The 5-HT2A receptor binding pattern in the human brain is strongly genetically determined
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The 5-HT2A receptor binding pattern in the human brain is strongly genetically determined. / Pinborg, Lars H; Arfan, Haroon; Haugbol, Steven; Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm; Hjelmborg, Jacob v. B.; Svarer, Claus; Frokjaer, Vibe G; Paulson, Olaf B; Holm, Soren; Knudsen, Gitte M.
In: NeuroImage, Vol. 40, No. 3, 2007, p. 1175-1180.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The 5-HT2A receptor binding pattern in the human brain is strongly genetically determined
AU - Pinborg, Lars H
AU - Arfan, Haroon
AU - Haugbol, Steven
AU - Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm
AU - Hjelmborg, Jacob v. B.
AU - Svarer, Claus
AU - Frokjaer, Vibe G
AU - Paulson, Olaf B
AU - Holm, Soren
AU - Knudsen, Gitte M
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - With the appropriate radiolabeled tracers, positron emission tomography (PET) enables in vivo human brain imaging of markers for neurotransmission, including neurotransmitter synthesis, receptors, and transporters. Whereas structural imaging studies have provided compelling evidence that the human brain anatomy is largely genetically determined, it is currently unknown to what degree neuromodulatory markers are subjected to genetic and environmental influence. Changes in serotonin 2A (5-HT(2A)) receptors have been reported to occur in various neuropsychiatric disorders and an association between 5-HT(2A) receptor gene variants and neuropsychiatric illness susceptibility also exists. In a classical twin design involving 24 healthy male subjects (6 monozygotic twin pairs and 6 dizygotic twin pairs), we examined the relative contribution of genetic and environmental factors to interindividual variability in cortical 5-HT(2A) receptor binding as measured with [(18)F]altanserin PET imaging. The intraclass correlation coefficients were 0.67 for dizygotic and 0.87 for monozygotic twin pairs. For comparison, the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.93 in a group of six male healthy subjects examined twice within two weeks with an identical experimental setup. Multivariate analysis was used to separate the phenotypic variance of individuals into additive genetic (heritability) effect (A), shared (family) environment (C), and non-shared (individual-specific) environment (E). Irrespective of whether a full ACE model or a reduced AE model was used to fit the data, the variance due to non-shared environment was below 10% indicating that the contribution of individual specific environmental factors to 5-HT(2A) receptor binding is limited.
AB - With the appropriate radiolabeled tracers, positron emission tomography (PET) enables in vivo human brain imaging of markers for neurotransmission, including neurotransmitter synthesis, receptors, and transporters. Whereas structural imaging studies have provided compelling evidence that the human brain anatomy is largely genetically determined, it is currently unknown to what degree neuromodulatory markers are subjected to genetic and environmental influence. Changes in serotonin 2A (5-HT(2A)) receptors have been reported to occur in various neuropsychiatric disorders and an association between 5-HT(2A) receptor gene variants and neuropsychiatric illness susceptibility also exists. In a classical twin design involving 24 healthy male subjects (6 monozygotic twin pairs and 6 dizygotic twin pairs), we examined the relative contribution of genetic and environmental factors to interindividual variability in cortical 5-HT(2A) receptor binding as measured with [(18)F]altanserin PET imaging. The intraclass correlation coefficients were 0.67 for dizygotic and 0.87 for monozygotic twin pairs. For comparison, the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.93 in a group of six male healthy subjects examined twice within two weeks with an identical experimental setup. Multivariate analysis was used to separate the phenotypic variance of individuals into additive genetic (heritability) effect (A), shared (family) environment (C), and non-shared (individual-specific) environment (E). Irrespective of whether a full ACE model or a reduced AE model was used to fit the data, the variance due to non-shared environment was below 10% indicating that the contribution of individual specific environmental factors to 5-HT(2A) receptor binding is limited.
KW - Adult
KW - Analysis of Variance
KW - Brain
KW - Brain Chemistry
KW - Humans
KW - Isotope Labeling
KW - Ketanserin
KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Radiopharmaceuticals
KW - Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A
KW - Twins, Dizygotic
KW - Twins, Monozygotic
U2 - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.09.019
DO - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.09.019
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 18291676
VL - 40
SP - 1175
EP - 1180
JO - NeuroImage
JF - NeuroImage
SN - 1053-8119
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 10152958