Modulation Effects of the CEP128 Gene on Radiotherapy‐Related Brain Injury: A Longitudinal Structural Study Using Multi‐Parametric Brain MR Images

Author:

Lin Shiwei1,Lv Xiaofei2ORCID,Lin Xiaoshan1,Chen Shengli1,Li Yanqing1,Xu Manxi1,Qiu Yingwei1ORCID,Tang Linquan3

Affiliation:

1. Department of Radiology Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital Shenzhen China

2. Department of Medical Imaging, Sun Yat‐sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy Guangzhou China

3. Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat‐sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy Guangzhou China

Abstract

BackgroundThe promoter variant rs17111237 in the CEP128 closely relates to radiotherapy (RT)‐related brain necrosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients.PurposeTo explore RT‐related dynamic alterations in brain morphology and their potential genetic mechanism, and to explore the modulatory effects of CEP128 genetic variants on RT‐related brain morphological alterations in NPC patients.Study TypeProspective, longitudinal.PopulationOne hundred one patients with histopathologic ally‐proven NPC (age 41.64 ± 9.63, 46 male), analyzed at baseline (pre‐RT), 3‐months post‐RT and 6 months post‐RT, and 19 sex‐, age‐ and education‐matched healthy controls.Field Strength/Sequence3D gradient echo brain volume (3D‐BRAVO) and diffusion‐weighted single‐shot spin‐echo echo‐planar sequences at 3.0 T.Assessmentrs17111237 in CEP128 was detected by Sanger sequencing. Structural and diffusion images were processed with FreeSurfer and FSL. Morphometric similarity network (MSN) was constructed with nine cortical indices derived from structural and diffusion images.Statistical TestsOne‐way ANOVA, chi‐square test. Pearson's correlation analysis was conducted to measure the relationship between CEP128 gene‐expression level in human brain and MSN alterations. Repeated analysis of variance performed to assess group differences in MSN and the modulatory effects of the CEP128 gene within patients. Significance level: P < 0.05, false‐discovery rate correction.ResultsRT‐related significant widespread MSN alterations were observed in the cortices of NPC patients. Notably, regional MSN alterations had a weak but significant negative correlation with the cortical pattern of CEP128 gene expression (r = −0.152). Furthermore, rs17111237 in the CEP128 had significant modulatory effects on the observed MSN alterations in NPC patients, with the modulatory effects being most obvious at 3 months post‐RT.ConclusionsMSN has potential to serve as a sensitive biomarker to detect RT‐related brain injury. Inter‐brain regional and inter‐patient variability of RT‐related brain injuries may be attributed to the cortical expression of the CEP128 gene and the modulatory effects of the promoter variant rs17111237 in CEP128.Evidence Level2Technical EfficacyStage 2

Funder

Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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