Dose response of the 16p11.2 distal copy number variant on intracranial volume and basal ganglia

for the 16p11.2 European Consortium, for the ENIGMA-CNV working group

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Abstract

Carriers of large recurrent copy number variants (CNVs) have a higher risk of developing neurodevelopmental disorders. The 16p11.2 distal CNV predisposes carriers to e.g., autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia. We compared subcortical brain volumes of 12 16p11.2 distal deletion and 12 duplication carriers to 6882 non-carriers from the large-scale brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging collaboration, ENIGMA-CNV. After stringent CNV calling procedures, and standardized FreeSurfer image analysis, we found negative dose-response associations with copy number on intracranial volume and on regional caudate, pallidum and putamen volumes (β = −0.71 to −1.37; P < 0.0005). In an independent sample, consistent results were obtained, with significant effects in the pallidum (β = −0.95, P = 0.0042). The two data sets combined showed significant negative dose-response for the accumbens, caudate, pallidum, putamen and ICV (P = 0.0032, 8.9 × 10−6, 1.7 × 10 9, 3.5 × 10−12 and 1.0 × 10−4, respectively). Full scale IQ was lower in both deletion and duplication carriers compared to non-carriers. This is the first brain MRI study of the impact of the 16p11.2 distal CNV, and we demonstrate a specific effect on subcortical brain structures, suggesting a neuropathological pattern underlying the neurodevelopmental syndromes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)584-602
Number of pages19
JournalMolecular Psychiatry
Volume25
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
European Commission
National Institute of Mental HealthR01MH081802, R01MH085772, RC1MH089257, K08MH068540, R01MH078111, RC2MH089951, RC2MH089995, R01MH083824
National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentR01HD050735
National Center for Research ResourcesM01RR001066, P41RR014075, U24RR021992, P20RR021938
Seventh Framework Programme268800, 602805, 115300, 230374, 602450, 278948, 603016
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme695313, 667302, 677467, 643051
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science16H03305, 19H05467, 18KT0022
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung31003A_160203, 156791, 32003B_159780
Simons FoundationSFARI274424
Not added480-04-004
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringR01EB005846, R01EB000840, U54EB020403, R01EB006841
UK Research and InnovationMR/N000390/1
National Institute of General Medical SciencesP20GM103472
National Health and Medical Research Council389875, 1083656, 401184, 1009064, 401162
Norges Forskningsråd223273
Agence Nationale de la RechercheANR-12-SAMA-0004
Not added12/IP/1359, 16/ERCD/3797

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