Sepideh Sadaghiani
Overdominant effect of a CHRNA4 polymorphism on cingulo-opercular network activity and cognitive control
Sadaghiani, Sepideh; Ng, Bernard; Altmann, Andre; Poline, Jean-Baptiste; Banaschewski, Tobias; Bokde, Arun L.W.; Bromberg, Uli; B�chel, Christian; Quinlan, Erin Burke; Conrod, Patricia J.; Desrivi�res, Sylvane; Flor, Herta; Frouin, Vincent; Garavan, Hugh; Gowland, Penny A.; Gallinat, J�rgen; Heinz, Andreas; Ittermann, Bernd; Martinot, Jean-Luc; Martinot, Marie-Laure Paill�re; Lemaitre, Herv�; Nees, Frauke; Orfanos, Dimitri Papadopoulos; Paus, Tom�; Poustka, Luise; Millenet, Sabina; Fr�hner, Juliane H.; Smolka, Michael N.; Walter, Henrik; Whelan, Robert; Schumann, Gunter; Napolioni, Valerio; Greicius, Michael
Authors
Bernard Ng
Andre Altmann
Jean-Baptiste Poline
Tobias Banaschewski
Arun L.W. Bokde
Uli Bromberg
Christian B�chel
Erin Burke Quinlan
Patricia J. Conrod
Sylvane Desrivi�res
Herta Flor
Vincent Frouin
Hugh Garavan
Professor PENNY GOWLAND PENNY.GOWLAND@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Physics
J�rgen Gallinat
Andreas Heinz
Bernd Ittermann
Jean-Luc Martinot
Marie-Laure Paill�re Martinot
Herv� Lemaitre
Frauke Nees
Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos
Tom� Paus
Luise Poustka
Sabina Millenet
Juliane H. Fr�hner
Michael N. Smolka
Henrik Walter
Robert Whelan
Gunter Schumann
Valerio Napolioni
Michael Greicius
Abstract
The nicotinic system plays an important role in cognitive control, and is implicated in several neuropsychiatric conditions. Yet, the contributions of genetic variability in this system to individuals' cognitive control abilities are poorly understood, and the brain processes that mediate such genetic contributions remain largely unidentified. In this first large-scale neuroimaging genetics study of the human nicotinic receptor system (two cohorts, males and females, fMRI total N=1586, behavioral total N=3650), we investigated a common polymorphism of the high-affinity nicotinic receptor α4β2 (rs1044396 on the CHRNA4 gene) previously implicated in behavioral and nicotine-related studies (albeit with inconsistent major/minor allele impacts). Based on our prior neuroimaging findings, we expected this polymorphism to impact neural activity in the cingulo-opercular network involved in core cognitive control processes including maintenance of alertness. Consistent across the cohorts, all cortical areas of the cingulo-opercular network showed higher activity in heterozygotes compared to both types of homozygotes during cognitive engagement. This inverted U-shaped relation reflects an overdominant effect, i.e. allelic interaction (cumulative evidence p=1.33*10-5). Furthermore, heterozygotes performed more accurately in behavioral tasks that primarily depend on sustained alertness. No effects were observed for haplotypes of the surrounding CHRNA4 region, supporting a true overdominant effect at rs1044396. As a possible mechanism, we observed that this polymorphism is an expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) modulating CHRNA4 expression levels. This is the first report of overdominance in the nicotinic system. These findings connect CHRNA4genotype, cingulo-opercular network activation and sustained alertness, providing insights into how genetics shapes individuals' cognitive control abilities.
Citation
Sadaghiani, S., Ng, B., Altmann, A., Poline, J.-B., Banaschewski, T., Bokde, A. L., …Greicius, M. (2017). Overdominant effect of a CHRNA4 polymorphism on cingulo-opercular network activity and cognitive control. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(40), 9657-9666. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0991-17.2017
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 29, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 6, 2017 |
Publication Date | Oct 4, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Aug 30, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 6, 2017 |
Journal | Journal of Neuroscience |
Electronic ISSN | 1529-2401 |
Publisher | Society for Neuroscience |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 37 |
Issue | 40 |
Pages | 9657-9666 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0991-17.2017 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/881426 |
Publisher URL | http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2017/09/06/JNEUROSCI.0991-17.2017 |
Contract Date | Aug 30, 2017 |
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