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Associations of HLA alleles with specific language impairment / R. NUDEL in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 6-1 (December 2014)
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Titre : Associations of HLA alleles with specific language impairment Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : R. NUDEL, Auteur ; N. H. SIMPSON, Auteur ; Gillian BAIRD, Auteur ; A. O'HARE, Auteur ; G. CONTI-RAMSDEN, Auteur ; Patrick BOLTON, Auteur ; E. R. HENNESSY, Auteur ; A. P. MONACO, Auteur ; J. C. KNIGHT, Auteur ; B. WINNEY, Auteur ; S. E. FISHER, Auteur ; D. F. NEWBURY, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loci have been implicated in several neurodevelopmental disorders in which language is affected. However, to date, no studies have investigated the possible involvement of HLA loci in specific language impairment (SLI), a disorder that is defined primarily upon unexpected language impairment. We report association analyses of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and HLA types in a cohort of individuals affected by language impairment. METHODS: We perform quantitative association analyses of three linguistic measures and case-control association analyses using both SNP data and imputed HLA types. RESULTS: Quantitative association analyses of imputed HLA types suggested a role for the HLA-A locus in susceptibility to SLI. HLA-A A1 was associated with a measure of short-term memory (P = 0.004) and A3 with expressive language ability (P = 0.006). Parent-of-origin effects were found between HLA-B B8 and HLA-DQA1*0501 and receptive language. These alleles have a negative correlation with receptive language ability when inherited from the mother (P = 0.021, P = 0.034, respectively) but are positively correlated with the same trait when paternally inherited (P = 0.013, P = 0.029, respectively). Finally, case control analyses using imputed HLA types indicated that the DR10 allele of HLA-DRB1 was more frequent in individuals with SLI than population controls (P = 0.004, relative risk = 2.575), as has been reported for individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). CONCLUSION: These preliminary data provide an intriguing link to those described by previous studies of other neurodevelopmental disorders and suggest a possible role for HLA loci in language disorders. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1866-1955-6-1 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=345
in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders > 6-1 (December 2014) . - p.1[article] Associations of HLA alleles with specific language impairment [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / R. NUDEL, Auteur ; N. H. SIMPSON, Auteur ; Gillian BAIRD, Auteur ; A. O'HARE, Auteur ; G. CONTI-RAMSDEN, Auteur ; Patrick BOLTON, Auteur ; E. R. HENNESSY, Auteur ; A. P. MONACO, Auteur ; J. C. KNIGHT, Auteur ; B. WINNEY, Auteur ; S. E. FISHER, Auteur ; D. F. NEWBURY, Auteur . - p.1.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders > 6-1 (December 2014) . - p.1
Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loci have been implicated in several neurodevelopmental disorders in which language is affected. However, to date, no studies have investigated the possible involvement of HLA loci in specific language impairment (SLI), a disorder that is defined primarily upon unexpected language impairment. We report association analyses of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and HLA types in a cohort of individuals affected by language impairment. METHODS: We perform quantitative association analyses of three linguistic measures and case-control association analyses using both SNP data and imputed HLA types. RESULTS: Quantitative association analyses of imputed HLA types suggested a role for the HLA-A locus in susceptibility to SLI. HLA-A A1 was associated with a measure of short-term memory (P = 0.004) and A3 with expressive language ability (P = 0.006). Parent-of-origin effects were found between HLA-B B8 and HLA-DQA1*0501 and receptive language. These alleles have a negative correlation with receptive language ability when inherited from the mother (P = 0.021, P = 0.034, respectively) but are positively correlated with the same trait when paternally inherited (P = 0.013, P = 0.029, respectively). Finally, case control analyses using imputed HLA types indicated that the DR10 allele of HLA-DRB1 was more frequent in individuals with SLI than population controls (P = 0.004, relative risk = 2.575), as has been reported for individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). CONCLUSION: These preliminary data provide an intriguing link to those described by previous studies of other neurodevelopmental disorders and suggest a possible role for HLA loci in language disorders. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1866-1955-6-1 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=345 Functional characterization of rare FOXP2 variants in neurodevelopmental disorder / S. B. ESTRUCH in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 8-1 (December 2016)
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Titre : Functional characterization of rare FOXP2 variants in neurodevelopmental disorder Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : S. B. ESTRUCH, Auteur ; S. A. GRAHAM, Auteur ; S. M. CHINNAPPA, Auteur ; P. DERIZIOTIS, Auteur ; S. E. FISHER, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.44 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Functional genetics Language Neuroscience Speech Transcription factor Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Heterozygous disruption of FOXP2 causes a rare form of speech and language impairment. Screens of the FOXP2 sequence in individuals with speech/language-related disorders have identified several rare protein-altering variants, but their phenotypic relevance is often unclear. FOXP2 encodes a transcription factor with a forkhead box DNA-binding domain, but little is known about the functions of protein regions outside this domain. METHODS: We performed detailed functional analyses of seven rare FOXP2 variants found in affected cases, including three which have not been previously characterized, testing intracellular localization, transcriptional regulation, dimerization, and interaction with other proteins. To shed further light on molecular functions of FOXP2, we characterized the interaction between this transcription factor and co-repressor proteins of the C-terminal binding protein (CTBP) family. Finally, we analysed the functional significance of the polyglutamine tracts in FOXP2, since tract length variations have been reported in cases of neurodevelopmental disorder. RESULTS: We confirmed etiological roles of multiple FOXP2 variants. Of three variants that have been suggested to cause speech/language disorder, but never before been characterized, only one showed functional effects. For the other two, we found no effects on protein function in any assays, suggesting that they are incidental to the phenotype. We identified a CTBP-binding region within the N-terminal portion of FOXP2. This region includes two amino acid substitutions that occurred on the human lineage following the split from chimpanzees. However, we did not observe any effects of these amino acid changes on CTBP binding or other core aspects of FOXP2 function. Finally, we found that FOXP2 variants with reduced polyglutamine tracts did not exhibit altered behaviour in cellular assays, indicating that such tracts are non-essential for core aspects of FOXP2 function, and that tract variation is unlikely to be a highly penetrant cause of speech/language disorder. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the importance of functional characterization of novel rare variants in FOXP2 in assessing the contribution of such variants to speech/language disorder and provide further insights into the molecular function of the FOXP2 protein. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-016-9177-2 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=349
in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders > 8-1 (December 2016) . - p.44[article] Functional characterization of rare FOXP2 variants in neurodevelopmental disorder [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / S. B. ESTRUCH, Auteur ; S. A. GRAHAM, Auteur ; S. M. CHINNAPPA, Auteur ; P. DERIZIOTIS, Auteur ; S. E. FISHER, Auteur . - p.44.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders > 8-1 (December 2016) . - p.44
Mots-clés : Functional genetics Language Neuroscience Speech Transcription factor Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Heterozygous disruption of FOXP2 causes a rare form of speech and language impairment. Screens of the FOXP2 sequence in individuals with speech/language-related disorders have identified several rare protein-altering variants, but their phenotypic relevance is often unclear. FOXP2 encodes a transcription factor with a forkhead box DNA-binding domain, but little is known about the functions of protein regions outside this domain. METHODS: We performed detailed functional analyses of seven rare FOXP2 variants found in affected cases, including three which have not been previously characterized, testing intracellular localization, transcriptional regulation, dimerization, and interaction with other proteins. To shed further light on molecular functions of FOXP2, we characterized the interaction between this transcription factor and co-repressor proteins of the C-terminal binding protein (CTBP) family. Finally, we analysed the functional significance of the polyglutamine tracts in FOXP2, since tract length variations have been reported in cases of neurodevelopmental disorder. RESULTS: We confirmed etiological roles of multiple FOXP2 variants. Of three variants that have been suggested to cause speech/language disorder, but never before been characterized, only one showed functional effects. For the other two, we found no effects on protein function in any assays, suggesting that they are incidental to the phenotype. We identified a CTBP-binding region within the N-terminal portion of FOXP2. This region includes two amino acid substitutions that occurred on the human lineage following the split from chimpanzees. However, we did not observe any effects of these amino acid changes on CTBP binding or other core aspects of FOXP2 function. Finally, we found that FOXP2 variants with reduced polyglutamine tracts did not exhibit altered behaviour in cellular assays, indicating that such tracts are non-essential for core aspects of FOXP2 function, and that tract variation is unlikely to be a highly penetrant cause of speech/language disorder. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the importance of functional characterization of novel rare variants in FOXP2 in assessing the contribution of such variants to speech/language disorder and provide further insights into the molecular function of the FOXP2 protein. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-016-9177-2 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=349 Investigating the effects of copy number variants on reading and language performance / A. GIALLUISI in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 8-1 (December 2016)
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Titre : Investigating the effects of copy number variants on reading and language performance Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : A. GIALLUISI, Auteur ; A. VISCONTI, Auteur ; E. G. WILLCUTT, Auteur ; S. D. SMITH, Auteur ; B. F. PENNINGTON, Auteur ; M. FALCHI, Auteur ; J. C. DEFRIES, Auteur ; R. K. OLSON, Auteur ; C. FRANCKS, Auteur ; S. E. FISHER, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.17 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Cldrc Copy number variants Developmental dyslexia Family-based GWAS Language Meta-analysis Reading Reading disability Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Reading and language skills have overlapping genetic bases, most of which are still unknown. Part of the missing heritability may be caused by copy number variants (CNVs). METHODS: In a dataset of children recruited for a history of reading disability (RD, also known as dyslexia) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their siblings, we investigated the effects of CNVs on reading and language performance. First, we called CNVs with PennCNV using signal intensity data from Illumina OmniExpress arrays (~723,000 probes). Then, we computed the correlation between measures of CNV genomic burden and the first principal component (PC) score derived from several continuous reading and language traits, both before and after adjustment for performance IQ. Finally, we screened the genome, probe-by-probe, for association with the PC scores, through two complementary analyses: we tested a binary CNV state assigned for the location of each probe (i.e., CNV+ or CNV-), and we analyzed continuous probe intensity data using FamCNV. RESULTS: No significant correlation was found between measures of CNV burden and PC scores, and no genome-wide significant associations were detected in probe-by-probe screening. Nominally significant associations were detected (p~10(-2)-10(-3)) within CNTN4 (contactin 4) and CTNNA3 (catenin alpha 3). These genes encode cell adhesion molecules with a likely role in neuronal development, and they have been previously implicated in autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. A further, targeted assessment of candidate CNV regions revealed associations with the PC score (p~0.026-0.045) within CHRNA7 (cholinergic nicotinic receptor alpha 7), which encodes a ligand-gated ion channel and has also been implicated in neurodevelopmental conditions and language impairment. FamCNV analysis detected a region of association (p~10(-2)-10(-4)) within a frequent deletion ~6 kb downstream of ZNF737 (zinc finger protein 737, uncharacterized protein), which was also observed in the association analysis using CNV calls. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that CNVs do not underlie a substantial proportion of variance in reading and language skills. Analysis of additional, larger datasets is warranted to further assess the potential effects that we found and to increase the power to detect CNV effects on reading and language. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-016-9147-8 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=348
in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders > 8-1 (December 2016) . - p.17[article] Investigating the effects of copy number variants on reading and language performance [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / A. GIALLUISI, Auteur ; A. VISCONTI, Auteur ; E. G. WILLCUTT, Auteur ; S. D. SMITH, Auteur ; B. F. PENNINGTON, Auteur ; M. FALCHI, Auteur ; J. C. DEFRIES, Auteur ; R. K. OLSON, Auteur ; C. FRANCKS, Auteur ; S. E. FISHER, Auteur . - p.17.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders > 8-1 (December 2016) . - p.17
Mots-clés : Cldrc Copy number variants Developmental dyslexia Family-based GWAS Language Meta-analysis Reading Reading disability Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Reading and language skills have overlapping genetic bases, most of which are still unknown. Part of the missing heritability may be caused by copy number variants (CNVs). METHODS: In a dataset of children recruited for a history of reading disability (RD, also known as dyslexia) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their siblings, we investigated the effects of CNVs on reading and language performance. First, we called CNVs with PennCNV using signal intensity data from Illumina OmniExpress arrays (~723,000 probes). Then, we computed the correlation between measures of CNV genomic burden and the first principal component (PC) score derived from several continuous reading and language traits, both before and after adjustment for performance IQ. Finally, we screened the genome, probe-by-probe, for association with the PC scores, through two complementary analyses: we tested a binary CNV state assigned for the location of each probe (i.e., CNV+ or CNV-), and we analyzed continuous probe intensity data using FamCNV. RESULTS: No significant correlation was found between measures of CNV burden and PC scores, and no genome-wide significant associations were detected in probe-by-probe screening. Nominally significant associations were detected (p~10(-2)-10(-3)) within CNTN4 (contactin 4) and CTNNA3 (catenin alpha 3). These genes encode cell adhesion molecules with a likely role in neuronal development, and they have been previously implicated in autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. A further, targeted assessment of candidate CNV regions revealed associations with the PC score (p~0.026-0.045) within CHRNA7 (cholinergic nicotinic receptor alpha 7), which encodes a ligand-gated ion channel and has also been implicated in neurodevelopmental conditions and language impairment. FamCNV analysis detected a region of association (p~10(-2)-10(-4)) within a frequent deletion ~6 kb downstream of ZNF737 (zinc finger protein 737, uncharacterized protein), which was also observed in the association analysis using CNV calls. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that CNVs do not underlie a substantial proportion of variance in reading and language skills. Analysis of additional, larger datasets is warranted to further assess the potential effects that we found and to increase the power to detect CNV effects on reading and language. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-016-9147-8 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=348 Shared genetic influences between dimensional ASD and ADHD symptoms during child and adolescent development / E. STERGIAKOULI in Molecular Autism, 8 (2017)
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Titre : Shared genetic influences between dimensional ASD and ADHD symptoms during child and adolescent development Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : E. STERGIAKOULI, Auteur ; George DAVEY SMITH, Auteur ; J. MARTIN, Auteur ; D. H. SKUSE, Auteur ; W. VIECHTBAUER, Auteur ; S. M. RING, Auteur ; A. RONALD, Auteur ; D. E. EVANS, Auteur ; S. E. FISHER, Auteur ; A. THAPAR, Auteur ; B. ST POURCAIN, Auteur Article en page(s) : 18p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : ADHD symptoms Alspac Clinical ADHD Genetic overlap Social communication Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Shared genetic influences between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms have been reported. Cross-trait genetic relationships are, however, subject to dynamic changes during development. We investigated the continuity of genetic overlap between ASD and ADHD symptoms in a general population sample during childhood and adolescence. We also studied uni- and cross-dimensional trait-disorder links with respect to genetic ADHD and ASD risk. METHODS: Social-communication difficulties (N = 5551, Social and Communication Disorders Checklist, SCDC) and combined hyperactive-impulsive/inattentive ADHD symptoms (N = 5678, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, SDQ-ADHD) were repeatedly measured in a UK birth cohort (ALSPAC, age 7 to 17 years). Genome-wide summary statistics on clinical ASD (5305 cases; 5305 pseudo-controls) and ADHD (4163 cases; 12,040 controls/pseudo-controls) were available from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. Genetic trait variances and genetic overlap between phenotypes were estimated using genome-wide data. RESULTS: In the general population, genetic influences for SCDC and SDQ-ADHD scores were shared throughout development. Genetic correlations across traits reached a similar strength and magnitude (cross-trait rg = 1, pmin = 3 x 10(-4)) as those between repeated measures of the same trait (within-trait rg = 0.94, pmin = 7 x 10(-4)). Shared genetic influences between traits, especially during later adolescence, may implicate variants in K-RAS signalling upregulated genes (p-meta = 6.4 x 10(-4)). Uni-dimensionally, each population-based trait mapped to the expected behavioural continuum: risk-increasing alleles for clinical ADHD were persistently associated with SDQ-ADHD scores throughout development (marginal regression R(2) = 0.084%). An age-specific genetic overlap between clinical ASD and social-communication difficulties during childhood was also shown, as per previous reports. Cross-dimensionally, however, neither SCDC nor SDQ-ADHD scores were linked to genetic risk for disorder. CONCLUSIONS: In the general population, genetic aetiologies between social-communication difficulties and ADHD symptoms are shared throughout child and adolescent development and may implicate similar biological pathways that co-vary during development. Within both the ASD and the ADHD dimension, population-based traits are also linked to clinical disorder, although much larger clinical discovery samples are required to reliably detect cross-dimensional trait-disorder relationships. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-017-0131-2 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=331
in Molecular Autism > 8 (2017) . - 18p.[article] Shared genetic influences between dimensional ASD and ADHD symptoms during child and adolescent development [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / E. STERGIAKOULI, Auteur ; George DAVEY SMITH, Auteur ; J. MARTIN, Auteur ; D. H. SKUSE, Auteur ; W. VIECHTBAUER, Auteur ; S. M. RING, Auteur ; A. RONALD, Auteur ; D. E. EVANS, Auteur ; S. E. FISHER, Auteur ; A. THAPAR, Auteur ; B. ST POURCAIN, Auteur . - 18p.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Molecular Autism > 8 (2017) . - 18p.
Mots-clés : ADHD symptoms Alspac Clinical ADHD Genetic overlap Social communication Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Shared genetic influences between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms have been reported. Cross-trait genetic relationships are, however, subject to dynamic changes during development. We investigated the continuity of genetic overlap between ASD and ADHD symptoms in a general population sample during childhood and adolescence. We also studied uni- and cross-dimensional trait-disorder links with respect to genetic ADHD and ASD risk. METHODS: Social-communication difficulties (N = 5551, Social and Communication Disorders Checklist, SCDC) and combined hyperactive-impulsive/inattentive ADHD symptoms (N = 5678, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, SDQ-ADHD) were repeatedly measured in a UK birth cohort (ALSPAC, age 7 to 17 years). Genome-wide summary statistics on clinical ASD (5305 cases; 5305 pseudo-controls) and ADHD (4163 cases; 12,040 controls/pseudo-controls) were available from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. Genetic trait variances and genetic overlap between phenotypes were estimated using genome-wide data. RESULTS: In the general population, genetic influences for SCDC and SDQ-ADHD scores were shared throughout development. Genetic correlations across traits reached a similar strength and magnitude (cross-trait rg = 1, pmin = 3 x 10(-4)) as those between repeated measures of the same trait (within-trait rg = 0.94, pmin = 7 x 10(-4)). Shared genetic influences between traits, especially during later adolescence, may implicate variants in K-RAS signalling upregulated genes (p-meta = 6.4 x 10(-4)). Uni-dimensionally, each population-based trait mapped to the expected behavioural continuum: risk-increasing alleles for clinical ADHD were persistently associated with SDQ-ADHD scores throughout development (marginal regression R(2) = 0.084%). An age-specific genetic overlap between clinical ASD and social-communication difficulties during childhood was also shown, as per previous reports. Cross-dimensionally, however, neither SCDC nor SDQ-ADHD scores were linked to genetic risk for disorder. CONCLUSIONS: In the general population, genetic aetiologies between social-communication difficulties and ADHD symptoms are shared throughout child and adolescent development and may implicate similar biological pathways that co-vary during development. Within both the ASD and the ADHD dimension, population-based traits are also linked to clinical disorder, although much larger clinical discovery samples are required to reliably detect cross-dimensional trait-disorder relationships. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-017-0131-2 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=331 The developmental origins of genetic factors influencing language and literacy: Associations with early-childhood vocabulary / E. VERHOEF in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62-6 (June 2021)
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Titre : The developmental origins of genetic factors influencing language and literacy: Associations with early-childhood vocabulary Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : E. VERHOEF, Auteur ; C. Y. SHAPLAND, Auteur ; S. E. FISHER, Auteur ; Philip S. DALE, Auteur ; B. ST POURCAIN, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.728-738 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Adolescent Child Humans Language Language Development Literacy Longitudinal Studies Vocabulary Alspac behavioural genetics language and literacy development Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: The heritability of language and literacy skills increases from early-childhood to adolescence. The underlying mechanisms are little understood and may involve (a) the amplification of genetic influences contributing to early language abilities, and/or (b) the emergence of novel genetic factors (innovation). Here, we investigate the developmental origins of genetic factors influencing mid-childhood/early-adolescent language and literacy. We evaluate evidence for the amplification of early-childhood genetic factors for vocabulary, in addition to genetic innovation processes. METHODS: Expressive and receptive vocabulary scores at 38 months, thirteen language- and literacy-related abilities and nonverbal cognition (7-13 years) were assessed in unrelated children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC, N(individuals) ? 6,092). We investigated the multivariate genetic architecture underlying early-childhood expressive and receptive vocabulary, and each of 14 mid-childhood/early-adolescent language, literacy or cognitive skills with trivariate structural equation (Cholesky) models as captured by genome-wide genetic relationship matrices. The individual path coefficients of the resulting structural models were finally meta-analysed to evaluate evidence for overarching patterns. RESULTS: We observed little support for the emergence of novel genetic sources for language, literacy or cognitive abilities during mid-childhood or early adolescence. Instead, genetic factors of early-childhood vocabulary, especially those unique to receptive skills, were amplified and represented the majority of genetic variance underlying many of these later complex skills (?99%). The most predictive early genetic factor accounted for 29.4%(SE = 12.9%) to 45.1%(SE = 7.6%) of the phenotypic variation in verbal intelligence and literacy skills, but also for 25.7%(SE = 6.4%) in performance intelligence, while explaining only a fraction of the phenotypic variation in receptive vocabulary (3.9%(SE = 1.8%)). CONCLUSIONS: Genetic factors contributing to many complex skills during mid-childhood and early adolescence, including literacy, verbal cognition and nonverbal cognition, originate developmentally in early-childhood and are captured by receptive vocabulary. This suggests developmental genetic stability and overarching aetiological mechanisms. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13327 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=456
in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 62-6 (June 2021) . - p.728-738[article] The developmental origins of genetic factors influencing language and literacy: Associations with early-childhood vocabulary [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / E. VERHOEF, Auteur ; C. Y. SHAPLAND, Auteur ; S. E. FISHER, Auteur ; Philip S. DALE, Auteur ; B. ST POURCAIN, Auteur . - p.728-738.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 62-6 (June 2021) . - p.728-738
Mots-clés : Adolescent Child Humans Language Language Development Literacy Longitudinal Studies Vocabulary Alspac behavioural genetics language and literacy development Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: The heritability of language and literacy skills increases from early-childhood to adolescence. The underlying mechanisms are little understood and may involve (a) the amplification of genetic influences contributing to early language abilities, and/or (b) the emergence of novel genetic factors (innovation). Here, we investigate the developmental origins of genetic factors influencing mid-childhood/early-adolescent language and literacy. We evaluate evidence for the amplification of early-childhood genetic factors for vocabulary, in addition to genetic innovation processes. METHODS: Expressive and receptive vocabulary scores at 38 months, thirteen language- and literacy-related abilities and nonverbal cognition (7-13 years) were assessed in unrelated children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC, N(individuals) ? 6,092). We investigated the multivariate genetic architecture underlying early-childhood expressive and receptive vocabulary, and each of 14 mid-childhood/early-adolescent language, literacy or cognitive skills with trivariate structural equation (Cholesky) models as captured by genome-wide genetic relationship matrices. The individual path coefficients of the resulting structural models were finally meta-analysed to evaluate evidence for overarching patterns. RESULTS: We observed little support for the emergence of novel genetic sources for language, literacy or cognitive abilities during mid-childhood or early adolescence. Instead, genetic factors of early-childhood vocabulary, especially those unique to receptive skills, were amplified and represented the majority of genetic variance underlying many of these later complex skills (?99%). The most predictive early genetic factor accounted for 29.4%(SE = 12.9%) to 45.1%(SE = 7.6%) of the phenotypic variation in verbal intelligence and literacy skills, but also for 25.7%(SE = 6.4%) in performance intelligence, while explaining only a fraction of the phenotypic variation in receptive vocabulary (3.9%(SE = 1.8%)). CONCLUSIONS: Genetic factors contributing to many complex skills during mid-childhood and early adolescence, including literacy, verbal cognition and nonverbal cognition, originate developmentally in early-childhood and are captured by receptive vocabulary. This suggests developmental genetic stability and overarching aetiological mechanisms. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13327 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=456