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Prefronto-striatal physiology is associated with schizotypy and is modulated by a functional variant of DRD2.

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:"Schizotypy" is a latent organization of personality related to the genetic risk for schizophrenia. Some evidence suggests that schizophrenia and schizotypy share some biological features, including a link to dopaminergic D2 receptor signaling. A polymorphism in the D2 gene (DRD2 rs1076560, guanine > thymine (G > T)) has been associated with the D2 short/long isoform expression ratio, as well as striatal dopamine signaling and prefrontal cortical activity during different cognitive operations, which are measures that are altered in patients with schizophrenia. Our aim is to determine the association of schizotypy scores with the DRD2 rs1076560 genotype in healthy individuals and their interaction with prefrontal activity during attention and D2 striatal signaling. A total of 83 healthy subjects were genotyped for DRD2 rs1076560 and completed the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). Twenty-six participants underwent SPECT with [(123)I]IBZM D2 receptor radiotracer, while 68 performed an attentional control task during fMRI. We found that rs1076560 GT subjects had greater SPQ scores than GG individuals. Moreover, the interaction between schizotypy and the GT genotype predicted prefrontal activity and related attentional behavior, as well as striatal binding of IBZM. No interaction was found in GG individuals. These results suggest that rs1076560 GT healthy individuals are prone to higher levels of schizotypy, and that the interaction between rs1076560 and schizotypy scores modulates phenotypes related to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, such as prefrontal activity and striatal dopamine signaling. These results provide systems-level qualitative evidence for mapping the construct of schizotypy in healthy individuals onto the schizophrenia continuum.

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Front Behav Neurosci

journal_title

Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors

Taurisano P,Romano R,Mancini M,Giorgio AD,Antonucci LA,Fazio L,Rampino A,Quarto T,Gelao B,Porcelli A,Papazacharias A,Ursini G,Caforio G,Masellis R,Niccoli-Asabella A,Todarello O,Popolizio T,Rubini G,Blasi G,Bertolin

doi

10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00235

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-07-09 00:00:00

pages

235

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1662-5153

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Prefronto-striatal physiology is associated with schizotypy and is modulated by a functional variant of DRD2.