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Rodríguez-Vega A, Dutra-Tavares AC, Souza TP, Semeão KA, Filgueiras CC, Ribeiro-Carvalho A, Manhães AC, Abreu-Villaça Y. Nicotine Exposure in a Phencyclidine-Induced Mice Model of Schizophrenia: Sex-Selective Medial Prefrontal Cortex Protein Markers of the Combined Insults in Adolescent Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14634. [PMID: 37834084 PMCID: PMC10572990 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Tobacco misuse as a comorbidity of schizophrenia is frequently established during adolescence. However, comorbidity markers are still missing. Here, the method of label-free proteomics was used to identify deregulated proteins in the medial prefrontal cortex (prelimbic and infralimbic) of male and female mice modelled to schizophrenia with a history of nicotine exposure during adolescence. Phencyclidine (PCP), used to model schizophrenia (SCHZ), was combined with an established model of nicotine minipump infusions (NIC). The combined insults led to worse outcomes than each insult separately when considering the absolute number of deregulated proteins and that of exclusively deregulated ones. Partially shared Reactome pathways between sexes and between PCP, NIC and PCPNIC groups indicate functional overlaps. Distinctively, proteins differentially expressed exclusively in PCPNIC mice reveal unique effects associated with the comorbidity model. Interactome maps of these proteins identified sex-selective subnetworks, within which some proteins stood out: for females, peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (Fkbp1a) and heat shock 70 kDa protein 1B (Hspa1b), both components of the oxidative stress subnetwork, and gamma-enolase (Eno2), a component of the energy metabolism subnetwork; and for males, amphiphysin (Amph), a component of the synaptic transmission subnetwork. These are proposed to be further investigated and validated as markers of the combined insult during adolescence.
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- Andrés Rodríguez-Vega
- Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, RJ, Brazil; (A.R.-V.); (A.C.D.-T.); (T.P.S.); (K.A.S.); (C.C.F.); (A.C.M.)
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- Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, RJ, Brazil; (A.R.-V.); (A.C.D.-T.); (T.P.S.); (K.A.S.); (C.C.F.); (A.C.M.)
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- Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, RJ, Brazil; (A.R.-V.); (A.C.D.-T.); (T.P.S.); (K.A.S.); (C.C.F.); (A.C.M.)
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- Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, RJ, Brazil; (A.R.-V.); (A.C.D.-T.); (T.P.S.); (K.A.S.); (C.C.F.); (A.C.M.)
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- Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, RJ, Brazil; (A.R.-V.); (A.C.D.-T.); (T.P.S.); (K.A.S.); (C.C.F.); (A.C.M.)
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- Departamento de Ciências, Faculdade de Formação de Professores da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, São Gonçalo 24435-005, RJ, Brazil;
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- Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, RJ, Brazil; (A.R.-V.); (A.C.D.-T.); (T.P.S.); (K.A.S.); (C.C.F.); (A.C.M.)
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- Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, RJ, Brazil; (A.R.-V.); (A.C.D.-T.); (T.P.S.); (K.A.S.); (C.C.F.); (A.C.M.)
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Ou YN, Ge YJ, Wu BS, Zhang Y, Jiang YC, Kuo K, Yang L, Tan L, Feng JF, Cheng W, Yu JT. The genetic architecture of fornix white matter microstructure and their involvement in neuropsychiatric disorders. Transl Psychiatry 2023; 13:180. [PMID: 37236919 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02475-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
The fornix is a white matter bundle located in the center of the hippocampaldiencephalic limbic circuit that controls memory and executive functions, yet its genetic architectures and involvement in brain disorders remain largely unknown. We carried out a genome-wide association analysis of 30,832 UK Biobank individuals of the six fornix diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) traits. The post-GWAS analysis allowed us to identify causal genetic variants in phenotypes at the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), locus, and gene levels, as well as genetic overlap with brain health-related traits. We further generalized our GWAS in adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) cohort. The GWAS identified 63 independent significant variants within 20 genomic loci associated (P < 8.33 × 10-9) with the six fornix dMRI traits. Geminin coiled-coil domain containing (GMNC) and NUAK family SNF1-like kinase 1 (NUAK1) gene were highlighted, which were found in UKB and replicated in ABCD. The heritability of the six traits ranged from 10% to 27%. Gene mapping strategies identified 213 genes, where 11 were supported by all of four methods. Gene-based analyses revealed pathways relating to cell development and differentiation, with astrocytes found to be significantly enriched. Pleiotropy analyses with eight neurological and psychiatric disorders revealed shared variants, especially with schizophrenia under the conjFDR threshold of 0.05. These findings advance our understanding of the complex genetic architectures of fornix and their relevance in neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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- Ya-Nan Ou
- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
- Fudan ISTBI-ZJNU Algorithm Centre for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
- MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Shanghai, China.
- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
- Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
- Fudan ISTBI-ZJNU Algorithm Centre for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China.
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Shanghai, China.
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Genomic patterns linked to gray matter alterations underlying working memory deficits in adults and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Transl Psychiatry 2023; 13:50. [PMID: 36774336 PMCID: PMC9922257 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02349-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/13/2023] Open
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder, with onset in childhood and a considerable likelihood to persist into adulthood. Our previous work has identified that across adults and adolescents with ADHD, gray matter volume (GMV) alteration in the frontal cortex was consistently associated with working memory underperformance, and GMV alteration in the cerebellum was associated with inattention. Recent knowledge regarding ADHD genetic risk loci makes it feasible to investigate genomic factors underlying these persistent GMV alterations, potentially illuminating the pathology of ADHD persistence. Based on this, we applied a sparsity-constrained multivariate data fusion approach, sparse parallel independent component analysis, to GMV variations in the frontal and cerebellum regions and candidate risk single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) data from 341 unrelated adult participants, including 167 individuals with ADHD, 47 unaffected siblings, and 127 healthy controls. We identified one SNP component significantly associated with one GMV component in superior/middle frontal regions and replicated this association in 317 adolescents from ADHD families. The association was stronger in individuals with ADHD than in controls, and stronger in adults and older adolescents than in younger ones. The SNP component highlights 93 SNPs in long non-coding RNAs mainly in chromosome 5 and 21 protein-coding genes that are significantly enriched in human neuron cells. Eighteen identified SNPs have regulation effects on gene expression, transcript expression, isoform percentage, or methylation level in frontal regions. Identified genes highlight MEF2C, CADM2, and CADPS2, which are relevant for modulating neuronal substrates underlying high-level cognition in ADHD, and their causality effects on ADHD persistence await further investigations. Overall, through a multivariate analysis, we have revealed a genomic pattern underpinning the frontal gray matter variation related to working memory deficit in ADHD.
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Lemaitre H, Le Guen Y, Tilot AK, Stein JL, Philippe C, Mangin JF, Fisher SE, Frouin V. Genetic variations within human gained enhancer elements affect human brain sulcal morphology. Neuroimage 2023; 265:119773. [PMID: 36442731 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The expansion of the cerebral cortex is one of the most distinctive changes in the evolution of the human brain. Cortical expansion and related increases in cortical folding may have contributed to emergence of our capacities for high-order cognitive abilities. Molecular analysis of humans, archaic hominins, and non-human primates has allowed identification of chromosomal regions showing evolutionary changes at different points of our phylogenetic history. In this study, we assessed the contributions of genomic annotations spanning 30 million years to human sulcal morphology measured via MRI in more than 18,000 participants from the UK Biobank. We found that variation within brain-expressed human gained enhancers, regulatory genetic elements that emerged since our last common ancestor with Old World monkeys, explained more trait heritability than expected for the left and right calloso-marginal posterior fissures and the right central sulcus. Intriguingly, these are sulci that have been previously linked to the evolution of locomotion in primates and later on bipedalism in our hominin ancestors.
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- Herve Lemaitre
- Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, CNRS UMR 5293, Université de bordeaux, Centre Broca Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Neurospin, Baobab UMR 9027, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Language and Genetics Department, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics and the UNC Neuroscience Center, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Neurospin, Baobab UMR 9027, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Neurospin, Baobab UMR 9027, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Language and Genetics Department, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Neurospin, Baobab UMR 9027, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Han T, Wu Z, Zhu J, Kou Y, Li J, Deng Y. Analysis and Construction of a Molecular Diagnosis Model of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Based on Bioinformatics. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:683032. [PMID: 34805265 PMCID: PMC8602203 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.683032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Background: Epilepsy is a complex chronic disease of the nervous system which influences the health of approximately 70 million patients worldwide. In the past few decades, despite the development of novel antiepileptic drugs, around one-third of patients with epilepsy have developed drug-resistant epilepsy. We performed a bioinformatic analysis to explore the underlying diagnostic markers and mechanisms of drug-resistant epilepsy. Methods: Weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA) was applied to genes in epilepsy samples downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database to determine key modules. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression and support vector machine-recursive feature elimination (SVM-RFE) algorithms were used to screen the genes resistant to carbamazepine, phenytoin, and valproate, and sensitivity of the three-class classification SVM model was verified through the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve. A protein–protein interaction (PPI) network was utilized to analyze the protein interaction relationship. Finally, ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA) was adopted to conduct disease and function pathway and network analysis. Results: Through WGCNA, 72 genes stood out from the key modules related to drug resistance and were identified as candidate resistance genes. Intersection analysis of the results of the LASSO and SVM-RFE algorithms selected 11, 4, and 5 drug-resistant genes for carbamazepine, phenytoin, and valproate, respectively. Subsequent union analysis obtained 17 hub resistance genes to construct a three-class classification SVM model. ROC showed that the model could accurately predict patient resistance. Expression of 17 hub resistance genes in healthy subjects and patients was significantly different. The PPI showed that there are six resistance genes (CD247, CTSW, IL2RB, MATK, NKG7, and PRF1) that may play a central role in the resistance of epilepsy patients. Finally, IPA revealed that resistance genes (PRKCH and S1PR5) were involved in “CREB signaling in Neurons.” Conclusion: We obtained a three-class SVM model that can accurately predict the drug resistance of patients with epilepsy, which provides a new theoretical basis for research and treatment in the field of drug-resistant epilepsy. Moreover, resistance genes PRKCH and S1PR5 may cooperate with other resistance genes to exhibit resistance effects by regulation of the cAMP-response element-binding protein (CREB) signaling pathway.
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- Tenghui Han
- Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Airforce Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, School of Basic Medicine, Airforce Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Airforce Medical University, Xi'an, China.,Department of General Surgery, The Southern Theater Air Force Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Basic Medical College, Yan'an University, Yan'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Airforce Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Airforce Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Brunetti S, Malerba L, Giordano L, Parrini E, Guerrini R, Palumbo G, Parazzini C, Bestetti I, Accorsi P. Cerebral folate transporter deficiency syndrome in three siblings: Why genetic testing for developmental and epileptic encephalopathies should be performed early and include the FOLR1 gene. Am J Med Genet A 2021; 185:2526-2531. [PMID: 34008900 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cerebral folate transporter deficiency syndrome, caused by FOLR-1 mutations is characterized by late infantile onset, severe developmental regression, epilepsy, and leukodystrophy. An extremely low concentration of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in the cerebrospinal fluid provides a crucial clue to its diagnosis and is a treatment target. Oral or intravenous folinic acid (5-formyltetrahydrofolate) administration improves clinical symptoms and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. We describe three siblings carrying a novel homozygous FOLR1 nonsense mutation, that were referred due to intractable epilepsy and progressive neurological decline. Brain MRI showed hypomyelination and cerebellar atrophy. Folinic acid (oral and intravenous) supplementation, initiated after over 15 years illness, has failed to result in any sizeable clinical or neurophysiological improvement. Cerebral folate transport deficiency bears overlapping clinical features with many severe developmental encephalopathies. It is crucial to recognize FOLR1 signs and establish an early clinical and molecular diagnosis in order to provide timely folinic acid treatment and improve outcome.
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- Sara Brunetti
- Child and Adolescent Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Children Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Child and Adolescent Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Children Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Child and Adolescent Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Children Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology, Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Neuroscience Centre, A. Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology, Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Neuroscience Centre, A. Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Department, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Pediatric radiology and neuroradiology Department, Children's Hospital V. Buzzi, Milan, Italy
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- Research Laboratory of Medical Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.,Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Child and Adolescent Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Children Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Heterozygous Deletion of Chorein Exons 70-73 and GNA14 Exons 3-7 in a Brazilian Patient Presenting With Probable Tau-Negative Early-Onset Alzheimer Disease. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2019; 31:82-85. [PMID: 28079535 DOI: 10.1097/wad.0000000000000185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Jiang W, King TZ, Turner JA. Imaging Genetics Towards a Refined Diagnosis of Schizophrenia. Front Psychiatry 2019; 10:494. [PMID: 31354550 PMCID: PMC6639711 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Current diagnoses of schizophrenia and related psychiatric disorders are classified by phenomenological principles and clinical descriptions while ruling out other symptoms and conditions. Specific biomarkers are needed to assist the current diagnostic system. However, complicated gene and environment interactions induce great disease heterogeneity. This unclear etiology and heterogeneity raise difficulties in distinguishing schizophrenia-related effects. Simultaneously, the overlap in symptoms, genetic variations, and brain alterations in schizophrenia and related psychiatric disorders raises similar difficulties in determining disease-specific effects. Imaging genetics is a unique methodology to assess the impact of genetic factors on both brain structure and function. More importantly, imaging genetics builds a bridge to understand the behavioral and clinical implications of genetics and neuroimaging. By characterizing and quantifying the brain measures affected in psychiatric disorders, imaging genetics is contributing to identifying potential biomarkers for schizophrenia and related disorders. To date, candidate gene analysis, genome-wide association studies, polygenetic risk score analysis, and large-scale collaborative studies have made contributions to the understanding of schizophrenia with the potential to serve as biomarkers. Despite limitations, imaging genetics remains promising as more aggregative, clustering methods and imaging genetics-compatible clinical assessments are employed in future studies. We review imaging genetics' contribution to our understanding of the heterogeneity within schizophrenia and the commonalities across schizophrenia and other diagnostic borders, and we will discuss whether imaging genetics is ready to form its own diagnostic system.
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- Wenhao Jiang
- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States.,Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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Luo N, Sui J, Chen J, Zhang F, Tian L, Lin D, Song M, Calhoun VD, Cui Y, Vergara VM, Zheng F, Liu J, Yang Z, Zuo N, Fan L, Xu K, Liu S, Li J, Xu Y, Liu S, Lv L, Chen J, Chen Y, Guo H, Li P, Lu L, Wan P, Wang H, Wang H, Yan H, Yan J, Yang Y, Zhang H, Zhang D, Jiang T. A Schizophrenia-Related Genetic-Brain-Cognition Pathway Revealed in a Large Chinese Population. EBioMedicine 2018; 37:471-482. [PMID: 30341038 PMCID: PMC6284414 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Revised: 09/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND In the past decades, substantial effort has been made to explore the genetic influence on brain structural/functional abnormalities in schizophrenia, as well as cognitive impairments. In this work, we aimed to extend previous studies to explore the internal mediation pathway among genetic factor, brain features and cognitive scores in a large Chinese dataset. METHODS Gray matter (GM) volume, fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF), and 4522 schizophrenia-susceptible single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) from 905 Chinese subjects were jointly analyzed, to investigate the multimodal association. Based on the identified imaging-genetic pattern, correlations with cognition and mediation analysis were then conducted to reveal the potential mediation pathways. FINDINGS One linked imaging-genetic pattern was identified to be group discriminative, which was also associated with working memory performance. Particularly, GM reduction in thalamus, putamen and bilateral temporal gyrus in schizophrenia was associated with fALFF decrease in medial prefrontal cortex, both were also associated with genetic factors enriched in neuron development, synapse organization and axon pathways, highlighting genes including CSMD1, CNTNAP2, DCC, GABBR2 etc. This linked pattern was also replicated in an independent cohort (166 subjects), which although showed certain age and clinical differences with the discovery cohort. A further mediation analysis suggested that GM alterations significantly mediated the association from SNP to fALFF, while fALFF mediated the association from SNP and GM to working memory performance. INTERPRETATION This study has not only verified the impaired imaging-genetic association in schizophrenia, but also initially revealed a potential genetic-brain-cognition mediation pathway, indicating that polygenic risk factors could exert impact on phenotypic measures from brain structure to function, thus could further affect cognition in schizophrenia.
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- Na Luo
- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; The Mind Research Network & LBERI, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA; CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China.
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- The Mind Research Network & LBERI, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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- Wuxi Mental Health Center, Wuxi 214000, China
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- The Mind Research Network & LBERI, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- The Mind Research Network & LBERI, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer, The University of New, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- The Mind Research Network & LBERI, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Clinical Medical College, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030000, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Clinical Medical College, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030000, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; Henan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China
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- Department of Radiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Zhumadian Psychiatric Hospital, Zhumadian 463000, China
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- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Zhumadian Psychiatric Hospital, Zhumadian 463000, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Radiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; Henan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China,; Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China; Department of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453002, China
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- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Center for Life Sciences, PKU-IDG, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China; Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China.
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Riederer I, Bohn KP, Preibisch C, Wiedemann E, Zimmer C, Alexopoulos P, Förster S. Alzheimer Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Integrated Pulsed Arterial Spin-Labeling MRI and 18F-FDG PET. Radiology 2018; 288:198-206. [DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2018170575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Isabelle Riederer
- From the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (I.R., C.P., C.Z.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (I.R.), Department of Nuclear Medicine (K.P.B., E.W., S.F.), TUM Neuroimaging Center (TUM-NIC) (C.P., S.F.), and Departments of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (P.A.), Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- From the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (I.R., C.P., C.Z.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (I.R.), Department of Nuclear Medicine (K.P.B., E.W., S.F.), TUM Neuroimaging Center (TUM-NIC) (C.P., S.F.), and Departments of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (P.A.), Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- From the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (I.R., C.P., C.Z.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (I.R.), Department of Nuclear Medicine (K.P.B., E.W., S.F.), TUM Neuroimaging Center (TUM-NIC) (C.P., S.F.), and Departments of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (P.A.), Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- From the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (I.R., C.P., C.Z.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (I.R.), Department of Nuclear Medicine (K.P.B., E.W., S.F.), TUM Neuroimaging Center (TUM-NIC) (C.P., S.F.), and Departments of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (P.A.), Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- From the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (I.R., C.P., C.Z.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (I.R.), Department of Nuclear Medicine (K.P.B., E.W., S.F.), TUM Neuroimaging Center (TUM-NIC) (C.P., S.F.), and Departments of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (P.A.), Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- From the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (I.R., C.P., C.Z.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (I.R.), Department of Nuclear Medicine (K.P.B., E.W., S.F.), TUM Neuroimaging Center (TUM-NIC) (C.P., S.F.), and Departments of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (P.A.), Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- From the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology (I.R., C.P., C.Z.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (I.R.), Department of Nuclear Medicine (K.P.B., E.W., S.F.), TUM Neuroimaging Center (TUM-NIC) (C.P., S.F.), and Departments of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (P.A.), Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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Ciarochi JA, Liu J, Calhoun V, Johnson H, Misiura M, Bockholt HJ, Espinoza FA, Caprihan A, Plis S, Turner JA, Paulsen JS. High and Low Levels of an NTRK2-Driven Genetic Profile Affect Motor- and Cognition-Associated Frontal Gray Matter in Prodromal Huntington's Disease. Brain Sci 2018; 8:E116. [PMID: 29932126 PMCID: PMC6071032 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci8070116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
This study assessed how BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) and other genes involved in its signaling influence brain structure and clinical functioning in pre-diagnosis Huntington's disease (HD). Parallel independent component analysis (pICA), a multivariate method for identifying correlated patterns in multimodal datasets, was applied to gray matter concentration (GMC) and genomic data from a sizeable PREDICT-HD prodromal cohort (N = 715). pICA identified a genetic component highlighting NTRK2, which encodes BDNF's TrkB receptor, that correlated with a GMC component including supplementary motor, precentral/premotor cortex, and other frontal areas (p < 0.001); this association appeared to be driven by participants with high or low levels of the genetic profile. The frontal GMC profile correlated with cognitive and motor variables (Trail Making Test A (p = 0.03); Stroop Color (p = 0.017); Stroop Interference (p = 0.04); Symbol Digit Modalities Test (p = 0.031); Total Motor Score (p = 0.01)). A top-weighted NTRK2 variant (rs2277193) was protectively associated with Trail Making Test B (p = 0.007); greater minor allele numbers were linked to a better performance. These results support the idea of a protective role of NTRK2 in prodromal HD, particularly in individuals with certain genotypes, and suggest that this gene may influence the preservation of frontal gray matter that is important for clinical functioning.
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- Iowa Mental Health Clinical Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA.
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA.
- Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA.
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- Iowa Mental Health Clinical Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
- Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Tian J, Vemula SR, Xiao J, Valente EM, Defazio G, Petrucci S, Gigante AF, Rudzińska‐Bar M, Wszolek ZK, Kennelly KD, Uitti RJ, van Gerpen JA, Hedera P, Trimble EJ, LeDoux MS. Whole-exome sequencing for variant discovery in blepharospasm. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2018; 6:601-626. [PMID: 29770609 PMCID: PMC6081235 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 04/01/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Blepharospasm (BSP) is a type of focal dystonia characterized by involuntary orbicularis oculi spasms that are usually bilateral, synchronous, and symmetrical. Despite strong evidence for genetic contributions to BSP, progress in the field has been constrained by small cohorts, incomplete penetrance, and late age of onset. Although several genetic etiologies for dystonia have been identified through whole-exome sequencing (WES), none of these are characteristically associated with BSP as a singular or predominant manifestation. METHODS We performed WES on 31 subjects from 21 independent pedigrees with BSP. The strongest candidate sequence variants derived from in silico analyses were confirmed with bidirectional Sanger sequencing and subjected to cosegregation analysis. RESULTS Cosegregating deleterious variants (GRCH37/hg19) in CACNA1A (NM_001127222.1: c.7261_7262delinsGT, p.Pro2421Val), REEP4 (NM_025232.3: c.109C>T, p.Arg37Trp), TOR2A (NM_130459.3: c.568C>T, p.Arg190Cys), and ATP2A3 (NM_005173.3: c.1966C>T, p.Arg656Cys) were identified in four independent multigenerational pedigrees. Deleterious variants in HS1BP3 (NM_022460.3: c.94C>A, p.Gly32Cys) and GNA14 (NM_004297.3: c.989_990del, p.Thr330ArgfsTer67) were identified in a father and son with segmental cranio-cervical dystonia first manifest as BSP. Deleterious variants in DNAH17, TRPV4, CAPN11, VPS13C, UNC13B, SPTBN4, MYOD1, and MRPL15 were found in two or more independent pedigrees. To our knowledge, none of these genes have previously been associated with isolated BSP, although other CACNA1A mutations have been associated with both positive and negative motor disorders including ataxia, episodic ataxia, hemiplegic migraine, and dystonia. CONCLUSIONS Our WES datasets provide a platform for future studies of BSP genetics which will demand careful consideration of incomplete penetrance, pleiotropy, population stratification, and oligogenic inheritance patterns.
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- Jun Tian
- Departments of Neurology and Anatomy and NeurobiologyUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphisTennessee
- Department of NeurologySecond Affiliated HospitalSchool of MedicineZhejiang UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
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- Departments of Neurology and Anatomy and NeurobiologyUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphisTennessee
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- Departments of Neurology and Anatomy and NeurobiologyUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphisTennessee
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- Department of Molecular MedicineUniversity of PaviaPaviaItaly
- Neurogenetics UnitIRCCS Santa Lucia FoundationRomeItaly
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- Department of Basic Clinical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense OrgansAldo Moro University of BariBariItaly
- Department of Medical Sciences and Public HealthUniversity of CagliariCagliariItaly
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- Department of Neurology and PsychiatrySapienza University of RomeRomeItaly
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- Department of Basic Clinical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense OrgansAldo Moro University of BariBariItaly
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- Department of NeurologyFaculty of MedicineMedical University of SilesiaKatowicePoland
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- Department of NeurologyMayo Clinic FloridaJacksonvilleFlorida
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- Department of NeurologyVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTennessee
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- Departments of Neurology and Anatomy and NeurobiologyUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphisTennessee
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- Departments of Neurology and Anatomy and NeurobiologyUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphisTennessee
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Chen J, Hutchison KE, Bryan AD, Filbey FM, Calhoun VD, Claus ED, Lin D, Sui J, Du Y, Liu J. Opposite Epigenetic Associations With Alcohol Use and Exercise Intervention. Front Psychiatry 2018; 9:594. [PMID: 30498460 PMCID: PMC6249510 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a devastating public health problem in which both genetic and environmental factors play a role. Growing evidence supports that epigenetic regulation is one major mechanism in neuroadaptation that contributes to development of AUD. Meanwhile, epigenetic patterns can be modified by various stimuli including exercise. Thus, it is an intriguing question whether exercise can lead to methylation changes that are opposite to those related to drinking. We herein conducted a comparative study to explore this issue. Three cohorts were profiled for DNA methylation (DNAm), including a longitudinal exercise intervention cohort (53 healthy participants profiled at baseline and after a 12-months exercise intervention), a cross-sectional case-control cohort (81 hazardous drinkers and 81 healthy controls matched in age and sex), and a cross-sectional binge drinking cohort (281 drinkers). We identified 906 methylation sites showing significant DNAm differences between drinkers and controls in the case-control cohort, as well as, associations with drinking behavior in the drinking cohort. In parallel, 341 sites were identified for significant DNAm alterations between baseline and follow-up in the exercise cohort. Thirty-two sites overlapped between these two set of findings, of which 15 sites showed opposite directions of DNAm associations between exercise and drinking. Annotated genes of these 15 sites were enriched in signaling pathways related to synaptic plasticity. In addition, the identified methylation sites significantly associated with impaired control over drinking, suggesting relevance to neural function. Collectively, the current findings provide preliminary evidence that exercise has the potential to partially reverse DNAm differences associated with drinking at some CpG sites, motivating rigorously designed longitudinal studies to better characterize epigenetic effects with respect to prevention and intervention of AUD.
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- Jiayu Chen
- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States.,Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Center for BrainHealth, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States.,Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States.,Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States.,School of Computer & Information Technology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, United States.,Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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Yu AC, Zambrano RM, Cristian I, Price S, Bernhard B, Zucker M, Venkateswaran S, McGowan-Jordan J, Armour CM. Variable developmental delays and characteristic facial features-A novel 7p22.3p22.2 microdeletion syndrome? Am J Med Genet A 2017; 173:1593-1600. [PMID: 28440577 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Revised: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 03/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Isolated 7p22.3p22.2 deletions are rarely described with only two reports in the literature. Most other reported cases either involve a much larger region of the 7p arm or have an additional copy number variation. Here, we report five patients with overlapping microdeletions at 7p22.3p22.2. The patients presented with variable developmental delays, exhibiting relative weaknesses in expressive language skills and relative strengths in gross, and fine motor skills. The most consistent facial features seen in these patients included a broad nasal root, a prominent forehead a prominent glabella and arched eyebrows. Additional variable features amongst the patients included microcephaly, metopic ridging or craniosynostosis, cleft palate, cardiac defects, and mild hypotonia. Although the patients' deletions varied in size, there was a 0.47 Mb region of overlap which contained 7 OMIM genes: EIP3B, CHST12, LFNG, BRAT1, TTYH3, AMZ1, and GNA12. We propose that monosomy of this region represents a novel microdeletion syndrome. We recommend that individuals with 7p22.3p22.2 deletions should receive a developmental assessment and a thorough cardiac exam, with consideration of an echocardiogram, as part of their initial evaluation.
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- Andrea C Yu
- Department of Genetics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Nemours Children's Hospital Orlando, Orlando, Florida
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- Oxford Regional Genetic Service, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- North West Thames Regional Genetic Service, North West London Hospitals, Greater London, England
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Genetics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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