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Carvalho Silva R, Martini P, Hohoff C, Mattevi S, Bortolomasi M, Abate M, Menesello V, Gennarelli M, Baune BT, Minelli A. Unraveling epigenomic signatures and effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy in treatment-resistant depression patients: a prospective longitudinal study. Clin Epigenetics 2024; 16:93. [PMID: 39020437 PMCID: PMC11256624 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-024-01704-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) benefits patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), but the underlying biological processes are unclear. We conducted an epigenome-wide association study in 32 TRD patients undergoing ECT to depict ECT-associated methylation changes. Illness severity and ECT outcomes were assessed with the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale at baseline (T0) and 1 month after its end (T1). Methylation was profiled at T0 and T1 with the Illumina Infinium Methylation EPIC BeadChip array. RESULTS Longitudinal T0-T1 analyses showed 3 differentially methylated probes (DMPs) with nominal p values ≤ 10-5, with 2 annotated in the genes CYB5B and PVRL4. Including covariates, we found 4 DMPs for symptoms variation, annotated in FAM20C, EPB41, OTUB1 and ADARB1, and 3 DMPs for response status, with 2 annotated in IQCE and FAM20C. Regional analysis revealed 54 differentially methylated regions (DMRs) with nominal p value area ≤ 0.05, with 9 presenting adjusted p-value area ≤ 0.10, annotated in MCF2L, SLC25A24, RUNX3, MIR637, FOXK2, FAM180B, POU6F1, ALS2CL and CCRL2. Considering covariates, we found 21 DMRs for symptoms variation and 26 DMRs for response (nominal p value area ≤ 0.05), with 4 presenting adjusted p-value area ≤ 0.10 for response, annotated in SNORD34, NLRP6, GALNT2 and SFT2D3. None remained significant after false discovery rate correction. Notably, ADARB1 variants are associated with suicide attempt in patients with psychiatric disorders, and SLC25A24 relates to conduct disorder. Several DMPs and DMRs are annotated in genes associated with inflammatory/immune processes. Longitudinal analyses on females (n = 22) revealed statistically significant DMRs (adjusted p value area ≤ 0.05) and trend-significant DMRs (adjusted p value area ≤ 0.07) for symptoms variation and response status, annotated in genes related to psychiatric disorders (ZFP57, POLD4, TRIM10, GAS7, ADORA2A, TOLLIP), trauma exposure (RIPOR2) and inflammatory/immune responses (LAT, DLX4, POLD4, FAM30A, H19). Pathway analysis on females revealed enrichment for transcriptional activity, growth factors, DNA maintenance, and immune pathways including IRF7 and IRF2. CONCLUSION Although no significant results were found for the whole cohort, the study provides insights into ECT-associated methylation changes, highlighting DMPs and DMRs related to ECT outcomes. Analyses on females revealed significant DMRs and pathways related to psychiatric disorders and inflammatory/immune processes.
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- Rosana Carvalho Silva
- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Biology and Genetic Division, University of Brescia, Viale Europa, 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Biology and Genetic Division, University of Brescia, Viale Europa, 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Biology and Genetic Division, University of Brescia, Viale Europa, 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Psychiatric Hospital "Villa Santa Chiara", Verona, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Biology and Genetic Division, University of Brescia, Viale Europa, 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy
- Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Biology and Genetic Division, University of Brescia, Viale Europa, 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy
- Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Biology and Genetic Division, University of Brescia, Viale Europa, 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy.
- Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.
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Macoveanu J, Craciun S, Ketterer-Sykes EB, Ysbæk-Nielsen AT, Zarp J, Kessing LV, Jørgensen MB, Miskowiak KW. Amygdala and hippocampal substructure volumes and their association with improvement in mood symptoms in patients with mood disorders undergoing electroconvulsive therapy. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2024; 343:111859. [PMID: 38986265 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2024.111859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) demonstrates favorable outcomes in the management of severe depressive disorders. ECT has been consistently associated with volumetric increases in the amygdala and hippocampus. However, the underlying mechanisms of these structural changes and their association to clinical improvement remains unclear. In this cross-sectional structural MRI study, we assessed the difference in amygdala subnuclei and hippocampus subfields in n = 37 patients with either unipolar or bipolar disorder immediately after eighth ECT sessions compared to (n = 40) demographically matched patients in partial remission who did not receive ECT (NoECT group). Relative to NoECT, the ECT group showed significantly larger bilateral amygdala volumes post-treatment, with the effect originating from the lateral, basal, and paralaminar nuclei and the left corticoamydaloid transition area. No significant group differences were observed for the hippocampal or cortical volumes. ECT was associated with a significant decrease in depressive symptoms. However, there were no significant correlations between amygdala subnuclei volumes and symptom improvement. Our study corroborates previous reports on increased amygdalae volumes following ECT and further identifies the subnuclei driving this effect. However, the therapeutic effect of ECT does not seem to be directly related to structural changes in the amygdala.
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- Julian Macoveanu
- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Neurocogntion and Emotion in Affective Disorders (NEAD) Centre, Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, and Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- DIS Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, USA
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Neurocogntion and Emotion in Affective Disorders (NEAD) Centre, Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, and Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Neurocogntion and Emotion in Affective Disorders (NEAD) Centre, Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, and Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC), Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Neurocogntion and Emotion in Affective Disorders (NEAD) Centre, Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, and Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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von Mücke-Heim IA, Pape JC, Grandi NC, Erhardt A, Deussing JM, Binder EB. Multiomics and blood-based biomarkers of electroconvulsive therapy in severe and treatment-resistant depression: study protocol of the DetECT study. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2024; 274:673-684. [PMID: 37644215 PMCID: PMC10995021 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-023-01647-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is commonly used to treat treatment-resistant depression (TRD). However, our knowledge of the ECT-induced molecular mechanisms causing clinical improvement is limited. To address this issue, we developed the single-center, prospective observational DetECT study ("Multimodal Biomarkers of ECT in TRD"; registered 18/07/2022, www.clinicalTrials.gov , NCT05463562). Its objective is to identify molecular, psychological, socioeconomic, and clinical biomarkers of ECT response in TRD. We aim to recruit n = 134 patients in 3 years. Over the course of 12 biweekly ECT sessions (± 7 weeks), participant blood is collected before and 1 h after the first and seventh ECT and within 1 week after the twelfth session. In pilot subjects (first n = 10), additional blood draws are performed 3 and 6 h after the first ECT session to determine the optimal post-ECT blood draw interval. In blood samples, multiomic analyses are performed focusing on genotyping, epigenetics, RNA sequencing, neuron-derived exosomes, purines, and immunometabolics. To determine clinical response and side effects, participants are asked weekly to complete four standardized self-rating questionnaires on depressive and somatic symptoms. Additionally, clinician ratings are obtained three times (weeks 1, 4, and 7) within structured clinical interviews. Medical and sociodemographic data are extracted from patient records. The multimodal data collected are used to perform the conventional statistics as well as mixed linear modeling to identify clusters that link biobehavioural measures to ECT response. The DetECT study can provide important insight into the complex mechanisms of ECT in TRD and a step toward biologically informed and data-driven-based ECT biomarkers.
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- Iven-Alex von Mücke-Heim
- Department Genes and Environment, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstraße 2-10, 80804, Munich, Germany
- Research Group Molecular Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstraße 2-10, 80804, Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Anxiety Research, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department Genes and Environment, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstraße 2-10, 80804, Munich, Germany.
- Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Anxiety Research, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department Genes and Environment, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstraße 2-10, 80804, Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Anxiety Research, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department Genes and Environment, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstraße 2-10, 80804, Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Anxiety Research, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Research Group Molecular Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstraße 2-10, 80804, Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Anxiety Research, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department Genes and Environment, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstraße 2-10, 80804, Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Anxiety Research, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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Patas K, Baker DG, Chrousos GP, Agorastos A. Inflammation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Dysregulation or Recalibration? Curr Neuropharmacol 2024; 22:524-542. [PMID: 37550908 PMCID: PMC10845099 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x21666230807152051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023] Open
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Despite ample experimental data indicating a role of inflammatory mediators in the behavioral and neurobiological manifestations elicited by exposure to physical and psychologic stressors, causative associations between systemic low-grade inflammation and central nervous system inflammatory processes in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients remain largely conceptual. As in other stress-related disorders, pro-inflammatory activity may play an equivocal role in PTSD pathophysiology, one that renders indiscriminate employment of anti-inflammatory agents of questionable relevance. In fact, as several pieces of preclinical and clinical research convergingly suggest, timely and targeted potentiation rather than inhibition of inflammatory responses may actually be beneficial in patients who are characterized by suppressed microglia function in the face of systemic low-grade inflammation. The deleterious impact of chronic stress-associated inflammation on the systemic level may, thus, need to be held in context with the - often not readily apparent - adaptive payoffs of low-grade inflammation at the tissue level.
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- Kostas Patas
- Department of Biopathology and Laboratory Medicine, Eginition University Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA
- VA Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA
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- University Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health and Precision Medicine and UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- VA Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
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Zhang T, Tang X, Wei Y, Xu L, Hu Y, Cui H, Zeng J, Ye J, Xie Y, Tang Y, Liu H, Chen T, Li C, Liu X, Wang J. Serum angioneurin levels following electroconvulsive therapy for mood disorders. Bipolar Disord 2023; 25:671-682. [PMID: 36871135 DOI: 10.1111/bdi.13317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in treating mood disorders (MDs) is hypothesized to be mediated by the induction of neurotrophic factors (denoted "angioneurins") that trigger neuronal plasticity. This study aimed to assess the effects of ECT on serum angioneurin levels in patients with MD. METHODS A total of 110 patients with MDs including 30 with unipolar depression, 25 with bipolar depression (BD), 55 with bipolar mania (BM), and 50 healthy controls were included in the study. Patients were subdivided into two groups: those who received ECT + medication (12 ECT sessions) and those who received only medication (no-ECT). Depressive and manic symptom assessments and measurements of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), fibroblast growth factor-2, nerve growth factor (NGF), and insulin-like growth factor-1 levels in blood samples were performed at baseline and week 8. RESULTS Patients in the ECT group, specifically those with BD and BM, had significantly increased levels of VEGF compared to their baseline VEGF levels (p = 0.002). No significant changes in angioneurin levels were observed in the no-ECT group. Serum NGF levels were significantly associated with a reduction in depressive symptoms. Angioneurin levels were not associated with manic symptom reduction. CONCLUSIONS This study hints that ECT may increase VEGF levels with angiogenic mechanisms that amplify NGF signaling to promote neurogenesis. It may also contribute to changes in brain function and emotional regulation. However, further animal experiments and clinical validation are needed.
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- TianHong Zhang
- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Intelligent Psychological Evaluation and Intervention Engineering Technology Research Center (20DZ2253800), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, PR China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Intelligent Psychological Evaluation and Intervention Engineering Technology Research Center (20DZ2253800), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, PR China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Intelligent Psychological Evaluation and Intervention Engineering Technology Research Center (20DZ2253800), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, PR China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Intelligent Psychological Evaluation and Intervention Engineering Technology Research Center (20DZ2253800), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, PR China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Intelligent Psychological Evaluation and Intervention Engineering Technology Research Center (20DZ2253800), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, PR China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Intelligent Psychological Evaluation and Intervention Engineering Technology Research Center (20DZ2253800), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, PR China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Intelligent Psychological Evaluation and Intervention Engineering Technology Research Center (20DZ2253800), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, PR China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Intelligent Psychological Evaluation and Intervention Engineering Technology Research Center (20DZ2253800), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, PR China
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- The First Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Intelligent Psychological Evaluation and Intervention Engineering Technology Research Center (20DZ2253800), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Big Data Research Lab, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Intelligent Psychological Evaluation and Intervention Engineering Technology Research Center (20DZ2253800), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, PR China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Intelligent Psychological Evaluation and Intervention Engineering Technology Research Center (20DZ2253800), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, PR China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Intelligent Psychological Evaluation and Intervention Engineering Technology Research Center (20DZ2253800), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, PR China
- Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (CEBSIT), Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, PR China
- Institute of Psychology and Behavioral Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, PR China
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Xu SX, Xie XH, Yao L, Wang W, Zhang H, Chen MM, Sun S, Nie ZW, Nagy C, Liu Z. Human in vivo evidence of reduced astrocyte activation and neuroinflammation in patients with treatment-resistant depression following electroconvulsive therapy. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2023; 77:653-664. [PMID: 37675893 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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AIM The current study aimed to investigate the neuroinflammatory hypothesis of depression and the potential anti-inflammatory effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in vivo, utilizing astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles (ADEVs) isolated from plasma. METHODS A total of 40 patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and 35 matched healthy controls were recruited at baseline, and 34 patients with TRD completed the post-ECT visits. Blood samples were collected at baseline and post-ECT. Plasma ADEVs were isolated and confirmed, and the concentrations of two astrocyte markers (glial fibrillary acidic protein [GFAP] and S100β), an extracellular vesicle marker cluster of differentiation 81 (CD81), and nine inflammatory markers in ADEVs were measured as main analyses. In addition, correlation analysis was conducted between clinical features and ADEV protein levels as exploratory analysis. RESULTS At baseline, the TRD group exhibited significantly higher levels of two astrocyte markers GFAP and S100β, as well as CD81 compared with the healthy controls. Inflammatory markers interferon γ (IFN-γ), interleukin (IL) 1β, IL-4, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor α, IL-10, and IL-17A were also significantly higher in the TRD group. After ECT, there was a significant reduction in the levels of GFAP, S100β, and CD81, along with a significant decrease in the levels of IFN-γ and IL-4. Furthermore, higher levels of GFAP, S100β, CD81, and inflammatory cytokines were associated with more severe depressive symptoms and poorer cognitive function. CONCLUSION This study provides direct insight supporting the astrocyte activation and neuroinflammatory hypothesis of depression using ADEVs. ECT may exert an anti-inflammatory effect through inhibition of such activation of astrocytes.
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- Shu-Xian Xu
- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Taikang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Lundsgaard CC, Gbyl K, Videbech P. Blood-brain barrier permeability and electroconvulsive therapy: a systematic review. Acta Neuropsychiatr 2023:1-8. [PMID: 37842858 DOI: 10.1017/neu.2023.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The cause of cognitive side effects after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is largely unknown. Alterations in the blood-brain barrier (BBB) have been considered in several recent ECT studies. We therefore found it worthwhile to perform a systematic review of the literature to examine if electrically induced seizures affect the permeability of the BBB. METHODS PubMed/MEDLINE and Embase were searched 16 November 2022. Studies with a direct measurement of BBB permeability in animals treated with modified electroconvulsive stimulation (ECS) and in humans treated with ECT were included. Synthesis of results was narrative due to the low number of studies and differences in study designs. RESULTS Four animal and two human (31 participants) studies were included. In animals, two studies found increased BBB permeability to some smaller molecules after modified ECS, while the two other studies found marginally increased or unchanged permeability to albumin after treatment. In contrast, the human studies did not find increased BBB permeability to smaller molecules or albumin after ECT. CONCLUSION Animal but not human studies support increased BBB permeability to some smaller molecules after electrically induced seizures. However, this conclusion is confined by the low number of studies and the lack of studies applying state-of-the-art methods. More studies using modern approaches to measuring of BBB permeability are warranted. FUNDING AND REGISTRATION The study was founded by Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark (grant number 61151-05) and was registered on PROSPERO before data extraction was initiated (CRD42022331385).
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- Christoffer C Lundsgaard
- Center for Neuropsychiatric Depression Research, Mental Health Centre Glostrup, Denmark
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Neuropsychiatric Depression Research, Mental Health Centre Glostrup, Denmark
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Neuropsychiatric Depression Research, Mental Health Centre Glostrup, Denmark
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ledesma-Corvi S, García-Fuster MJ. Comparing the antidepressant-like effects of electroconvulsive seizures in adolescent and adult female rats: an intensity dose-response study. Biol Sex Differ 2023; 14:67. [PMID: 37777813 PMCID: PMC10541687 DOI: 10.1186/s13293-023-00552-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The induction of electroconvulsive seizures (ECS) in rodents induces sex- and age-specific disparities in antidepressant-like responses, with females and young age being the most unresponsive ones. Since the electrical charge needed to induce an effective convulsion is also altered by these variables, our aim was to compare different dose-intensities of ECS exclusively in female rats, since there is a lack of preclinical data characterizing this particular sex, while also evaluating efficacy during distinctive age periods of treatment (adolescence vs. adulthood). METHODS Adolescent and adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to an intensity dose-response study (55, 75 or 95 mA; 0.6 s, 100 Hz, 1 session/day, 5 days). The particular characteristics of the induced convulsions (tonic, clonic, recovery times) were monitored during treatment. Antidepressant-like responses were evaluated under the stress of the forced-swim test 1-, 3-, and 7-days post-treatment (i.e., improved immobility time as an indicative of an antidepressant-like response), and brains were collected 24 h later (8 days post-treatment) to evaluate potential changes in hippocampal neurogenesis (Ki-67 and NeuroD) by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS The lowest intensities tested of ECS (55 and 75 mA) induced an antidepressant-like effect in adult female rats, but rendered insufficient in adolescence. The lack of efficacy observed in adolescent rats paralleled differences in the characteristics of the seizures induced by ECS as compared to adulthood. In line with prior results, different dose-intensities of ECS modulated hippocampal neurogenesis in a comparable fashion with age (i.e., increased survival of neural progenitors 8 days post-treatment). CONCLUSIONS In conjunction, these results reinforce the importance of fine-tuning the parameters of ECS that might render efficacious while considering sex and age as essential variables for treatment response, and suggest that other molecular mechanisms, beside the partial role of hippocampal neurogenesis, might be participating in the antidepressant-like effects induced by ECS.
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- Sandra Ledesma-Corvi
- IUNICS, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Spain
- Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- IUNICS, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Spain.
- Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain.
- Department of Medicine, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain.
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Ahmad Hariza AM, Mohd Yunus MH, Murthy JK, Wahab S. Clinical Improvement in Depression and Cognitive Deficit Following Electroconvulsive Therapy. Diagnostics (Basel) 2023; 13:diagnostics13091585. [PMID: 37174977 PMCID: PMC10178332 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13091585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a long-standing treatment choice for disorders such as depression when pharmacological treatments have failed. However, a major drawback of ECT is its cognitive side effects. While numerous studies have investigated the therapeutic effects of ECT and its mechanism, much less research has been conducted regarding the mechanism behind the cognitive side effects of ECT. As both clinical remission and cognitive deficits occur after ECT, it is possible that both may share a common mechanism. This review highlights studies related to ECT as well as those investigating the mechanism of its outcomes. The process underlying these effects may lie within BDNF and NMDA signaling. Edema in the astrocytes may also be responsible for the adverse cognitive effects and is mediated by metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 and the protein Homer1a.
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- Ahmad Mus'ab Ahmad Hariza
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
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Ji GJ, Li J, Liao W, Wang Y, Zhang L, Bai T, Zhang T, Xie W, He K, Zhu C, Dukart J, Baeken C, Tian Y, Wang K. Neuroplasticity-Related Genes and Dopamine Receptors Associated with Regional Cortical Thickness Increase Following Electroconvulsive Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder. Mol Neurobiol 2023; 60:1465-1475. [PMID: 36469225 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-022-03132-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective neuromodulatory therapy for major depressive disorder (MDD). Treatment is associated with regional changes in brain structure and function, indicating activation of neuroplastic processes. To investigate the underlying neurobiological mechanism of macroscopic reorganization following ECT, we longitudinally (before and after ECT in two centers) collected magnetic resonance images for 96 MDD patients. Similar patterns of cortical thickness (CT) changes following ECT were observed in two centers. These CT changes were spatially colocalized with a weighted combination of genes enriched for neuroplasticity-related ontology terms and pathways (e.g., synaptic pruning) as well as with a higher density of D2/3 dopamine receptors. A multiple linear regression model indicated that the region-specific gene expression and receptor density patterns explained 40% of the variance in CT changes after ECT. In conclusion, these findings suggested that dopamine signaling and neuroplasticity-related genes are associated with the ECT-induced morphological reorganization.
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- Gong-Jun Ji
- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, The School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, China. .,Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, 230088, China. .,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei, 230032, China. .,Collaborative Innovation Center of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Anhui Province, Hefei, 230032, China.
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610000, China.,MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610000, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610000, China.,MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610000, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, The School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, China.,Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, 230088, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei, 230032, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Anhui Province, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, The School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei, 230032, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Anhui Province, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, The School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, China.,Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, 230088, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei, 230032, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Anhui Province, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, 230088, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei, 230032, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Anhui Province, Hefei, 230032, China.,Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, 230022, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, 230022, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, The School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, China.,Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, 230088, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei, 230032, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Anhui Province, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain and Behaviour, Research Centre Jülich, INM-7), Jülich, Germany.,Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40210, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Experimental Psychiatry Lab, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Psychiatry, Free University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.,Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei, China.
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, The School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, China. .,Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, 230088, China. .,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei, 230032, China. .,Collaborative Innovation Center of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Anhui Province, Hefei, 230032, China. .,Anhui Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei, China.
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Zhao T, Piao LH, Li DP, Xu SH, Wang SY, Yuan HB, Zhang CX. BDNF gene hydroxymethylation in hippocampus related to neuroinflammation-induced depression-like behaviors in mice. J Affect Disord 2023; 323:723-730. [PMID: 36529411 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neuroinflammation is a multifactorial condition related to glial cells and neurons activation, and it is implicated in CNS disorders including depression. BDNF is a crucial molecule that related to the pathology of depression, and it is the target of DNA methylation. DNA hydroxymethylation, an active demethylation process can convert 5-mC to 5-hmC by Tets catalyzation to regulate gene transcription. The regulatory function for BDNF gene in response to neuroinflammation remains poorly understood. METHODS Neuroinflammation and depressive-like behaviors were induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration in mice. The microglial activation and cellular 5-hmC localization in the hippocampus were confirmed by immunostaining. The transcripts of Tets and BDNF were examined by qPCR method. The global 5-hmC levels and enrichment of 5-hmC in BDNF gene in the hippocampus were analyzed using dot bolt and hMeDIP-sequencing analysis. RESULTS LPS administration induced a spectrum of depression-like behaviors (including behavioral despair and anhedonia) and increased expression of Iba-1, a marker for microglia activation, in hippocampus, demonstrating that LPS treatment cloud provide stable model of neuroinflammation with depressive-like behaviors as expected. Our results showed that Tet1, Tet2 and Tet3 mRNA expressions and consequent global 5-hmC levels were significantly decreased in the hippocampus of LPS group compared to saline group. We also demonstrated that 5-hmC fluorescence in the hippocampus located in excitatory neurons identified by CaMK II immunostaining. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the enrichment of 5-hmC in BDNF gene was decreased and corresponding BDNF mRNA was down-regulated in the hippocampus in LPS group compared to saline group. CONCLUSION Neuroinflammation-triggered aberrant BDNF gene hydroxymethylation in the hippocampus is an important epigenetic element that relates with depression-like behaviors.
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- Te Zhao
- Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China
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- The Second Bethune Clinical Medical College of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine & Sleep Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China.
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- Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China.
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von Mücke-Heim IA, Deussing JM. The P2X7 receptor in mood disorders: Emerging target in immunopsychiatry, from bench to bedside. Neuropharmacology 2023; 224:109366. [PMID: 36470368 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2022.109366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Psychiatric disorders are among the most burdensome disorders worldwide. Though therapies have evolved over the last decades, treatment resistance still affects many patients. Recently, neuroimmune systems have been identified as important factors of mood disorder biology. The underlying dysregulation in neuroimmune cross-talk is driven by genetic risk factors and accumulating adverse environmental influences like chronic psychosocial stress. These result in a cluster of proinflammatory cytokines and quantitative and functional changes of immune cell populations (e.g., microglia, monocytes, T cells), varying by disease entity and state. Among the emerging immune targets, purinergic signalling revolving around the membranous and ATP specific P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) has gained wider attention and clinical studies making use of antagonistic drugs are on-going. Still, no clinically meaningful applications have been identified so far. A major problem is the often overly simplified approach taken to translate findings from bench to bedside. Therefore, the present review focuses on purinergic signalling via P2X7R in the context of recent advances in immunopsychiatric mood disorder research. Our aim is to provide an overview of the current P2X7R-related findings, from bench to bedside. First, we summarize the characteristics of purinergic signalling and P2X7R, followed by a depiction of genetic and clinical data connecting P2X7R to mood disorders. We close with our perspective on current developments and discuss changes necessary to translate the evident potential of P2X7R signalling modulation into meaningful clinical application. This article is part of the Special Issue on 'Purinergic Signaling: 50 years'.
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- Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Molecular Neurogenetics, Munich, Germany.
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von Mücke-Heim IA, Martin J, Uhr M, Ries C, Deussing JM. The human P2X7 receptor alters microglial morphology and cytokine secretion following immunomodulation. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1148190. [PMID: 37101546 PMCID: PMC10123291 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1148190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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Introduction: In recent years, purinergic signaling via the P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) on microglia has repeatedly been implicated in depression genesis. However, it remains unclear which role the human P2X7R (hP2X7R) plays in regulating both microglia morphology and cytokine secretion upon different environmental and immune stimuli, respectively. Methods: For this purpose, we used primary microglial cultures derived from a humanized microglia-specific conditional P2X7R knockout mouse line to emulate different gene-environment interactions between microglial hP2X7R and molecular proxies of psychosocial and pathogen-derived immune stimuli. Microglial cultures were subjected to treatments with the agonists 2'(3')-O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl)-ATP (BzATP) and lipopolysaccharides (LPS) combined with specific P2X7R antagonists (JNJ-47965567, A-804598). Results: Morphotyping revealed overall high baseline activation due to the in vitro conditions. Both BzATP and LPS + BzATP treatment increased round/ameboid microglia and decreased polarized and ramified morphotypes. This effect was stronger in hP2X7R-proficient (CTRL) compared to knockout (KO) microglia. Aptly, we found antagonism with JNJ-4796556 and A-804598 to reduce round/ameboid microglia and increase complex morphologies only in CTRL but not KO microglia. Single cell shape descriptor analysis confirmed the morphotyping results. Compared to KO microglia, hP2X7R-targeted stimulation in CTRLs led to a more pronounced increase in microglial roundness and circularity along with an overall higher decrease in aspect ratio and shape complexity. JNJ-4796556 and A-804598, on the other hand, led to opposite dynamics. In KO microglia, similar trends were observed, yet the magnitude of responses was much smaller. Parallel assessment of 10 cytokines demonstrated the proinflammatory properties of hP2X7R. Following LPS + BzATP stimulation, IL-1β, IL-6, and TNFα levels were found to be higher and IL-4 levels lower in CTRL than in KO cultures. Vice versa, hP2X7R antagonists reduced proinflammatory cytokine levels and increased IL-4 secretion. Discussion: Taken together, our results help disentangle the complex function of microglial hP2X7R downstream of various immune stimuli. In addition, this is the first study in a humanized, microglia-specific in vitro model identifying a so far unknown potential link between microglial hP2X7R function and IL-27 levels.
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- Molecular Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Core Unit Analytics and Mass Spectrometry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Molecular Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Molecular Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- *Correspondence: Jan M. Deussing,
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Nikolin S, Owens K, Francis-Taylor R, Chaimani A, Martin DM, Bull M, Sackeim HA, McLoughlin DM, Sienaert P, Kellner CH, Loo C. Comparative efficacy, cognitive effects and acceptability of electroconvulsive therapies for the treatment of depression: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e068313. [PMID: 36549738 PMCID: PMC9772645 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION There have been important advances in the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat major depressive episodes. These include variations to the type of stimulus the brain regions stimulated, and the stimulus parameters (eg, stimulus duration/pulse width). Our aim is to investigate ECT types using a network meta-analysis (NMA) approach and report on comparative treatment efficacy, cognitive side effects and acceptability. METHOD We will conduct a systematic review to identify randomised controlled trials that compared two or more ECT protocols to treat depression. This will be done using the following databases: Embase, MEDLINE PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, PsycINFO, Cochrane CENTRAL and will be supplemented by personal contacts with researchers in the field. All authors will be contacted to provide missing information. Primary outcomes will be symptom severity on a validated continuous clinician-rated scale of depression, cognitive functioning measured using anterograde verbal recall, and acceptability calculated using all-cause drop-outs. Secondary outcomes will include response and remission rates, autobiographical memory following a course of ECT, and anterograde visuospatial recall.Bayesian random effects hierarchical models will compare ECT types. Additional meta-regressions may be conducted to determine the impact of effect modifiers and patient-specific prognostic factors if sufficient data are available. DISCUSSION This NMA will facilitate clinician decision making and allow more sophisticated selection of ECT type according to the balance of efficacy, cognitive side effects and acceptability. ETHICS This systematic review and NMA does not require research ethics approval as it will use published aggregate data and will not collect nor disclose individually identifiable participant data. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42022357098.
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- Stevan Nikolin
- Department of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Black Dog Institute, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Black Dog Institute, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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- Research Center of Epidemiology (CRESS-UMR1153), INSERM, INRA, Universite de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Black Dog Institute, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Black Dog Institute, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven Psychiatric University Hospital KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Black Dog Institute, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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Yilmaz NS, Sen B, Karadag RF, Aslan S, Ekmekci Ertek I, Bozkurt A, Cicek S, Bolu A, Ucar H, Kocak C, Cevik C, Bukan N. A kynurenine pathway enzyme aminocarboxymuconate-semialdehyde decarboxylase may be involved in treatment-resistant depression, and baseline inflammation status of patients predicts treatment response: a pilot study. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2022; 129:1513-1526. [PMID: 36334154 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-022-02553-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
The kynurenine pathway (KP) and inflammation are substantial in depression pathogenesis. Although there is a crosstalk between the KP, inflammation, and neurotrophic factors, few studies examine these topics together. Novel medications may be developed by clarifying dysregulations related to inflammation, KP, and neurotrophic factors in treatment-resistant depression (TRD). We aimed to evaluate the serum levels of KP metabolites, proinflammatory biomarkers, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in healthy controls (HC) and the patients with TRD whose followed up with three different treatments. Moreover, the effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on biomarkers was investigated. Study groups comprised a total of 30 unipolar TRD patients consisting of three separate patient groups (ECT = 8, rTMS = 10, pharmacotherapy = 12), and 9 HC. The decision to administer only pharmacotherapy or ECT/rTMS besides pharmacotherapy was given independently of this research by psychiatrists. Blood samples and symptom scores were obtained three times for patients. At baseline, quinolinic acid (QUIN) was higher in the patients with TRD compared to HC, whereas picolinic acid (PIC), PIC/QUIN, and PIC/3-hydroxykynurenine were lower. Baseline interleukin-6 (IL-6), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) were higher in nonresponders and non-remitters. ECT had an acute effect on cytokines. In the rTMS group, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) decreased in time. PIC, QUIN, and aminocarboxymuconate-semialdehyde decarboxylase (ACMSD) enzyme may play a role in TRD pathogenesis, and have diagnostic potential. rTMS and ECT have modulatory effects on low-grade inflammation seen in TRD. Baseline inflammation severity is predictive in terms of response and remission in depression.
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- Niyazi Samet Yilmaz
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Health Sciences University Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Health Sciences University Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Public Health, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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Schurgers G, Walter S, Pishva E, Guloksuz S, Peerbooms O, Incio LR, Arts BMG, Kenis G, Rutten BPF. Longitudinal alterations in mRNA expression of the BDNF neurotrophin signaling cascade in blood correlate with changes in depression scores in patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2022; 63:60-70. [PMID: 36067540 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2022.07.183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) appears to be the most effective treatment for severe depression. However, its mechanisms of action are incompletely understood. Evidence suggests ECT enhances neuroplasticity and neurogenesis. While studies on ECT-induced neuroplasticity focused on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), other factors of the BDNF/TrkB signaling cascade remain underinvestigated. We assessed longitudinal changes in depression scores, serum BDNF protein levels, and mRNA expression of BDNF/TrkB related genes (BDNF, AKT1, ERK1, CREB), NR3C1 and IGF1 in peripheral blood in 19 treatment-resistant depressed patients undergoing ECT. We also analysed DNA methylation patterns at various timepoints to explore possible epigenetic regulation of mRNA expression. Using multilevel regression, we found a negative association between depression scores and blood-based mRNA expression of BDNF/TrkB related genes and NR3C1. Expression of BDNF, ERK1 and NR3C1 increased significantly over time (BDNF: β = 0.0295, p = 0.003; ERK1: β = 0.0170, p = 0.034; NR3C1: β = 0.0035, p = 0.050). For these three genes changes in mRNA expression were highly correlated (R = 0.59 - 0.88) with changes in DNA methylation for multiple CpG sites in the respective genes. Also, serum BDNF protein levels increased across the study period (β = 0.11, p = 0.001). Our findings show that the antidepressant effects of ECT are associated with changes in expression of BDNF and its signaling molecules and that these molecular markers can be detected in peripheral blood. Alterations in DNA methylation could be a key mechanism whereby ECT influences gene expression.
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- Geert Schurgers
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands; University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Mutsaersstichting, Pediatric Mental Health Care, Venlo, the Netherlands
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- Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, Tarragona, Spain; University Hospital Institut Pere Mata, Reus, Spain; University of Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Ryan KM, McLoughlin DM. Peripheral blood inflammatory markers in depression: Response to electroconvulsive therapy and relationship with cognitive performance. Psychiatry Res 2022; 315:114725. [PMID: 35870295 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The inflammatory response may play a role in depression and the response to antidepressants. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the most acutely powerful antidepressant treatment, can also affect the innate immune system. Here, we determined circulating blood concentrations of the inflammatory mediators C-reactive protein (CRP), IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α in depressed patients compared to healthy controls and assessed the effect of ECT on their concentrations. Relationships between inflammatory mediator concentrations and mood/cognition scores were also explored. Plasma CRP, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α concentrations were examined in 86 depressed patients and 57 controls. Relationships between inflammatory mediators and clinical or cognitive outcomes following ECT were assessed using correlation and linear regression analyzes, respectively. CRP, IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α were elevated in patients at baseline/pre-ECT compared to controls. However, only IL-6 and TNF-α survived adjustment for potential confounders. IL-1β was undetectable in most samples. ECT did not significantly alter plasma concentrations of any of the inflammatory mediators. No relationship was identified between CRP, IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α and mood or neurocognitive scores. Overall, our data do not support a major role for these four inflammatory markers in clinical outcomes following ECT or in cognition.
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- Karen M Ryan
- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland; Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, St. Patrick's University Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland; Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, St. Patrick's University Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.
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Electroconvulsive Therapy in Psychiatric Disorders: A Narrative Review Exploring Neuroendocrine–Immune Therapeutic Mechanisms and Clinical Implications. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23136918. [PMID: 35805923 PMCID: PMC9266340 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23136918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is based on conducting an electrical current through the brain to stimulate it and trigger generalized convulsion activity with therapeutic ends. Due to the efficient use of ECT during the last years, interest in the molecular bases involved in its mechanism of action has increased. Therefore, different hypotheses have emerged. In this context, the goal of this review is to describe the neurobiological, endocrine, and immune mechanisms involved in ECT and to detail its clinical efficacy in different psychiatric pathologies. This is a narrative review in which an extensive literature search was performed on the Scopus, Embase, PubMed, ISI Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases from inception to February 2022. The terms “electroconvulsive therapy”, “neurobiological effects of electroconvulsive therapy”, “molecular mechanisms in electroconvulsive therapy”, and “psychiatric disorders” were among the keywords used in the search. The mechanisms of action of ECT include neurobiological function modifications and endocrine and immune changes that take place after ECT. Among these, the decrease in neural network hyperconnectivity, neuroinflammation reduction, neurogenesis promotion, modulation of different monoaminergic systems, and hypothalamus–hypophysis–adrenal and hypothalamus–hypophysis–thyroid axes normalization have been described. The majority of these elements are physiopathological components and therapeutic targets in different mental illnesses. Likewise, the use of ECT has recently expanded, with evidence of its use for other pathologies, such as Parkinson’s disease psychosis, malignant neuroleptic syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive–compulsive disorder. In conclusion, there is sufficient evidence to support the efficacy of ECT in the treatment of different psychiatric disorders, potentially through immune, endocrine, and neurobiological systems.
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Andreou B, Reid B, Lyall AE, Cetin-Karayumak S, Kubicki A, Espinoza R, Kruse J, Narr KL, Kubicki M. Longitudinal trajectory of response to electroconvulsive therapy associated with transient immune response & white matter alteration post-stimulation. Transl Psychiatry 2022; 12:191. [PMID: 35523776 PMCID: PMC9076613 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-01960-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Research suggests electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) induces an acute neuroinflammatory response and changes in white matter (WM) structural connectivity. However, whether these processes are related, either to each other or to eventual treatment outcomes, has yet to be determined. We examined the relationship between levels of peripheral pro-inflammatory cytokines and diffusion imaging-indexed changes in WM microstructure in individuals with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) who underwent ECT. Forty-two patients were assessed at baseline, after their second ECT (T2), and after completion of ECT (T3). A Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale improvement of >50% post-ECT defined ECT-responders (n = 19) from non-responders (n = 23). Thirty-four controls were also examined. Tissue-specific fractional anisotropy (FAt) was estimated using diffusion imaging data and the Free-Water method in 17 WM tracts. Inflammatory panels were evaluated from peripheral blood. Cytokines were examined to characterize the association between potential ECT-induced changes in an inflammatory state and WM microstructure. Longitudinal trajectories of both measures were also examined separately for ECT-responders and non-responders. Patients exhibited elevated Interleukin-8 (IL-8) levels at baseline compared to controls. In patients, correlations between IL-8 and FAt changes from baseline to T2 were significant in the positive direction in the right superior longitudinal fasciculus (R-SLF) and right cingulum (R-CB) (psig = 0.003). In these tracts, linear mixed-effects models revealed that trajectories of IL-8 and FAt were significantly positively correlated across all time points in responders, but not non-responders (R-CB-p = .001; R-SLF-p = 0.008). Our results suggest that response to ECT in TRD may be mediated by IL-8 and WM microstructure.
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- Blake Andreou
- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Urbina-Treviño L, von Mücke-Heim IA, Deussing JM. P2X7 Receptor-Related Genetic Mouse Models – Tools for Translational Research in Psychiatry. Front Neural Circuits 2022; 16:876304. [PMID: 35422688 PMCID: PMC9001905 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2022.876304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Depression is a common psychiatric disorder and the leading cause of disability worldwide. Although treatments are available, only about 60% of treated patients experience a significant improvement in disease symptoms. Numerous clinical and rodent studies have identified the purinergic P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) as one of the genetic factors potentially contributing to the disease risk. In this respect, genetically engineered mouse models targeting the P2X7R have become increasingly important in studying designated immunological features and subtypes of depression in vivo. This review provides an overview of the P2X7R -related mouse lines currently available for translational psychiatric research and discusses their strengths, weaknesses, and potentials.
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- Lidia Urbina-Treviño
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Molecular Neurogenetics, Munich, Germany
- Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Molecular Neurogenetics, Munich, Germany
- International Max Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Molecular Neurogenetics, Munich, Germany
- *Correspondence: Jan M. Deussing,
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Ousdal OT, Brancati GE, Kessler U, Erchinger V, Dale AM, Abbott C, Oltedal L. The Neurobiological Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy Studied Through Magnetic Resonance: What Have We Learned, and Where Do We Go? Biol Psychiatry 2022; 91:540-549. [PMID: 34274106 PMCID: PMC8630079 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an established treatment choice for severe, treatment-resistant depression, yet its mechanisms of action remain elusive. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the human brain before and after treatment has been crucial to aid our comprehension of the ECT neurobiological effects. However, to date, a majority of MRI studies have been underpowered and have used heterogeneous patient samples as well as different methodological approaches, altogether causing mixed results and poor clinical translation. Hence, an association between MRI markers and therapeutic response remains to be established. Recently, the availability of large datasets through a global collaboration has provided the statistical power needed to characterize whole-brain structural and functional brain changes after ECT. In addition, MRI technological developments allow new aspects of brain function and structure to be investigated. Finally, more recent studies have also investigated immediate and long-term effects of ECT, which may aid in the separation of the therapeutically relevant effects from epiphenomena. The goal of this review is to outline MRI studies (T1, diffusion-weighted imaging, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy) of ECT in depression to advance our understanding of the ECT neurobiological effects. Based on the reviewed literature, we suggest a model whereby the neurobiological effects can be understood within a framework of disruption, neuroplasticity, and rewiring of neural circuits. An improved characterization of the neurobiological effects of ECT may increase our understanding of ECT's therapeutic effects, ultimately leading to improved patient care.
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- Olga Therese Ousdal
- Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Centre for Crisis Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- NORMENT, Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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Dai B, Wu X, Yan F, Chen Y, Xu Y, Xia Q, Zhang X, Xie X. Effects of Modified Electroconvulsive Therapy on Serum Cortisol, Nesfatin-1, and Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Levels in Elderly Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:904005. [PMID: 35784549 PMCID: PMC9243445 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.904005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIM Modified electroconvulsive therapy (MECT) is an effective strategy for treatment-resistant depression (TRD); however, the mechanism underlying effects of MECT remains unclear. Accumulating evidence suggests that TRD is closely associated with dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, anorexigenic peptides, and pro-inflammatory cytokines. However, MECT effects on the HPA axis, anorexigenic peptides, and pro-inflammatory cytokines in elderly patients with TRD remain unclear. In this study, we investigated whether the HPA axis (cortisol), anorexigenic peptides (nesfatin-1), and pro-inflammatory cytokines (C-reactive protein, tumor necrosis factor-α, and interleukin-6, and interleukin-1β) are involved in the mechanism underlying MECT effects in elderly patients with TRD. METHODS Elderly patients with TRD were enrolled in this study between December 2019 and October 2021; all patients underwent MECT after physical examination. Serum cortisol, nesfatin-1, and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels were measured before and after the first, third, and sixth MECT sessions. The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-24 (HAMD-24) and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) were used to evaluate depression and cognitive impairment, respectively. We compared pre- and post-MECT serum cortisol, nesfatin-1, and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels to confirm the short-term effects of MECT on these serum indices. We compared these serum indices across three time points (before the first, third, and sixth MECT sessions) to determine the long-term effects of MECT on serum cortisol, nesfatin-1, and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. RESULTS We observed no statistically significant changes in the pre- and post-MECT serum cortisol, nesfatin-1, or pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. No significant changes in serum cortisol, nesfatin-1, and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels were observed across the aforementioned time points. Moreover, there were no statistically significant sex-based differences in the aforementioned serum indices. Furthermore, the serum cortisol level was negatively correlated with the serum IL-6 level before and after the first MECT session in patients with high cortisol levels (> the 50th percentile value of all samples). Additionally, the post-MECT HAMD-24 and MMSE scores were significantly lower. CONCLUSIONS MECT reduced depressive symptoms despite an adverse effect on cognition and had no significant effect on the serum cortisol, nesfatin-1, and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels in elderly patients with TRD.
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- Biao Dai
- Department of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- Department of Pharmacy, Hefei Fourth People’s Hospital, Hefei, China
- Department of Medical Education and Research, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
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- Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- Department of Medical Education and Research, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
- Department of Geriatric Psychology, Hefei Fourth People’s Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- Department of Medical Education and Research, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
- Department of Geriatric Psychology, Hefei Fourth People’s Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- Department of Medical Education and Research, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
- Modified Electroconvulsive Therapy Room, Hefei Fourth People’s Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- Department of Medical Education and Research, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
- Department of Science and Education, Hefei Fourth People’s Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- Department of Medical Education and Research, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, China
- Department of Geriatric Psychology, Hefei Fourth People’s Hospital, Hefei, China
- Anhui Provincial Clinical Research Center for Mental and Mental Diseases, Hefei, China
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- *Correspondence: Xuefeng Xie,
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Carlier A, Rhebergen D, Schilder F, Bouckaert F, Sienaert P, Veerhuis R, Hoogendoorn AW, Eikelenboom P, Stek ML, Dols A, van Exel E. The pattern of inflammatory markers during electroconvulsive therapy in older depressed patients. World J Biol Psychiatry 2021; 22:770-777. [PMID: 33821774 DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2021.1907718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES An association is found between changes in cytokine levels and antidepressant treatment outcome. Also, a proinflammatory profile is associated with a favourable electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) outcome. This paper investigates the pattern of inflammatory markers during a course of ECT in older depressed patients and whether this pattern is associated with ECT outcome. We hypothesised that ECT has an anti-inflammatory effect. METHODS The pattern of CRP, IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α during a course of ECT was examined using longitudinal mixed model analyses. Serum samples were collected in 99 older depressed patients (mean age: 72.8 ± 8.3 years, MADRS score 33.8 ± 9.0). RESULTS After Bonferroni correction, there were no statistically significant alterations in levels of inflammatory markers during and after ECT. Effect sizes (Cohen's d) were -0.29 for CRP, -0.13 for IL-6, -0.06 for IL-10, and -0.07 for TNF-α. Changes in CRP or cytokine levels did not differ between remitters and non-remitters. Median baseline levels of CRP were significantly higher in remitters. CONCLUSIONS A small to medium effect size towards decreased CRP and IL-6 levels was observed. An anti-inflammatory effect of ECT could not be confirmed. However, the findings may suggest that patients with an inflammatory profile benefit more from ECT than other patients. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings.
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- Angela Carlier
- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Pro Persona Mental Health Institute, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Old Age Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and Neuroscience Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and Neuroscience Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Mental Health Care Institute GGZ Centraal, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, KU Leuven, University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Kortenberg, Belgium.,KU Leuven, University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Academic Center for ECT and Neuromodulation, Kortenberg, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Academic Center for ECT and Neuromodulation, Kortenberg, Belgium
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and Neuroscience Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and Neuroscience Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and Neuroscience Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and Neuroscience Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and Neuroscience Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and Neuroscience Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The ratio and interaction between neurotrophin and immune signaling during electroconvulsive therapy in late-life depression. Brain Behav Immun Health 2021; 18:100389. [PMID: 34841285 PMCID: PMC8607155 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective treatment for severe late-life depression (LLD), and several hypotheses on the precise working mechanism have been proposed. Preclinical evidence suggests that ECT induces changes in neurotrophin and inflammatory signaling and that these neurotrophic and inflammatory systems affect each other. We examine the relation, interaction, and ratio between the neurotrophic brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and depression severity during ECT. Methods In this naturalistic longitudinal study, linear mixed models were used to analyze the relation between BDNF, IL-6, TNF-α, and depression severity (determined by the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale; MADRS) in 99 patients with severe LLD before ECT (T0), three weeks after the first ECT (T1), and one week after the last ECT (T2). Results No significant association was found between BDNF, IL-6 and TNF-α, and MADRS scores at any time point. However, a significant interaction between TNF-α and BDNF in relation to MADRS was established (p = .020) at all time points. With higher levels of TNF-α, the relation between BDNF and MADRS becomes more negative. Furthermore, a higher ratio of TNF-α/BDNF was associated with a higher score on the MADRS (p = .007). Conclusion A possible explanation for the absence of a significant coevolution between the proinflammatory cytokines and BDNF could be that the study design was unable to determine parameters shortly after ECT sessions. However, the TNF-α/BDNF ratio was positively associated with depression severity, and the association of BDNF-level and depression severity depended on the level of TNF-α. This suggests that the interaction and balance between neurotrophin and immune signaling, specifically BDNF and TNF-α, could be relevant in LLD. This could be a focus in future research regarding treatment and the working mechanism of ECT. IL-6 and TNF-α, BDNF, and depression severity were not significantly associated. The TNF-α/BDNF ratio is positively associated with depression severity. The association of BDNF-levels and depression severity depends on the level of TNF-α. Interplay between neurotrophin and immune signaling could be relevant in LLD.
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Pallanti S, Marras A, Dickson SL, Adan RA, Vieta E, Dell Osso B, Arango C, Fusar-Poli P, Soriano-Mas C, Carmi L, Meyer Lindenberg A, Zohar J. Manifesto for an ECNP Neuromodulation Thematic Working Group (TWG): Non-invasive brain stimulation as a new Super-subspecialty. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2021; 52:72-83. [PMID: 34348181 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) techniques and in particular, repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), are developing beyond mere clinical application. Although originally purposed for the treatment of resistant neuropsychiatric disorders, NIBS is also contributing to a deeper understanding of psychiatric disorders. rTMS is also changing the model of the disorder itself, from "mental" to one of neural connectivity. TMS allows the assessment of brain circuit excitability and eventually, of plastic changes affecting these circuits. While a clinical translational approach is, at the present time, the most adequate to meet the dimensional-circuit base model of the disorder, it refines the standard categorical classification of psychiatric disorders. The discovery of the fundamental importance of the balance between neuroplasticity and inflammation is also now explored through neuro-modulation findings consistently with the evidence of anti-inflammatory actions of the magnetic pulses. rTMS may activate, inhibit, or otherwise interfere with the activity of neuronal cortical networks, depending on stimulus frequency and intensity of brain-induced electric field. Of particular interest, yet still unclear, is how the relatively unspecific nature of TMS stimulation may lead to specific neuronal reorganization, as well as a definition of the TMS-triggered reorganization of functional brain modules, raising attention on the importance of the active participation of the patient to the treatment.. Configuration and state of consciousness of the subject have made subjective experience under treatment regain importance in the neuro-scientific Psychiatry based on the requirement of United States National Institute of Health (NIH) and the substantial importance of the consciousness state in the efficacy of the TMS treatment. By focusing on the subjective experience, a renaissance of the phenomenology offers Psychiatry an opportunity to become proficient and to distinguish itself from other disciplines. For all these reasons, TMS should be included in the cluster of the sub-specialties as a new "Super-Specialty" and an appropriate training course has to be inaugurated. Psychiatrists are nowadays multi-specialists, moving from a specialty to another, vs super-specialist. The cultivation of a properly trained cohort of TMS psychiatrists will better meet the challenges of treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions (disorders of connectivity), through appropriate and ethical practice, meanwhile facilitating an informed development and integration of additional emerging neuro-modulation techniques. The aim of this consensus paper is to underline the interdisciplinary nature of NIBS, that also encompasses the subjective experience and to point out the necessity of a neuroscience-applied approach to NIBS in the context of the European College of Neuro-psychopharmacology (ECNP).
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- Stefano Pallanti
- Istituto di Neuroscienze, Florence, IT; Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, NY, USA.
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- Istituto di Neuroscienze, Florence, IT; Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, Florence, IT
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- Department of Physiology/Endocrine, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, UMCU Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Hospital Clinic, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Ospedale Sacco-Polo Universitario, Psychiatric Clinic, Milano; University of Milano, IT
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, CIBERSAM, Madrid 28009, Spain
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- Early Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-detection (EPIC) lab, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Luigi Sacco, University of Milan. Aldo Ravelli' Research Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Department of Psychiatry and Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, California, USA. of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute-IDIBELL, Psychiatry Service, Bellvitge University Hospital and CIBERSAM,Barcelona, Spain. Department of Psychobiology and Methodology in Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Academic Laboratory Manager, The National Institute of PTSD, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, School Of Psychological sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Chair of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, Israel, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv
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Argyelan M, Lencz T, Kang S, Ali S, Masi PJ, Moyett E, Joanlanne A, Watson P, Sanghani S, Petrides G, Malhotra AK. ECT-induced cognitive side effects are associated with hippocampal enlargement. Transl Psychiatry 2021; 11:516. [PMID: 34625534 PMCID: PMC8501017 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01641-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is of the most effective treatments available for treatment-resistant depression, yet it is underutilized in part due to its reputation of causing cognitive side effects in a significant number of patients. Despite intensive neuroimaging research on ECT in the past two decades, the underlying neurobiological correlates of cognitive side effects remain elusive. Because the primary ECT-related cognitive deficit is memory impairment, it has been suggested that the hippocampus may play a crucial role. In the current study, we investigated 29 subjects with longitudinal MRI and detailed neuropsychological testing in two independent cohorts (N = 15/14) to test if volume changes were associated with cognitive side effects. The two cohorts underwent somewhat different ECT study protocols reflected in electrode placements and the number of treatments. We used longitudinal freesurfer algorithms (6.0) to obtain a bias-free estimate of volume changes in the hippocampus and tested its relationship with neurocognitive score changes. As an exploratory analysis and to evaluate how specific the effects were to the hippocampus, we also calculated this relationship in 41 other areas. In addition, we also analyzed cognitive data from a group of healthy volunteers (N = 29) to assess practice effects. Our results supported the hypothesis that hippocampus enlargement was associated with worse cognitive outcomes, and this result was generalizable across two independent cohorts with different diagnoses, different electrode placements, and a different number of ECT sessions. We found, in both cohorts, that treatment robustly increased the volume size of the hippocampus (Cohort 1: t = 5.07, Cohort 2: t = 4.82; p < 0.001), and the volume increase correlated with the neurocognitive T-score change. (Cohort 1: r = -0.68, p = 0.005; Cohort 2: r = -0.58; p = 0.04). Overall, our research indicates that novel treatment methods serving to avoid hippocampal volume increase may result in a better side effect profile.
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- Miklos Argyelan
- Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Cove, NY, USA.
- Institute of Behavioral Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA.
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA.
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- Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Cove, NY, USA
- Institute of Behavioral Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA
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- Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Cove, NY, USA
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- Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Cove, NY, USA
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- Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Cove, NY, USA
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- Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Cove, NY, USA
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- Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Cove, NY, USA
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- Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Cove, NY, USA
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- Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Cove, NY, USA
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA
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- Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Cove, NY, USA
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA
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- Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Cove, NY, USA
- Institute of Behavioral Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA
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Brancati GE, Brekke N, Bartsch H, Evjenth Sørhaug OJ, Ousdal OT, Hammar Å, Schuster PM, Oedegaard KJ, Kessler U, Oltedal L. Short and long-term effects of single and multiple sessions of electroconvulsive therapy on brain gray matter volumes. Brain Stimul 2021; 14:1330-1339. [PMID: 34464746 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2021.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been shown to induce broadly distributed cortical and subcortical volume increases, more prominently in the amygdala and the hippocampus. Structural changes after one ECT session and in the long-term have been understudied. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe short-term and long-term volume changes induced in cortical and subcortical regions by ECT. METHODS Structural brain data were acquired from depressed patients before and 2 h after their first ECT session, 7-14 days after the end of the ECT series and at 6 months follow up (N = 34). Healthy, age and gender matched volunteers were scanned according to the same schedule (N = 18) and patients affected by atrial fibrillation were scanned 1-2 h before and after undergoing electrical cardioversion (N = 16). Images were parcelled using FreeSurfer and estimates of cortical gray matter volume and subcortical volume changes were obtained using Quarc. RESULTS Volume increase was observable in most of gray matter regions after 2 h from the first ECT session, with significant results in brain stem, bilateral hippocampi, right putamen and left thalamus, temporal and occipital regions in the right hemisphere. At the end of treatment series, widespread significant volume changes were observed. After six months, the right amygdala volume was still significantly increased. No significant changes were observed in the comparison groups. CONCLUSIONS Volume increases in gray matter areas can be detected 2 h after a single ECT session. Further studies are warranted to explore the underlying molecular mechanisms.
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- Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Centre for Crisis Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- NORMENT, Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Norway; Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; NORMENT, Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; NORMENT, Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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Maffioletti E, Carvalho Silva R, Bortolomasi M, Baune BT, Gennarelli M, Minelli A. Molecular Biomarkers of Electroconvulsive Therapy Effects and Clinical Response: Understanding the Present to Shape the Future. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11091120. [PMID: 34573142 PMCID: PMC8471796 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11091120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) represents an effective intervention for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). One priority of this research field is the clarification of ECT response mechanisms and the identification of biomarkers predicting its outcomes. We propose an overview of the molecular studies on ECT, concerning its course and outcome prediction, including also animal studies on electroconvulsive seizures (ECS), an experimental analogue of ECT. Most of these investigations underlie biological systems related to major depressive disorder (MDD), such as the neurotrophic and inflammatory/immune ones, indicating effects of ECT on these processes. Studies about neurotrophins, like the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), have shown evidence concerning ECT neurotrophic effects. The inflammatory/immune system has also been studied, suggesting an acute stress reaction following an ECT session. However, at the end of the treatment, ECT produces a reduction in inflammatory-associated biomarkers such as cortisol, TNF-alpha and interleukin 6. Other biological systems, including the monoaminergic and the endocrine, have been sparsely investigated. Despite some promising results, limitations exist. Most of the studies are concentrated on one or few markers and many studies are relatively old, with small sample sizes and methodological biases. Expression studies on gene transcripts and microRNAs are rare and genetic studies are sparse. To date, no conclusive evidence regarding ECT molecular markers has been reached; however, the future may be just around the corner.
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- Elisabetta Maffioletti
- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, 25121 Brescia, Italy; (E.M.); (R.C.S.); (M.G.)
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, 25121 Brescia, Italy; (E.M.); (R.C.S.); (M.G.)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany;
- Department of Psychiatry, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, 25121 Brescia, Italy; (E.M.); (R.C.S.); (M.G.)
- Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, 25125 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, 25121 Brescia, Italy; (E.M.); (R.C.S.); (M.G.)
- Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, 25125 Brescia, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-030-3717255; Fax: +39-030-3701157
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Goldfarb S, Fainstein N, Ganz T, Vershkov D, Lachish M, Ben-Hur T. Electric neurostimulation regulates microglial activation via retinoic acid receptor α signaling. Brain Behav Immun 2021; 96:40-53. [PMID: 33989746 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Brain stimulation by electroconvulsive therapy is effective in neuropsychiatric disorders by unknown mechanisms. Microglial toxicity plays key role in neuropsychiatric, neuroinflammatory and degenerative diseases. We examined the mechanism by which electroconvulsive seizures (ECS) regulates microglial phenotype and response to stimuli. Microglial responses were examined by morphological analysis, Iba1 and cytokine expression. ECS did not affect resting microglial phenotype or morphology but regulated their activation by Lipopolysaccharide stimulation. Microglia were isolated after ECS or sham sessions in naïve mice for transcriptome analysis. RNA sequencing identified 141 differentially expressed genes. ECS modulated multiple immune-associated gene families and attenuated neurotoxicity-associated gene expression. Blood brain barrier was examined by injecting Biocytin-TMR tracer. There was no breakdown of the BBB, nor increase in gene-signature of peripheral monocytes, suggesting that ECS effect is mainly on resident microglia. Unbiased analysis of regulatory sequences identified the induction of microglial retinoic acid receptor α (RARα) gene expression and a putative common RARα-binding motif in multiple ECS-upregulated genes. The effects of AM580, a selective RARα agonist on microglial response to LPS was examined in vitro. AM580 prevented LPS-induced cytokine expression and reactive oxygen species production. Chronic murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) was utilized to confirm the role RARα signaling as mediator of ECS-induced transcriptional pathway in regulating microglial toxicity. Continuous intracerebroventricular delivery of AM580 attenuated effectively EAE severity. In conclusion, ECS regulates CNS innate immune system responses by activating microglial retinoic acid receptor α pathway, signifying a novel therapeutic approach for chronic neuroinflammatory, neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Smadar Goldfarb
- Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; The Department of Neurology, The Agnes Ginges Center for Human Neurogenetics, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; The Department of Neurology, The Agnes Ginges Center for Human Neurogenetics, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; The Department of Neurology, The Agnes Ginges Center for Human Neurogenetics, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; The Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research, Department of Genetics, Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; The Department of Neurology, The Agnes Ginges Center for Human Neurogenetics, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; The Department of Neurology, The Agnes Ginges Center for Human Neurogenetics, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Gammon D, Cheng C, Volkovinskaia A, Baker GB, Dursun SM. Clozapine: Why Is It So Uniquely Effective in the Treatment of a Range of Neuropsychiatric Disorders? Biomolecules 2021; 11:1030. [PMID: 34356654 PMCID: PMC8301879 DOI: 10.3390/biom11071030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Clozapine is superior to other antipsychotics as a therapy for treatment-resistant schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder with increased risk of suicidal behavior. This drug has also been used in the off-label treatment of bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD), and Parkinson's disease (PD). Although usually reserved for severe and treatment-refractory cases, it is interesting that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has also been used in the treatment of these psychiatric disorders, suggesting some common or related mechanisms. A literature review on the applications of clozapine and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to the disorders mentioned above was undertaken, and this narrative review was prepared. Although both treatments have multiple actions, evidence to date suggests that the ability to elicit epileptiform activity and alter EEG activity, to increase neuroplasticity and elevate brain levels of neurotrophic factors, to affect imbalances in the relationship between glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and to reduce inflammation through effects on neuron-glia interactions are common underlying mechanisms of these two treatments. This evidence may explain why clozapine is effective in a range of neuropsychiatric disorders. Future increased investigations into epigenetic and connectomic changes produced by clozapine and ECT should provide valuable information about these two treatments and the disorders they are used to treat.
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- Dara Gammon
- Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, The Netherlands; (D.G.); (A.V.)
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- Neurochemical Research Unit and Bebensee Schizophrenia Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada; (C.C.); (G.B.B.)
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada
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- Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, The Netherlands; (D.G.); (A.V.)
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- Neurochemical Research Unit and Bebensee Schizophrenia Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada; (C.C.); (G.B.B.)
- Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Neurochemical Research Unit and Bebensee Schizophrenia Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada; (C.C.); (G.B.B.)
- Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
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Methylome-wide change associated with response to electroconvulsive therapy in depressed patients. Transl Psychiatry 2021; 11:347. [PMID: 34091594 PMCID: PMC8179923 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01474-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a quick-acting and powerful antidepressant treatment considered to be effective in treating severe and pharmacotherapy-resistant forms of depression. Recent studies have suggested that epigenetic mechanisms can mediate treatment response and investigations about the relationship between the effects of ECT and DNA methylation have so far largely taken candidate approaches. In the present study, we examined the effects of ECT on the methylome associated with response in depressed patients (n = 34), testing for differentially methylated CpG sites before the first and after the last ECT treatment. We identified one differentially methylated CpG site associated with the effect of ECT response (defined as >50% decrease in Hamilton Depression Rating Scale score, HDRS), TNKS (q < 0.05; p = 7.15 × 10-8). When defining response continuously (ΔHDRS), the top suggestive differentially methylated CpG site was in FKBP5 (p = 3.94 × 10-7). Regional analyses identified two differentially methylated regions on chromosomes 8 (Šídák's p = 0.0031) and 20 (Šídák's p = 4.2 × 10-5) associated with ΔHDRS. Functional pathway analysis did not identify any significant pathways. A confirmatory look at candidates previously proposed to be involved in ECT mechanisms found CpG sites associated with response only at the nominally significant level (p < 0.05). Despite the limited sample size, the present study was able to identify epigenetic change associated with ECT response suggesting that this approach, especially when involving larger samples, has the potential to inform the study of mechanisms involved in ECT and severe and treatment-resistant depression.
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Gay F, Romeo B, Martelli C, Benyamina A, Hamdani N. Cytokines changes associated with electroconvulsive therapy in patients with treatment-resistant depression: a Meta-analysis. Psychiatry Res 2021; 297:113735. [PMID: 33497973 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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One third of depressive patients do not achieve remission after several steps of treatment and are considered as treatment resistant. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) improves symptoms in 70 to 90% of such cases. Resistant depression is associated with a dysregulation of the immune system with a dysbalance between the pro- and the anti-inflammatory cytokines. Therefore, we aimed to measure the kinetic of cytokines levels before, during and at the end of ECT. To test this hypothesis, we performed a meta-analysis assessing cytokines plasma levels before, during and after ECT in patients with major depressive disorders. After a systematic database search, means and standard deviations were extracted to calculate standardized mean differences. We found that IL-6 levels increased after 1 or 2 ECT session (p = 0.01) then decrease after 4 ECT sessions (p < 0.01) with no difference at the end of ECT (p = 0.94). A small number of studies were included and there was heterogeneity across them. The present meta-analysis reveals that ECT induces an initial increase of IL-6 levels and a potential decrease of TNF-α levels. No changes on IL-4 and IL-10 levels were found. Further work is necessary to clarify the impact of ECT on peripheral cytokines.
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- F Gay
- APHP, Paul Brousse Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, F-94800 Villejuif, France
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- APHP, Paul Brousse Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, F-94800 Villejuif, France; Unité de recherche Psychiatrie-Comorbidités-Addictions - PSYCOMADD 4872 - Université Paris-Sud - AP-HP - Université Paris Saclay.
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- APHP, Paul Brousse Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, F-94800 Villejuif, France; Unité de recherche Psychiatrie-Comorbidités-Addictions - PSYCOMADD 4872 - Université Paris-Sud - AP-HP - Université Paris Saclay; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1000, Research unit, NeuroImaging and Psychiatry, Paris Sud University, Paris Saclay University, Paris Descartes University, Digiteo Labs, Bâtiment 660, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- APHP, Paul Brousse Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, F-94800 Villejuif, France; Unité de recherche Psychiatrie-Comorbidités-Addictions - PSYCOMADD 4872 - Université Paris-Sud - AP-HP - Université Paris Saclay
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- Unité de recherche Psychiatrie-Comorbidités-Addictions - PSYCOMADD 4872 - Université Paris-Sud - AP-HP - Université Paris Saclay; Cédiapsy, 1 avenue Jean Moulin 75014 Paris
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Expression of Pea3 protein subfamily members in hippocampus and potential regulation following neuronal stimulation. Neurosci Lett 2020; 738:135348. [PMID: 32891673 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.135348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pea3 proteins belong to a subfamily of the E-twentysix (ETS) domain superfamily of transcription factors, which play various roles during development. Polyoma Enhancer-Activator 3 (Pea3) proteins Pea3, ERM and Er81 are particularly involved in tissues with branching morphogenesis, including kidney, lung, mammary gland and nervous system development. A recent transcriptomic study on novel targets of Pea3 transcription factor revealed various axon guidance and nervous system development related targets, supporting a role of Pea3 proteins in motor neuron connectivity, as well as novel targets in signaling pathways involved in synaptic plasticity. This study focuses on the expression of Pea3 family members in hippocampal neurons, and regulation of putative Pea3 targets in Pea3-overexpressing cell lines and following induction of long-term potentiation or seizure in vivo. We show that Pea3 proteins are expressed in hippocampus in both neuronal and non-neuronal cells, and that Pea3 represses Elk-1 but activates Prkca and Nrcam expression in hippocampal cell lines. We also show that mRNA and protein levels of Pea3 family members are differentially regulated in the dentate gyrus and CA1 region upon MECS stimulation, but not upon LTP induction.
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Giacobbe J, Pariante CM, Borsini A. The innate immune system and neurogenesis as modulating mechanisms of electroconvulsive therapy in pre-clinical studies. J Psychopharmacol 2020; 34:1086-1097. [PMID: 32648795 PMCID: PMC7672674 DOI: 10.1177/0269881120936538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a powerful and fast-acting anti-depressant strategy, often used in treatment-resistant patients. In turn, patients with treatment-resistant depression often present an increased inflammatory response. The impact of ECT on several pathophysiological mechanisms of depression has been investigated, with a focus which has largely been on cellular and synaptic plasticity. Although changes in the immune system are known to influence neurogenesis, these processes have principally been explored independently from each other in the context of ECT. OBJECTIVE The aim of this review was to compare the time-dependent consequences of acute and chronic ECT on concomitant innate immune system and neurogenesis-related outcomes measured in the central nervous system in pre-clinical studies. RESULTS During the few hours following acute electroconvulsive shock (ECS), the expression of the astrocytic reactivity marker glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and inflammatory genes, such as cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2), were significantly increased together with the neurogenic brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and cell proliferation. Similarly, chronic ECS caused an initial upregulation of the same astrocytic marker, immune genes, and neurogenic factors. Interestingly, over time, inflammation appeared to be dampened, while glial activation and neurogenesis were maintained, after either acute or chronic ECS. CONCLUSION Regardless of treatment duration ECS would seemingly trigger a rapid increase in inflammatory molecules, dampened over time, as well as a long-lasting activation of astrocytes and production of growth and neurotrophic factors, leading to cell proliferation. This suggests that both innate immune system response and neurogenesis might contribute to the efficacy of ECT.
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- Alessandra Borsini, King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Division of Psychological Medicine, Stress, Psychiatry and Immunology Lab & Perinatal Psychiatry, The Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RT, UK.
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Kruse JL, Olmstead R, Hellemann G, Wade B, Jiang J, Vasavada MM, Brooks JO, Congdon E, Espinoza R, Narr KL, Irwin MR. Inflammation and depression treatment response to electroconvulsive therapy: Sex-specific role of interleukin-8. Brain Behav Immun 2020; 89:59-66. [PMID: 32479994 PMCID: PMC7572496 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Females suffer from depression at twice the rate of males and have differential neural and emotional responses to inflammation. However, sex-specific evaluation of relationships between inflammation and response to depression treatments are lacking. Some data suggest that interleukin(IL)-8 predicts treatment response to antidepressants and has a relationship with depressive symptom severity. This study examines whether IL-8 predicts treatment response to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and whether there are sex specific effects. In 40 depressed patients (22 female), plasma levels of IL-8, as well as other markers of inflammation including IL-6, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and C-reactive protein (CRP) were obtained prior to administration of ECT and after completion of the index treatment series. Depression treatment response was defined as ≥ 50% reduction in Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) Score. Baseline levels of IL-8 differed by responder status, depending on sex (group × sex interaction: β = -0.571, p = 0.04), with female responders having lower levels of IL-8 at baseline as compared to female non-responders [t(20) = 2.37, p = 0.03]. Further, IL-8 levels from baseline to end of treatment differed by responder status, depending on sex (group × sex × time interaction: [F(1,36) = 9.48, p = 0.004]), and change in IL-8 from baseline to end of treatment was negatively correlated with percentage change in HAM-D score in females (β = -0.458, p = 0.03), but not in males (β = 0.315, p = 0.20). Other inflammatory markers did not differ in relation to responder status and sex. Further evaluation of sex differences in the relationship between IL-8, depression, and treatment response, across disparate treatment modalities, may inform mechanisms of response and aid in development of personalized medicine strategies.
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- Jennifer L. Kruse
- Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology,Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology,Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine,Department of Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology,Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Department of Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine,Department of Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology,Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine
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Sackeim HA. The impact of electroconvulsive therapy on brain grey matter volume: What does it mean? Brain Stimul 2020; 13:1226-1231. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2020.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Novel candidate genes for ECT response prediction-a pilot study analyzing the DNA methylome of depressed patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy. Clin Epigenetics 2020; 12:114. [PMID: 32727556 PMCID: PMC7388224 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-020-00891-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) represents a serious global health concern. The urge for efficient MDD treatment strategies is presently hindered by the incomplete knowledge of its underlying pathomechanism. Despite recent progress (highlighting both genetics and the environment, and thus DNA methylation, to be relevant for its development), 30–50% of MDD patients still fail to reach remission with standard treatment approaches. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most powerful options for the treatment of pharmacoresistant depression; nevertheless, ECT remission rates barely reach 50% in large-scale naturalistic population-based studies. To optimize MDD treatment strategies and enable personalized medicine in the long- term, prospective indicators of ECT response are thus in great need. Because recent target-driven analyses revealed DNA methylation baseline differences between ECT responder groups, we analyzed the DNA methylome of depressed ECT patients using next-generation sequencing. In this pilot study, we did not only aim to find novel targets for ECT response prediction but also to get a deeper insight into its possible mechanism of action. Results Longitudinal DNA methylation analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from a cohort of treatment-resistant MDD patients (n = 12; time points: before and after 1st and last ECT, respectively) using a TruSeq-Methyl Capture EPIC Kit for library preparation, led to the following results: (1) The global DNA methylation differed neither between the four measured time points nor between ECT responders (n = 8) and non-responders (n = 4). (2) Analyzing the DNA methylation variance for every probe (=1476812 single CpG sites) revealed eight novel candidate genes to be implicated in ECT response (protein-coding genes: RNF175, RNF213, TBC1D14, TMC5, WSCD1; genes encoding for putative long non-coding RNA transcripts: AC018685.2, AC098617.1, CLCN3P1). (3) In addition, DNA methylation of two CpG sites (located within AQP10 and TRERF1) was found to change during the treatment course. Conclusions We suggest ten novel candidate genes to be implicated in either ECT response or its possible mechanism. Because of the small sample size of our pilot study, our findings must be regarded as preliminary.
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Moschny N, Jahn K, Maier HB, Khan AQ, Ballmaier M, Liepach K, Sack M, Skripuletz T, Bleich S, Frieling H, Neyazi A. Electroconvulsive therapy, changes in immune cell ratios, and their association with seizure quality and clinical outcome in depressed patients. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2020; 36:18-28. [PMID: 32446707 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a major contributor to the global burden of disease. Approximately 30-50% of depressed patients fail to reach remission with standard treatment approaches. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective options for these patients. Its exact therapeutic mechanism remains elusive, and reliable predictors of response are absent in the routine clinical practice. To characterize its mode of action and to facilitate treatment decision-making, we analyzed ECT's acute and chronic effects on various immune cell subsets. For this purpose, blood was withdrawn from depressed patients (n=21) directly before and 15 min after the first and last ECT session, respectively. After isolating peripheral blood mononuclear cells, we investigated defined populations of immune cells and their proportional changes upon ECT treatment using flow cytometry. By these means, we found ECT remitters (R; n=10) and non-remitters (NR; n=11) to differ in their relative proportion of putative immunoregulatory CD56highCD16-/dim and cytotoxic CD56dimCD16+ natural killer (NK) cells (CD56highCD16-/dim/CD56dimCD16+: R=0.064(±0.005), NR=0.047(±0.005), p<0.05; linear mixed models) and thus in their NK cell cytotoxicity. NK cell cytotoxicity was further increased after a single ECT session (before=0.066(±0.005), after=0.045(±0.005), p<0.001) and was associated with ECT quality parameters (maximum sustained coherence: r2=0.389, β=-0.656, p<0.001) and long-term BDI-II rating changes (r2=0.459, β=-0.726, p<0.05; both linear regression analysis). To conclude, particular NK cell subsets seem to be involved in ECT's acute effect and its clinical outcome. Due to the limited number of patients participating in our pilot study, future approaches are required to replicate our findings.
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- Nicole Moschny
- Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany; Center for Systems Neuroscience, HGNI, University of Veterinary Medicine, Bünteweg 2, 30559 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Cell Sorting Core Facility, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany; Center for Systems Neuroscience, HGNI, University of Veterinary Medicine, Bünteweg 2, 30559 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany; Center for Systems Neuroscience, HGNI, University of Veterinary Medicine, Bünteweg 2, 30559 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany; Center for Systems Neuroscience, HGNI, University of Veterinary Medicine, Bünteweg 2, 30559 Hannover, Germany.
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Borrione L, Bellini H, Razza LB, Avila AG, Baeken C, Brem AK, Busatto G, Carvalho AF, Chekroud A, Daskalakis ZJ, Deng ZD, Downar J, Gattaz W, Loo C, Lotufo PA, Martin MDGM, McClintock SM, O'Shea J, Padberg F, Passos IC, Salum GA, Vanderhasselt MA, Fraguas R, Benseñor I, Valiengo L, Brunoni AR. Precision non-implantable neuromodulation therapies: a perspective for the depressed brain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 42:403-419. [PMID: 32187319 PMCID: PMC7430385 DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2019-0741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Current first-line treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD) include pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy. However, one-third of depressed patients do not achieve remission after multiple medication trials, and psychotherapy can be costly and time-consuming. Although non-implantable neuromodulation (NIN) techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation, electroconvulsive therapy, and magnetic seizure therapy are gaining momentum for treating MDD, the efficacy of non-convulsive techniques is still modest, whereas use of convulsive modalities is limited by their cognitive side effects. In this context, we propose that NIN techniques could benefit from a precision-oriented approach. In this review, we discuss the challenges and opportunities in implementing such a framework, focusing on enhancing NIN effects via a combination of individualized cognitive interventions, using closed-loop approaches, identifying multimodal biomarkers, using computer electric field modeling to guide targeting and quantify dosage, and using machine learning algorithms to integrate data collected at multiple biological levels and identify clinical responders. Though promising, this framework is currently limited, as previous studies have employed small samples and did not sufficiently explore pathophysiological mechanisms associated with NIN response and side effects. Moreover, cost-effectiveness analyses have not been performed. Nevertheless, further advancements in clinical trials of NIN could shift the field toward a more “precision-oriented” practice.
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- Lucas Borrione
- Serviço Interdisciplinar de Neuromodulação, Laboratório de Neurociências (LIM-27), Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Serviço Interdisciplinar de Neuromodulação, Laboratório de Neurociências (LIM-27), Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Serviço Interdisciplinar de Neuromodulação, Laboratório de Neurociências (LIM-27), Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Centro de Neuropsicologia e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Head and Skin, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.,Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.,Division of Interventional Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurology, Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Laboratório de Neuroimagem em Psiquiatria (LIM-21), Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Spring Health, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Noninvasive Neuromodulation Unit, Experimental Therapeutic & Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Centre for Mental Health and Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Laboratório de Neurociências (LIM-27), Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas,
Faculdade de Medicina, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.,Instituto Nacional de Biomarcadores em Neuropsiquiatria (INBioN), Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- School of Psychiatry and Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto (ELSA), Centro de Pesquisa Clínica e Epidemiológica, Hospital Universitário, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ressonância Magnética em Neurorradiologia (LIM-44) and Instituto de Radiologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Neurocognitive Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Laboratório de Psiquiatria Molecular e Programa de
Transtorno Bipolar, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Psiquiatria, Seção de Afeto Negativo e Processos Sociais (SANPS), HCPA, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Head and Skin, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratório de Neuroimagem em Psiquiatria (LIM-21), Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.,Hospital Universitário, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto (ELSA), Centro de Pesquisa Clínica e Epidemiológica, Hospital Universitário, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Serviço Interdisciplinar de Neuromodulação, Laboratório de Neurociências (LIM-27), Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Serviço Interdisciplinar de Neuromodulação, Laboratório de Neurociências (LIM-27), Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.,Laboratório de Neurociências (LIM-27), Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas,
Faculdade de Medicina, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.,Instituto Nacional de Biomarcadores em Neuropsiquiatria (INBioN), Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.,Hospital Universitário, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Ousdal OT, Argyelan M, Narr KL, Abbott C, Wade B, Vandenbulcke M, Urretavizcaya M, Tendolkar I, Takamiya A, Stek ML, Soriano-Mas C, Redlich R, Paulson OB, Oudega ML, Opel N, Nordanskog P, Kishimoto T, Kampe R, Jorgensen A, Hanson LG, Hamilton JP, Espinoza R, Emsell L, van Eijndhoven P, Dols A, Dannlowski U, Cardoner N, Bouckaert F, Anand A, Bartsch H, Kessler U, Oedegaard KJ, Dale AM, Oltedal L. Brain Changes Induced by Electroconvulsive Therapy Are Broadly Distributed. Biol Psychiatry 2020; 87:451-461. [PMID: 31561859 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 07/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is associated with volumetric enlargements of corticolimbic brain regions. However, the pattern of whole-brain structural alterations following ECT remains unresolved. Here, we examined the longitudinal effects of ECT on global and local variations in gray matter, white matter, and ventricle volumes in patients with major depressive disorder as well as predictors of ECT-related clinical response. METHODS Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging and clinical data from the Global ECT-MRI Research Collaboration (GEMRIC) were used to investigate changes in white matter, gray matter, and ventricle volumes before and after ECT in 328 patients experiencing a major depressive episode. In addition, 95 nondepressed control subjects were scanned twice. We performed a mega-analysis of single subject data from 14 independent GEMRIC sites. RESULTS Volumetric increases occurred in 79 of 84 gray matter regions of interest. In total, the cortical volume increased by mean ± SD of 1.04 ± 1.03% (Cohen's d = 1.01, p < .001) and the subcortical gray matter volume increased by 1.47 ± 1.05% (d = 1.40, p < .001) in patients. The subcortical gray matter increase was negatively associated with total ventricle volume (Spearman's rank correlation ρ = -.44, p < .001), while total white matter volume remained unchanged (d = -0.05, p = .41). The changes were modulated by number of ECTs and mode of electrode placements. However, the gray matter volumetric enlargements were not associated with clinical outcome. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that ECT induces gray matter volumetric increases that are broadly distributed. However, gross volumetric increases of specific anatomically defined regions may not serve as feasible biomarkers of clinical response.
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- Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, New York, New York
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- Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, University Psychiatric Center Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute; Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Faculty of Medicine and Landschaftsverband Rheinland Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Komagino Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Geestelijke GezondheidsZorg inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute; Department of Psychobiology and Methodology in Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Neurobiology Research Unit, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Geestelijke GezondheidsZorg inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany; Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Psychiatric Center Copenhagen (Rigshospitalet), Mental Health Services of the Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark; Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Center for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, University Psychiatric Center Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Geestelijke GezondheidsZorg inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain; Department of Mental Health, University Hospital Parc Taulí-I3PT, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, University Psychiatric Center Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cleveland Clinic, Center for Behavioral Health, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research, Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research, Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Loureiro JRA, Leaver A, Vasavada M, Sahib AK, Kubicki A, Joshi S, Woods RP, Wade B, Congdon E, Espinoza R, Narr KL. Modulation of amygdala reactivity following rapidly acting interventions for major depression. Hum Brain Mapp 2020; 41:1699-1710. [PMID: 32115848 PMCID: PMC7268016 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and ketamine treatment both induce rapidly acting antidepressant effects in patients with major depressive disorder unresponsive to standard treatments, yet their specific impact on emotion processing is unknown. Here, we examined the neural underpinnings of emotion processing within and across patients (N = 44) receiving either ECT (N = 17, mean age: 36.8, 11.0 SD) or repeated subanesthetic (0.5 mg/kg) intravenous ketamine therapy (N = 27, mean age: 37.3, 10.8 SD) using a naturalistic study design. MRI and clinical data were collected before (TP1) and after treatment (TP2); healthy controls (N = 31, mean age: 34.5, 13.5 SD) completed one MRI session (TP1). An fMRI face-matching task probed negative- and positive-valence systems. Whole-brain analysis, comparing neurofunctional changes within and across treatment groups, targeted brain regions involved in emotional facial processing, and included regions-of-interest analysis of amygdala responsivity. Main findings revealed a decrease in amygdalar reactivity after both ECT and ketamine for positive and negative emotional face processing (p < .05 family wise-error (FWE) corrected). Subthreshold changes were observed between treatments within the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and insula (p < .005, uncorrected). BOLD change for positive faces in the inferior parietal cortex significantly correlated with overall symptom improvement, and BOLD change in frontal regions correlated with anxiety for negative faces, and anhedonia for positive faces (p < .05 FWE corrected). Both serial ketamine and ECT treatment modulate amygdala response, while more subtle treatment-specific changes occur in the larger functional network. Findings point to both common and differential mechanistic upstream systems-level effects relating to fast-acting antidepressant response, and symptoms of anxiety and anhedonia, for the processing of emotionally valenced stimuli.
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- Joana R. A. Loureiro
- Department of NeurologyAhamason‐Lovelace Brain Mapping CenterLos AngelesCalifornia
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- Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS)ChicagoIllinois
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- Department of NeurologyAhamason‐Lovelace Brain Mapping CenterLos AngelesCalifornia
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- Department of NeurologyAhamason‐Lovelace Brain Mapping CenterLos AngelesCalifornia
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- Department of NeurologyAhamason‐Lovelace Brain Mapping CenterLos AngelesCalifornia
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- Department of NeurologyAhamason‐Lovelace Brain Mapping CenterLos AngelesCalifornia
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- Department of NeurologyAhamason‐Lovelace Brain Mapping CenterLos AngelesCalifornia
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- Department of NeurologyAhamason‐Lovelace Brain Mapping CenterLos AngelesCalifornia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral SciencesUniversity of California Los AngelesLos AngelesCalifornia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral SciencesUniversity of California Los AngelesLos AngelesCalifornia
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- Department of NeurologyAhamason‐Lovelace Brain Mapping CenterLos AngelesCalifornia
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral SciencesUniversity of California Los AngelesLos AngelesCalifornia
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Nass RD, Wagner M, Surges R, Holdenrieder S. Time courses of HMGB1 and other inflammatory markers after generalized convulsive seizures. Epilepsy Res 2020; 162:106301. [PMID: 32126476 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2020.106301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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PURPOSE Neuroinflammation and disruption of blood brain barrier (BBB) are important players in epileptogenesis, ictogenesis and pharmacoresistance. In this context, we investigated blood levels of HMGB1 and other inflammatory and BBB markers after generalized and focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures in serum, summarized under the term generalized convulsive seizures (GCS). METHODS We included consenting adults who were admitted to the epilepsy monitoring unit. Blood samples were drawn at baseline and immediately after a GCS as well as after 2, 6 and 24 h. We measured leukocytes, c-reactive protein (CRP), the danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) and S100, receptor of advanced glycation end products (RAGE) alongside the BBB markers intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM1) and matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9). Noradrenaline and lactate measurements were available from a previous study. P-levels <0.05 were regarded as significant. RESULTS Twenty-eight patients with 28 GCS were included. Leukocytosis occurred immediately after GCS and normalized within two hours (p < 0.001). S100 and HMGB1 both increased by ∼80 % (p < 0.001). MMP9 peaked after six hours with levels at 48.6 % above baseline. RAGE decreased by 17.6 % with a nadir at 24 h. CRP increased by 118 % with a peak at 24 h. ICAM1 remained stable (p = 0.068). Postictal HMGB1 correlated with postictal leukocytosis (r = 0.42; p = 0.025) and with MMP9 levels six hours later (r = 0.374; p = 0.05). Postictal lactate levels correlated with MMP9 at 6 h (r = 0.48; p = 0.01) and CRP at 24 h (r = 0.39; p = 0.04). Postictal noradrenaline correlated with lactate (r = 0.57; p = 0.02) and leukocytes (r = 0.39; p = 0.047). DISCUSSION The serum level of the DAMPs HMGB1 and S100 increase immediately after GCS. The hypothetical mechanism includes central nervous processes, such as glutamate toxicity and ROS release from seizing neurons but also muscular tissues. BBB breakdown is marked by the release of MMP9. Further research is needed to understand the complex interactions between electrical and metabolic stress, neuroinflammation and BBB mechanics in seizures and epilepsy. CONCLUSION Our study reveals signs of inflammation, neuronal damage and transitory disruption of BBB following single GCS, underscoring the widespread and possibily detrimental effects of recurrent seizures on brain properties. The long term impact on the disease course, however, is unclear.
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- Robert D Nass
- Department of Epileptology, Bonn University Hospital, Bonn, Germany.
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Epileptology, Bonn University Hospital, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Institute of Laboratory Medicine, German Heart Centre Munich, Munich, Germany
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Mindt S, Neumaier M, Hoyer C, Sartorius A, Kranaster L. Cytokine-mediated cellular immune activation in electroconvulsive therapy: A CSF study in patients with treatment-resistant depression. World J Biol Psychiatry 2020; 21:139-147. [PMID: 31081432 DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2019.1618494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Objectives: Evidence points towards an important relationship between the antidepressant effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and the modulation of the immune system. To further elucidate this interplay, we performed a study on the effects of the antidepressant treatment by ECT on 25 cytokines in patients with depression.Methods: We measured 25 different cytokines (interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-1RA, Il-2, IL-2R, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12 (p40/p70), IL-13, IL-15, IL-17, tumor necrosis factor-α, interferon (IFN)-α, IFN-γ, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α, MIP-1β, IFN-γ-induced protein 10 (IP-10), monokine induced by IFN-γ, Eotaxin, Rantes and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood of 12 patients with a severe and treatment-resistant depressive episode before and after a course of ECT.Results: CSF levels of IP-10, IL-5 and IL-8 were elevated after ECT and more ECT sessions were associated with the differences of CSF levels before and after ECT of IFN-γ, IL-2RA, Rantes, IL-6 and IL-1β. Responders and/or remitters had a decrease of CSF levels of IL-17, MIP-1α, Rantes and IL-2R during ECT. CSF IP-10 levels increased less during ECT in patients who had a remission.Conclusions: Although the sample size was small, we found different effects of the ECT treatment per se and of the antidepressant action induced by ECT in CSF and blood.
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- Sonani Mindt
- Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Centre Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Centre Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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Kashefi B, Mohammadi M, Rezaei F, Ghadami N, Jalili K, Jalili A. The Clinical Effect of Electroconvulsive Therapy and Its Relationship with Serum Levels of MMP-9 and CXCL12 in Patients with Mania. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2020; 16:909-914. [PMID: 32308394 PMCID: PMC7147616 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s234013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a non-pharmacological method for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The precise biochemical mechanism of the effects of ECT is not clear, and since the two factors including matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and stromal cell-derived factor-1 alpha (CXCL12) play an important role in improving nerve damage, the effects of ECT and its relation with serum levels of MMP-9 and CXCL12 in patients with mania were investigated in this study. METHODS In this before and after intervention study, the patients with mania, referring to the Qods Hospital in Sanandaj, were selected by the census method during the years 2015-2018. Young's test was performed 24 hrs before and after the first, third, and sixth sessions of ECT. For biochemical analysis, 3 mL of peripheral blood were taken prior to any anesthesia and 6 hrs after the first, third, and sixth sessions. Data were analyzed by two-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient by using the SPSS16 software. RESULTS The results showed a significant decrease in Young's test scores during the first to the sixth session of ECT (P≤0.05). Although the levels of CXCL12 were slightly increased after the sixth course of ECT, they were not significant. Moreover, there were no significant relationship between the Young's test score and the serum levels of both MMP-9 and CXCL12 (P≥0.05). CONCLUSION ECT improved patients clinically, but this effect was independent of serum levels of MMP-9 and CXCL12, and possibly other biochemical factors are involved in this pathway.
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- Babak Kashefi
- Neurosciences Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Cancer and Immunology Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Neurosciences Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Neurosciences Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Faculty of Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Cancer and Immunology Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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Moschny N, Jahn K, Bajbouj M, Maier HB, Ballmaier M, Khan AQ, Pollak C, Bleich S, Frieling H, Neyazi A. DNA Methylation of the t-PA Gene Differs Between Various Immune Cell Subtypes Isolated From Depressed Patients Receiving Electroconvulsive Therapy. Front Psychiatry 2020; 11:571. [PMID: 32636772 PMCID: PMC7319092 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) represents a tremendous health threat to the world's population. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective treatment option for refractory MDD patients. Ample evidence suggests brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) to play a crucial role in ECT's mode of action. Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) are involved in BDNF production. HYPOTHESIS The DNA methylation of gene regions encoding for t-PA and PAI-1 might be a suitable biomarker for ECT response prediction. METHODS We withdrew blood from two cohorts of treatment-resistant MDD patients receiving ECT. In the first cohort (n = 59), blood was collected at baseline only. To evaluate DNA methylation changes throughout the treatment course, we acquired a second group (n = 28) and took blood samples at multiple time points. DNA isolated from whole blood and defined immune cell subtypes (B cells, monocytes, natural killer cells, and T cells) served for epigenetic analyses. RESULTS Mixed linear models (corrected for multiple testing by Sidak's post-hoc test) revealed (1) no detectable baseline blood DNA methylation differences between ECT remitters (n = 33) and non-remitters (n = 53) in the regions analyzed, but (2) a significant difference in t-PA's DNA methylation between the investigated immune cell subtypes instead (p < 0.00001). This difference remained stable throughout the treatment course, showed no acute changes after ECT, and was independent of clinical remission. CONCLUSION DNA methylation of both proteins seems to play a minor role in ECT's mechanisms. Generally, we recommend using defined immune cell subtypes (instead of whole blood only) for DNA methylation analyses.
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- Nicole Moschny
- Laboratory for Molecular Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.,Center for Systems Neuroscience, Hannover Graduate School for Veterinary Pathobiology, Neuroinfectiology, and Translational Medicine (HGNI), Hannover, Germany
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- Laboratory for Molecular Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Laboratory for Molecular Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Hannover Graduate School for Veterinary Pathobiology, Neuroinfectiology, and Translational Medicine (HGNI), Hannover, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Laboratory for Molecular Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.,Center for Systems Neuroscience, Hannover Graduate School for Veterinary Pathobiology, Neuroinfectiology, and Translational Medicine (HGNI), Hannover, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Hannover Graduate School for Veterinary Pathobiology, Neuroinfectiology, and Translational Medicine (HGNI), Hannover, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Argyelan M, Oltedal L, Deng ZD, Wade B, Bikson M, Joanlanne A, Sanghani S, Bartsch H, Cano M, Dale AM, Dannlowski U, Dols A, Enneking V, Espinoza R, Kessler U, Narr KL, Oedegaard KJ, Oudega ML, Redlich R, Stek ML, Takamiya A, Emsell L, Bouckaert F, Sienaert P, Pujol J, Tendolkar I, van Eijndhoven P, Petrides G, Malhotra AK, Abbott C. Electric field causes volumetric changes in the human brain. eLife 2019; 8:49115. [PMID: 31644424 PMCID: PMC6874416 DOI: 10.7554/elife.49115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Recent longitudinal neuroimaging studies in patients with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) suggest local effects of electric stimulation (lateralized) occur in tandem with global seizure activity (generalized). We used electric field (EF) modeling in 151 ECT treated patients with depression to determine the regional relationships between EF, unbiased longitudinal volume change, and antidepressant response across 85 brain regions. The majority of regional volumes increased significantly, and volumetric changes correlated with regional electric field (t = 3.77, df = 83, r = 0.38, p=0.0003). After controlling for nuisance variables (age, treatment number, and study site), we identified two regions (left amygdala and left hippocampus) with a strong relationship between EF and volume change (FDR corrected p<0.01). However, neither structural volume changes nor electric field was associated with antidepressant response. In summary, we showed that high electrical fields are strongly associated with robust volume changes in a dose-dependent fashion. Electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT for short, can be an effective treatment for severe depression. Many patients who do not respond to medication find that their symptoms improve after ECT. During an ECT session, the patient is placed under general anesthesia and two electrodes are attached to the scalp to produce an electric field that generates currents within the brain. These currents activate neurons and make them fire, causing a seizure, but it remains unclear how this reduces symptoms of depression. For many years, researchers thought that the induced seizure must be key to the beneficial effects of ECT, but recent studies have cast doubt on this idea. They show that increasing the strength of the electric field alters the clinical effects of ECT, without affecting the seizure. This suggests that the benefits of ECT depend on the electric field itself. Argyelan et al. now show that electric fields affect the brain by making a part of the brain known as the gray matter expand. In a large multinational study, 151 patients with severe depression underwent brain scans before and after a course of ECT. The scans revealed that the gray matter of the patients’ brains expanded during the treatment. The patients who experienced the strongest electric fields showed the largest increase in brain volume, and individual brain areas expanded if the electric field within them exceeded a certain threshold. This effect was particularly striking in two areas, the hippocampus and the amygdala. Both of these areas are critical for mood and memory. Further studies are needed to determine why the brain expands after ECT, and how long the effect lasts. Another puzzle is why the improvements in depression that the patients reported after their treatment did not correlate with changes in brain volume. Disentangling the relationships between ECT, brain volume and depression will ultimately help develop more robust treatments for this disabling condition.
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- Miklos Argyelan
- Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, United States.,Center for Neuroscience, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, United States.,Department of Psychiatry, Zucker School of Medicine, Hempstead, United States
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Bergen, Norway
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- Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre, Bergen, Norway.,Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States.,Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States.,Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, GGZinGeest, Old Age Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.,Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.,Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, GGZinGeest, Old Age Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, GGZinGeest, Old Age Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Komagino Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, University Psychiatric Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, University Psychiatric Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Academic center for ECT and Neurostimulation (AcCENT), University Psychiatric Center, KU Leuven, Kortenberg, Belgium
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- Academic center for ECT and Neurostimulation (AcCENT), University Psychiatric Center, KU Leuven, Kortenberg, Belgium
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- CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain.,MRI Research Unit, Department of Radiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Faculty of Medicine and LVR Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, United States.,Center for Neuroscience, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, United States.,Department of Psychiatry, Zucker School of Medicine, Hempstead, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, United States.,Center for Neuroscience, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, United States.,Department of Psychiatry, Zucker School of Medicine, Hempstead, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, United States
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Carlier A, Berkhof JG, Rozing M, Bouckaert F, Sienaert P, Eikelenboom P, Veerhuis R, Vandenbulcke M, Berkhof J, Stek ML, Rhebergen D, Dols A, Exel EV. Inflammation and remission in older patients with depression treated with electroconvulsive therapy; findings from the MODECT study ✰. J Affect Disord 2019; 256:509-516. [PMID: 31279250 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.06.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Compelling evidence links elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and other inflammatory markers to poor treatment outcome of antidepressant medication. Little is known about the contribution of low-grade inflammation to treatment response to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in severely depressed patients. METHOD Associations between serum levels of CRP, interleukin-6, interleukin-10, and tumour necrosis factor-α as well as remission of depression, time to remission, and speed of decline of depressive symptoms were examined in 95 older (mean age: 73.1 years) depressed patients treated with ECT. RESULTS Moderately elevated levels of CRP at baseline (3 to 10 mg/L), but no other inflammatory markers, were associated with higher remission rates. In patients with moderately elevated CRP levels, the odds ratio for remission was 3.62 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.09-11.97; p = 0.04). Time to remission was shorter in those with moderately elevated CRP levels (p = 0.05). Speed of decline was higher in patients with moderately elevated CRP levels as compared with those with low CRP levels (decline of 3.2 Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale points per administration vs. 2.3 points per administration, p = 0.03). LIMITATIONS Because of the observational design, residual confounding through other lifestyle or demographic factors cannot be ruled out. CONCLUSIONS Although earlier studies showed that low-grade inflammation contributes to poor treatment response in those treated with antidepressants, our study provides clues that low-grade inflammation does not have such a detrimental effect on the treatment response to ECT. This is underscored by our finding that moderately elevated CRP levels were associated with increased remission rates in depressed patients treated with ECT. Replication studies are warranted.
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- Angela Carlier
- GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Oldenaller 1, 1081 HJ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and NCA Neuroscience Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Oldenaller 1, 1081 HJ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen
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- KU Leuven, University Psychiatric Centre KU Leuven, department of Old Age Psychiatry, Leuven/Kortenberg, Belgium; KU Leuven, University Psychiatric Centre KU Leuven, Academic Center for ECT and Neuromodulation, Leuven/Kortenberg, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, University Psychiatric Centre KU Leuven, Academic Center for ECT and Neuromodulation, Leuven/Kortenberg, Belgium
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- GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Oldenaller 1, 1081 HJ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and NCA Neuroscience Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Clinical Chemistry department, the Netherlands
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- KU Leuven, University Psychiatric Centre KU Leuven, department of Old Age Psychiatry, Leuven/Kortenberg, Belgium
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, the Netherlands
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- GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Oldenaller 1, 1081 HJ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and NCA Neuroscience Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Oldenaller 1, 1081 HJ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and NCA Neuroscience Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Oldenaller 1, 1081 HJ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and NCA Neuroscience Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Oldenaller 1, 1081 HJ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and NCA Neuroscience Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Cognitive and behavioral effects of brief seizures in mice. Epilepsy Behav 2019; 98:249-257. [PMID: 31398689 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Comorbidities associated with epilepsy greatly reduce patients' quality of life. Since antiepilepsy drugs show limited success in ameliorating cognitive and behavioral symptoms, there is a need to better understand the mechanisms underlying epilepsy-related cognitive and behavioral impairments. Most prior research addressing this problem has focused on chronic epilepsy, wherein many factors can simultaneously impact cognition and behavior. The purpose of the present study was to develop a testing paradigm using mice that can provide new insight into how short-term biological changes underlying acute seizures impact cognition and behavior. In Experiment 1, naïve C57BL/6J mice were subjected to either three brief, generalized electroconvulsive seizure (ECS) or three sham treatments equally spaced over the course of 30 min. Over the next 2 h, mice were tested in a novel object recognition paradigm. Follow-up studies examined locomotor activity immediately before and after (Experiment 2), immediately after (Experiment 3), and 45 min after (Experiment 4) a set of three ECS or sham treatments. Whereas results demonstrated that there was no statistically significant difference in recognition memory acquisition between ECS and sham-treated mice, measures of anxiety-like behavior were increased and novel object interest was decreased in ECS-treated mice compared with that in sham. Interestingly, ECS also produced a delayed inhibitory effect on locomotion, decreasing open-field activity 45-min posttreatment compared to sham. We conclude that a small cluster of brief seizures can have acute, behaviorally relevant effects in mice, and that greater emphasis should be placed on events that take place before chronic epilepsy is established in order to better understand epilepsy-related cognitive and behavioral impairments. Future research would benefit from using the paradigms defined above to study the effects of individual seizures on mouse cognition and behavior.
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The effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on serum tryptophan metabolites. Brain Stimul 2019; 12:1135-1142. [PMID: 31176607 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2019.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Prior studies suggest that activation of the tryptophan catabolism via the kynurenine pathway by proinflammatory cytokines may be involved in the pathophysiology of depression. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for major depression (MD) with immunomodulation as one of the proposed modes of action. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate serum concentrations of tryptophan and kynurenine pathway metabolites in MD patients and healthy controls, and to explore the effect of ECT on components of the kynurenine pathway. METHODS The study included 27 moderately to severely depressed patients referred to ECT. Blood samples were collected prior to treatment and after the completed ECT-series. Baseline samples were also collected from 14 healthy, age- and sex-matched controls. Serum concentrations of tryptophan, kynurenine, 3-hydroxykynurenine (HK), kynurenic acid (KA), xanthurenic acid (XA), anthranilic acid (AA), 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (HAA), quinolinic acid (QA), picolinic acid (Pic), pyridoxal 5'-phosphat (PLP), riboflavin, neopterin and cotinine were measured. RESULTS Patients with MD had lower levels of neuroprotective kynurenine-pathway metabolites (KA, XA and Pic) and lower metabolite ratios (KA/Kyn and KA/QA) reflecting reduced neuroprotection compared to controls. The concentration of the inflammatory marker neopterin was increased after ECT, along with Pic and the redox active and immunosuppressive metabolite HAA. CONCLUSION In this pilot study, we found increased concentrations of inflammatory marker neopterin and putative neuroprotective kynurenine metabolites HAA and Pic in MD patients after ECT. Further research in larger cohorts is required to conclude whether ECT exerts its therapeutic effects via changes in the kynurenine pathway.
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Jog MV, Wang DJJ, Narr KL. A review of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for the individualized treatment of depressive symptoms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 17-18:17-22. [PMID: 31938757 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmip.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a low intensity neuromodulation technique shown to elicit therapeutic effects in a number of neuropsychological conditions. Independent randomized sham-controlled trials and meta- and mega-analyses demonstrate that tDCS targeted to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex can produce a clinically meaningful response in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), but effects are small to moderate in size. However, the heterogeneous presentation, and the neurobiology underlying particular features of depression suggest clinical outcomes might benefit from empirically informed patient selection. In this review, we summarize the status of tDCS research in MDD with focus on the clinical, biological, and intrinsic and extrinsic factors shown to enhance or predict antidepressant response. We also discuss research strategies for optimizing tDCS to improve patient-specific clinical outcomes. TDCS appears suited for both bipolar and unipolar depression, but is less effective in treatment resistant depression. TDCS may also better target core aspects of depressed mood over vegetative symptoms, while pretreatment patient characteristics might inform subsequent response. Peripheral blood markers of gene and immune system function have not yet proven useful as predictors or correlates of tDCS response. Though further research is needed, several lines of evidence suggest that tDCS administered in combination with pharmacological and cognitive behavioral interventions can improve outcomes. Tailoring stimulation to the functional and structural anatomy and/or connectivity of individual patients can maximize physiological response in targeted networks, which in turn could translate to therapeutic benefits.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mayank V Jog
- Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.,Laboratory of FMRI Technology (LOFT), Mark & Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Laboratory of FMRI Technology (LOFT), Mark & Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.,Department of Neurology, and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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