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Altered canonical and striatal-frontal resting state functional connectivity in children with pathogenic variants in the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway

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MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
卷 27, 期 3, 页码 1542-1551

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DOI: 10.1038/s41380-021-01422-5

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  1. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [HD090209 K23, HD049653]
  2. National Institute of Mental Health [MH099630]
  3. Johns Hopkins University via the Neurofibromatosis Therapeutic Acceleration Program (NTAP)
  4. Bloomberg Family Foundation
  5. NIH Director's New Innovator Award [MH119735 DP2]
  6. Faculty Scholar Award from the Stanford Maternal and Child Health Research Institute
  7. Lucas Service Center at Stanford

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Mounting evidence suggests the role of the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (Ras/MAPK) pathway in neurodevelopmental disorders. This study used functional MRI to examine the impact of Ras/MAPK pathogenic variants on brain organization and cognitive phenotypes in children with Noonan syndrome (NS). The results showed hyperconnectivity within canonical brain networks in the NS group, which may represent an intermediate phenotype between Ras/MAPK pathogenic variants and cognitive phenotypes.
Mounting evidence supports the role of the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (Ras/MAPK) pathway in neurodevelopmental disorders. Here, the authors used a genetics-first approach to examine how Ras/MAPK pathogenic variants affect the functional organization of the brain and cognitive phenotypes including weaknesses in attention and inhibition. Functional MRI was used to examine resting state functional connectivity (RSFC) in association with Ras/MAPK pathogenic variants in children with Noonan syndrome (NS). Participants (age 4-12 years) included 39 children with NS (mean age 8.44, SD = 2.20, 25 females) and 49 typically developing (TD) children (mean age 9.02, SD = 9.02, 33 females). Twenty-eight children in the NS group and 46 in the TD group had usable MRI data and were included in final analyses. The results indicated significant hyperconnectivity for the NS group within canonical visual, ventral attention, left frontoparietal and limbic networks (p < 0.05 FWE). Higher connectivity within canonical left frontoparietal and limbic networks positively correlated with cognitive function within the NS but not the TD group. Further, the NS group demonstrated significant group differences in seed-based striatal-frontal connectivity (Z > 2.6, p < 0.05 FWE). Hyperconnectivity within canonical brain networks may represent an intermediary phenotype between Ras/MAPK pathogenic variants and cognitive phenotypes, including weaknesses in attention and inhibition. Altered striatal-frontal connectivity corresponds with smaller striatal volume and altered white matter connectivity previously documented in children with NS. These results may indicate delayed maturation and compensatory mechanisms and they are important for understanding the pathophysiology underlying cognitive phenotypes in NS and in the broader population of children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

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