Abstract
The 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q11.2 DS) is one of the highest genetic risk factors for the development of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. In schizophrenia, reduced amplitude of the frequency mismatch negativity (fMMN) has been proposed as a promising neurophysiological marker for progressive brain pathology. In this longitudinal study in 22q11.2 DS, we investigate the progression of fMMN between childhood and adolescence, a vulnerable period for brain maturation. We measured evoked potentials to auditory oddball stimuli in the same sample of 16 patients with 22q11.2 DS and 14 age-matched controls in childhood and adolescence. In addition, we cross-sectionally compared an increased sample of 51 participants with 22q11.2 DS and 50 controls divided into two groups (8–14 and 14–20 years). The reported results are obtained using the fMMN difference waveforms. In the longitudinal design, the 22q11.2 deletion carriers exhibit a significant reduction in amplitude and a change in topographic patterns of the mismatch negativity response from childhood to adolescence. The same effect, reduced mismatch amplitude in adolescence, while preserved during childhood, is observed in the cross-sectional study. These results point towards functional changes within the brain network responsible for the fMMN. In addition, the adolescents with 22q11.2 DS displayed a significant increase in amplitude over central electrodes during the auditory N1 component. No such differences, reduced mismatch response nor increased N1, were observed in the typically developing group. These findings suggest different developmental trajectories of early auditory sensory processing in 22q11.2 DS and functional changes that emerge during the critical period of increased risk for schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
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Introduction
The 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q11.2 DS; also identified as velo-cardio-facial or DiGeorge Syndrome) is one of the highest genetic risk factors for the development of psychotic disorders1,2,3. Nearly 24% of the adolescents and 30–40% of the adults with 22q11.2 DS develop schizophrenia4,5,6, and up to 60% of the deletion carriers experience subthreshold psychotic symptoms5,7.
The 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome is a multisystem syndrome caused by an interstitial microdeletion of 1.5–3 megabases located on the long arm (q) of chromosome 22, which affects 1 in 4000 live births8,9. Notably, it implicates the deletion of 35–60 known genes, many being critical for normal brain development2,10.
Although many studies of 22q11.2 DS describe impairments in higher-order cognitive processes such as working memory and executive function11,12, there is evidence that, in this disorder, deficits are also manifest at early stages of sensory processing during both visual and auditory tasks13,14.
Previous investigations on humans and animal models provide evidence that 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is a valuable neurodevelopmental model to study the functional brain alterations related to schizophrenia1,15,16,17.
Neurophysiological measures, such as event-related potentials have provided robust evidence for both sensory and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia and consequently have been proposed as endophenotypes of this psychiatric illness18. Two main characteristics are making these measures well suited to study psychiatric illness. First, they can be recorded in passive paradigms, which is an advantage in a population that may be difficult to engage in cognitive tasks. Second, because of their high temporal resolution, neurophysiological measures can be used to study the information flow from sensory to association brain regions, and to determine the stage at which information processing is impaired.
In the present study, we are investigating auditory-evoked potentials (AEPs) elicited by simple auditory stimuli and we focus on the auditory mismatch negativity (MMN) response.
The auditory MMN is an automatic cerebral process that occurs in response to a regularity violation, with or without paying attention, and indexes a prediction error signal19,20,21,22. Sensory and auditory oddball detection, which is observed in MMN paradigms is critical for everyday function since it reflects the outcome of a survey process that constantly monitors the environment for potentially relevant information. It is generated in the auditory cortex and spreads to additional structures such as the insula, the anterior cingulate cortex and the inferior frontal cortex, leading to bottom-up attentional capture23,24,25,26,27,28,29.
The MMN is usually elicited in an auditory oddball-paradigm, and it becomes visible after subtracting the response to the frequent stimulus (the standard) from the response to the rare stimulus (the deviant). In the difference waveform (deviant-standard), the MMN can be described as a negative shift, with a typical voltage distribution on the scalp: negativity over the fronto-central channels and positivity over the posterior channels, generally measured between 150–250 ms post-stimulation30.
The auditory MMN response is reduced in patients with schizophrenia and in subjects who are at-risk for the development of schizophrenia31,32. This effect has been robustly reproduced since the early 1990s33,34,35 and the most reliable deficits are in response to frequency and duration deviants36. It has been hypothesized that a reduced duration MMN (dMMN) may index a trait marker of schizophrenia, whereas a reduction in the amplitude of the frequency MMN (fMMN) may be related to lower functioning and progressive brain pathology related to the disorder37.
Several mechanistic explanations for a reduced fMMN response in patients with schizophrenia have been proposed. First, bilateral grey matter reduction in Heschl’s gyrus38 along with morphological changes of pyramidal cells in layer 3 of the auditory cortex39 may have an important role. Second, alterations in glutamatergic neurotransmission may also play a part. The glutamatergic model40 of MMN impairments in schizophrenia is based on human and animal studies showing the ability of the NMDAr antagonists, like ketamine and phencyclidine, to reduce the MMN response41,42 and further, the ability of the NMDAr agonists, like d-serine, to restore the MMN response43,44. These results go in line with histological studies that report hypofunction of NMDAr in patients with schizophrenia45.
The characteristics of MMN in 22q11.2 DS are not well understood, as the literature to date is scant and characterized by small sample sizes46,47,48. These cross-sectional studies report no significant decrease in fMMN amplitude at the frontal electrode (Fz) for adolescents and young adults with 22q11.2 DS compared to typically developing participants46,47,48, but a reduced MMN for the duration deviant48, and a long stimulus onset asynchrony (>1000 ms), indicating a more rapid decay of the auditory sensory memory trace in 22q11.2 DS49.
Concerning the development of the MMN in typically developing individuals, some studies reported increases50,51, whereas others reported decreases52 or no change53 of the amplitude of the mismatch response from childhood to adolescence, even though is well established that the MMN is decreasing in amplitude from young adulthood to older ages54.
In recent studies, the auditory MMN has been an informative neurophysiological tool that reflects functional brain changes prior to the emergence of schizophrenia55. Therefore, the aim of our study was to investigate the auditory MMN response between 22q11.2 deletion carriers and typically developing individuals before and during a vulnerable developmental window, namely childhood and adolescence. We examined how the MMN response is maturing with age using a longitudinal design. To our knowledge, this is the first study to longitudinally investigate the mismatch response in 22q11.2 deletion carriers. No a priori assumption was made about the changes in mismatch response between childhood and adolescence.
Further, we examined the MMN responses between children and adolescents with 22q11.2 DS and age-matched typically developing individuals in a larger sample using a cross-sectional design. We hypothesized that the auditory mismatch response is reduced in 22q11.2 deletion carriers compared to typically developing individuals.
Methods
Participants
The data acquired for this study are part of a longitudinal project of the Swiss National Centre for Competence in Research NCCR Synapsy on 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. The participants with 22q11.2 DS were recruited through advertisements in patient association newsletters, while the typically developing individuals were recruited among the siblings of the participants with 22q11.2 DS, and through the local school system. All participants and their parents provided written informed consent according to the protocols approved by the Ethical Committee of the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to inclusion, the presence of the de novo 22q11.2 microdeletion was confirmed using quantitative fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (QF-PCR).
The longitudinal study consisted of 16 participants with confirmed 22q11.2 deletion and 14 typically developing (TD) participants (for demographics see Table 1). The AEPs were measured at two time points (T1—age range 8–14 years and T2—age range 13–19 years).
The cross-sectional study included an increased sample of 51 participants with confirmed 22q11.2 deletion, divided into two groups: children (age range 8–14 years old) and adolescents (age range 14–20 years old), and 50 typically developing participants matched for age and gender (for demographics see Table 2). A post-hoc power analysis using Statistica Software indicated that a total sample of 16 participants with 22q11.2 DS for the longitudinal study is enough to detect a large effect size (0.85) with 89% power using paired t-tests (α < 0.05). Additionally, a total sample of 30 TD adolescents and 31 adolescents with 22q11.2 DS is enough to detect a medium effect size (0.75) with 82% power using unpaired t-tests (α < 0.05) in the cross-sectional study.
Normal hearing levels were reported for all participants. The participants were able to correctly discriminate the deviant stimuli from the standards in a brief behavioural test that followed the administration of the MMN paradigm.
Neuropsychiatric and cognitive assessment
The participants' neuropsychiatric and cognitive profiles were evaluated by a trained psychiatrist (S.E.). Parents of 22q11.2 microdeletion carriers, children and adolescents under 18 years, were interviewed using the computerized Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents-Revised (DICA)56 to identify the presence of psychiatric disorders in their children, while participants over 18 years old and their parents were interviewed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I disorders57.
The participants were screened with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III-R (WISC-III-R)58 and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III (WAIS-III; for participants >17 years)59. Information about full-scale IQ (FSIQ), performance IQ (PIQ), verbal IQ (VIQ), verbal comprehension (VCI), perceptual organization (POI), and processing speed were provided for all participants.
Psychotic symptoms were screened in 22q11.2 DS using the Structured Interview for Psychosis-Risk Syndromes (SIPS)60. The interview uses a 6-point severity scale (ranging from 0 to 6) to assess disorganization, general, negative, and positive symptoms. The assessment is based on the participants' answer, so children under 12 years old were not evaluated. A succinct description of prodromal symptoms of adolescents with 22q11.2 DS (as measured by the SIPS) is presented in Table 1.
Stimuli and procedure
Sequences of auditory stimuli were presented binaurally using intra-aural insert earphones (Etymotic Research, USA) at an intensity of 65 dB SPL in one block of 600 tones. Standard stimuli (N = 480) were pure tones of 1000 Hz, while deviant stimuli (N = 120) were pure tones of 1200 Hz. The stimuli were randomly presented with a ratio of 8:2 via E-prime 1 (Psychology Software Tools Inc., Pittsburgh). The stimuli were 100 ms long (10 ms rise and fall) and were presented with an inter-stimulus interval (ISI) of 520 ± 2 ms.
Due to a problem with the presentation computer, some participants were presented with an ISI that varied between two values. In these cases, the ISI was either 507 ± 2 or 520 ms ± 2 ms long. This ISI variation was independent of group membership and occurred randomly within one run, affecting both standard and deviant stimuli.
In the cross-sectional study, 13 participants (3 typically developing and 10 22q11.2 deletion carriers) received in average 286/600 of the auditory stimuli with an ISI of 507 ± 2 ms instead of 520 ± 2 ms. In the longitudinal design, 13 participants (5 typically developing and 8 22q11.2 deletion carriers) received in average 276/600 of the auditory stimuli with a stimulus onset asynchrony of 507 ± 2 ms instead of 520 ± 5 ms. In addition, seven participants (four typically developing and three 22q11.2 deletion carriers) received the auditory stimuli with an ISI of 604 ± 2 ms.
Throughout stimulus presentation the participants were comfortably seated in a chair inside a Faraday shielded room. They were instructed to watch a silent cartoon movie (used as a visual distracter) on a monitor and to ignore the auditory events.
Data acquisition
EEG data were continuously recorded with a sampling rate of 1000 Hz using a 256-electrodes Hydrocel cap (Electrical Geodesics Inc., Eugene, OR, USA), referenced to the vertex (Cz). Electrodes' impedance was monitored carefully and kept below 30 kΩ. For the reference electrode, the impedance was kept below 10 kΩ.
Data pre-processing
For further analysis, the number of electrodes was reduced from 256 to 204 channels by eliminating electrodes on the cheek and the neck. The data were band-pass filtered between 1 and 40 Hz using non-causal Butterworth filters.
Independent Component Analysis (ICA) was applied to remove eye-movement (eye blinks and saccades) and ECG artefacts61 using a Matlab script based on the EEGlab runica function62 (https://sccn.ucsd.edu/eeglab/). After ICA artefact removal, peri-stimulus epochs between −100 to 450 ms were averaged for each participant separately for standard and deviant stimuli. The standards following a deviant and the deviants following less than two consecutive standards were rejected before averaging. Epochs with artefacts exceeding 60 µV were automatically excluded. In addition, the epochs were visually inspected and excluded if residual artefacts below these amplitude thresholds were detected.
In the longitudinal design, the accepted epochs did not differ significantly neither for the deviant stimulus (typically developing t = −1.4, d.f. = 13, p = 0.1, mean ± s.d. T1: 73.5 ± 7.1, mean ± s.d. T2: 74.7 ± 7.8; 22q11.2 DS group t = 1.1, d.f. = 15, p = 0.2, mean ± s.d. T1: 72.0 ± 8.4, mean ± s.d. T2: 71.7 ± 8.1) nor for the standard stimulus (typically developing t = 1, d.f. = 13, p = 0.3, mean ± s.d. T1: 246.1 ± 40.7, mean ± s.d. T2: 245.5 ± 40.4; 22q11.2 group t = 1.1, d.f. = 15, p = 0.2, mean ± s.d. T1: 241.3 ± 45.2, mean ± s.d. T2: 239.8 ± 46.1) between time point 1 and time point 2 of the recordings. In the cross-sectional study, the accepted epochs did not differ significantly between the four groups either for the deviant (F(3,97) = 0.45, p = 0.71) nor for the standard (F(3,97) = 0.48, p = 0.69). The mean ± s.d. of the accepted epochs is summarized in Table 3.
No baseline correction was applied, since we compare difference waves across groups. Noisy channels were interpolated using a spherical spline interpolation63. Averaged data were recalculated from vertex reference to the common average reference. Mismatch responses were then individually calculated by subtracting each standard evoked potential from each deviant evoked potential.
These pre-processing steps were performed using Cartool software: https://sites.google.com/site/cartoolcommunity/
Data analyses
To statistically investigate the longitudinal changes in amplitude within the deletion carriers and the typically developing group, the following analyses were applied on the difference waveforms.
First, an exploratory analysis of all electrodes, time point by time point between 0 and 300 ms post-stimulation using paired t-tests for amplitude differences, was performed. A significance level of p < 0.05 and a temporal constraint of 20 ms (tf; 20 ms within which the significance threshold needed to be maintained) were fixed. To overcome the multiple comparison problem, due to multiple sensors and multiple time points, we additionally ran non-parametric permutation tests64, using the same significance level of p < 0.05 and the same temporal constraint of 20 ms (20 tf) of significance. To quantify the size of the difference between the groups, the mean amplitude around the MMN peak (selected from the group average waveforms) was calculated for each individual over the fronto-central cluster of channels that showed significant differences in the exploratory analysis. Paired t-tests (p-values <0.05) and Cohen’s d effect size65 for dependent samples were computed.
Topographic differences of scalp potential maps were quantified using the Global Map Dissimilarity (GMD), an index of configuration dissimilarities between two electric fields at a given point in time. The GMD is an individual measure of the distance between two vectors or two electric field topographies, both normalized to unitary global field power. It is equivalent to the spatial Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient between two adjacent topographic maps66. Map dissimilarities were statistically assessed using a paired topographical bootstrapping approach: the topographic analysis of variance (TANOVA). It is important to clarify that the TANOVA is based on a non-parametric randomization approach and not an analysis of variance, as the given name of this analysis might suggest67. To statistically investigate topographic differences by paired TANOVAs, a significance level of p < 0.05 and a temporal criterion of 20 ms of significance (tf 20 ms) was applied.
To identify differences in amplitude for the MMN response between the typically developing groups and the 22q11.2 deletion carriers, we applied the same pipeline as described for the longitudinal study using unpaired two-tailed t-tests for equal variance (Levene F(1,59) = 0.95 p = 0.33 for the adolescents' groups; Levene F(1,38) = 3.38 p = 0.07 for the children’groups) and unpaired non-parametric permutation tests for waveform comparisons and unpaired TANOVAs for topographic differences. The statistical analyses were performed using the Cartool software (https://sites.google.com/site/fbmlab/cartool) and Statistica 13 (TIBCO Software Inc).
Correlations with clinical data
In the longitudinal design, we performed a Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient analysis using Statistica software to evaluate the linear relationship between the MMN response and cognitive function (full-scale, performance and verbal IQ using WISC-III-R or WAIS-III for participants >17 years old). We also performed a Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient analysis to evaluate the linear relationship between the MMN response and the clinical symptom scores (SIPS) for the 22q11.2 deletion carriers.
For this purpose, we computed the mean amplitude over a cluster of 16 fronto-central channels (E6, E7, E8, E9 E14, Fcz, E16, E17, Fz, E22, E23, Fc1, Fc2, E186, E198, Cz). We identified the peak of the MMN component in the group averaged difference waveforms. We considered the 16 fronto-central channels and we calculated the mean over 30 ms around the peak, 155–185 ms post-stimulus, for each individual. The mean amplitude was used for the correlation analysis with the clinical and cognitive (IQ) data. The correlations were considered significant for p-values <0.01.
Results
Longitudinal study
The 22q11.2 deletion carriers show a reduced MMN response from childhood to adolescence. Paired t-tests show a significant decrease in mean amplitude for the MMN response over the fronto-central channels (t = −3.51, d.f. = 15, p = 0.003) with a large effect size (d = −0.85) between T1 and T2. Furthermore, we observe a significant change in the topographic distribution from childhood to adolescence (topographical bootstrapping approach TANOVA; p < 0.05; tf 20 ms). The results of the paired t-tests over all the electrodes across all time points were confirmed by non-parametrical statistical testing.
No significant differences in mean amplitude or topographic distribution are seen within the typically developing group from childhood to adolescence (t = −1.32, d.f. = 13, p = 0.20). The results are presented in Fig. 1.
In addition, the paired t-tests between adolescents and children with 22q11.2 deletion reveal a significantly increased amplitude for an earlier component, the N1 (75–100 ms post-stimulus) over the fronto-central channels (paired two-tailed t-test; p < 0.05; tf 20 ms) during adolescence. We observe a significant change in topographic distribution from childhood to adolescence also for the N1 component, in addition to the changes responsible for the mismatch response (topographical bootstrapping approach; p < 0.05; tf 20 ms).
Correlations with clinical data
The Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient did not reveal any significant correlations between the mean amplitude, cognitive (IQ), and clinical scores (SIPS).
In the longitudinal study, the full scale IQ did not significantly differ in the 22q11.2 deletion carriers (t = −0.5, d.f. = 14, p-value = 0.5) or the typically developing group (t = −1.1, d.f. = 10, p-value = 0.2) between T1 and T2. Nevertheless, in the cross-sectional study, the full-scale IQ was significantly lower in 22q11.2 DS compared to typically developing participants (t = 14.6, d.f. = 89, p < 0.00001).
In the longitudinal subgroup of patients, the severity of the prodromal symptoms (data available only for 12 participants) did not differ between T1 and T2 (disorganization t = −0.41, d.f. = 11, p = 0.68; general t = −0.92, d.f. = 11, p = 0.37; negative t = −1.62, d.f. = 11, p = 0.13; positive t = 2.15, d.f. = 11, p = 0.05).
Cross-sectional study
The cross-sectional design reveals also a significantly reduced MMN response in adolescents with 22q11.2 DS.
In comparison with the typically developing adolescents, the 22q11.2 deletion carriers show reduced amplitude over the central electrodes (slightly lateralized on the left side; unpaired two-tailed t-test; p < 0.05; tf 20 ms) within the time window of the MMN (150–180 ms post-stimulus). The results of unpaired, two-tailed t-tests were confirmed by non-parametrical statistical testing. After calculating the mean amplitude (30 ms over the central electrodes), the results were significant (t = −2.9, d.f. = 59, p = 0.005) with a medium effect size (d = −0.75). However, no statistically significant topographic changes were observed between the two adolescent groups (topographical bootstrapping approach; p < 0.05; tf 20 ms).
No significant differences in amplitude (t = −0.56, d.f. = 38, p = 0.57) or topographic distribution are seen when comparing the two groups of children, typically developing and 22q11.2 deletion carriers. The results are presented in Fig. 2.
Furthermore, the adolescents with 22q11.2DS show a significantly increased amplitude during the time window of the N1 component over fronto-central channels (80–100 ms post-stimulus) and a reduced amplitude during the P3 component (250–300 ms post-stimulus) over the central channels (unpaired two-tailed t-test; p < 0.05; tf 20 ms) compared to the typically developing adolescents.
Discussion
The MMN decrease in amplitude is a robust neurophysiological dysfunction in subjects with schizophrenia33,34 and in young individuals at high-risk of developing this disorder32. It might be explained by grey matter volume reduction, impaired connectivity, and dysfunctional cortical glutamate N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDAr) in the frontal and temporal cortices45,68,69.
The results from both the longitudinal and cross-sectional studies reveal the emergence of schizophrenia-like early auditory sensory processing deficits during adolescence, a period of considerable brain changes and a vulnerable window for the emergence of psychotic disorders70,71,72,73.
In the longitudinal design, the 22q11.2 deletion carriers exhibit a reduction in amplitude and a change in topographic patterns of the MMN response from childhood to adolescence. The altered mismatch response in adolescents with 22q11.2DS is also revealed by the cross-sectional approach.
By law of physics, topographic differences of the scalp potential maps can be interpreted as changes in the cortical activation pattern74,75. In the developing brain, these changes may be due to dissimilarities in dipole orientation resulting from changes in cortical folding with age76. Further, they may be due to changes in functional organization of the maturing brain, meaning that the neural sources recruited during the task may engage differently across stages of development, as a consequence of structural brain maturation77.
It is well established in 22q11.2 deletion carriers that from childhood to adolescence the brain is fine-tuning its architecture differently compared to the typically developing population70,78. The age-related cortical thinning in the typically developing subjects initiates in childhood in the primary sensorimotor areas, spreads rostrally over the frontal cortex, then caudally and laterally over the parietal, occipital, and lastly the temporal cortex79. In 22q1.2 DS, a different developmental pattern is observed. In a longitudinal study, Schaer et al.80 report subtle cortical thickening during childhood predominantly in the prefrontal cortex and increased cortical loss over widespread clusters starting with adolescence.
In addition, aberrant brain connectivity in adolescence has also been reported in humans81,82 and animal models of 22q11.2 DS17. Ottet et al.82 describe reduced left fronto-temporal connections and increased right fronto-frontal connections in patients with 22q11.2 DS compared with typically developing participants.
In animal models, Chun et al.17 find disruptions in the activity of thalamo-cortical glutamatergic projections to the auditory cortex, that is becoming evident only after 3 months of age in a mouse model of 22q11.2DS (corresponding to early adulthood in humans).
The frequency deviant mismatch response (fMMN) has been proposed to rely mostly on the activation of the “lemniscal areas” or core thalamo-cortical projections, which carry tonotopically organized and auditory specific information from the ventral medial geniculate nuclei to the primary auditory cortex37,83,84. In line with these results, further evidence indicates that in humans the 22q11.2 deletion is associated with reduced thalamic volume, prominently in the posterior region85 and reduced auditory cortex surface area2. These results might suggest that the normal flow of auditory information is impaired at the subcortical level and deficits in the “core” thalamo-cortical pathway could partially explain the pathogenic mechanisms that mediate fMMN impairments in 22q11.2 deletion carriers.
Consequently, the attenuated mismatch response among the 22q11.2 deletion carriers may result from progressive cortical loss and volumetric reduction in the MGN, frontal (inferior prefrontal and medial frontal gyri) and temporal cortices (superior temporal cortex, AC)15,86,87,88,89, impaired connectivity82, and dysfunctional glutamate N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDAr)90,91 within these areas.
It is thus possible that the MMN response is sensitive to subtle structural changes in cortical and thalamic areas, reflecting aberrant brain maturation in 22q11.2 DS.
Other studies did not report significant MMN reduction in adolescents with 22q11.2 DS in response to the frequency deviant46,48. The inconsistency between these findings and those reported by Baker et al.48 might be due to the fact that the authors report the amplitude over the Fz channel, while a larger cluster of significant fronto-central channels is considered in the present study. Nevertheless, the authors found a reduction in the response to duration deviants. The dMMN was proposed as an index trait marker of schizophrenia, whereas the fMMN may be related to progressive brain pathology related to the disorder37,55. Therefore, it is important to highlight the need of adding the dMMN deviant in future investigations.
Further, the inconsistency with the results observed in the Larsen et al. study46 might also highlight the phenotype heterogeneity of 22q11.2 deletion carriers. The authors report an altered functional connectivity from IFG to STG that did not coincide with an amplitude reduction. These results, even though they did not survive multiple comparison correction, might be informative and complementary to ours by adding the connectivity information and highlight the imperious need for further investigation.
Additionally, we did not find significant correlations between the prodromal symptoms, positive or negative, measured with SIPS and the mismatch response attenuation and we did not observe a significant change in the intensity of symptoms from T1 to T2.
These results go in line with the literature showing no consistent relationships between MMN size and the severity of psychotic symptoms92.
Likewise, we speculate that the fMMN attenuation might be tied to an increased vulnerability to develop schizophrenia-like symptoms later in life, but it may also be intimately linked to abnormal cortical development without compulsory transition into a schizophrenic state.
In typically developing participants, we observe no significant change in the MMN response, in either amplitude or topography, corroborating the hypothesis that typically developing subjects do not show robust changes of the mismatch response from childhood to adolescence. This effect is in keeping with previous MMN studies demonstrating that this component is developmentally quite stable in terms of amplitude53,93, but disagree with the studies that find significant MMN amplitude decreases52 or increases51 with age. Nevertheless, several studies suggest that the MMN response results from brain maturational processes across ages even when it seems stable in amplitude across development94,95,96,97.
A strong effect highlighted by both, the longitudinal and cross-sectional studies, is the significant increase in amplitude and changes in topographic distribution of the auditory N1 component during adolescence in 22q11.2 deletion carriers. This observation confirms the results published by our group in a study which showed clear alteration for the N1 component in adolescents with 22q11.2 DS compared with typically developing participants14. Using a different auditory passive paradigm (P50, a paired click test) the authors found an increase in early, central N1 and a decrease in the second, lateral N1 in adolescents with 22q11DS. The alterations were explained by elevated activity in the anterior cingulate and dorsomedial frontal cortex followed by a diminution in activity in left superior temporal gyrus in 22q11.2 DS.
Further, the increase in N1 amplitude might also point towards alterations in the cortical glutamate N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDAr). As an effect of ketamine administration (NMDAr antagonist) in typically developing subjects, Oranje et al.98 and Umbricht et al.42 reported an enhanced N1 response to the deviant stimuli. Additionally, in the cross-sectional study, we observe a decrease in the P3 component in adolescents with 22q11.2 DS. The same effect is reported in patients with schizophrenia and also by studies testing the effect of ketamine (NMDAr antagonist) on typically developing subjects99.
It is important to note some limitations of the current study. First, our sample of 22q11.2 deletion carriers expresses heterogeneous levels of psychosis risk and medication status. Second, we had an ISI difference due to a problem with the presentation computer during a brief period. Nevertheless, the ISI varied within the same paradigm of MMN presentation and the ISI difference was very short (<15 ms) and was equally affecting the groups. Third, we did not include a duration deviant. This might be relevant for future studies, as deviant types might produce specific biomarkers for functional levels in patients with schizophrenia and individuals at risk37,55.
In summary, we observe auditory neurophysiological abnormalities in non-psychotic 22q11DS adolescents similar to those found in schizophrenia. The auditory processing impairments might be promoted by two main effects: local structural and molecular brain alterations and abnormal interactions between the auditory brain areas, and might co-occur with the increased risk to develop schizophrenia-like symptoms later in life. In this view, future work should explore the link between cortical changes, functional connectivity, glutamate dysfunction, and the variability of the MMN response, both for fMMN and dMMN, across ages in the 22q11.2 DS population with respect to the severity of prodromal symptoms.
Data availability
The datasets generated and analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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The authors would like to thank all the participants and their families who kindly volunteered to participate in this study. We extend our gratitude to Léa Chambaz, Lydia Dubourg, Johanna Maeder, Sarah Menghetti, Virginie Pouillard, and Alexandra Zaharia for trial coordination, clinical assessments, and their help with data collection. This study was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR)“SYNAPSY—The Synaptic Basis of Mental Diseases” (NCCR Synapsy Grant # 51NF40–158776) and by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant Numbers: Grant Numbers: 320030_159705 to C.M.M. and 324730_144260 to S.E.).
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Cantonas, LM., Tomescu, M.I., Biria, M. et al. Abnormal development of early auditory processing in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. Transl Psychiatry 9, 138 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0473-y
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