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Identifying neurodevelopmental anomalies of white matter microstructure associated with high risk for psychosis in 22q11.2DS

Bagautdinova, Joelle
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Padula, Maria C.
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Zoller, Daniela  
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December 24, 2020
Translational Psychiatry

Disruptions of white matter microstructure have been widely reported in schizophrenia. However, the emergence of these alterations during preclinical stages remains poorly understood. 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q11.2DS) represents a unique model to study the interplay of different risk factors that may impact neurodevelopment in premorbid psychosis. To identify the impact of genetic predisposition for psychosis on white matter development, we acquired longitudinal MRI data in 201 individuals (22q11.2DS=101; controls=100) aged 5-35 years with 1-3 time points and reconstructed 18 white matter tracts using TRACULA. Mixed model regression was used to characterize developmental trajectories of four diffusion measures-fractional anisotropy (FA), axial (AD), radial (RD), and mean diffusivity (MD) in each tract. To disentangle the impact of additional environmental and developmental risk factors on white matter maturation, we used a multivariate approach (partial least squares (PLS) correlation) in a subset of 39 individuals with 22q11.2DS. Results revealed no divergent white matter developmental trajectories in patients with 22q11.2DS compared to controls. However, 22q11.2DS showed consistently increased FA and reduced AD, RD, and MD in most white matter tracts. PLS correlation further revealed a significant white matter-clinical risk factors relationship. These results indicate that while age-related changes are preserved in 22q11.2DS, white matter microstructure is widely disrupted, suggesting that genetic high risk for psychosis involves early occurring neurodevelopmental insults. In addition, multivariate modeling showed that clinical risk factors further impact white matter development. Together, these findings suggest that genetic, developmental, and environmental risk factors may play a cumulative role in altering normative white matter development during premorbid stages of psychosis.

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DOI
10.1038/s41398-020-01090-z
Web of Science ID

WOS:000596251600003

Author(s)
Bagautdinova, Joelle
Padula, Maria C.
Zoller, Daniela  
Sandini, Corrado
Schneider, Maude
Schaer, Marie
Eliez, Stephan
Date Issued

2020-12-24

Publisher

SPRINGERNATURE

Published in
Translational Psychiatry
Volume

10

Issue

1

Start page

408

Subjects

Psychiatry

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deletion syndrome

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velocardiofacial syndrome

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chromosome 22q11

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sex-differences

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spinal-cord

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schizophrenia

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brain

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abnormalities

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disorders

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connectivity

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