PMID- 28900721 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190225 LR - 20190225 IS - 1863-2661 (Electronic) IS - 1863-2653 (Linking) VI - 223 IP - 2 DP - 2018 Mar TI - Effects of PER3 clock gene polymorphisms on aging-related changes of the cerebral cortex. PG - 597-607 LID - 10.1007/s00429-017-1513-0 [doi] AB - Considerable evidence suggests that circadian rhythmicity is progressively disrupted in senescence. Among clock genes, Period3 (PER3) has been associated with circadian phenotypes, homeostatic regulation of sleep, and cognitive performance in young adults. However, the effects of PER3 genotype on aging-related changes in both cognitive function and cortical integrity remain largely unknown. To shed light into this issue, we have investigated differences in cognitive performance, patterns of cortical thickness, and cortical glucose consumption in normal elderly subjects homozygous carriers of the short (PER3(4/4), n = 32) and long repeat alleles (PER3(5/5), n = 32). Relationships between cognitive performance and cortical thickness/metabolism were further explored for each PER3 genotype. We found that PER3(5/5) carriers had poorer cognitive performance (attention, executive function, semantic memory, and verbal fluency) and lower cortical integrity (structural and functional) than PER3(4/4). PER3(5/5) further showed thinning of temporo-parietal areas, and reductions of glucose consumption in fronto-temporo-parietal regions bilaterally. Moreover, PER3(5/5) subjects exhibited significant correlations between decreased glucose metabolism in fronto-parietal regions and poorer cognitive flexibility, though only correlations with lower glucose consumption of the supramarginal gyrus distinguished PER3(5/5) from PER3(4/4) groups. Overall, these findings enhance our understanding on the gene-brain interaction in aging, and may have further implications for the detection of subclinical cognitive decline associated with PER3 genotypes in late life. FAU - Dewandre, Delphine AU - Dewandre D AD - Laboratory of Functional Neuroscience, Spanish Network of Excellence for Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Pablo de Olavide University, Ctra. de Utrera Km 1, 41013, Seville, Spain. FAU - Atienza, Mercedes AU - Atienza M AD - Laboratory of Functional Neuroscience, Spanish Network of Excellence for Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Pablo de Olavide University, Ctra. de Utrera Km 1, 41013, Seville, Spain. FAU - Sanchez-Espinosa, Mayely P AU - Sanchez-Espinosa MP AD - Laboratory of Functional Neuroscience, Spanish Network of Excellence for Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Pablo de Olavide University, Ctra. de Utrera Km 1, 41013, Seville, Spain. FAU - Cantero, Jose L AU - Cantero JL AD - Laboratory of Functional Neuroscience, Spanish Network of Excellence for Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Pablo de Olavide University, Ctra. de Utrera Km 1, 41013, Seville, Spain. jlcanlor@upo.es. LA - eng GR - SAF2011-25463/Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness/ GR - PSI2014-55747-R/Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness/ GR - P12-CTS-2327/Regional Ministry of Innovation, Science and Enterprise, Junta de Andalucia/ GR - CB06/05/1111/CIBERNED/ GR - 2017/Spanish Sleep Society/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170912 PL - Germany TA - Brain Struct Funct JT - Brain structure & function JID - 101282001 RN - 0 (PER3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Period Circadian Proteins) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Aging/*genetics MH - Cerebral Cortex/diagnostic imaging/metabolism/*physiology MH - Circadian Rhythm/genetics MH - Cognition/*physiology MH - Correlation of Data MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Neuropsychological Tests MH - Period Circadian Proteins/*genetics MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/*genetics MH - Positron-Emission Tomography MH - Statistics, Nonparametric OTO - NOTNLM OT - Aging OT - Cognitive function OT - Cortical metabolism OT - Cortical thickness OT - PER3 OT - PET EDAT- 2017/09/14 06:00 MHDA- 2019/02/26 06:00 CRDT- 2017/09/14 06:00 PHST- 2016/12/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/09/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/09/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/02/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/09/14 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00429-017-1513-0 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00429-017-1513-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Struct Funct. 2018 Mar;223(2):597-607. doi: 10.1007/s00429-017-1513-0. Epub 2017 Sep 12.