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Saarinen A, Hietala J, Lyytikäinen LP, Hamal Mishra B, Sormunen E, Kähönen M, Rovio S, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L. Polygenic liabilities underlying job stress and exhaustion over a 10-year follow-up: A general population study. Psychiatry Res 2023; 326:115355. [PMID: 37487461 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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We investigated whether individuals, who have a high polygenic loading for schizophrenia and major depression (PGL) but have not developed the respective disorders, are still susceptible to experience milder forms of ill-being in terms of job strain or exhaustion. We used the population-based Young Finns Study data (n = 928). PGL was assessed with a cumulative score of the polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia and depression. Participants (24-49-year-olds) evaluated their exhaustion levels and perceived job characteristics over a 10-year follow-up (2001, 2007, 2011). Participants with diagnosed psychotic or affective disorders were excluded. We found that high PGL did not predict less favorable perceptions of job environment (job strain, demands, control, satisfaction, social support at work) but high PGL predicted a higher trajectory of exhaustion in early adulthood and middle age. Additionally, high (vs. low) PGL predicted a stronger increase in exhaustion at increased levels of job strain. These findings remained after controlling for sex, socioeconomic factors, health behaviors, and cognitive performance. In conclusion, individuals with high PGL may have an elevated liability to experience exhaustion especially in early adulthood and middle age (despite they perceive their job environment similarly than others), and especially and at high levels of job strain.
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- Aino Saarinen
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories, and Finnish Cardiovascular Research Center, Tampere, Finland; Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories, and Finnish Cardiovascular Research Center, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Tampere University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, University of Turku and Division of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Centre for Population Health Research, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories, and Finnish Cardiovascular Research Center, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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Wang Y, Wei J, Zhang P, Zhang X, Wang Y, Chen W, Zhao Y, Cui X. Neuregulin-1, a potential therapeutic target for cardiac repair. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:945206. [PMID: 36120374 PMCID: PMC9471952 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.945206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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NRG1 (Neuregulin-1) is an effective cardiomyocyte proliferator, secreted and released by endothelial vascular cells, and affects the cardiovascular system. It plays a major role in heart growth, proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and other cardiovascular processes. Numerous experiments have shown that NRG1 can repair the heart in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, ischemia reperfusion, heart failure, cardiomyopathy and other cardiovascular diseases. NRG1 can connect related signaling pathways through the NRG1/ErbB pathway, which form signal cascades to improve the myocardial microenvironment, such as regulating cardiac inflammation, oxidative stress, necrotic apoptosis. Here, we summarize recent research advances on the molecular mechanisms of NRG1, elucidate the contribution of NRG1 to cardiovascular disease, discuss therapeutic approaches targeting NRG1 associated with cardiovascular disease, and highlight areas for future research.
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- Yan Wang
- First Clinical Medical School, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- First Clinical Medical School, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- First Clinical Medical School, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- *Correspondence: Yanan Zhao, ; Xiangning Cui,
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Yanan Zhao, ; Xiangning Cui,
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Hasselgren C, Dellve L, Ekbrand H, Zettergren A, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Skoog I, Halleröd B. Socioeconomic status, gender and dementia: The influence of work environment exposures and their interactions with APOE ɛ4. SSM Popul Health 2018; 5:171-179. [PMID: 30014031 PMCID: PMC6043817 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Revised: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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It is a well-established fact that unfavourable social and economic conditions have a negative impact on health and longevity. Recent findings suggest that this is also true of age-related dementias. Yet most common indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) say very little about the actual mechanisms at play in disease development. The present paper explores five work exposure characteristics, all of which have a clear social gradient, that could potentially shed further light on the relationship between SES and dementia. Specifically, it investigates whether these exposures could moderate the impact of a well-known genetic risk factor: the APOE ɛ4 allele. The empirical analyses are based on data from a Swedish population study (n = 1019). Main occupation was linked to The Job Exposure Matrix to estimate the individuals’ exposure to the following work environment factors: work control, support, psychological demands, physical demands and job hazards. All analyses were conducted using binary logistic regression and focused specifically on gene-work exposure interactions. A significant main effect of work control on dementia risk was detected for males (OR = 0.68; p< 0.05), but not for females. However, control was found to significantly moderate the effect of APOE ɛ4 in both genders, albeit in different ways. These findings do not only underscore the importance of considering interactions between social and genetic risk factors to better understanding multifactorial diseases such as dementia. They also propose that gender- and class-based inequities interact, and hence must be considered simultaneously, also in relation to this particular disease. There are steep social gradients in exposure to various work environment conditions. Work control alters the effect of APOE ɛ4 in both genders, albeit in different ways. High work control protects male, but not female, APOE ɛ4-carriers. ‘Male’ high control jobs differ greatly from ‘female’ high control jobs. Gender- and class-based inequities interact also in the development of dementia.
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- Caroline Hasselgren
- Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Box 720, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Centre for Ageing and Health - AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Box 720, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Centre for Ageing and Health - AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Box 720, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Centre for Ageing and Health - AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Centre for Ageing and Health - AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.,Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.,Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom.,UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Centre for Ageing and Health - AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.,Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Centre for Ageing and Health - AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Box 720, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Centre for Ageing and Health - AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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Associations between Job Strain and Arterial Stiffness: A Large Survey among Enterprise Employees from Thailand. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:ijerph15040659. [PMID: 29614802 PMCID: PMC5923701 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15040659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 03/25/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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As an intermediate endpoint to cardiovascular disease, arterial stiffness has received much attention recently. So far, the research on work stress and arterial stiffness is still sparse and inconsistent, and no investigations on work stress and cardiovascular health among the Thai working population have been reported. Therefore, we conducted an epidemiological study among 2141 Thai enterprise employees (858 men and 1283 women) who were free from any diagnosed cardiovascular disease. Work stress was measured using Karasek’s Job Demand–Control model for job strain (a combination of high demand and low control). Arterial stiffness was evaluated by a non-invasive approach using pulse-wave analysis based on a finger photoplethysmogram. Multivariable linear regression was applied to examine associations between job strain and arterial stiffness. In men, job strain was significantly associated with arterial stiffness (β = 0.078, 95% confidence interval = 0.026 to 0.130), after accounting for sociodemographic, behavioral, dietary and biomedical factors. However, the association in women was not significant. As the first study in Thailand on work stress and cardiovascular risk, we found that job strain might be an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease among Thai working men. Further studies with longitudinal design are warranted.
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Oguz C, Sen SK, Davis AR, Fu YP, O’Donnell CJ, Gibbons GH. Genotype-driven identification of a molecular network predictive of advanced coronary calcium in ClinSeq® and Framingham Heart Study cohorts. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2017; 11:99. [PMID: 29073909 PMCID: PMC5659034 DOI: 10.1186/s12918-017-0474-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND One goal of personalized medicine is leveraging the emerging tools of data science to guide medical decision-making. Achieving this using disparate data sources is most daunting for polygenic traits. To this end, we employed random forests (RFs) and neural networks (NNs) for predictive modeling of coronary artery calcium (CAC), which is an intermediate endo-phenotype of coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS Model inputs were derived from advanced cases in the ClinSeq®; discovery cohort (n=16) and the FHS replication cohort (n=36) from 89 th -99 th CAC score percentile range, and age-matched controls (ClinSeq®; n=16, FHS n=36) with no detectable CAC (all subjects were Caucasian males). These inputs included clinical variables and genotypes of 56 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) ranked highest in terms of their nominal correlation with the advanced CAC state in the discovery cohort. Predictive performance was assessed by computing the areas under receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC-AUC). RESULTS RF models trained and tested with clinical variables generated ROC-AUC values of 0.69 and 0.61 in the discovery and replication cohorts, respectively. In contrast, in both cohorts, the set of SNPs derived from the discovery cohort were highly predictive (ROC-AUC ≥0.85) with no significant change in predictive performance upon integration of clinical and genotype variables. Using the 21 SNPs that produced optimal predictive performance in both cohorts, we developed NN models trained with ClinSeq®; data and tested with FHS data and obtained high predictive accuracy (ROC-AUC=0.80-0.85) with several topologies. Several CAD and "vascular aging" related biological processes were enriched in the network of genes constructed from the predictive SNPs. CONCLUSIONS We identified a molecular network predictive of advanced coronary calcium using genotype data from ClinSeq®; and FHS cohorts. Our results illustrate that machine learning tools, which utilize complex interactions between disease predictors intrinsic to the pathogenesis of polygenic disorders, hold promise for deriving predictive disease models and networks.
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- Cihan Oguz
- Cardiovascular Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Cardiovascular Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Cardiovascular Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Office of Biostatistics Research, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
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- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- Center for Population Genomics, MAVERIC, VA Healthcare System, Boston, MA USA
- Cardiology Section Administration, VA Healthcare System, Boston, MA USA
- Department of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- Cardiovascular Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
- Office of the Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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The beta isoform of Neuregulin-1 (NRG-1β), along with its receptors (ErbB2-4), is required for cardiac development. NRG-1β, as well as the ErbB2 and ErbB4 receptors, is also essential for maintenance of adult heart function. These observations have led to its evaluation as a therapeutic for heart failure. Animal studies and ongoing clinical trials have demonstrated beneficial effects of two forms of recombinant NRG-1β on cardiac function. In addition to the possible role for recombinant NRG-1βs as heart failure therapies, endogenous NRG-1β/ErbB signaling appears to play a role in restoring cardiac function after injury. The potential mechanisms by which NRG-1β may act as both a therapy and a mediator of reverse remodeling remain incompletely understood. In addition to direct effects on cardiac myocytes NRG-1β acts on the vasculature, interstitium, cardiac fibroblasts, and hematopoietic and immune cells, which, collectively, may contribute to NRG-1β's role in maintaining cardiac structure and function, as well as mediating reverse remodeling.
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Chohan TW, Nguyen A, Todd SM, Bennett MR, Callaghan P, Arnold JC. Partial genetic deletion of neuregulin 1 and adolescent stress interact to alter NMDA receptor binding in the medial prefrontal cortex. Front Behav Neurosci 2014; 8:298. [PMID: 25324742 PMCID: PMC4179617 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Schizophrenia is thought to arise due to a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors during early neurodevelopment. We have recently shown that partial genetic deletion of the schizophrenia susceptibility gene neuregulin 1 (Nrg1) and adolescent stress interact to disturb sensorimotor gating, neuroendocrine activity and dendritic morphology in mice. Both stress and Nrg1 may have converging effects upon N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) which are implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia, sensorimotor gating and dendritic spine plasticity. Using an identical repeated restraint stress paradigm to our previous study, here we determined NMDAR binding across various brain regions in adolescent Nrg1 heterozygous (HET) and wild-type (WT) mice using [3H] MK-801 autoradiography. Repeated restraint stress increased NMDAR binding in the ventral part of the lateral septum (LSV) and the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus irrespective of genotype. Partial genetic deletion of Nrg1 interacted with adolescent stress to promote an altered pattern of NMDAR binding in the infralimbic (IL) subregion of the medial prefrontal cortex. In the IL, whilst stress tended to increase NMDAR binding in WT mice, it decreased binding in Nrg1 HET mice. However, in the DG, stress selectively increased the expression of NMDAR binding in Nrg1 HET mice but not WT mice. These results demonstrate a Nrg1-stress interaction during adolescence on NMDAR binding in the medial prefrontal cortex.
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- Tariq W Chohan
- The Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Discipline of Pharmacology, School of Medical Science, University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia ; ANSTO LifeSciences, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Discipline of Pharmacology, School of Medical Science, University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia ; ANSTO LifeSciences, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Discipline of Pharmacology, School of Medical Science, University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Chumaeva N, Hintsanen M, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M, Juonala M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L. Interleukin-6 gene polymorphism, chronic stress and atherosclerosis: interleukin-6-174G>C polymorphism, chronic stress and risk of early atherosclerosis in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. J Psychosom Res 2014; 76:333-8. [PMID: 24630186 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Interleukin-6 protein has been suggested as a mediator connecting chronic stress and cardiovascular diseases. We investigated whether the functional G174C polymorphism (rs1800795) of interleukin-6 gene is associated with vital exhaustion, a measure of chronic stress, or with preclinical atherosclerosis. METHODS Associations between the interleukin-6-174G>C polymorphism, preclinical atherosclerosis, and vital exhaustion were examined in 1673 women and men aged 24-39years participating in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study. Vital exhaustion was measured using Maastricht Questionnaire. Preclinical atherosclerosis was assessed by carotid intima-media thickness using ultrasound techniques. DNA was genotyped for the interleukin-6-174G>C polymorphism (rs1800795). RESULTS The GG genotype of the interleukin-6-174G>C polymorphism was associated with higher vital exhaustion. Moreover, higher vital exhaustion was associated with greater intima-media thickness in men carrying G alleles, adjusted for cardiovascular risk factors. CONCLUSION Our findings support a role for the interleukin-6-174G>C polymorphism in increased risk of atherosclerosis in individuals with chronic stress. In addition, individuals carrying the G allele of the interleukin-6-174G>C polymorphism may be more prone to adverse effects of psychosocial stress.
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- Nadja Chumaeva
- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland; Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland; Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Finland; Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories, University of Tampere, School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland
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- Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Finland; Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Peter R, Hasselhorn HM. [Work, age, health, and work participation. A theoretical model]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2013; 56:415-21. [PMID: 23455559 DOI: 10.1007/s00103-012-1615-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Research into the associations between work, age, and health and the impact of these associations on employment status has focused on health as a crucial determinant of staying on the job. In our paper, we ask whether concentrating on health is still feasible, particularly when considering the change in demographics and the increasing proportion of older people in the workplace. We introduce a theoretical model describing health as a variable that indirectly influences leaving employment. According to our model, the immediate decision to leave employment is due to work motivation and work ability. These two factors may require intervention activities different from those needed to improve health. Our model explains employment participation as a result of complex associations between work, socioeconomic status, lifestyle, and health especially with work ability and work motivation. The complexity of these processes should be considered in studies by conducting longitudinal investigations like the German lidA study (http://www.lida-studie.de). If the model is verified in scientific studies like lidA, it can be used as a basis for preventive and intervening activities in practice, i.e., in politics, enterprises, and science.
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- R Peter
- Institut für Epidemiologie und Medizinische Biometrie, Universität Ulm, Helmholtzstrasse 22, Ulm, Germany.
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Karl T. Neuregulin 1: a prime candidate for research into gene-environment interactions in schizophrenia? Insights from genetic rodent models. Front Behav Neurosci 2013; 7:106. [PMID: 23966917 PMCID: PMC3744031 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Schizophrenia is a multi-factorial disease characterized by a high heritability and environmental risk factors. In recent years, an increasing number of researchers worldwide have started investigating the “two-hit hypothesis” of schizophrenia predicting that genetic and environmental risk factors (GxE) interactively cause the development of the disorder. This work is starting to produce valuable new animal models and reveal novel insights into the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. This mini review will focus on recent advancements in the field made by challenging mutant and transgenic rodent models for the schizophrenia candidate gene neuregulin 1 (NRG1) with particular environmental factors. It will outline results obtained from mouse and rat models for various Nrg1 isoforms/isoform types (e.g., transmembrane domain Nrg1, Type II Nrg1), which have been exposed to different forms of stress (acute versus chronic, restraint versus social) and housing conditions (standard laboratory versus minimally enriched housing). These studies suggest Nrg1 as a prime candidate for GxE interactions in schizophrenia rodent models and that the use of rodent models will enable a better understanding of GxE interactions and the underlying mechanisms.
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- Tim Karl
- Neuroscience Research Australia Randwick, NSW, Australia ; Schizophrenia Research Institute Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia ; School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales NSW, Australia
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Taylor SB, Taylor AR, Koenig JI. The interaction of disrupted type II neuregulin 1 and chronic adolescent stress on adult anxiety- and fear-related behaviors. Neuroscience 2012; 249:31-42. [PMID: 23022220 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.09.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Revised: 09/15/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The incidence of anxiety, mood, substance abuse disorders and schizophrenia increases during adolescence. Epidemiological evidence confirms that exposure to stress during sensitive periods of development can create vulnerabilities that put genetically predisposed individuals at increased risk for psychiatric disorders. Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) is a frequently identified schizophrenia susceptibility gene that has also been associated with the psychotic features of bipolar disorder. Previously, we established that Type II NRG1 is expressed in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis neurocircuitry. We also found, using a line of Nrg1 hypomorphic rats (Nrg1(Tn)), that genetic disruption of Type II NRG1 results in altered HPA axis function and environmental reactivity. The present studies used the Nrg1(Tn) rats to test whether Type II NRG1 gene disruption and chronic stress exposure during adolescence interact to alter adult anxiety- and fear-related behaviors. Male and female Nrg1(Tn) and wild-type rats were exposed to chronic variable stress (CVS) during mid-adolescence and then tested for anxiety-like behavior, cued fear conditioning and basal corticosterone secretion in adulthood. The disruption of Type II NRG1 alone significantly impacts rat anxiety-related behavior by reversing normal sex-related differences and impairs the ability to acquire cued fear conditioning. Sex-specific interactions between genotype and adolescent stress also were identified such that CVS-treated wild-type females exhibited a slight reduction in anxiety-like behavior and basal corticosterone, while CVS-treated Nrg1(Tn) females exhibited a significant increase in cued fear extinction. These studies confirm the importance of Type II NRG1 in anxiety and fear behaviors and point to adolescence as a time when stressful experiences can shape adult behavior and HPA axis function.
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- S B Taylor
- Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Westerlund H, Gustafsson PE, Theorell T, Janlert U, Hammarström A. Social adversity in adolescence increases the physiological vulnerability to job strain in adulthood: a prospective population-based study. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35967. [PMID: 22558285 PMCID: PMC3338487 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2011] [Accepted: 03/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background It has been argued that the association between job strain and health could be confounded by early life exposures, and studies have shown early adversity to increase individual vulnerability to later stress. We therefore investigated if early life exposure to adversity increases the individual's physiological vulnerability job strain in adulthood. Methodology/Principal Findings In a population-based cohort (343 women and 330 men, 83% of the eligible participants), we examined the association between on the one hand exposure to adversity in adolescence, measured at age 16, and job strain measured at age 43, and on the other hand allostatic load at age 43. Adversity was operationalised as an index comprising residential mobility and crowding, parental loss, parental unemployment, and parental physical and mental illness (including substance abuse). Allostatic load summarised body fat, blood pressure, inflammatory markers, glucose, blood lipids, and cortisol regulation. There was an interaction between adversity in adolescence and job strain (B = 0.09, 95% CI 0.02 to 0.16 after adjustment for socioeconomic status), particularly psychological demands, indicating that job strain was associated with increased allostatic load only among participants with adversity in adolescence. Job strain was associated with lower allostatic load in men (β = −0.20, 95% CI −0.35 to −0.06). Conclusions/Significance Exposure to adversity in adolescence was associated with increased levels of biological stress among those reporting job strain in mid-life, indicating increased vulnerability to environmental stressors.
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- Hugo Westerlund
- Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Watanabe T, Sato K, Itoh F, Iso Y. Pathogenic involvement of heregulin-β1 in anti-atherogenesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 175:11-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2012.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Revised: 11/12/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Roepke SK, Allison M, von Känel R, Mausbach BT, Chattillion EA, Harmell AL, Patterson TL, Dimsdale JE, Mills PJ, Ziegler MG, Ancoli-Israel S, Grant I. Relationship between chronic stress and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in elderly Alzheimer's disease caregivers. Stress 2012; 15:121-9. [PMID: 21790484 PMCID: PMC3223262 DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2011.596866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The stress associated with providing care for a spouse diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease can have adverse effects on cardiovascular health. One potential explanation is that chronic caregiving stress may contribute to the development of atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the duration that one has provided care is associated with the degree of atherosclerotic burden, as measured by carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT). One hundred and ten Alzheimer caregivers [mean age 74 ± 8 (SD) years, 69% female] underwent in-home assessment of carotid artery IMT via B-mode ultrasonography. Data regarding medical history, blood pressure, and multiple indicators of caregiving stress were also collected. Multiple regression indicated that duration of care was positively associated with IMT measured in the internal/bifurcation segments of the carotid artery (β = 0.202, p = 0.044) independent of risk factors such as age, gender, body mass index, smoking history, sleep quality, hypertension status, and caregiving stressors. Duration of care was positively associated with IMT in the common carotid artery, but the relationship was not significant. These findings provide more evidence of the link between chronic caregiving stress and cardiovascular disease and indicate that enduring the experience of caregiving over a period of years might be associated with atherosclerotic burden.
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- Susan K Roepke
- San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Taylor SB, Taylor AR, Markham JA, Geurts AM, Kanaskie BZ, Koenig JI. Disruption of the neuregulin 1 gene in the rat alters HPA axis activity and behavioral responses to environmental stimuli. Physiol Behav 2011; 104:205-14. [PMID: 21092742 PMCID: PMC3081908 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2010] [Revised: 11/03/2010] [Accepted: 11/10/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Exposure to stress can result in an increased risk for psychiatric disorders, especially among genetically predisposed individuals. Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) is a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia and is also associated with psychotic bipolar disorder. In the rat, the neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus show strong expression of Nrg1 mRNA. In patients with schizophrenia, a single nucleotide polymorphism in the 5' region of NRG1 interacts with psychosocial stress to affect reactivity to expressed emotion. However, there is virtually no information on the role of NRG1 in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function, and whether the protein is expressed in the paraventricular nucleus is unknown. The present studies utilize a unique line of Nrg1 hypomorphic rats (Nrg1(Tn)) generated by gene trapping with the Sleeping Beauty transposon. We first established that the Nrg1(Tn) rats displayed reduced expression of both the mRNA and protein corresponding to the Type II NRG1 isoform. After confirming, using wild type animals, that Type II NRG1 is expressed in the neurocircuitry involved in regulating hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to environmental stimuli, the Nrg1(Tn) rats were then used to test the hypothesis that altered expression of Type II NRG1 disrupts stress regulation and reactivity. In support of this hypothesis, Nrg1(Tn) rats have disrupted basal and acute stress recovery corticosterone secretion, differential changes in expression of glucocorticoid receptors in the pituitary, paraventricular nucleus and hippocampus, and a failure to habituate to an open field. Together, these findings point to NRG1 as a potential novel regulator of neuroendocrine responses to stress as well as behavioral reactivity.
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- S B Taylor
- Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Sawyer DB, Caggiano A. Neuregulin-1β for the treatment of systolic heart failure. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011; 51:501-5. [PMID: 21729703 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2011] [Revised: 05/13/2011] [Accepted: 06/20/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The Neuregulin-1 gene encodes a family of ligands that act through the ErbB family of receptor tyrosine kinases to regulate morphogenesis of many tissues. Work in isolated cardiac cells as well as genetically altered mice demonstrates that neuregulin-1/ErbB signaling is a paracrine signaling system that functions in endocardial-endothelial/cardiomyocyte interactions to regulate tissue organization during development as well as maintain cardiac function throughout life. Treatment of animals with cardiac dysfunction with recombinant neuregulin-1beta improves cardiac function. This has led to ongoing early phase clinical studies examining neuregulin-1beta as a potential novel therapeutic for heart failure. In this review we synthesize the literature behind this rapidly evolving area of translational research. This article is part of a special issue entitled "Key Signaling Molecules in Hypertrophy and Heart Failure."
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- Douglas B Sawyer
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Cytostatic drugs were developed to target specific molecular pathways shown to drive tumor growth. Although this approach has been very successful in treating cancers, its use is often hindered by off-target toxic effects. An example of this is trastuzumab, which targets the erbB2 kinase receptor. This drug successfully decreases tumor growth but adversely affects cardiac function. This observation led to important studies elucidating the importance of the erbB pathway in cardioprotection and angiogenesis. This review addresses the problem of off-target effects of cytostatic drugs (specifically trastuzumab) and their effect on cardiac function, summarizes the neuregulin-1 (NRG)/erbB signaling pathway, and discusses its importance in cardiac myocytes. It also highlights important findings showing the role of NRG/erbB signaling in microvascular preservation and angiogenesis, with a brief discussion of preclinical and clinical data regarding treatment of cardiovascular disease with NRG.
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Xu W, Hang J, Cao T, Shi R, Zeng W, Deng Y, Gao W, Zhao Y, Guo L. Job Stress and Carotid Intima‐media Thickness in Chinese Workers. J Occup Health 2010; 52:257-62. [DOI: 10.1539/joh.l9157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Weixian Xu
- Department of CardiologyPeking University Third Hospital and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of EducationChina
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- Department of CardiologyPeking University Third Hospital and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of EducationChina
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- Department of PriorityPeking University Shenzhen HospitalChina
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- Department of PriorityPeking University Shenzhen HospitalChina
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- Department of PriorityPeking University Shenzhen HospitalChina
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- Department of PriorityPeking University Shenzhen HospitalChina
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- Department of CardiologyPeking University Third Hospital and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of EducationChina
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- Research Center of Occupational MedicinePeking University Third HospitalChina
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- Department of CardiologyPeking University Third Hospital and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of EducationChina
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In vivo and in vitro genetic evidence of involvement of neuregulin 1 in immune system dysregulation. J Mol Med (Berl) 2010; 88:1133-41. [PMID: 20625696 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-010-0653-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2010] [Revised: 06/11/2010] [Accepted: 06/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) has been implicated in several disorders including breast cancer, multiple sclerosis, and schizophrenia. Also, recent evidence suggests that NRG1 may play a role in regulation of inflammation and immune system response. We therefore hypothesized that a schizophrenia-associated missense mutation (valine to leucine) we identified within the transmembrane region of NRG1 would also be linked to immune dysregulation. We used plasma samples from families carrying the mutation to measure levels of antibodies to 41 autoimmune markers and six cytokines (IL-1b, IL-6, IL-10, IL-8, IL-12p70, and TNF-α) and used these levels as quantitative traits to evaluate association with the NRG1 mutation, using FBAT. Next, we used Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B cells from heterozygous mutation carriers and wild-type individuals to evaluate protein and mRNA cytokine expression in vitro using quantitative PCR and ELISA assays. In vivo, increased levels of 25 autoimmune markers as well as elevated levels of cytokines were significantly associated with the NRG1 mutation. In vitro, we observed a significant increase in protein secretion levels of IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-8 in mutation carriers compared with controls. At the mRNA level, we observed a significant increase in IL-6 expression, while IL-4 levels appeared to be down-regulated in heterozygous individuals compared with wild-type controls. This is the first report of association of a NRG1 mutation with immune dysregulation. This study could contribute towards understanding the role of NRG1 in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and other disorders in which inflammation plays an important role.
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Neuregulin-1/ErbB signaling and chronic heart failure. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 2010; 59:31-51. [PMID: 20933198 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(10)59002-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Neuregulin-1 (NRG-1), a cardioactive growth factor released from endothelial cells, is indispensable for cardiac development, structural maintenance, and functional integrity of the heart. In recent years, a growing number of studies have focused on NRG-1 and members of the ErbB family that serve as receptors for NRG-1 in order to better understand the role of this signaling pathway in physiology and pathophysiology of the heart. An essential role for NRG-1 and ErbB in heart development and functionality has been suggested by studies in conditional NRG-1/ErbB-deficient mice and by the cardiac-related side effects of anti-ErbB2 antibody therapies used for treatment of breast cancer. In vitro and in vivo studies using recombinant human neuregulin-1 (rhNRG-1), which contains the epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domain (necessary for ErbB2/ErbB4 activation), have further supported the hypothesis that NRG-1 plays an important role in heart function. Consistent with other studies, expression of rhNRG-1 not only restored normal cardiomyocytic structure altered by nutritional deficiency in cell cultures, but also improved the pumping function of the heart in several animal models of chronic heart failure (CHF). As a result of these findings, proteins involved in the NRG-1/ErbB-signaling pathway have been explored as potential drug targets for treatment of heart failure. Clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of rhNRG-1 have been conducted in both China and Australia. As predicted, rhNRG-1 treatment improved both cardiac function and reversed remodeling of the heart. Therefore, rhNRG-1 may represent a new drug for treatment of CHF with a novel therapeutic mechanism.
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Puttonen S, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsanen M, Vahtera J, Telama R, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L. Shift work in young adults and carotid artery intima–media thickness: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study. Atherosclerosis 2009; 205:608-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2008] [Revised: 12/22/2008] [Accepted: 01/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Xu Y, Li X, Zhou M. Neuregulin-1/ErbB signaling: a druggable target for treating heart failure. Curr Opin Pharmacol 2008; 9:214-9. [PMID: 19070544 DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2008.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2008] [Revised: 11/03/2008] [Accepted: 11/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Neuregulin-1s are widely expressed signaling molecules that are involved in cell differentiation, proliferation, growth, survival, and apoptosis. They transmit their signals by interacting with cell membrane receptors of the ErbB family, resulting in the activation of intracellular signaling cascades, which participate in various physiological and etiological processes. Besides their essential function in the development of the heart and the physiology of cardiac pumping, there is emerging evidence for the involvement of neuregulin-1/ErbB signals in human disease, including heart failure. These reasons prompt the development of new therapeutic agents based on neuregulin-1.
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- Yabei Xu
- Zensun (Shanghai) Science and Technology Co. Ltd, 328 Bi Bo Road, Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park, Shanghai, PR China
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Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Ronnemaa T, Keltikangas-Jarvinen L, Rasanen L, Pietikainen M, Hutri-Kahonen N, Taittonen L, Jokinen E, Marniemi J, Jula A, Telama R, Kahonen M, Lehtimaki T, Akerblom HK, Viikari JS. Cohort Profile: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Int J Epidemiol 2008; 37:1220-6. [DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 536] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Boucher AA, Hunt GE, Karl T, Micheau J, McGregor IS, Arnold JC. Heterozygous neuregulin 1 mice display greater baseline and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol-induced c-Fos expression. Neuroscience 2007; 149:861-70. [PMID: 17905522 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2007] [Revised: 08/16/2007] [Accepted: 08/24/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Cannabis use may increase the risk of developing schizophrenia by precipitating the disorder in genetically vulnerable individuals. Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) is a schizophrenia susceptibility gene and mutant mice heterozygous for the transmembrane domain of this gene (Nrg1 HET mice) exhibit a schizophrenia-related phenotype. We have recently shown that Nrg1 HET mice are more sensitive to the behavioral effects of the main psychoactive constituent of cannabis, Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). In the present study, we examined the effects of THC (10 mg/kg i.p.) on neuronal activity in Nrg1 HET mice and wild type-like (WT) mice using c-Fos immunohistochemistry. In the lateral septum, THC selectively increased c-Fos expression in Nrg1 HET mice with no corresponding effect being observed in WT mice. In addition, THC promoted a greater increase in c-Fos expression in Nrg1 HET mice than WT mice in the central nucleus of the amygdala, the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Consistent with Nrg1 HET mice exhibiting a schizophrenia-related phenotype, these mice expressed greater drug-free levels of c-Fos in two regions thought to be involved in schizophrenia, the shell of the nucleus accumbens and the lateral septum. Interestingly, the effects of genotype on c-Fos expression, drug-free or following THC exposure, were only observed when animals experienced behavioral testing prior to perfusion. This suggests an interaction with stress was necessary for the promotion of these effects. These data provide neurobiological correlates for the enhanced behavioral sensitivity of Nrg1 HET mice to THC and reinforce the existence of cannabinoid-neuregulin 1 interactions in the CNS. This research may enhance our understanding of how genetic factors increase individual vulnerability to schizophrenia and cannabis-induced psychosis.
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- A A Boucher
- Schizophrenia Research Institute, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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