Male carriers of the FMR1 premutation show altered hippocampal-prefrontal function during memory encoding
Previous functional MRI (fMRI) studies have shown that fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) fragile X premutation allele carriers (FXPCs) exhibit decreased hippocampal activation during a recall task and lower inferior frontal activation during a working memory task compared to matched controls. Th...
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| author | Wang, John M. Koldewyn, Kami Hashimoto, Ryu-ichiro Schneider, Andrea Le, Lien Tassone, Flora Cheung, Katherine Hagerman, Paul Hessl, David Rivera, Susan M. |
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| author_facet | McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT Wang, John M. Koldewyn, Kami Hashimoto, Ryu-ichiro Schneider, Andrea Le, Lien Tassone, Flora Cheung, Katherine Hagerman, Paul Hessl, David Rivera, Susan M. |
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| description | Previous functional MRI (fMRI) studies have shown that fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) fragile X premutation allele carriers (FXPCs) exhibit decreased hippocampal activation during a recall task and lower inferior frontal activation during a working memory task compared to matched controls. The molecular characteristics of FXPCs includes 55–200 CGG trinucleotide expansions, increased FMR1 mRNA levels, and decreased FMRP levels especially at higher repeat sizes. In the current study, we utilized MRI to examine differences in hippocampal volume and function during an encoding task in young male FXPCs. While no decreases in either hippocampal volume or hippocampal activity were observed during the encoding task in FXPCs, FMRP level (measured in blood) correlated with decreases in parahippocampal activation. In addition, activity in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during correctly encoded trials correlated negatively with mRNA levels. These results, as well as the established biological effects associated with elevated mRNA levels and decreased FMRP levels on dendritic maturation and axonal growth, prompted us to explore functional connectivity between the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and parahippocampal gyrus using a psychophysiological interaction analysis. In FXPCs, the right hippocampus evinced significantly lower connectivity with right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC) and right parahippocampal gyrus. Furthermore, the weaker connectivity between the right hippocampus and VLPFC was associated with reduced FMRP in the FXPC group. These results suggest that while FXPCs show relatively typical brain response during encoding, faulty connectivity between frontal and hippocampal regions may have subsequent effects on recall and working memory. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/761892022-09-23T12:08:51Z Male carriers of the FMR1 premutation show altered hippocampal-prefrontal function during memory encoding Wang, John M. Koldewyn, Kami Hashimoto, Ryu-ichiro Schneider, Andrea Le, Lien Tassone, Flora Cheung, Katherine Hagerman, Paul Hessl, David Rivera, Susan M. McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT Koldewyn, Kami Previous functional MRI (fMRI) studies have shown that fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) fragile X premutation allele carriers (FXPCs) exhibit decreased hippocampal activation during a recall task and lower inferior frontal activation during a working memory task compared to matched controls. The molecular characteristics of FXPCs includes 55–200 CGG trinucleotide expansions, increased FMR1 mRNA levels, and decreased FMRP levels especially at higher repeat sizes. In the current study, we utilized MRI to examine differences in hippocampal volume and function during an encoding task in young male FXPCs. While no decreases in either hippocampal volume or hippocampal activity were observed during the encoding task in FXPCs, FMRP level (measured in blood) correlated with decreases in parahippocampal activation. In addition, activity in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during correctly encoded trials correlated negatively with mRNA levels. These results, as well as the established biological effects associated with elevated mRNA levels and decreased FMRP levels on dendritic maturation and axonal growth, prompted us to explore functional connectivity between the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and parahippocampal gyrus using a psychophysiological interaction analysis. In FXPCs, the right hippocampus evinced significantly lower connectivity with right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC) and right parahippocampal gyrus. Furthermore, the weaker connectivity between the right hippocampus and VLPFC was associated with reduced FMRP in the FXPC group. These results suggest that while FXPCs show relatively typical brain response during encoding, faulty connectivity between frontal and hippocampal regions may have subsequent effects on recall and working memory. National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (grant MH078041) National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (grant MH77554) National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (grant HD02274 ) 2013-01-08T15:53:13Z 2013-01-08T15:53:13Z 2012-10 2012-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1662-5161 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76189 Wang, John M. et al. “Male Carriers of the FMR1 Premutation Show Altered Hippocampal-Prefrontal Function During Memory Encoding.” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 6 (2012): 2-13. Web. en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00297 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Frontiers Research Foundation Frontiers Research Foundation |
| spellingShingle | Wang, John M. Koldewyn, Kami Hashimoto, Ryu-ichiro Schneider, Andrea Le, Lien Tassone, Flora Cheung, Katherine Hagerman, Paul Hessl, David Rivera, Susan M. Male carriers of the FMR1 premutation show altered hippocampal-prefrontal function during memory encoding |
| title | Male carriers of the FMR1 premutation show altered hippocampal-prefrontal function during memory encoding |
| title_full | Male carriers of the FMR1 premutation show altered hippocampal-prefrontal function during memory encoding |
| title_fullStr | Male carriers of the FMR1 premutation show altered hippocampal-prefrontal function during memory encoding |
| title_full_unstemmed | Male carriers of the FMR1 premutation show altered hippocampal-prefrontal function during memory encoding |
| title_short | Male carriers of the FMR1 premutation show altered hippocampal-prefrontal function during memory encoding |
| title_sort | male carriers of the fmr1 premutation show altered hippocampal prefrontal function during memory encoding |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76189 |
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