10 recherche sur le mot-clé 'Organ Size'

Embryonic origin of two ASD subtypes of social symptom severity: the larger the brain cortical organoid size, the more severe the social symptoms / Eric COURCHESNE in Molecular Autism, 15 (2024)  

Public ISBD [article]  inMolecular Autism > 15 (2024) . - 22p. Titre : Embryonic origin of two ASD subtypes of social symptom severity: the larger the brain cortical organoid size, the more severe the social symptoms Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Eric COURCHESNE, Auteur ; Vani TALUJA, Auteur ; Sanaz NAZARI, Auteur ; Caitlin M. AAMODT, Auteur ; Karen PIERCE, Auteur ; Kuaikuai DUAN, Auteur ; Sunny STOPHAEROS, Auteur ; Linda LOPEZ, Auteur ; Cynthia CARTER BARNES, Auteur ; Jaden TROXEL, Auteur ; Kathleen CAMPBELL, Auteur ; Tianyun WANG, Auteur ; Kendra HOEKZEMA, Auteur ; Evan E. EICHLER, Auteur ; Joao V. NANI, Auteur ; Wirla PONTES, Auteur ; Sandra S. SANCHEZ, Auteur ; Michael V. LOMBARDO, Auteur ; Janaina S. DE SOUZA, Auteur ; Mirian A.F. HAYASHI, Auteur ; Alysson R. MUOTRI, Auteur Article en page(s) : 22p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Humans  Autism Spectrum Disorder/pathology/physiopathology  Organoids/pathology  Male  Female  Child, Preschool  Cerebral Cortex/pathology  Social Behavior  Organ Size  Infant  Severity of Illness Index  Brain/pathology Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Social affective and communication symptoms are central to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), yet their severity differs across toddlers: Some toddlers with ASD display improving abilities across early ages and develop good social and language skills, while others with "profound" autism have persistently low social, language and cognitive skills and require lifelong care. The biological origins of these opposite ASD social severity subtypes and developmental trajectories are not known. METHODS: Because ASD involves early brain overgrowth and excess neurons, we measured size and growth in 4910 embryonic-stage brain cortical organoids (BCOs) from a total of 10 toddlers with ASD and 6 controls (averaging 196 individual BCOs measured/subject). In a 2021 batch, we measured BCOs from 10 ASD and 5 controls. In a 2022 batch, we  tested replicability of BCO size and growth effects by generating and measuring an independent batch of BCOs from 6 ASD and 4 control subjects. BCO size was analyzed within the context of our large, one-of-a-kind social symptom, social attention, social brain and social and language psychometric normative datasets ranging from N = 266 to N = 1902 toddlers. BCO growth rates were examined by measuring size changes between 1- and 2-months of organoid development. Neurogenesis markers at 2-months were examined at the cellular level. At the molecular level, we measured activity and expression of Ndel1; Ndel1 is a prime target for cell cycle-activated kinases; known to regulate cell cycle, proliferation, neurogenesis, and growth; and known to be involved in neuropsychiatric conditions. RESULTS: At the BCO level, analyses showed BCO size was significantly enlarged by 39% and 41% in ASD in the 2021 and 2022 batches. The larger the embryonic BCO size, the more severe the ASD social symptoms. Correlations between BCO size and social symptoms were r = 0.719 in the 2021 batch and r = 0. 873 in the replication 2022 batch. ASD BCOs grew at an accelerated rate nearly 3 times faster than controls. At the cell level, the two largest ASD BCOs had accelerated neurogenesis. At the molecular level, Ndel1 activity was highly correlated with the growth rate and size of BCOs. Two BCO subtypes were found in ASD toddlers: Those in one subtype had very enlarged BCO size with accelerated rate of growth and neurogenesis; a profound autism clinical phenotype displaying severe social symptoms, reduced social attention, reduced cognitive, very low language and social IQ; and substantially altered growth in specific cortical social, language and sensory regions. Those in a second subtype had milder BCO enlargement and milder social, attention, cognitive, language and cortical differences. LIMITATIONS: Larger samples of ASD toddler-derived BCO and clinical phenotypes may reveal additional ASD embryonic subtypes. CONCLUSIONS: By embryogenesis, the biological bases of two subtypes of ASD social and brain development-profound autism and mild autism-are already present and measurable and involve dysregulated cell proliferation and accelerated neurogenesis and growth. The larger the embryonic BCO size in ASD, the more severe the toddler's social symptoms and the more reduced the social attention, language ability, and IQ, and the more atypical the growth of social and language brain regions. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-024-00602-8 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=538 [article] Embryonic origin of two ASD subtypes of social symptom severity: the larger the brain cortical organoid size, the more severe the social symptoms [texte imprimé] / Eric COURCHESNE, Auteur ; Vani TALUJA, Auteur ; Sanaz NAZARI, Auteur ; Caitlin M. AAMODT, Auteur ; Karen PIERCE, Auteur ; Kuaikuai DUAN, Auteur ; Sunny STOPHAEROS, Auteur ; Linda LOPEZ, Auteur ; Cynthia CARTER BARNES, Auteur ; Jaden TROXEL, Auteur ; Kathleen CAMPBELL, Auteur ; Tianyun WANG, Auteur ; Kendra HOEKZEMA, Auteur ; Evan E. EICHLER, Auteur ; Joao V. NANI, Auteur ; Wirla PONTES, Auteur ; Sandra S. SANCHEZ, Auteur ; Michael V. LOMBARDO, Auteur ; Janaina S. DE SOUZA, Auteur ; Mirian A.F. HAYASHI, Auteur ; Alysson R. MUOTRI, Auteur . - 22p. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Molecular Autism > 15 (2024) . - 22p. Mots-clés : Humans  Autism Spectrum Disorder/pathology/physiopathology  Organoids/pathology  Male  Female  Child, Preschool  Cerebral Cortex/pathology  Social Behavior  Organ Size  Infant  Severity of Illness Index  Brain/pathology Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Social affective and communication symptoms are central to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), yet their severity differs across toddlers: Some toddlers with ASD display improving abilities across early ages and develop good social and language skills, while others with "profound" autism have persistently low social, language and cognitive skills and require lifelong care. The biological origins of these opposite ASD social severity subtypes and developmental trajectories are not known. METHODS: Because ASD involves early brain overgrowth and excess neurons, we measured size and growth in 4910 embryonic-stage brain cortical organoids (BCOs) from a total of 10 toddlers with ASD and 6 controls (averaging 196 individual BCOs measured/subject). In a 2021 batch, we measured BCOs from 10 ASD and 5 controls. In a 2022 batch, we  tested replicability of BCO size and growth effects by generating and measuring an independent batch of BCOs from 6 ASD and 4 control subjects. BCO size was analyzed within the context of our large, one-of-a-kind social symptom, social attention, social brain and social and language psychometric normative datasets ranging from N = 266 to N = 1902 toddlers. BCO growth rates were examined by measuring size changes between 1- and 2-months of organoid development. Neurogenesis markers at 2-months were examined at the cellular level. At the molecular level, we measured activity and expression of Ndel1; Ndel1 is a prime target for cell cycle-activated kinases; known to regulate cell cycle, proliferation, neurogenesis, and growth; and known to be involved in neuropsychiatric conditions. RESULTS: At the BCO level, analyses showed BCO size was significantly enlarged by 39% and 41% in ASD in the 2021 and 2022 batches. The larger the embryonic BCO size, the more severe the ASD social symptoms. Correlations between BCO size and social symptoms were r = 0.719 in the 2021 batch and r = 0. 873 in the replication 2022 batch. ASD BCOs grew at an accelerated rate nearly 3 times faster than controls. At the cell level, the two largest ASD BCOs had accelerated neurogenesis. At the molecular level, Ndel1 activity was highly correlated with the growth rate and size of BCOs. Two BCO subtypes were found in ASD toddlers: Those in one subtype had very enlarged BCO size with accelerated rate of growth and neurogenesis; a profound autism clinical phenotype displaying severe social symptoms, reduced social attention, reduced cognitive, very low language and social IQ; and substantially altered growth in specific cortical social, language and sensory regions. Those in a second subtype had milder BCO enlargement and milder social, attention, cognitive, language and cortical differences. LIMITATIONS: Larger samples of ASD toddler-derived BCO and clinical phenotypes may reveal additional ASD embryonic subtypes. CONCLUSIONS: By embryogenesis, the biological bases of two subtypes of ASD social and brain development-profound autism and mild autism-are already present and measurable and involve dysregulated cell proliferation and accelerated neurogenesis and growth. The larger the embryonic BCO size in ASD, the more severe the toddler's social symptoms and the more reduced the social attention, language ability, and IQ, and the more atypical the growth of social and language brain regions. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-024-00602-8 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=538

Association of polygenic scores for autism with volumetric MRI phenotypes in cerebellum and brainstem in adults / Salahuddin MOHAMMAD in Molecular Autism, 15 (2024)  

Public ISBD [article]  inMolecular Autism > 15 (2024) . - 34p. Titre : Association of polygenic scores for autism with volumetric MRI phenotypes in cerebellum and brainstem in adults Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Salahuddin MOHAMMAD, Auteur ; Mélissa GENTREAU, Auteur ; Manon DUBOL, Auteur ; Gull RUKH, Auteur ; Jessica MWINYI, Auteur ; Helgi B. SCHIÖTH, Auteur Article en page(s) : 34p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Humans  Cerebellum/diagnostic imaging/pathology  Brain Stem/diagnostic imaging/pathology  Magnetic Resonance Imaging  Male  Female  Phenotype  Adult  Multifactorial Inheritance  Genetic Predisposition to Disease  Organ Size  Middle Aged  Autistic Disorder/genetics/diagnostic imaging  Genome-Wide Association Study  Autism Spectrum Disorder/genetics/diagnostic imaging  Gray Matter/diagnostic imaging/pathology  Case-Control Studies  Autism  Brain MRI  Brainstem  Cerebellum  Polygenic risk score Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Previous research on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have showed important volumetric alterations in the cerebellum and brainstem. Most of these studies are however limited to case-control studies with small clinical samples and including mainly children or adolescents. Herein, we aimed to explore the association between the cumulative genetic load (polygenic risk score, PRS) for ASD and volumetric alterations in the cerebellum and brainstem, as well as global brain tissue volumes of the brain among adults at the population level. We utilized the latest genome-wide association study of ASD by the Psychiatric Genetics Consortium (18,381 cases, 27,969 controls) and constructed the ASD PRS in an independent cohort, the UK Biobank. Regression analyses controlled for multiple comparisons with the false-discovery rate (FDR) at 5% were performed to investigate the association between ASD PRS and forty-four brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) phenotypes among ~ 31,000 participants. Primary analyses included sixteen MRI phenotypes: total volumes of the brain, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), grey matter (GM), white matter (WM), GM of whole cerebellum, brainstem, and ten regions of the cerebellum (I_IV, V, VI, VIIb, VIIIa, VIIIb, IX, X, CrusI and CrusII). Secondary analyses included twenty-eight MRI phenotypes: the sub-regional volumes of cerebellum including the GM of the vermis and both left and right lobules of each cerebellar region. ASD PRS were significantly associated with the volumes of seven brain areas, whereby higher PRS were associated to reduced volumes of the whole brain, WM, brainstem, and cerebellar regions I-IV, IX, and X, and an increased volume of the CSF. Three sub-regional volumes including the left cerebellar lobule I-IV, cerebellar vermes VIIIb, and X were significantly and negatively associated with ASD PRS. The study highlights a substantial connection between susceptibility to ASD, its underlying genetic etiology, and neuroanatomical alterations of the adult brain. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-024-00611-7 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=538 [article] Association of polygenic scores for autism with volumetric MRI phenotypes in cerebellum and brainstem in adults [texte imprimé] / Salahuddin MOHAMMAD, Auteur ; Mélissa GENTREAU, Auteur ; Manon DUBOL, Auteur ; Gull RUKH, Auteur ; Jessica MWINYI, Auteur ; Helgi B. SCHIÖTH, Auteur . - 34p. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Molecular Autism > 15 (2024) . - 34p. Mots-clés : Humans  Cerebellum/diagnostic imaging/pathology  Brain Stem/diagnostic imaging/pathology  Magnetic Resonance Imaging  Male  Female  Phenotype  Adult  Multifactorial Inheritance  Genetic Predisposition to Disease  Organ Size  Middle Aged  Autistic Disorder/genetics/diagnostic imaging  Genome-Wide Association Study  Autism Spectrum Disorder/genetics/diagnostic imaging  Gray Matter/diagnostic imaging/pathology  Case-Control Studies  Autism  Brain MRI  Brainstem  Cerebellum  Polygenic risk score Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Previous research on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have showed important volumetric alterations in the cerebellum and brainstem. Most of these studies are however limited to case-control studies with small clinical samples and including mainly children or adolescents. Herein, we aimed to explore the association between the cumulative genetic load (polygenic risk score, PRS) for ASD and volumetric alterations in the cerebellum and brainstem, as well as global brain tissue volumes of the brain among adults at the population level. We utilized the latest genome-wide association study of ASD by the Psychiatric Genetics Consortium (18,381 cases, 27,969 controls) and constructed the ASD PRS in an independent cohort, the UK Biobank. Regression analyses controlled for multiple comparisons with the false-discovery rate (FDR) at 5% were performed to investigate the association between ASD PRS and forty-four brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) phenotypes among ~ 31,000 participants. Primary analyses included sixteen MRI phenotypes: total volumes of the brain, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), grey matter (GM), white matter (WM), GM of whole cerebellum, brainstem, and ten regions of the cerebellum (I_IV, V, VI, VIIb, VIIIa, VIIIb, IX, X, CrusI and CrusII). Secondary analyses included twenty-eight MRI phenotypes: the sub-regional volumes of cerebellum including the GM of the vermis and both left and right lobules of each cerebellar region. ASD PRS were significantly associated with the volumes of seven brain areas, whereby higher PRS were associated to reduced volumes of the whole brain, WM, brainstem, and cerebellar regions I-IV, IX, and X, and an increased volume of the CSF. Three sub-regional volumes including the left cerebellar lobule I-IV, cerebellar vermes VIIIb, and X were significantly and negatively associated with ASD PRS. The study highlights a substantial connection between susceptibility to ASD, its underlying genetic etiology, and neuroanatomical alterations of the adult brain. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-024-00611-7 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=538

Brain structure in triple X syndrome: regional gray matter volume and cortical thickness in adult women with 47,XXX karyotype / Gregor DOMES in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 17 (2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders > 17 (2025) Titre : Brain structure in triple X syndrome: regional gray matter volume and cortical thickness in adult women with 47,XXX karyotype Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Gregor DOMES, Auteur ; Marie-Anne CROYÉ, Auteur ; Petra FREILINGER, Auteur ; Andreas BOHLSCHEID, Auteur ; Winfried A. WILLINEK, Auteur ; Jobst MEYER, Auteur Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Humans  Female  Adult  Gray Matter/pathology/diagnostic imaging  Magnetic Resonance Imaging  Young Adult  Adolescent  Middle Aged  Sex Chromosome Disorders of Sex Development/pathology/diagnostic imaging  Brain/pathology/diagnostic imaging  Trisomy/pathology  Cerebral Cortex/pathology/diagnostic imaging  Organ Size  Sex Chromosome Aberrations  Sex Chromosome Disorders/pathology/diagnostic imaging  Chromosomes, Human, X  47,xxx  Amygdala  Basal ganglia  Cerebellum  Hippocampus  Morphometry  Triple X syndrome  Trisomy X  authors declare no competing interests. Ethical approval and consent to  participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of  Helsinki. The protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the state medical  association Rhineland-Palatinate (#2022–16572). Participants gave  written-informed consent before participation. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Changes in the brain structure of women with Triple X syndrome (karyotype 47,XXX) have been described in a few studies to date, including reduced total brain volume and regional reductions in gray substance in cortical and subcortical areas. However, the empirical evidence from adults is very limited and group comparison on a voxel-wise basis for gray matter volume and cortical thickness is still missing. METHODS: Using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and surface-based morphometry (SBM), we investigated regional gray matter changes in a sample of n = 20 adult women (aged 18-49 years) with 47,XXX karyotype using T1-weighted 3T MRI scans. RESULTS: Compared to an age- and education-matched control group (and controlled for differences in total intracranial volume), the VBM revealed decreased regional gray matter volumes in the hippocampus, amygdala, parts of the basal ganglia, insula, prefrontal areas and cerebellum. To a lesser extent, we also noted specific reductions in cortical thickness in a smaller part of those regions. CONCLUSION: The observed network is significantly involved in the processing of cognitive, affective, and social stimuli and might be a potential neuronal correlate of the autism-like social-cognitive problems described in 47,XXX in the literature. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-025-09608-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=576 [article] Brain structure in triple X syndrome: regional gray matter volume and cortical thickness in adult women with 47,XXX karyotype [texte imprimé] / Gregor DOMES, Auteur ; Marie-Anne CROYÉ, Auteur ; Petra FREILINGER, Auteur ; Andreas BOHLSCHEID, Auteur ; Winfried A. WILLINEK, Auteur ; Jobst MEYER, Auteur. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders > 17 (2025) Mots-clés : Humans  Female  Adult  Gray Matter/pathology/diagnostic imaging  Magnetic Resonance Imaging  Young Adult  Adolescent  Middle Aged  Sex Chromosome Disorders of Sex Development/pathology/diagnostic imaging  Brain/pathology/diagnostic imaging  Trisomy/pathology  Cerebral Cortex/pathology/diagnostic imaging  Organ Size  Sex Chromosome Aberrations  Sex Chromosome Disorders/pathology/diagnostic imaging  Chromosomes, Human, X  47,xxx  Amygdala  Basal ganglia  Cerebellum  Hippocampus  Morphometry  Triple X syndrome  Trisomy X  authors declare no competing interests. Ethical approval and consent to  participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of  Helsinki. The protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the state medical  association Rhineland-Palatinate (#2022–16572). Participants gave  written-informed consent before participation. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Changes in the brain structure of women with Triple X syndrome (karyotype 47,XXX) have been described in a few studies to date, including reduced total brain volume and regional reductions in gray substance in cortical and subcortical areas. However, the empirical evidence from adults is very limited and group comparison on a voxel-wise basis for gray matter volume and cortical thickness is still missing. METHODS: Using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and surface-based morphometry (SBM), we investigated regional gray matter changes in a sample of n = 20 adult women (aged 18-49 years) with 47,XXX karyotype using T1-weighted 3T MRI scans. RESULTS: Compared to an age- and education-matched control group (and controlled for differences in total intracranial volume), the VBM revealed decreased regional gray matter volumes in the hippocampus, amygdala, parts of the basal ganglia, insula, prefrontal areas and cerebellum. To a lesser extent, we also noted specific reductions in cortical thickness in a smaller part of those regions. CONCLUSION: The observed network is significantly involved in the processing of cognitive, affective, and social stimuli and might be a potential neuronal correlate of the autism-like social-cognitive problems described in 47,XXX in the literature. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-025-09608-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=576

Brain volumes, cognitive, and adaptive skills in school-age children with Down syndrome / Rebecca GRZADZINSKI in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 16 (2024)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders > 16 (2024) Titre : Brain volumes, cognitive, and adaptive skills in school-age children with Down syndrome Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Rebecca GRZADZINSKI, Auteur ; Kattia MATA, Auteur ; Ambika S. BHATT, Auteur ; Alapika JATKAR, Auteur ; Dea GARIC, Auteur ; Mark D. SHEN, Auteur ; Jessica B. GIRAULT, Auteur ; Tanya ST JOHN, Auteur ; Juhi PANDEY, Auteur ; Lonnie ZWAIGENBAUM, Auteur ; Annette ESTES, Auteur ; Audrey M. SHEN, Auteur ; Stephen DAGER, Auteur ; Robert SCHULTZ, Auteur ; Kelly BOTTERON, Auteur ; Natasha MARRUS, Auteur ; Martin STYNER, Auteur ; Alan EVANS, Auteur ; Sun Hyung KIM, Auteur ; Robert MCKINSTRY, Auteur ; Guido GERIG, Auteur ; Joseph PIVEN, Auteur ; Heather HAZLETT, Auteur ; IBIS NETWORK, Auteur Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Humans  Down Syndrome/diagnostic imaging/physiopathology/pathology  Male  Female  Child  Magnetic Resonance Imaging  Adaptation, Psychological/physiology  Cognition/physiology  Brain/diagnostic imaging/pathology/physiopathology  Autism Spectrum Disorder/diagnostic imaging/physiopathology/pathology  Organ Size  Cerebellum/diagnostic imaging/pathology/physiopathology  Adaptive  Autism spectrum disorder  Brain volumes  Cognitive  Cortical volumes  Down syndrome  Intellectual disability  Mri  Neurobehavioral/behavioral profiles  Neurodevelopmental disorder  Neuroimaging  School-age children  in this work was approved by the local Institutional Review Board. Consent for  publication: All authors have reviewed the manuscript and approved it for  publication. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Down syndrome (DS) is the most common congenital neurodevelopmental disorder, present in about 1 in every 700 live births. Despite its prevalence, literature exploring the neurobiology underlying DS and how this neurobiology is related to behavior is limited. This study fills this gap by examining cortical volumes and behavioral correlates in school-age children with DS. METHODS: School-age children (mean = 9.7 years ± 1.1) underwent comprehensive assessments, including cognitive and adaptive assessments, as well as an MRI scan without the use of sedation. Children with DS (n = 35) were compared to available samples of typically developing (TD; n = 80) and ASD children (n = 29). ANOVAs were conducted to compare groups on cognitive and adaptive assessments. ANCOVAs (covarying for age, sex, and total cerebral volume; TCV) compared cortical brain volumes between groups. Correlations between behavioral metrics and cortical and cerebellar volumes (separately for gray (GM) and white matter (WM)) were conducted separately by group. RESULTS: As expected, children with DS had significantly lower cognitive skills compared to ASD and TD children. Daily Living adaptive skills were comparable between ASD children and children with DS, and both groups scored lower than TD children. Children with DS exhibited a smaller TCV compared to ASD and TD children. Additionally, when controlling for TCV, age, and sex, children with DS had significantly smaller total GM and tissue volumes. Cerebellum volumes were significantly correlated with Daily Living adaptive behaviors in the DS group only. CONCLUSIONS: Despite children with DS exhibiting lower cognitive skills and smaller brain volume overall than children with ASD, their deficits in Socialization and Daily Living adaptive skills are comparable. Differences in lobar volumes (e.g., Right Frontal GM/WM, Left Frontal WM, and Left and Right Temporal WM) were observed above and beyond overall differences in total volume. The correlation between cerebellum volumes and Daily Living adaptive behaviors in the DS group provides a novel area to explore in future research. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-024-09581-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=576 [article] Brain volumes, cognitive, and adaptive skills in school-age children with Down syndrome [texte imprimé] / Rebecca GRZADZINSKI, Auteur ; Kattia MATA, Auteur ; Ambika S. BHATT, Auteur ; Alapika JATKAR, Auteur ; Dea GARIC, Auteur ; Mark D. SHEN, Auteur ; Jessica B. GIRAULT, Auteur ; Tanya ST JOHN, Auteur ; Juhi PANDEY, Auteur ; Lonnie ZWAIGENBAUM, Auteur ; Annette ESTES, Auteur ; Audrey M. SHEN, Auteur ; Stephen DAGER, Auteur ; Robert SCHULTZ, Auteur ; Kelly BOTTERON, Auteur ; Natasha MARRUS, Auteur ; Martin STYNER, Auteur ; Alan EVANS, Auteur ; Sun Hyung KIM, Auteur ; Robert MCKINSTRY, Auteur ; Guido GERIG, Auteur ; Joseph PIVEN, Auteur ; Heather HAZLETT, Auteur ; IBIS NETWORK, Auteur. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders > 16 (2024) Mots-clés : Humans  Down Syndrome/diagnostic imaging/physiopathology/pathology  Male  Female  Child  Magnetic Resonance Imaging  Adaptation, Psychological/physiology  Cognition/physiology  Brain/diagnostic imaging/pathology/physiopathology  Autism Spectrum Disorder/diagnostic imaging/physiopathology/pathology  Organ Size  Cerebellum/diagnostic imaging/pathology/physiopathology  Adaptive  Autism spectrum disorder  Brain volumes  Cognitive  Cortical volumes  Down syndrome  Intellectual disability  Mri  Neurobehavioral/behavioral profiles  Neurodevelopmental disorder  Neuroimaging  School-age children  in this work was approved by the local Institutional Review Board. Consent for  publication: All authors have reviewed the manuscript and approved it for  publication. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Down syndrome (DS) is the most common congenital neurodevelopmental disorder, present in about 1 in every 700 live births. Despite its prevalence, literature exploring the neurobiology underlying DS and how this neurobiology is related to behavior is limited. This study fills this gap by examining cortical volumes and behavioral correlates in school-age children with DS. METHODS: School-age children (mean = 9.7 years ± 1.1) underwent comprehensive assessments, including cognitive and adaptive assessments, as well as an MRI scan without the use of sedation. Children with DS (n = 35) were compared to available samples of typically developing (TD; n = 80) and ASD children (n = 29). ANOVAs were conducted to compare groups on cognitive and adaptive assessments. ANCOVAs (covarying for age, sex, and total cerebral volume; TCV) compared cortical brain volumes between groups. Correlations between behavioral metrics and cortical and cerebellar volumes (separately for gray (GM) and white matter (WM)) were conducted separately by group. RESULTS: As expected, children with DS had significantly lower cognitive skills compared to ASD and TD children. Daily Living adaptive skills were comparable between ASD children and children with DS, and both groups scored lower than TD children. Children with DS exhibited a smaller TCV compared to ASD and TD children. Additionally, when controlling for TCV, age, and sex, children with DS had significantly smaller total GM and tissue volumes. Cerebellum volumes were significantly correlated with Daily Living adaptive behaviors in the DS group only. CONCLUSIONS: Despite children with DS exhibiting lower cognitive skills and smaller brain volume overall than children with ASD, their deficits in Socialization and Daily Living adaptive skills are comparable. Differences in lobar volumes (e.g., Right Frontal GM/WM, Left Frontal WM, and Left and Right Temporal WM) were observed above and beyond overall differences in total volume. The correlation between cerebellum volumes and Daily Living adaptive behaviors in the DS group provides a novel area to explore in future research. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11689-024-09581-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=576

Comparative profiling of white matter development in the human and mouse brain reveals volumetric deficits and delayed myelination in Angelman syndrome / Ridthi K-R PATEL ; Tasmai VULLI ; Audrey L SMITH ; Martin A. STYNER ; Li-Ming HSU ; Sung-Ho LEE ; Yen-Yu Ian SHIH ; Heather C. HAZLETT ; Mark D. SHEN ; Alain C BURETTE ; Benjamin D. PHILPOT in Molecular Autism, 15 (2024)  

Public ISBD [article]  inMolecular Autism > 15 (2024) . - 54 Titre : Comparative profiling of white matter development in the human and mouse brain reveals volumetric deficits and delayed myelination in Angelman syndrome Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Ridthi K-R PATEL, Auteur ; Tasmai VULLI, Auteur ; Audrey L SMITH, Auteur ; Martin A. STYNER, Auteur ; Li-Ming HSU, Auteur ; Sung-Ho LEE, Auteur ; Yen-Yu Ian SHIH, Auteur ; Heather C. HAZLETT, Auteur ; Mark D. SHEN, Auteur ; Alain C BURETTE, Auteur ; Benjamin D. PHILPOT, Auteur Article en page(s) : 54 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Animals  *Angelman Syndrome/genetics/pathology/diagnostic imaging  *White Matter/diagnostic imaging/pathology  Humans  Female  Male  Child, Preschool  *Myelin Sheath/metabolism/pathology  Infant  Child  Mice  *Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/metabolism  Magnetic Resonance Imaging  Brain/diagnostic imaging/pathology/metabolism  Disease Models, Animal  Organ Size  Mice, Knockout  Microcephaly  Myelin basic protein  Myelination  Ube3a  White matter  and treatment of animals followed institutional and NIH guidelines, and all  animal use protocols were reviewed and approved by the UNC Institutional Animal  Care and Use Committee. Parents of AS and NT individuals provided informed  consent, and the institutional review board approved the research protocol.  Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Angelman syndrome (AS), a severe neurodevelopmental disorder resulting from the loss of the maternal UBE3A gene, is marked by changes in the brain's white matter (WM). The extent of WM abnormalities seems to correlate with the severity of clinical symptoms, but these deficits are still poorly characterized or understood. This study provides the first large-scale measurement of WM volume reduction in children with AS. Furthermore, we probed the possibility of underlying WM neuropathology by examining the progression of myelination in an AS mouse model. METHODS: We conducted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on children with AS (n = 32) and neurotypical controls (n = 99) aged 0.5-12 years. In parallel, we examined myelination in postnatal Ube3a maternal-null mice (Ube3a(m-/p+); AS model), Ube3a paternal-null mice (Ube3a(m+/p-)), and wildtype controls (Ube3a(m+/p+)) using MRI, immunohistochemistry, western blotting, and electron microscopy. RESULTS: Our data revealed that AS individuals exhibit significant reductions in brain volume by ~ 1 year of age, and by 6-12 years of age WM is reduced by 26% and gray matter by 21%-approximately twice the reductions observed in the adult AS mouse model. Our AS mouse model saw a global delay in the onset of myelination, which normalized within days (likely corresponding to months or years in human development). This myelination delay is caused by the loss of UBE3A in neurons rather than UBE3A haploinsufficiency in oligodendrocytes. Interestingly, ultrastructural analyses did not reveal abnormalities in myelinated or unmyelinated axons. LIMITATIONS: It is difficult to extrapolate the timing and duration of the myelination delay observed in AS model mice to individuals with AS. CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals WM deficits as a hallmark in children with AS, demonstrating for the first time that these deficits are already apparent at 1 year of age. Parallel studies in a mouse model of AS show these deficits occur alongside the delayed onset of myelination, which results from the loss of neuronal (but not glial) UBE3A, though the causal relationship between these phenotypes remains to be determined. These findings emphasize the potential of WM as both a therapeutic target for interventions and a valuable biomarker for tracking the progression of AS and the effectiveness of potential treatments. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-024-00636-y Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=555 [article] Comparative profiling of white matter development in the human and mouse brain reveals volumetric deficits and delayed myelination in Angelman syndrome [texte imprimé] / Ridthi K-R PATEL, Auteur ; Tasmai VULLI, Auteur ; Audrey L SMITH, Auteur ; Martin A. STYNER, Auteur ; Li-Ming HSU, Auteur ; Sung-Ho LEE, Auteur ; Yen-Yu Ian SHIH, Auteur ; Heather C. HAZLETT, Auteur ; Mark D. SHEN, Auteur ; Alain C BURETTE, Auteur ; Benjamin D. PHILPOT, Auteur . - 54. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Molecular Autism > 15 (2024) . - 54 Mots-clés : Animals  *Angelman Syndrome/genetics/pathology/diagnostic imaging  *White Matter/diagnostic imaging/pathology  Humans  Female  Male  Child, Preschool  *Myelin Sheath/metabolism/pathology  Infant  Child  Mice  *Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/metabolism  Magnetic Resonance Imaging  Brain/diagnostic imaging/pathology/metabolism  Disease Models, Animal  Organ Size  Mice, Knockout  Microcephaly  Myelin basic protein  Myelination  Ube3a  White matter  and treatment of animals followed institutional and NIH guidelines, and all  animal use protocols were reviewed and approved by the UNC Institutional Animal  Care and Use Committee. Parents of AS and NT individuals provided informed  consent, and the institutional review board approved the research protocol.  Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Angelman syndrome (AS), a severe neurodevelopmental disorder resulting from the loss of the maternal UBE3A gene, is marked by changes in the brain's white matter (WM). The extent of WM abnormalities seems to correlate with the severity of clinical symptoms, but these deficits are still poorly characterized or understood. This study provides the first large-scale measurement of WM volume reduction in children with AS. Furthermore, we probed the possibility of underlying WM neuropathology by examining the progression of myelination in an AS mouse model. METHODS: We conducted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on children with AS (n = 32) and neurotypical controls (n = 99) aged 0.5-12 years. In parallel, we examined myelination in postnatal Ube3a maternal-null mice (Ube3a(m-/p+); AS model), Ube3a paternal-null mice (Ube3a(m+/p-)), and wildtype controls (Ube3a(m+/p+)) using MRI, immunohistochemistry, western blotting, and electron microscopy. RESULTS: Our data revealed that AS individuals exhibit significant reductions in brain volume by ~ 1 year of age, and by 6-12 years of age WM is reduced by 26% and gray matter by 21%-approximately twice the reductions observed in the adult AS mouse model. Our AS mouse model saw a global delay in the onset of myelination, which normalized within days (likely corresponding to months or years in human development). This myelination delay is caused by the loss of UBE3A in neurons rather than UBE3A haploinsufficiency in oligodendrocytes. Interestingly, ultrastructural analyses did not reveal abnormalities in myelinated or unmyelinated axons. LIMITATIONS: It is difficult to extrapolate the timing and duration of the myelination delay observed in AS model mice to individuals with AS. CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals WM deficits as a hallmark in children with AS, demonstrating for the first time that these deficits are already apparent at 1 year of age. Parallel studies in a mouse model of AS show these deficits occur alongside the delayed onset of myelination, which results from the loss of neuronal (but not glial) UBE3A, though the causal relationship between these phenotypes remains to be determined. These findings emphasize the potential of WM as both a therapeutic target for interventions and a valuable biomarker for tracking the progression of AS and the effectiveness of potential treatments. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-024-00636-y Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=555

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