ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Med.
Sec. Ophthalmology
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1679910
This article is part of the Research TopicNew Concepts, Advances, and Future Trends in Clinical Research on Eye DiseasesView all 61 articles
Differences in the amplitude of dynamic low-frequency fluctuations in primary angle-closure glaucoma are associated with gene-molecular multi-omics
Provisionally accepted
- 1Nanchang Bright Eye Hospital, nanchang, China
- 2Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang, China
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Objective: Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG), an incurable ophthalmic disease, is a serious risk to human visual health. Previous studies have demonstrated a strong link between PACG and neuroimaging changes in the brain. This study utilizes dynamic low-frequency fluctuation amplitude (dALFF) with the aim of resolving the potential dynamic alterations in neurological function in PACG and integrating transcriptomics profiles with spatial distribution characteristics of neuromodulatory receptors/transporters to systematically elucidate the underlying neurophysiopathological mechanisms. Methods: We used sliding time windows of 30TR, 50TR and 80TR to calculate dALFF values and performed partial least squares regression (PLS) analysis of t-values after two-sample test of dALFF values under the sliding window of 50 TR against the Allen Human Brain Atlas (AHBA) to screen genes. Enrichment analysis, tissue-specific expression analysis and protein-protein interactions (PPI) network construction were implemented. The t-values were also analyzed for spatial correlation with neurotransmitter receptor/transporter density profiles distributed throughout the brain. Results: The two-sample tests under three sliding windows revealed extensive brain 字体: 非加粗 设置格式[R]: primary angle-closure glaucoma ( 删除[R]: ) 删除[R]: 2 alterations in PACG and each abnormal brain region showed elevation (the Gaussian Random Field method, with significance at the voxel level set at P < 0.005 (two-tailed) and at the cluster level at P < 0.01), which was mainly in the occipital lobe and angular gyrus. Enrichment analysis were mainly "regulation of neuron projection development" and "membrane organization" pathways (p<0.05, no corrected). Specific expression analysis revealed that the relevant genes were involved in all stages of thalamic development. PPI analysis demonstrated the role of PACG-associated genes in the formation of functional network. Neurotransmitter receptor/transporter correlation analysis revealed significant associations with 5-HT4R and mGlu5R (p<0.05, FDR corrected). Conclusion: The present study reveals that a wide range of brain regions in PACG patients show significant functional remodeling, elucidating the molecular regulatory network behind this type of pathological alteration.
Keywords: dynamic low-frequency fluctuation amplitude, Primary angle-closure glaucoma, gene, Receptor/Transmission, fMRI
Received: 05 Aug 2025; Accepted: 28 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence: Ting-Ting Xu, Nanchang Bright Eye Hospital, nanchang, China
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