Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, China.
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Neurosci Bull. 2019 Aug;35(4):735-742. doi: 10.1007/s12264-019-00357-w. Epub 2019 Mar 9.
ZNF804A rs1344706 has been identified as one of the risk genes for schizophrenia. However, the neural mechanisms underlying this association are unknown. Given that ZNF804A upregulates the expression of COMT, we hypothesized that ZNF804A may influence brain activity by interacting with COMT. Here, we genotyped ZNF804A rs1344706 and COMT rs4680 in 218 healthy Chinese participants. Amplitudes of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFFs) were applied to analyze the main and interaction effects of ZNF804A rs1344706 and COMT rs4680. The ALFFs of the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex showed a significant ZNF804A rs1344706 × COMT rs4680 interaction, manifesting as a U-shaped modulation, presumably by dopamine signaling. Significant main effects were also found. These findings suggest that ZNF804A affects the resting-state functional activation by interacting with COMT, and may improve our understanding of the neurobiological effects of ZNF804A and its association with schizophrenia.
ZNF804A rs1344706 已被确定为精神分裂症的风险基因之一。然而,其相关的神经机制尚不清楚。鉴于 ZNF804A 上调 COMT 的表达,我们假设 ZNF804A 可能通过与 COMT 相互作用影响大脑活动。在这里,我们对 218 名健康的中国参与者进行了 ZNF804A rs1344706 和 COMT rs4680 的基因分型。低频振幅(ALFF)被应用于分析 ZNF804A rs1344706 和 COMT rs4680 的主要和交互作用。双侧背外侧前额叶皮层的 ALFF 显示出显著的 ZNF804A rs1344706 × COMT rs4680 相互作用,表现出 U 型调制,可能是通过多巴胺信号传递。还发现了显著的主要效应。这些发现表明,ZNF804A 通过与 COMT 相互作用影响静息状态功能激活,可能有助于我们理解 ZNF804A 的神经生物学效应及其与精神分裂症的关联。