its comprehensive clinical phenotyping.

A few limitations warrant attention. First, there is the potential for recall bias when assessing past medication use and psychiatric diagnoses. The cohort’s majority White demographic also limits the generalizability of findings to other populations. In our exploratory GWAS analysis, the limited sample size precluded conducting sex-specific or ancestry-specific analyses; future studies should include these analyses as sample size permits. In addition, many patients on SGA were concurrently prescribed other medications, which may have impacted the results. Lastly, as this is an observational study, the potential for confounding factors cannot be entirely ruled out.

Conclusions

In conclusion, approximately 50% of patients with BD are prescribed SGAs, with several clinical predictors identified, including higher BMI, a history of eating disorders, manic psychosis, and opioid/benzodiazepine use disorders. These factors suggest a cohort with greater severity and potential co-prescription of MSACs. Our study also found significant associations between SNPs in GAS7A and SGA treatment response in BD, but these findings need to be validated in larger and more ancestry-diverse samples. While PGS analysis did not indicate significant genetic correlations with BD, MDD, and SCZ, GAS7A’s involvement in SCZ and Alzheimer’s disease highlights a promising novel candidate for further research.

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Acknowledgements

We deeply thank the Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank participants for their time and generous contributions. We also acknowledge the Regeneron Genetics Center for providing genetic data for a portion of the Bipolar Biobank participants. The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project was supported by the Common Fund of the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health, and by NCI, NHGRI, NHLBI, NIDA, NIMH, and NINDS. The data used for the analyses described in this manuscript were obtained from the GTEx Portal on 09/16/24.

Funding

The Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank was supported by the Marriott Foundation, and by the Thomas and Elizabeth Grainger Fund in Bipolar Functional Genomics and Drug Development. Project Generation was supported in part by Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine. This publication was supported by CTSA Grant Number KL2 TR002379 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.

Competing Interests

MAF received grant support from Assurex Health and Mayo Foundation, received CME travel and honoraria from Carnot Laboratories and American Physician Institute, and has Financial Interest/Stock ownership/Royalties from Chymia LLC. SLM is a consultant to, or member of the scientific advisory boards of, in the past year: Axsome, Idorsia, Levo, Kallyope, MycoMedica, Novo Nordisk, Otsuka, and Soleno. SLM is presently or has been in the past year a principal or co-investigator on research studies sponsored by: Axsome, Idorsia, Marriott Foundation, National Institute of Mental Health, Novo Nordisk, and Otsuka. Patents: SLM is also inventor on United States Patent No. 6,323,236 B2, Use of Sulfamate Derivatives for Treating Impulse Control Disorders, and, along with the patent’s assignee, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, has received payments from Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C., which has exclusive rights under the patent. FRN is supported in part by NIMH grants K23MH120503 and 1R61MH133770-01A1; is the inventor on a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patent # 10,857,356. MGR receives research support from Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (CONAHCYT) in Mexico. BS reports research grant support from the Mayo Clinic, the National Network of Depression Centers, and Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving with Bipolar Disorder (BD2). He is a KL2 Mentored Career Development Program scholar, supported by CTSA Grant Number KL2TR002379 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). He has received honoraria (to Mayo Clinic) from Elsevier for editing a Clinical Overview on Treatment-Resistant Depression. The rest of the co-authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

Funding Statement

The Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank was supported by the Marriott Foundation, and by the Thomas and Elizabeth Grainger Fund in Bipolar Functional Genomics and Drug Development. Project Generation was supported in part by Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine. This publication was supported by CTSA Grant Number KL2 TR002379 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.

Footnotes

Ethics approval and consent to participate

Ethics approval for The Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank has been obtained from the Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board (reference ID: 08-008794). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.

Contributor Information

Balwinder Singh, Mayo Clinic.

Ada Man-Choi Ho, Mayo Clinic.

Brandon J. Coombes, Mayo Clinic

Francisco Romo-Nava, Lindner Center of HOPE.

David J. Bond, Johns Hopkins University

Marin Veldic, Mayo Clinic.

Richard S. Pendegraft, Mayo Clinic

Anthony Batzler, Mayo Clinic.

Alfredo B. Cuellar-Barboza, Mayo Clinic

Manuel Gardea-Reséndez, Mayo Clinic.

Miguel L. Prieto, Mayo Clinic

Aysegul Ozerdem, Mayo Clinic.

Susan L. McElroy, Lindner Center of HOPE

Joanna M. Biernacka, Mayo Clinic

Mark A. Frye, Mayo Clinic

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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