EBioMedicine (Nov 2018)
A Schizophrenia-Related Genetic-Brain-Cognition Pathway Revealed in a Large Chinese PopulationResearch in context
- Na Luo,
- Jing Sui,
- Jiayu Chen,
- Fuquan Zhang,
- Lin Tian,
- Dongdong Lin,
- Ming Song,
- Vince D. Calhoun,
- Yue Cui,
- Victor M. Vergara,
- Fanfan Zheng,
- Jingyu Liu,
- Zhenyi Yang,
- Nianming Zuo,
- Lingzhong Fan,
- Kaibin Xu,
- Shengfeng Liu,
- Jian Li,
- Yong Xu,
- Sha Liu,
- Luxian Lv,
- Jun Chen,
- Yunchun Chen,
- Hua Guo,
- Peng Li,
- Lin Lu,
- Ping Wan,
- Huaning Wang,
- Huiling Wang,
- Hao Yan,
- Jun Yan,
- Yongfeng Yang,
- Hongxing Zhang,
- Dai Zhang,
- Tianzi Jiang
Affiliations
- 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
- Jing Sui
- 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; Corresponding authors at: Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China.
- Jiayu Chen
- The Mind Research Network & LBERI, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
- Fuquan Zhang
- Wuxi Mental Health Center, Wuxi 214000, China
- Lin Tian
- Wuxi Mental Health Center, Wuxi 214000, China
- Dongdong Lin
- The Mind Research Network & LBERI, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
- Ming Song
- 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
- Vince D. Calhoun
- The Mind Research Network & LBERI, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer, The University of New, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
- Yue Cui
- 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
- Victor M. Vergara
- The Mind Research Network & LBERI, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
- Fanfan Zheng
- 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
- Jingyu Liu
- The Mind Research Network & LBERI, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
- Zhenyi Yang
- 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
- Nianming Zuo
- 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
- Lingzhong Fan
- 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
- Kaibin Xu
- 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
- Shengfeng Liu
- 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
- Jian Li
- 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
- Yong Xu
- Department of Psychiatry, First Clinical Medical College, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030000, China
- Sha Liu
- Department of Psychiatry, First Clinical Medical College, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030000, China
- Luxian Lv
- 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,
- Jun Chen
- Department of Radiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
- Yunchun Chen
- Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
- Hua Guo
- Zhumadian Psychiatric Hospital, Zhumadian 463000, China
- Peng Li
- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
- Lin Lu
- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
- Ping Wan
- Zhumadian Psychiatric Hospital, Zhumadian 463000, China
- Huaning Wang
- Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
- Huiling Wang
- Department of Radiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
- Hao Yan
- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
- Jun Yan
- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
- Yongfeng Yang
- 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
- Hongxing Zhang
- 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
- Dai Zhang
- 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
- Tianzi Jiang
- 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; Corresponding authors at: Brainnetome Center and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation, Beijing 100190, China.
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 37
pp. 471 – 482
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. Keywords: Schizophrenia, Multimodal fusion, Genetic-brain-cognition pathway, Working memory, Mediation analysis