PMID- 25220079 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150819 LR - 20211021 IS - 1097-0193 (Electronic) IS - 1065-9471 (Print) IS - 1065-9471 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 1 DP - 2015 Jan TI - BDNF Val66met and 5-HTTLPR polymorphisms predict a human in vivo marker for brain serotonin levels. PG - 313-23 LID - 10.1002/hbm.22630 [doi] AB - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been implicated in multiple aspects of brain function including regulation of serotonin signaling. The BDNF val66met polymorphism (rs6265) has been linked to aspects of serotonin signaling in humans but its effects are not well understood. To address this, we evaluated whether BDNF val66met was predictive of a putative marker of brain serotonin levels, serotonin 4 receptor (5-HT4 ) binding assessed with [11C]SB207145 positron emission tomography, which has also been associated with the serotonin-transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism. We applied a linear latent variable model (LVM) using regional 5-HT4 binding values (neocortex, amygdala, caudate, hippocampus, and putamen) from 68 healthy humans, allowing us to explicitly model brain-wide and region-specific genotype effects on 5-HT4 binding. Our data supported an LVM wherein BDNF val66met significantly predicted a LV reflecting [11C]SB207145 binding across regions (P = 0.005). BDNF val66met met-carriers showed 2-9% higher binding relative to val/val homozygotes. In contrast, 5-HTTLPR did not predict the LV but S-carriers showed 7% lower neocortical binding relative to LL homozygotes (P = 7.3 x 10(-6)). We observed no evidence for genetic interaction. Our findings indicate that BDNF val66met significantly predicts a common regulator of brain [11C]SB207145 binding, which we hypothesize reflects brain serotonin levels. In contrast, our data indicate that 5-HTTLPR specifically affects 5-HT4 binding in the neocortex. These findings implicate serotonin signaling as an important molecular mediator underlying the effects of BDNF val66met and 5-HTTLPR on behavior and related risk for neuropsychiatric illness in humans. CI - (c) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Fisher, Patrick M AU - Fisher PM AD - Center for Integrated Molecular Brain Imaging, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen O, Denmark; Neurobiology Research Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen O, Denmark. FAU - Holst, Klaus K AU - Holst KK FAU - Adamsen, Dea AU - Adamsen D FAU - Klein, Anders Bue AU - Klein AB FAU - Frokjaer, Vibe G AU - Frokjaer VG FAU - Jensen, Peter S AU - Jensen PS FAU - Svarer, Claus AU - Svarer C FAU - Gillings, Nic AU - Gillings N FAU - Baare, William F C AU - Baare WF FAU - Mikkelsen, Jens D AU - Mikkelsen JD FAU - Knudsen, Gitte M AU - Knudsen GM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140913 PL - United States TA - Hum Brain Mapp JT - Human brain mapping JID - 9419065 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Piperidines) RN - 0 (SB 207145) RN - 0 (SLC6A4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 333DO1RDJY (Serotonin) RN - AE28F7PNPL (Methionine) RN - HG18B9YRS7 (Valine) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Brain/diagnostic imaging/*metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*genetics MH - Female MH - Genotype MH - Humans MH - Imaging, Three-Dimensional MH - Linear Models MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging MH - Male MH - Methionine/genetics MH - Middle Aged MH - Piperidines/metabolism MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/*genetics MH - Protein Binding/drug effects MH - Radionuclide Imaging MH - Serotonin/*metabolism MH - Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins/*genetics MH - Valine/genetics MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC6869129 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 5-HT4 receptor OT - 5-HTTLPR OT - BDNF OT - positron emission tomography OT - serotonin EDAT- 2014/09/16 06:00 MHDA- 2015/08/20 06:00 PMCR- 2014/09/13 CRDT- 2014/09/16 06:00 PHST- 2014/05/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/07/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/08/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/09/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/08/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/09/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - HBM22630 [pii] AID - 10.1002/hbm.22630 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Brain Mapp. 2015 Jan;36(1):313-23. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22630. Epub 2014 Sep 13.