Kopf, Juliane and Schecklmann, Martin and Hahn, Tim and Dresler, Thomas and Dieler, Alica C. and Herrmann, Martin J. and Fallgatter, Andreas J. and Reif, Andreas (2011) NOS1 ex1f-VNTR polymorphism influences prefrontal brain oxygenation during a working memory task. NEUROIMAGE, 57 (4). pp. 1617-1623. ISSN 1053-8119, 1095-9572
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Nitric oxide (NO) synthase produces NO, which serves as first and second messenger in neurons, where the protein is encoded by the NOS1 gene. A functional variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) polymorphism in the promoter region of the alternative first exon if of NOS1 is associated with various functions of human behavior, for example increased impulsivity, while another, non-functional variant was linked to decreased verbal working memory and a heightened risk for schizophrenia. We therefore investigated the influence of NOS1 ex 1f-VNTR on working memory function as reflected by both behavioral measures and prefrontal oxygenation. We hypothesized that homozygous short allele carriers exhibit altered brain oxygenation in task-related areas, namely the dorsolateral and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and the parietal cortex. To this end, 56 healthy subjects were stratified into a homozygous long allele group and a homozygous short allele group comparable for age, sex and intelligence. All subjects completed a letter n-back task (one-, two-, and three-back), while concentration changes of oxygenated (O(2)Hb) hemoglobin in the prefrontal cortex were measured with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). We found load-associated O(2)Hb increases in the prefrontal and parts of the parietal cortex. Significant load-associated oxygenation differences between the two genotype groups could be shown for the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the parietal cortex. Specifically, short allele carriers showed a significantly larger increase in oxygenation in all three n-back tasks. This suggests a potential compensatory mechanism, with task-related brain regions being more active in short allele carriers to compensate for reduced NOS1 expression. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; CORTEX; ACTIVATION; METAANALYSIS; EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR; SYSTEM; NOS1; Verbal n-back; fNIRS; Polymorphism; dlPFC; vlPFC; Parietal cortex |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2020 09:17 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jun 2020 09:17 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/20397 |
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