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Transcriptome-wide association study reveals two genes that influence mismatch negativity

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Bhat, Anjali, Irizar, Haritz, Thygesen, Johan Hilge, Kuchenbaecker, Karoline, Pain, Oliver, Adams, Rick A., Zartaloudi, Eirini, Harju-Seppänen, Jasmine +12 more·2021·Cell Reports

Abstract

Mismatch negativity (MMN) is a differential electrophysiological response measuring cortical adaptability to unpredictable stimuli. MMN is consistently attenuated in patients with psychosis. However, the genetics of MMN are uncharted, limiting the validation of MMN as a psychosis endophenotype. Here, we perform a transcriptome-wide association study of 728 individuals, which reveals 2 genes (FAM89A and ENGASE) whose expression in cortical tissues is associated with MMN. Enrichment analyses of neurodevelopmental expression signatures show that genes associated with MMN tend to be overexpressed in the frontal cortex during prenatal development but are significantly downregulated in adulthood. Endophenotype ranking value calculations comparing MMN and three other candidate psychosis endophenotypes (lateral ventricular volume and two auditory-verbal learning measures) find MMN to be considerably superior. These results yield promising insights into sensory processing in the cortex and endorse the notion of MMN as a psychosis endophenotype.

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Bhat, A., Irizar, H., Thygesen, J. H., Kuchenbaecker, K., Pain, O., Adams, R. A., Zartaloudi, E., Harju-Seppänen, J., Austin-Zimmerman, I., Wang, B., Muir, R., Summerfelt, A., Du, X. M., Bruce, H., O’Donnell, P., Srivastava, D. P., Friston, K., Hong, L. E., Hall, M.-H., & Bramon, E.
Affiliations
  • Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (GB)
  • University College London (GB)
  • King's College London (GB)
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Bhat, Anjali
  • Bramon, Elvira
Venue
Cell Reports
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-03
Volume
34
Issue
11
Pages
108868
ISSN
2211-1247 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3136028441
Cited by
17
References
86
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1
FWCI
1.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
  • Schizophrenia Research Fund
  • UCLH Biomedical Research Centre (D79/543369/D-OTH/170890)
  • South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  • Wellcome Trust (085475/Z/08/Z, 085475/B/08/Z)
  • National Cancer Institute
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Korea Health Industry Development Institute (MC_PC_16014)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • National Institute for Health Research (NIHR200756, PDA/02/06/016)
  • Harvard University
  • National Human Genome Research Institute
  • Mental Health Research UK
  • Medical Research Council (D79/543369/D-OTH/170890, G0901310, G1100583)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH116948, R01MH109687, R01MH112180)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • Horizon 2020 (747429)
  • Pfizer
  • Psychiatry Research Trust
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
mismatch negativity, transcriptome-wide association study, cortical gene expression, frontal cortex, lateral ventricular volume, auditory verbal learning, sensory processing
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cerebral Ventricles, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Receptors, Virus, Schizophrenia, Mannosyl-Glycoprotein Endo-beta-N-Acetylglucosaminidase, Neurotransmitter Agents, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Genome-Wide Association Study, Electrophysiological Phenomena, Young Adult, Transcriptome, Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

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