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Association of a common genetic variant within ANKK1 with six-month cognitive performance after traumatic brain injury

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Genetic association analyses suggest that certain common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may adversely impact recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Delineating their causal relationship may aid in development of novel interventions and in identifying patients likely to respond to targeted therapies. We examined the influence of the (C/T) SNP rs1800497 of ANKK1 on post-TBI outcome using data from two prospective multicenter studies: the Citicoline Brain Injury Treatment (COBRIT) trial and Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury Pilot (TRACK-TBI Pilot). We included patients with ANKK1 genotyping results and cognitive outcomes at six months post-TBI (n = 492: COBRIT n = 272, TRACK-TBI Pilot n = 220). Using the California Verbal Learning Test Second Edition (CVLT-II) Trial 1-5 Standard Score, we found a dose-dependent effect for the T allele, with T/T homozygotes scoring lowest on the CVLT-II Trial 1-5 Standard Score (T/T 45.1, C/T 51.1, C/C 52.1, ANOVA, p = 0.008). Post hoc testing with multiple comparison-correction indicated that T/T patients performed significantly worse than C/T and C/C patients. Similar effects were observed in a test of non-verbal processing (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Processing Speed Index). Our findings extend those of previous studies reporting a negative relationship of the ANKK1 T allele with cognitive performance after TBI. In this study, we demonstrate the value of pooling shared clinical, biomarker, and outcome variables from two large datasets applying the NIH TBI Common Data Elements. The results have implications for future multicenter investigations to further elucidate the role of ANKK1 in post-TBI outcome.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the COBRIT and TRACK-TBI Investigators, without whom this work would not have been possible. The authors would like to thank the following contributors to the development of the TRACK-TBI database and repositories by organization and alphabetical order by last name -- QuesGen Systems, Inc.: Vibeke Brinck, MS, and Michael Jarrett, MBA; One Mind: General Peter Chiarelli, U.S. Army (Ret.), and Garen Staglin; and Thomson Reuters: Sirimon O’Charoen, PhD. This work was supported by the following Grant Numbers: NIH U01 HD42652, NIH R01 HD48179 (to R.D.-A.), and NIH RC2 NS0694909, DOD USAMRAA W81XWH-13-1-0441 (to G.T.M.).

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COBRIT investigators

The following are COBRIT investigators: Howard M. Eisenberg, MD (Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD), Jack Jallo, MD, PhD (Temple University Hospital and Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Division of Neurotrauma and Critical Care, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA), Randall E. Merchant, PhD (Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA), Thomas A. Novack, PhD (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL), Joseph H. Ricker, PhD (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA), Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD (Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN), and Ross D. Zafonte, DO (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA).

TRACK-TBI investigators

The following are TRACK-TBI investigators: Kristen Dams-O’Connor, PhD (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY), Wayne A. Gordon, PhD (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY), Allison J. Hricik, MS (Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA), Andrew I. R. Maas, MD, PhD (Department of Neurosurgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium), David K. Menon, MD, PhD (Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom), Diane J. Morabito, RN, MPH (Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA), Pratik Mukherjee, MD, PhD (Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA), David M. Schnyer, PhD (Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX), Alex B. Valadka, MD (Seton Brain and Spine Institute, Austin, TX), Mary J. Vassar, RN, MS (Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA), and Esther L. Yuh, MD, PhD (Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA).

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Yue, J.K., Pronger, A.M., Ferguson, A.R. et al. Association of a common genetic variant within ANKK1 with six-month cognitive performance after traumatic brain injury. Neurogenetics 16, 169–180 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10048-015-0437-1

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