Cellular, molecular, and functional imaging approaches to understanding early neurodevelopment in autism

了解自闭症早期神经发育的细胞、分子和功能成像方法

基本信息

批准号：
10240556
负责人：
KATARZYNA CHAWARSKA
金额：
$ 217.95万
依托单位：
YALE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-09-07 至 2023-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10240556
关键词：
12 year old Address Affect Age Anatomy Attention Behavior Behavioral Biological Biological Models Birth Brain Brain imaging Cells Characteristics Child Childhood Data Development Diagnosis Diagnostic Disease Evaluation Female Fetal Development Functional Imaging Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Genetic Image Impairment Infant Intellectual functioning disability Interdisciplinary Study Intervention Investigation Learning Life Link Measures Methodology Methods Molecular Neonatal Neurobiology Neurology Neuronal Plasticity Neurons Neurosciences Newborn Infant Organizational Change Organoids Patients Pattern Perinatal Photons Play Pregnancy Prognostic Marker Prospective cohort Psychopathology Radiology Specialty Reporting Research Project Grants Resolution Risk Risk Factors Role School-Age Population Scientist Second Pregnancy Trimester Severities Sex Differences Siblings Social Values Symptoms Synapses System Testing Third Pregnancy Trimester Time Toddler Training autism spectrum disorder autistic children base behavioral study cellular imaging cohort connectome connectome based predictive modeling density diagnostic biomarker disorder risk efficacy testing executive function fetal high risk human model imaging approach induced pluripotent stem cell infancy inhibitory neuron innovation male molecular imaging multidisciplinary neonatal period neural model neural network neurodevelopment neuroimaging neuromechanism neurophysiology novel novel diagnostics outcome prediction predicting response predictive modeling prenatal prognostic programs protective factors recruit relating to nervous system resilience response risk sharing sex statistics stem cell biomarkers

项目摘要

The Yale Center represents a multidisciplinary research program consisting of five inter-related research projects and four cores dedicated to advancing understanding of early neurobiology of ASD. The proposal brings together a team of experts from the fields of developmental psychopathology and neurobiology, genetics, neurology, radiology, neuroscience, and statistics to identify the molecular, cellular, and neural mechanisms related to ASD from prenatal stages to childhood. We focus our investigation on two cohorts of younger siblings of children with ASD who, due to familial factors, are at high risk (HR) for developing the disorder: a prospective cohort recruited pre- and perinatally and followed through 24 months, and a cohort of HR siblings who was well-characterized at 24 months through our past studies and will reach the age of 12 years during the life of the Yale ACE. These cohorts enable our search for neural signatures of ASD during fetal, neonatal, and school-age periods, as well as to examine the connectome across the spectrum of risk for ASD both in males and females. Although neural and behavioral markers of ASD have been reported in 6- month-old infants later diagnosed with ASD, to our best knowledge, this is the first investigation into both fetal and neonatal functional connectivity in ASD. Emerging data suggest that male, but not female, ASD subjects demonstrate significant alterations in neural networks, and – for the first time – the proposed studies will identify not only the changes in connectivity in ASD but also the impact of fetal/neonatal sex upon these changes. Since recent studies demonstrate neuroplasticity in the developing brain across the late second and third trimesters of gestation, it is essential to understand if the factors associated with ASD are developing in this same time frame and to understand any sex differences that may be apparent even at that early age. The iPSC derived organoid system models human fetal development, allowing us to investigate neurobiological risk and protective factors that play a unique role in this period and may enable the discovery of patient-specific neuronal or stem cell biomarkers that could be used as predictors of risk or resilience in ASD. The Yale ACE aims rely on application of cutting-edge approaches to the analysis the connectome, fetal and neonatal imaging modeling neural development using the iPSC methodology with high resolution dual photon imaging approaches, the development of early markers for ASD, studying early attention and learning, novel predictive models relating brain organization to behavior, and statistical approaches for integrating the spectrum of data types across to address these aims. Results from the combined projects have a great potential to identify novel diagnostic and prognostic markers at the time of birth, identify neural, cellular, and molecular bases of risk and protective mechanisms in ASD, and clarify neural bases of sex differences in ASD.

耶鲁中心代表了一个多学科研究项目，由五项相互关联的研究组成该提案致力于促进对 ASD 早期神经生物学的理解的项目和四个核心。汇集了来自发展精神病理学和神经生物学领域的专家团队，遗传学、神经学、放射学、神经科学和统计学来识别分子、细胞和神经从产前阶段到儿童期与 ASD 相关的机制我们的研究重点是两组。患有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 儿童的弟弟妹妹，由于家庭因素，他们的发育处于高风险 (HR) 障碍：在产前和围产期招募并随访 24 个月的前瞻性队列，以及根据我们过去的研究，HR 兄弟姐妹在 24 个月大时就已经表现良好，并将年满 12 岁这些队列使我们能够在耶鲁大学 ACE 的一生中寻找自闭症谱系障碍的神经特征。胎儿、新生儿和学龄期，以及检查跨风险范围的连接组尽管自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的神经和行为标志物已在 6- 中报道过，但男性和女性都有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD)。一个月大的婴儿后来被诊断出患有 ASD，据我们所知，这是第一次对胎儿进行调查和新生儿自闭症谱系障碍的功能连接新兴数据表明，自闭症谱系障碍对象是男性，而非女性。展示了神经网络的重大改变，并且首次提出的研究将不仅确定自闭症谱系障碍连通性的变化，还确定胎儿/新生儿性别对这些变化的影响由于最近的研究表明，发育中的大脑在第二阶段和第二阶段具有神经可塑性。在妊娠晚期，有必要了解与自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 相关的因素是否正在发生在同一时间范围内，并了解即使在很小的时候也可能出现的任何性别差异。 iPSC 衍生的类器官系统模拟人类胎儿发育，使我们能够研究神经生物学风险和保护因素在这一时期发挥独特的作用，可能有助于发现患者特异性的神经或干细胞生物标志物可用作自闭症谱系障碍风险或恢复力的预测因子。目标依赖于应用尖端方法来分析胎儿和新生儿的连接组使用 iPSC 方法和高分辨率双光子成像对神经发育进行成像建模方法、自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 早期标记的开发、研究早期注意力和学习、新颖的预测将大脑组织与行为相关的模型，以及整合数据范围的统计方法组合项目的结果具有识别新颖性的巨大潜力。出生时的诊断和预后标记，识别风险和风险的神经、细胞和分子基础自闭症谱系障碍的保护机制，并阐明自闭症谱系障碍性别差异的神经基础。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（12）

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Low-motion fMRI data can be obtained in pediatric participants undergoing a 60-minute scan protocol.

DOI：
10.1038/s41598-020-78885-z
发表时间：
2020-12-14
期刊：
Scientific reports
影响因子：
4.6
作者：
Horien C;Fontenelle S 4th;Joseph K;Powell N;Nutor C;Fortes D;Butler M;Powell K;Macris D;Lee K;Greene AS;McPartland JC;Volkmar FR;Scheinost D;Chawarska K;Constable RT
通讯作者：
Constable RT

Hypoconnectivity between anterior insula and amygdala associates with future vulnerabilities in social development in a neurodiverse sample of neonates.

DOI：
10.1038/s41598-022-20617-6
发表时间：
2022-09-28
期刊：
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
影响因子：
4.6
作者：
Scheinost, Dustin;Chang, Joseph;Lacadie, Cheryl;Brennan-Wydra, Emma;Foster, Rachel;Boxberger, Alexandra;Macari, Suzanne;Vernetti, Angelina;Constable, R. Todd;Ment, Laura R.;Chawarska, Katarzyna
通讯作者：
Chawarska, Katarzyna

Attention to audiovisual speech does not facilitate language acquisition in infants with familial history of autism