| Literature DB >> 35987754 |
Xiongying Chen1, Qiumei Zhang2, Yanyan Su3, Wan Zhao4, Yang Li3, Boqi Du3, Xiaoxiang Deng3, Feng Ji2, Qi Dong3, Chuansheng Chen5, Jun Li6.
Abstract
Gene HCN1 polymorphism (rs1501357) has been proposed to be one of the candidate risk genes for schizophrenia in the second report of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium-Schizophrenia Workgroup. Although animal studies repeatedly showed a role of this gene in working memory, its contribution to working memory in human samples, especially in schizophrenia patients, is still unknown. To explore the association between rs1501357 and working memory at both behavioral (Study 1) and neural (Study 2) levels, the current study involved two independent samples. Study 1 included 876 schizophrenia patients and 842 healthy controls, all of whom were assessed on a 2-back task, a dot pattern expectancy task (DPX), and a digit span task. Study 2 included 56 schizophrenia patients and 155 healthy controls, all of whom performed a 2-back task during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning. In both studies, we consistently found significant genotype-by-diagnosis interaction effects. For Study 1, the interaction effects were significant for the three tasks. Patients carrying the risk allele performed worse than noncarriers, while healthy controls showed the opposite pattern. For Study 2, the interaction effects were observed at the parietal cortex and the medial frontal cortex. Patients carrying the risk allele showed increased activation at right parietal cortex and increased deactivation at the medial frontal cortex, while healthy controls showed the opposite pattern. These results suggest that the contributions of rs1501357 to working memory capability vary in different populations (i.e., schizophrenia patients vs. healthy controls), which expands our understanding of the functional impact of the HCN1 gene. Future studies should examine its associations with other cognitive functions.Entities:
Year: 2022 PMID: 35987754 PMCID: PMC9392748 DOI: 10.1038/s41537-022-00271-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Schizophrenia (Heidelb) ISSN: 2754-6993
Demographic and clinical factors across rs1501357 genotypes for study 1.
| Mean ± SD | F or χ2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT | TC | CC | |||
| Age | |||||
| Controls | 26.73 ± 8.22 | 26.40 ± 8.18 | 25.53 ± 8.26 | 1.297 | 0.274 |
| Patients | 28.77 ± 7.73 | 28.40 ± 7.89 | 29.60 ± 7.79 | 1.705 | 0.182 |
| Gender (male/female) | |||||
| Controls | 100/83 | 208/226 | 119/106 | 3.138 | 0.208 |
| Patients | 129/78 | 284/169 | 138/78 | 0.129 | 0.938 |
| Education (years) | |||||
| Controls | 9.28 ± 3.37 | 9.43 ± 3.51 | 9.80 ± 3.13 | 1.408 | 0.245 |
| Patients | 9.94 ± 3.18 | 9.76 ± 3.10 | 9.12 ± 3.04 | 2.893 | 0.056 |
| PANSS positive | |||||
| Patients | 18.92 ± 6.87 | 18.33 ± 7.04 | 18.57 ± 7.11 | 0.296 | 0.744 |
| PANSS negative | |||||
| Patients | 17.27 ± 7.88 | 17.39 ± 7.94 | 17.81 ± 8.21 | 0.170 | 0.844 |
| Medication dose (mg/day)a | |||||
| Patients | 599.28 ± 381.64 | 651.90 ± 521.45 | 623.40 ± 437.92 | 0.743 | 0.476 |
aChlorpromazine equivalents.
Working Memory Performance Across rs1501357 Genotypes for Study 1.
| Mean ± SD ( | Fdiagnosis( | Fgenotypes( | Fdiagnosis×genotypes( | Fsimple effects( | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT | TC | CC | |||||
| 2-back | |||||||
| Controls | 0.48 ± 0.25 (178) | 0.48 ± 0.26 (415) | 0.50 ± 0.26 (225) | 304.58 (<0.001) | 0.360 (0.697) | 3.057 (0.047) | 0.516 (0.597) |
| Patients | 0.30 ± 0.18 (195) | 0.30 ± 0.18 (418) | 0.26 ± 0.14 (198) | 4.244 (0.015) | |||
| DPX | |||||||
| Controls | 0.81 ± 0.29 (185) | 0.82 ± 0.28 (427) | 0.88 ± 0.22 (230) | 204.50 (<0.001) | 0.497 (0.609) | 7.208 (<0.001) | 4.325 (0.014) |
| Patients | 0.62 ± 0.26 (138) | 0.64 ± 0.31 (307) | 0.56 ± 0.32 (138) | 2.582 (0.036) | |||
| Digit span | |||||||
| Controls | 12.82 ± 2.57 (180) | 12.47 ± 2.72 (430) | 13.02 ± 2.56 (228) | 127.54 (<0.001) | 0.247 (0.781) | 6.776 (0.001) | 3.511 (0.030) |
| Patients | 11.40 ± 2.09 (200) | 11.54 ± 2.31 (433) | 11.04 ± 2.14 (201) | 3.503 (0.031) | |||
Fig. 1Genotype effects of rs1501357 on task performance in Study 1.
A–C The 2-back, DPX and digit span task performance by genotype and diagnosis, respectively. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.
Demographic and clinical factors across rs1501357 Genotypes for Study 2.
| Mean ± SD | F or χ2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT/TC | CC | |||
| 2-back | ||||
| Controls | 0.90 ± 0.15 | 0.86 ± 0.20 | 1.789 | 0.183 |
| Patients | 0.73 ± 0.22 | 0.83 ± 0.11 | 2.821 | 0.099 |
| Age | ||||
| Controls | 26.89 ± 5.35 | 27.95 ± 5.92 | 1.110 | 0.294 |
| Patients | 28.28 ± 7.62 | 26.75 ± 8.36 | 0.433 | 0.513 |
| Gender (male/female) | ||||
| Controls | 87/27 | 30/11 | 0.060 | 0.807 |
| Patients | 35/5 | 15/1 | 4.742 | 0.316 |
| Education (years) | ||||
| Controls | 13.75 ± 3.17 | 12.71 ± 3.22 | 3.239 | 0.074 |
| Patients | 12.73 ± 3.22 | 11.81 ± 2.76 | 0.991 | 0.324 |
| PANSS positive | ||||
| Patients | 19.60 ± 6.68 | 21.50 ± 7.96 | 0.518 | 0.477 |
| PANSS negative | ||||
| Patients | 20.88 ± 6.57 | 17.20 ± 7.57 | 2.056 | 0.161 |
| Medication Dose (mg/day)a | ||||
| Patients | 633.13 ± 432.16 | 640.23 ± 516.47 | 0.392 | 0.535 |
aChlorpromazine equivalents.
Fig. 2Genotype effects of rs1501357 on brain activation in Study 2.
A, B The significant genotype-by-diagnosis interaction effects within the right parietal cortex and the medial prefrontal cortex in the n-back task, respectively. *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001.