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  • Title: ZNF804A rs1344706 interacts with COMT rs4680 to affect prefrontal volume in healthy adults.
    Author: Xu Q, Xiong Y, Yuan C, Liu F, Zhao F, Shen J, Qin W, Yu C.
    Journal: Brain Imaging Behav; 2018 Feb; 12(1):13-19. PubMed ID: 28078547.
    Abstract:
    The biological function of ZNF804A rs1344706, the first genome-wide supported risk variant of schizophrenia, remains largely unknown. Based on the upregulating effect of ZNF804A on the expression of COMT, we hypothesize that ZNF804A may affect grey matter volume (GMV) by interacting with COMT. Voxel-based morphometry was applied to analyze the main and interaction effects of ZNF804A rs1344706 and COMT rs4680 on brain GMV in 274 healthy young human subjects. The GMV of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) showed a significant COMT rs4680 × ZNF804A rs1344706 interaction, manifesting as an inverted U-shape modulation by the presumed dopamine signaling. In COMT Met-allele carriers, the ZNF804A TG heterozygotes showed greater GMV in the left DLPFC than both GG and TT homozygotes. In COMT Val/Val homozygotes, however, the ZNF804A TG heterozygotes exhibited smaller GMV in the left DLPFC than GG homozygotes and comparable GMV with TT homozygotes. These findings suggest that ZNF804A affects the GMV of the prefrontal cortex by interacting with COMT, which may improve our understanding of neurobiological effect of ZNF804A and its association with schizophrenia.
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