Epigenetic variance in dopamine D2 receptor: a marker of IQ malleability?
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Epigenetic variance in dopamine D2 receptor: a marker of IQ malleability? / Kaminski, Jakob A; Schlagenhauf, Florian; Rapp, Michael; Awasthi, Swapnil; Ruggeri, Barbara; Deserno, Lorenz; Banaschewski, Tobias; Bokde, Arun L W; Bromberg, Uli; Büchel, Christian; Quinlan, Erin Burke; Desrivières, Sylvane; Flor, Herta; Frouin, Vincent; Garavan, Hugh; Gowland, Penny; Ittermann, Bernd; Martinot, Jean-Luc; Martinot, Marie-Laure Paillère; Nees, Frauke; Orfanos, Dimitri Papadopoulos; Paus, Tomáš; Poustka, Luise; Smolka, Michael N; Fröhner, Juliane H; Walter, Henrik; Whelan, Robert; Ripke, Stephan; Schumann, Gunter; Heinz, Andreas; IMAGEN Consortium.
In: TRANSL PSYCHIAT, Vol. 8, No. 1, 30.08.2018, p. 169.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Epigenetic variance in dopamine D2 receptor: a marker of IQ malleability?
AU - Kaminski, Jakob A
AU - Schlagenhauf, Florian
AU - Rapp, Michael
AU - Awasthi, Swapnil
AU - Ruggeri, Barbara
AU - Deserno, Lorenz
AU - Banaschewski, Tobias
AU - Bokde, Arun L W
AU - Bromberg, Uli
AU - Büchel, Christian
AU - Quinlan, Erin Burke
AU - Desrivières, Sylvane
AU - Flor, Herta
AU - Frouin, Vincent
AU - Garavan, Hugh
AU - Gowland, Penny
AU - Ittermann, Bernd
AU - Martinot, Jean-Luc
AU - Martinot, Marie-Laure Paillère
AU - Nees, Frauke
AU - Orfanos, Dimitri Papadopoulos
AU - Paus, Tomáš
AU - Poustka, Luise
AU - Smolka, Michael N
AU - Fröhner, Juliane H
AU - Walter, Henrik
AU - Whelan, Robert
AU - Ripke, Stephan
AU - Schumann, Gunter
AU - Heinz, Andreas
AU - IMAGEN Consortium
PY - 2018/8/30
Y1 - 2018/8/30
N2 - Genetic and environmental factors both contribute to cognitive test performance. A substantial increase in average intelligence test results in the second half of the previous century within one generation is unlikely to be explained by genetic changes. One possible explanation for the strong malleability of cognitive performance measure is that environmental factors modify gene expression via epigenetic mechanisms. Epigenetic factors may help to understand the recent observations of an association between dopamine-dependent encoding of reward prediction errors and cognitive capacity, which was modulated by adverse life events. The possible manifestation of malleable biomarkers contributing to variance in cognitive test performance, and thus possibly contributing to the "missing heritability" between estimates from twin studies and variance explained by genetic markers, is still unclear. Here we show in 1475 healthy adolescents from the IMaging and GENetics (IMAGEN) sample that general IQ (gIQ) is associated with (1) polygenic scores for intelligence, (2) epigenetic modification of DRD2 gene, (3) gray matter density in striatum, and (4) functional striatal activation elicited by temporarily surprising reward-predicting cues. Comparing the relative importance for the prediction of gIQ in an overlapping subsample, our results demonstrate neurobiological correlates of the malleability of gIQ and point to equal importance of genetic variance, epigenetic modification of DRD2 receptor gene, as well as functional striatal activation, known to influence dopamine neurotransmission. Peripheral epigenetic markers are in need of confirmation in the central nervous system and should be tested in longitudinal settings specifically assessing individual and environmental factors that modify epigenetic structure.
AB - Genetic and environmental factors both contribute to cognitive test performance. A substantial increase in average intelligence test results in the second half of the previous century within one generation is unlikely to be explained by genetic changes. One possible explanation for the strong malleability of cognitive performance measure is that environmental factors modify gene expression via epigenetic mechanisms. Epigenetic factors may help to understand the recent observations of an association between dopamine-dependent encoding of reward prediction errors and cognitive capacity, which was modulated by adverse life events. The possible manifestation of malleable biomarkers contributing to variance in cognitive test performance, and thus possibly contributing to the "missing heritability" between estimates from twin studies and variance explained by genetic markers, is still unclear. Here we show in 1475 healthy adolescents from the IMaging and GENetics (IMAGEN) sample that general IQ (gIQ) is associated with (1) polygenic scores for intelligence, (2) epigenetic modification of DRD2 gene, (3) gray matter density in striatum, and (4) functional striatal activation elicited by temporarily surprising reward-predicting cues. Comparing the relative importance for the prediction of gIQ in an overlapping subsample, our results demonstrate neurobiological correlates of the malleability of gIQ and point to equal importance of genetic variance, epigenetic modification of DRD2 receptor gene, as well as functional striatal activation, known to influence dopamine neurotransmission. Peripheral epigenetic markers are in need of confirmation in the central nervous system and should be tested in longitudinal settings specifically assessing individual and environmental factors that modify epigenetic structure.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Corpus Striatum/anatomy & histology
KW - Dopamine/physiology
KW - Epigenesis, Genetic
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Intelligence/genetics
KW - Intelligence Tests
KW - Male
KW - Receptors, Dopamine D2/genetics
U2 - 10.1038/s41398-018-0222-7
DO - 10.1038/s41398-018-0222-7
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 30166545
VL - 8
SP - 169
JO - TRANSL PSYCHIAT
JF - TRANSL PSYCHIAT
SN - 2158-3188
IS - 1
ER -