单位:[1]Department of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China,[2]Department of Pediatrics,China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China[3]State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China[4]Key Laboratory of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health, Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
Turner syndrome (TS), a disorder caused by the congenital absence of one of the 2 X chromosomes in female humans, provides a valuable human "knockout model" for studying the functions of the X chromosome. At present, it remains unknown whether and how the loss of the X chromosome influences intrinsic functional connectivity (FC), a fundamental phenotype of the human brain. To address this, we performed resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and specific cognitive assessments on 22 TS patients and 17 age-matched control girls. A novel data-driven approach was applied to identify the disrupted patterns of intrinsic FC in TS. The TS girls exhibited significantly reduced whole-brain FC strength within the bilateral postcentral gyrus/intraparietal sulcus, angular gyrus, and cuneus and the right cerebellum. Furthermore, a specific functional subnetwork was identified in which the intrinsic FC between nodes was mostly reduced in TS patients. Particularly, this subnetwork is composed of 3 functional modules, and the disruption of intrinsic FC within one of these modules was associated with the deficits of TS patients in math-related cognition. Taken together, these findings provide novel insight into how the X chromosome affects the human brain and cognition, and emphasize an important role of X-linked genes in intrinsic neural coupling.
基金:
863 programNational High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2015AA020912]; 973 programNational Basic Research Program of China [2013CB837300]; National Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81271649, 81322021]; Beijing Nova ProgramBeijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission [Z121110002512032]; Beijing Municipal Science & Technology CommissionBeijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission [Z151100003915117, Z151100003915122]; Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, ChinaSpecialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (SRFDP) [20130003110002]; GeneScience Scientific Research Funds; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesFundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
第一作者单位:[1]Department of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China,
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通讯机构:[3]State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China[*1]State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Xie Sheng,Yang Jiaotian,Zhang Zhixin,et al.The Effects of the X Chromosome on Intrinsic Functional Connectivity in the Human Brain: Evidence from Turner Syndrome Patients[J].CEREBRAL CORTEX.2017,27(1):474-484.doi:10.1093/cercor/bhv240.
APA:
Xie, Sheng,Yang, Jiaotian,Zhang, Zhixin,Zhao, Chenxi,Bi, Yanchao...&Gong, Gaolang.(2017).The Effects of the X Chromosome on Intrinsic Functional Connectivity in the Human Brain: Evidence from Turner Syndrome Patients.CEREBRAL CORTEX,27,(1)
MLA:
Xie, Sheng,et al."The Effects of the X Chromosome on Intrinsic Functional Connectivity in the Human Brain: Evidence from Turner Syndrome Patients".CEREBRAL CORTEX 27..1(2017):474-484