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ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2026

Brain functional abnormalities: a bridge between insulin signaling pathway gene polymorphisms and clinical cognition in early-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Hui Ding, Xu Shi, Minyao Xie, Xuedi Zhang, Na Liu

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Hui DingDepartment of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Xuzhou Oriental Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, China.
Xu ShiDepartment of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Xuzhou First People's Hospital, 269 Daxue Road, Xuzhou, 221100, Jiangsu, China.
Minyao XieThe Affliated Nanjing Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical Univesity, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Xuedi ZhangThe Affliated Nanjing Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical Univesity, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Na LiuDepartment of Medical Psychology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 264 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China. naliu_nbh@njmu.edu.cn.

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Nanjing Medical University Specialized Disease Cohort Project NMUC2020034National Natural Science Foundation of China 81901390Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province SBK2015041859the Key Projects of Nanjing Medical Science and Technology Development Fund ZKX20002Xuzhou Health Commission Medical Science and Technology Innovation Project XWKYHT20230044
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objectiveObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, related to the central insulin signaling pathway. We investigate the relationship among central insulin signaling pathway gene polymorphisms/brain functional and clinical features in early-onset OCD(EO-OCD).

methodsCandidate single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs) were genotyped and functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) was performed EO-OCD and HCs. The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) was used to evaluate those groups, and a mediating effect model to explore the relationship among polymorphisms-brain functional-clinical features in EO-OCD.

resultsIn EO-OCD, Rac GTPase-activating protein 1(RACGAP1) rs297941 was the key polymorphism to insulin signaling pathway. The amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) in right precuneus were greater in EO-OCD patients with an A allele than the GG genotype and the ALFF in right supramarginal and postcentral was decreased. The functional connectivity (FC) between right supramarginal and left/right supplementary motor areas, between right cerebellum and left angular of inferior parietal border, and between left angular and right cerebellum was enhanced in A allele. The mediating effect model showed rs297941 influenced information processing speed and obsessive thoughts through intermediary effects of ALFF in right postcentral and enhanced FC between left angular and right cerebellum.

conclusionRs297941 was signiffcantly to EO-OCD. Abnormal FC/ALFF play a mediating role between rs297941 and information processing speed in EO-OCD.

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BrainGTPase-Activating ProteinsInsulinObsessive-Compulsive DisorderAdolescentCognitionFemaleGenotypeHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePolymorphism, Single NucleotideSignal TransductionGTPase-Activating ProteinsInsulinBrain imagingEarly-onset obsessive compulsive disorderInsulin signaling pathwayNeurobiology of early-onset OCDRACGAP1 gene

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