| Title: | Genome-wide analysis identifies impaired axonogenesis in chronic overlapping pain conditions |
| Journal: | Brain |
| Published: | 11 Nov 2021 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34788396/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awab359 |
| URL: | https://academic.oup.com/brain/article-pdf/145/3/1111/43500038/awab359.pdf |
| Citations: | 28 (18 in last 2 years) as of 8 Aug 2024 |
Publication 4993
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Abstract
Chronic pain is often present at more than one anatomical location, leading to chronic overlapping pain conditions. Whether chronic overlapping pain conditions represent a distinct pathophysiology from the occurrence of pain at only one site is unknown. Using genome-wide approaches, we compared genetic determinants of chronic single-site versus multisite pain in the UK Biobank. We found that different genetic signals underlie chronic single-site and multisite pain with much stronger genetic contributions for the latter. Among 23 loci associated with multisite pain, nine loci replicated in the HUNT cohort, with the DCC netrin 1 receptor (DCC) as the top gene. Functional genomics identified axonogenesis in brain tissues as the major contributing pathway to chronic multisite pain. Finally, multimodal structural brain imaging analysis showed that DCC is most strongly expressed in subcortical limbic regions and is associated with alterations in the uncinate fasciculus microstructure, suggesting that DCC-dependent axonogenesis may contribute to chronic overlapping pain conditions via corticolimbic circuits.</p>
7 Keywords
- Brain
- Chronic Disease
- Chronic Pain
- Humans
- Netrin-1
- Neurogenesis
- White Matter
32 Authors
- Samar Khoury
- Marc Parisien
- Scott J Thompson
- Etienne Vachon-Presseau
- Mathieu Roy
- Amy E Martinsen
- Bendik S Winsvold
- Anne Heidi Skogholt
- Ben Brumpton
- Cristen J Willer
- Egil Andreas Fors
- Ingrid Heuch
- Jonas Bille Nielsen
- Kjersti Storheim
- Knut Hagen
- Kristian Bernhard Nilsen
- Kristian Hveem
- Lars Fritsche
- Laurent F Thomas
- Linda M Pedersen
- Maiken E Gabrielsen
- Marianne Bakke Johnsen
- Marie Udnesseter Lie
- Oddgeir Holmen
- Sigrid Børte
- Synne Øien Stensland
- Wei Zhou
- Ingunn P Mundal
- John-Anker Zwart
- Artur Kania
- Jeffrey S Mogil
- Luda Diatchenko
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