A pharmacological and brain imaging study of human vasopressin AVP1BR receptor functional polymorphisms
Abstract In humans, vasopressin AVP1BR receptor (hV1B) plays key roles in hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis regulation and social behavior. Three hV1B polymorphisms, rs35369693 (K65N), rs28632197 (R364H) and rs33990840 (G191R), have been related to psychiatric disorders with altered HPA axis...
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| author | Adrián Alacreu-Crespo Emilie Olié Maxime Manière Jeremy Deverdun Emmanuelle Lebars Maithé Corbani Gilles Guillon Philippe Courtet |
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| description | Abstract In humans, vasopressin AVP1BR receptor (hV1B) plays key roles in hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis regulation and social behavior. Three hV1B polymorphisms, rs35369693 (K65N), rs28632197 (R364H) and rs33990840 (G191R), have been related to psychiatric disorders with altered HPA axis function and social behavior. The aim of this study was to explore hV1B pharmacological properties as a function of the polymorphism in transfected cells and the brain functioning in an emotional task in volunteers harboring different AVP1BR polymorphisms. Transfection rate, fluorescent imaging and inositol phosphate (IPs) accumulation were evaluated in HEK293 cells that expressed different hV1B variants: K65/G191/R364 (wild type), G191R, K65N and/or R364H. Brain functional activity was investigated in 35 healthy men with different hV1B variants during an fMRI implicit emotional recognition paradigm. IPs accumulation after arginine vasopressin stimulation was much reduced in cells expressing hV1B K65N and/or R364H, and increased in cells expressing G191R. Basal IPs accumulation, transfection rate, and fluorescent binding to plasma membrane were similar for all polymorphisms. During the anger vs. neutral face visualization task, activation of motor areas, visual areas, frontal sub-gyral area, hippocampus, and putamen was higher in homozygotes for the K65/R364 haplotype than in heterozygotes. Analyses did not include participants with the G191 polymorphism because of its low frequency. Different hV1B polymorphisms could be candidates as biomarkers of psychiatric disorders. Moreover, hV1B may be a pharmacological target if these polymorphisms are considered. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a3fd66d722c94d2b8305e12a5321c21c2025-08-20T03:42:26ZengBMCBMC Neuroscience1471-22022025-07-0126111110.1186/s12868-025-00963-7A pharmacological and brain imaging study of human vasopressin AVP1BR receptor functional polymorphismsAdrián Alacreu-Crespo0Emilie Olié1Maxime Manière2Jeremy Deverdun3Emmanuelle Lebars4Maithé Corbani5Gilles Guillon6Philippe Courtet7FondaMental FoundationPSNREC, Univ Montpellier, INSERM, CHU de MontpellierInstitut de Génomique fonctionnelle, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INSERMDepartment of Neuroradiology, Academic Hospital of Montpellier & U1051, Institut of Neurosciences of MontpellierDepartment of Neuroradiology, Academic Hospital of Montpellier & U1051, Institut of Neurosciences of MontpellierInstitut de Génomique fonctionnelle, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INSERMInstitut de Génomique fonctionnelle, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INSERMPSNREC, Univ Montpellier, INSERM, CHU de MontpellierAbstract In humans, vasopressin AVP1BR receptor (hV1B) plays key roles in hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis regulation and social behavior. Three hV1B polymorphisms, rs35369693 (K65N), rs28632197 (R364H) and rs33990840 (G191R), have been related to psychiatric disorders with altered HPA axis function and social behavior. The aim of this study was to explore hV1B pharmacological properties as a function of the polymorphism in transfected cells and the brain functioning in an emotional task in volunteers harboring different AVP1BR polymorphisms. Transfection rate, fluorescent imaging and inositol phosphate (IPs) accumulation were evaluated in HEK293 cells that expressed different hV1B variants: K65/G191/R364 (wild type), G191R, K65N and/or R364H. Brain functional activity was investigated in 35 healthy men with different hV1B variants during an fMRI implicit emotional recognition paradigm. IPs accumulation after arginine vasopressin stimulation was much reduced in cells expressing hV1B K65N and/or R364H, and increased in cells expressing G191R. Basal IPs accumulation, transfection rate, and fluorescent binding to plasma membrane were similar for all polymorphisms. During the anger vs. neutral face visualization task, activation of motor areas, visual areas, frontal sub-gyral area, hippocampus, and putamen was higher in homozygotes for the K65/R364 haplotype than in heterozygotes. Analyses did not include participants with the G191 polymorphism because of its low frequency. Different hV1B polymorphisms could be candidates as biomarkers of psychiatric disorders. Moreover, hV1B may be a pharmacological target if these polymorphisms are considered.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-025-00963-7VasopressinVasopressin 1B receptorGenetic polymorphismPharmacological signalingEmotional processingfMRI |
| spellingShingle | Adrián Alacreu-Crespo Emilie Olié Maxime Manière Jeremy Deverdun Emmanuelle Lebars Maithé Corbani Gilles Guillon Philippe Courtet A pharmacological and brain imaging study of human vasopressin AVP1BR receptor functional polymorphisms BMC Neuroscience Vasopressin Vasopressin 1B receptor Genetic polymorphism Pharmacological signaling Emotional processing fMRI |
| title | A pharmacological and brain imaging study of human vasopressin AVP1BR receptor functional polymorphisms |
| title_full | A pharmacological and brain imaging study of human vasopressin AVP1BR receptor functional polymorphisms |
| title_fullStr | A pharmacological and brain imaging study of human vasopressin AVP1BR receptor functional polymorphisms |
| title_full_unstemmed | A pharmacological and brain imaging study of human vasopressin AVP1BR receptor functional polymorphisms |
| title_short | A pharmacological and brain imaging study of human vasopressin AVP1BR receptor functional polymorphisms |
| title_sort | pharmacological and brain imaging study of human vasopressin avp1br receptor functional polymorphisms |
| topic | Vasopressin Vasopressin 1B receptor Genetic polymorphism Pharmacological signaling Emotional processing fMRI |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-025-00963-7 |
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