Oppositional COMT Val158Met effects on resting state functional connectivity in adolescents and adults

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Beitragende

  • Bernhard M. Meyer - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Julia Huemer - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Ulrich Rabl - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Roland N. Boubela - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Klaudius Kalcher - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Andreas Berger - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Tobias Banaschewski - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Gareth Barker - , King's College London (KCL) (Autor:in)
  • Arun Bokde - , Trinity College Dublin (Autor:in)
  • Christian Büchel - , Universität Hamburg (Autor:in)
  • Patricia Conrod - , University of Montreal (Autor:in)
  • Sylvane Desrivières - , King's College London (KCL) (Autor:in)
  • Herta Flor - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Vincent Frouin - , Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) (Autor:in)
  • Jurgen Gallinat - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Autor:in)
  • Hugh Garavan - , University of Vermont (Autor:in)
  • Andreas Heinz - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Autor:in)
  • Bernd Ittermann - , Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Autor:in)
  • Tianye Jia - , King's College London (KCL) (Autor:in)
  • Mark Lathrop - , McGill University (Autor:in)
  • Jean Luc Martinot - , INSERM - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Autor:in)
  • Frauke Nees - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Marcella Rietschel - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Michael N. Smolka - , Neuroimaging Center, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie (Autor:in)
  • Lucie Bartova - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Ana Popovic - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Christian Scharinger - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Harald H. Sitte - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Hans Steiner - , Stanford University (Autor:in)
  • Max H. Friedrich - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Siegfried Kasper - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Thomas Perkmann - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Nicole Praschak-Rieder - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Helmuth Haslacher - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Harald Esterbauer - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Ewald Moser - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)
  • Gunter Schumann - , King's College London (KCL) (Autor:in)
  • Lukas Pezawas - , Medizinische Universität Wien (Autor:in)

Abstract

Prefrontal dopamine levels are relatively increased in adolescence compared to adulthood. Genetic variation of COMT (COMT Val158Met) results in lower enzymatic activity and higher dopamine availability in Met carriers. Given the dramatic changes of synaptic dopamine during adolescence, it has been suggested that effects of COMT Val158Met genotypes might have oppositional effects in adolescents and adults. The present study aims to identify such oppositional COMT Val158Met effects in adolescents and adults in prefrontal brain networks at rest. Resting state functional connectivity data were collected from cross-sectional and multicenter study sites involving 106 healthy young adults (mean age 24 ± 2.6 years), gender matched to 106 randomly chosen 14-year-olds. We selected the anterior medial prefrontal cortex (amPFC) as seed due to its important role as nexus of the executive control and default mode network. We observed a significant age-dependent reversal of COMT Val158Met effects on resting state functional connectivity between amPFC and ventrolateral as well as dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and parahippocampal gyrus. Val homozygous adults exhibited increased and adolescents decreased connectivity compared to Met homozygotes for all reported regions. Network analyses underscored the importance of the parahippocampal gyrus as mediator of observed effects. Results of this study demonstrate that adolescent and adult resting state networks are dose-dependently and diametrically affected by COMT genotypes following a hypothetical model of dopamine function that follows an inverted U-shaped curve. This study might provide cues for the understanding of disease onset or dopaminergic treatment mechanisms in major neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)103-114
Seitenumfang12
FachzeitschriftBrain Structure and Function
Jahrgang221
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Jan. 2016
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 25319752
ORCID /0000-0001-5398-5569/work/161890796

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Adolescents, Catechol-O-methyltransferase, Cognition, Dopamine, Functional neuroimaging, Magnetic resonance imaging