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Amygdala 5-HTT Gene Network Moderates the Effects of Postnatal Adversity on Attention Problems: Anatomo-Functional Correlation and Epigenetic Changes.
de Lima, Randriely Merscher Sobreira; Barth, Barbara; Arcego, Danusa Mar; de Mendonça Filho, Euclides José; Clappison, Andrew; Patel, Sachin; Wang, Zihan; Pokhvisneva, Irina; Sassi, Roberto Britto; Hall, Geoffrey B C; Kobor, Michael S; O'Donnell, Kieran J; Bittencourt, Ana Paula Santana de Vasconcellos; Meaney, Michael J; Dalmaz, Carla; Silveira, Patrícia Pelufo.
Afiliação
  • de Lima RMS; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurociências, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  • Barth B; Integrated Program in Neuroscience (IPN), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Arcego DM; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • de Mendonça Filho EJ; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Clappison A; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  • Patel S; Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Wang Z; Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Pokhvisneva I; Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Sassi RB; Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Hall GBC; Mood Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
  • Kobor MS; Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
  • O'Donnell KJ; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Bittencourt APSV; Integrated Program in Neuroscience (IPN), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Meaney MJ; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Dalmaz C; Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Silveira PP; Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil.
Front Neurosci ; 14: 198, 2020.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32256307
Variations in serotoninergic signaling have been related to behavioral outcomes. Alterations in the genome, such as DNA methylation and histone modifications, are affected by serotonin neurotransmission. The amygdala is an important brain region involved in emotional responses and impulsivity, which receives serotoninergic input. In addition, studies suggest that the serotonin transporter gene network may interact with the environment and influence the risk for psychiatric disorders. We propose to investigate whether/how interactions between the exposure to early life adversity and serotonin transporter gene network in the amygdala associate with behavioral disorders. We constructed a co-expression-based polygenic risk score (ePRS) reflecting variations in the function of the serotonin transporter gene network in the amygdala and investigated its interaction with postnatal adversity on attention problems in two independent cohorts from Canada and Singapore. We also described how interactions between ePRS-5-HTT and postnatal adversity exposure predict brain gray matter density and variation in DNA methylation across the genome. We observed that the expression-based polygenic risk score, reflecting the function of the amygdala 5-HTT gene network, interacts with postnatal adversity, to predict attention and hyperactivity problems across both cohorts. Also, both postnatal adversity score and amygdala ePRS-5-HTT score, as well as their interaction, were observed to be associated with variation in DNA methylation across the genome. Variations in gray matter density in brain regions linked to attentional processes were also correlated to our ePRS score. These results confirm that the amygdala 5-HTT gene network is strongly associated with ADHD-related behaviors, brain cortical density, and epigenetic changes in the context of adversity in young children.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Front Neurosci Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Suíça

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Front Neurosci Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Suíça