CNTNAP2 polymorphisms and structural brain connectivity: a diffusion-tensor imaging study
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CNTNAP2 polymorphisms and structural brain connectivity: a diffusion-tensor imaging study. / Clemm von Hohenberg, Christian; Wiegand, Marlene C; Kubicki, Marek; Leicht, Gregor; Giegling, Ina; Karch, Susanne; Hartmann, Annette M; Konte, Bettina; Friedl, Marion; Ballinger, Thomas; Eckbo, Ryan; Bouix, Sylvain; Jäger, Lorenz; Shenton, Martha E; Rujescu, Dan; Mulert, Christoph.
In: J PSYCHIATR RES, Vol. 47, No. 10, 01.10.2013, p. 1349-56.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - CNTNAP2 polymorphisms and structural brain connectivity: a diffusion-tensor imaging study
AU - Clemm von Hohenberg, Christian
AU - Wiegand, Marlene C
AU - Kubicki, Marek
AU - Leicht, Gregor
AU - Giegling, Ina
AU - Karch, Susanne
AU - Hartmann, Annette M
AU - Konte, Bettina
AU - Friedl, Marion
AU - Ballinger, Thomas
AU - Eckbo, Ryan
AU - Bouix, Sylvain
AU - Jäger, Lorenz
AU - Shenton, Martha E
AU - Rujescu, Dan
AU - Mulert, Christoph
N1 - © 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2013/10/1
Y1 - 2013/10/1
N2 - CNTNAP2 is a gene on chromosome 7 that has shown associations with autism and schizophrenia, and there is evidence that it plays an important role for neuronal synchronization and brain connectivity. In this study, we assessed the relationship between Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), a putative marker of anatomical brain connectivity, and multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) spread out over this large gene. 81 healthy controls and 44 patients with schizophrenia (all Caucasian) underwent DTI and genotyping of 31 SNPs within CNTNAP2. We employed Tract-based Spatial Statistics (TBSS) for inter-subject brain registration and computed average diffusivity values for six major white matter tracts. Analyses of Covariance (ANCOVAs) were computed to test for possible associations with genotypes. The strongest association, which survived rigorous Bonferroni correction, was between rs2710126 genotype and Fractional Anisotropy (FA) in the uncinate fasciculus (p = .00003). This anatomical location is particularly interesting given the enriched fronto-temporal expression of CNTNAP2 in the developing brain. For this SNP, no phenotype association has been reported before. There were several further genotype-DTI associations that were nominally significant but did not survive Bonferroni correction, including an association between axial diffusivity in the dorsal cingulum bundle and a region in intron 13 (represented by rs2710102, rs759178, rs2538991), which has previously been reported to be associated with anterior-posterior functional connectivity. We present new evidence about the effects of CNTNAP2 on brain connectivity, whose disruption has been hypothesized to be central to schizophrenia pathophysiology.
AB - CNTNAP2 is a gene on chromosome 7 that has shown associations with autism and schizophrenia, and there is evidence that it plays an important role for neuronal synchronization and brain connectivity. In this study, we assessed the relationship between Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), a putative marker of anatomical brain connectivity, and multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) spread out over this large gene. 81 healthy controls and 44 patients with schizophrenia (all Caucasian) underwent DTI and genotyping of 31 SNPs within CNTNAP2. We employed Tract-based Spatial Statistics (TBSS) for inter-subject brain registration and computed average diffusivity values for six major white matter tracts. Analyses of Covariance (ANCOVAs) were computed to test for possible associations with genotypes. The strongest association, which survived rigorous Bonferroni correction, was between rs2710126 genotype and Fractional Anisotropy (FA) in the uncinate fasciculus (p = .00003). This anatomical location is particularly interesting given the enriched fronto-temporal expression of CNTNAP2 in the developing brain. For this SNP, no phenotype association has been reported before. There were several further genotype-DTI associations that were nominally significant but did not survive Bonferroni correction, including an association between axial diffusivity in the dorsal cingulum bundle and a region in intron 13 (represented by rs2710102, rs759178, rs2538991), which has previously been reported to be associated with anterior-posterior functional connectivity. We present new evidence about the effects of CNTNAP2 on brain connectivity, whose disruption has been hypothesized to be central to schizophrenia pathophysiology.
KW - Adult
KW - Anisotropy
KW - Brain
KW - DNA Mutational Analysis
KW - Diffusion Tensor Imaging
KW - Female
KW - Genotype
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Membrane Proteins
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Nerve Fibers, Myelinated
KW - Nerve Tissue Proteins
KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
KW - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
KW - Schizophrenia
KW - Statistics, Nonparametric
U2 - 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.07.002
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 23871450
VL - 47
SP - 1349
EP - 1356
JO - J PSYCHIATR RES
JF - J PSYCHIATR RES
SN - 0022-3956
IS - 10
ER -