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Majdizadeh G, Beytollahi M, Djazayery A, Movahedi A. Role of Branched and Aromatic Amino Acids, Diet Inflammatory Index, and Anthropometric Indices on Mental Health. Int J Prev Med 2024; 15:23. [PMID: 39170923 PMCID: PMC11338367 DOI: 10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_59_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2024] Open
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Background Mental health disorders are one of the most important and increasing health problems in the youth of today's societies. Some dietary intake and body mass status are factors that affect mental health. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the intake of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and aromatic amino acids (AAAs) and anthropometric and dietary inflammatory indices with mental health, including depression, anxiety, and stress. Methods In this case-control study, the data of 138 teenage girls aged 13-18 years were collected. Three-day 24-hour food recall and standard anthropometric methods were used to calculate the dietary inflammation intake score of normal and energy-adjusted diets. Mental health disorders were diagnosed by the DASS-21 questionnaire. Statistical analysis used Student's t-test, correlation, and multiple regression were used to analyze the data based on the study's statistical requirements. Results Based on the findings, 59 (42%) of the girls had mental disorders, and 79 (58%) were healthy. The average weight of stressed people was significantly higher than that of healthy people, and the BMI of anxious people was significantly higher than that of nonanxious people (P < 0.05). A significant positive correlation was found between stress and weight and energy intake. Additionally, there was a significant negative correlation between BCAAs and mental health. The average intake of BCAAs was significantly lower in patients (P = 0.01). The trend analysis showed significantly lower BCAA levels among the 4th quartile of mental disorders. No significant relationship was observed between DII, AAA, and anthropometric indices. After adjustment of the results, no relationship was observed between mental health and the studied factors. Conclusions BCAA might be related to mental health. Further studies in different age and sex groups are highly recommended.
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- Golnaz Majdizadeh
- Department of Nutrition, Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nutrition, Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nutrition, Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Bashir Z, Hugerth LW, Krog MC, Prast-Nielsen S, Edfeldt G, Boulund F, Schacht SR, Tetens I, Engstrand L, Schuppe-Koistinen I, Fransson E, Nielsen HS. Investigations of microbiota composition and neuroactive pathways in association with symptoms of stress and depression in a cohort of healthy women. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2024; 14:1324794. [PMID: 39015337 PMCID: PMC11249552 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1324794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/18/2024] Open
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Background Despite mounting evidence of gut-brain involvement in psychiatric conditions, functional data remain limited, and analyses of other microbial niches, such as the vaginal microbiota, are lacking in relation to mental health. This aim of this study was to investigate if the connections between the gut microbiome and mental health observed in populations with a clinical diagnosis of mental illness extend to healthy women experiencing stress and depressive symptoms. Additionally, this study examined the functional pathways of the gut microbiota according to the levels of psychological symptoms. Furthermore, the study aimed to explore potential correlations between the vaginal microbiome and mental health parameters in young women without psychiatric diagnoses. Methods In this cross-sectional study, 160 healthy Danish women (aged 18-40 years) filled out questionnaires with validated scales measuring symptoms of stress and depression and frequency of dietary intake. Fecal and vaginal microbiota samples were collected at the beginning of the menstrual cycle and vaginal samples were also collected at cycle day 8-12 and 18-22. Shotgun metagenomic profiling of the gut and vaginal microbiome was performed. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) was used for functional profiling and 56 Gut Brain Modules were analyzed in the fecal samples. Results The relative abundance in the gut of the genera Escherichia, Parabacteroides, and Shigella was higher in women with elevated depressive symptoms. Women with high perceived stress showed a tendency of increased abundance of Escherichia, Shigella, and Blautia. Amongst others, the potentially pathogenic genera, Escherichia and Shigella correlate with alterations in the neuroactive pathways such as the glutamatergic, GABAeric, dopaminergic, and Kynurenine pathways. Vaginosis symptoms were more prevalent in women reporting high levels of stress and depressive symptoms. Conclusions The findings of this study support the concept of a microbiota-associated effect on the neuroactive pathways even in healthy young women. This suggest, that targeting the gut microbiome could be a promising approach for future psychiatric interventions.
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- Zahra Bashir
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
- The Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Unit, Dept. of Fertility, The Capital Region, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- The Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Unit, Dept. of Fertility, The Capital Region, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- The Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Unit, Dept. of Fertility, The Capital Region, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ma S, Xie X, Deng Z, Wang W, Xiang D, Yao L, Kang L, Xu S, Wang H, Wang G, Yang J, Liu Z. A Machine Learning Analysis of Big Metabolomics Data for Classifying Depression: Model Development and Validation. Biol Psychiatry 2024; 96:44-56. [PMID: 38142718 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.12.015] [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: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Many metabolomics studies of depression have been performed, but these have been limited by their scale. A comprehensive in silico analysis of global metabolite levels in large populations could provide robust insights into the pathological mechanisms underlying depression and candidate clinical biomarkers. METHODS Depression-associated metabolomics was studied in 2 datasets from the UK Biobank database: participants with lifetime depression (N = 123,459) and participants with current depression (N = 94,921). The Whitehall II cohort (N = 4744) was used for external validation. CatBoost machine learning was used for modeling, and Shapley additive explanations were used to interpret the model. Fivefold cross-validation was used to validate model performance, training the model on 3 of the 5 sets with the remaining 2 sets for validation and testing, respectively. Diagnostic performance was assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. RESULTS In the lifetime depression and current depression datasets and sex-specific analyses, 24 significantly associated metabolic biomarkers were identified, 12 of which overlapped in the 2 datasets. The addition of metabolic features slightly improved the performance of a diagnostic model using traditional (nonmetabolomics) risk factors alone (lifetime depression: area under the curve 0.655 vs. 0.658 with metabolomics; current depression: area under the curve 0.711 vs. 0.716 with metabolomics). CONCLUSIONS The machine learning model identified 24 metabolic biomarkers associated with depression. If validated, metabolic biomarkers may have future clinical applications as supplementary information to guide early and population-based depression detection.
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- Simeng Ma
- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Information Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Taikang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
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Chen H, Wang J, Chen S, Chen X, Liu J, Tang H, Zhou J, Tian Y, Wang X, Cao X, Zhou J. Abnormal energy metabolism, oxidative stress, and polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in depressed adolescents associated with childhood maltreatment: A targeted metabolite analysis. Psychiatry Res 2024; 335:115795. [PMID: 38460351 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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The purpose of this study was to explore the metabolomic differences between Major depressive disorder (MDD) and healthy individuals among adolescents and the association between childhood maltreatment (CM) and differentially abundant metabolites. The exploratory study included 40 first-episode drug-naïve adolescents with MDD and 20 healthy volunteers. We used the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-13) to assess the severity of depression and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) to assess the presence of childhood maltreatment. The plasma samples from all participants were collected for targeted metabolomics analysis using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC‒MS/MS) methods. Spearman correlation was applied to analyse the correlations between clinical variables and metabolites. We found 11 increased metabolites and 37 decreased metabolites that differed between adolescents with MDD and healthy individuals. Pathway enrichment analysis of differentially abundant metabolites showed abnormalities in energy metabolism and oxidative stress in MDD. Importantly, we found that creatine, valine, isoleucine, glutamic acid and pyroglutamic acid were negatively correlated with the BDI-13, while isocitric acid, fatty acid and acylcarnitine were negatively associated with CTQ, and 4-hydroxyproline was positively related to CTQ in adolescents with MDD. These studies provide new ideas for the pathogenesis and potential treatment of adolescents with MDD.
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- Hui Chen
- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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- Health Management Center, Health Management Research Center of Central South University, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan Province, 410013, China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China.
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Padilha M, Ferreira ALL, Normando P, Schincaglia RM, Freire SR, Keller VN, Figueiredo ACC, Yin X, Brennan L, Kac G. Maternal serum amino acids and hydroxylated sphingomyelins at pregnancy are associated with anxiety symptoms during pregnancy and throughout the first year after delivery. J Affect Disord 2024; 351:579-587. [PMID: 38316261 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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BACKGROUND Studies suggest an interplay between maternal metabolome and mental health. OBJECTIVE We investigated the association of maternal serum metabolome at pregnancy with anxiety scores during pregnancy and throughout the first year postpartum. METHODS A prospective cohort of Brazilian women collected 119 serum metabolome at pregnancy (28-38 weeks) and anxiety scores measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) at pregnancy (n = 118), 1 (n = 83), 6 (n = 68), and 12 (n = 57) months postpartum. Targeted metabolomics quantified metabolites belonging to amino acids (AA), biogenic amines/amino acid-related compounds, acylcarnitines, lysophosphatidylcholines, diacyl phosphatidylcholines, alkyl:acyl phosphatidylcholines, non-hydroxylated and hydroxylated sphingomyelins [SM(OH)], and hexoses classes. Linear mixed-effect models were used to evaluate the association of metabolites and STAI scores. Hierarchical clustering and principal component analyses were employed to identify clusters and metabolites, which drove their main differences. Multiple comparison-adjusted p-values (q-value) ≤ 0.05 were considered significant. RESULTS AA (β = -1.44) and SM(OH) (β = -1.49) classes showed an association with STAI scores trajectory (q-value = 0.047). Two clusters were identified based on these classes. Women in cluster 2 had decreased AA and SM(OH) concentrations and higher STAI scores (worse symptoms) trajectory (β = 2.28; p-value = 0.041). Isoleucine, leucine, valine, SM(OH) 22:1, 22:2, and 24:1 drove the main differences between the clusters. LIMITATIONS The target semiquantitative metabolome analysis and small sample size limited our conclusions. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that AA and SM(OH) during pregnancy play a role in anxiety symptoms throughout the first year postpartum.
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- Marina Padilha
- Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, Conway Institute, UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, Conway Institute, UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Bhattacharyya S, MahmoudianDehkordi S, Sniatynski MJ, Belenky M, Marur VR, Rush AJ, Craighead WE, Mayberg HS, Dunlop BW, Kristal BS, Kaddurah-Daouk R. Metabolomics Signatures of serotonin reuptake inhibitor (Escitalopram), serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (Duloxetine) and Cognitive Behavior Therapy on Key Neurotransmitter Pathways in Major Depressive Disorder. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.04.02.24304677. [PMID: 38633777 PMCID: PMC11023644 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.02.24304677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Metabolomics provides powerful tools that can inform about heterogeneity in disease and response to treatments. In this study, we employed an electrochemistry-based targeted metabolomics platform to assess the metabolic effects of three randomly-assigned treatments: escitalopram, duloxetine, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) in 163 treatment-naïve outpatients with major depressive disorder. Serum samples from baseline and 12 weeks post-treatment were analyzed using targeted liquid chromatography-electrochemistry for metabolites related to tryptophan, tyrosine metabolism and related pathways. Changes in metabolite concentrations related to each treatment arm were identified and compared to define metabolic signatures of exposure. In addition, association between metabolites and depressive symptom severity (assessed with the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression [HRSD17]) and anxiety symptom severity (assessed with the 14-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety [HRSA14]) were evaluated, both at baseline and after 12 weeks of treatment. Significant reductions in serum serotonin level and increases in tryptophan-derived indoles that are gut bacterially derived were observed with escitalopram and duloxetine arms but not in CBT arm. These include indole-3-propionic acid (I3PA), indole-3-lactic acid (I3LA) and Indoxyl sulfate (IS), a uremic toxin. Purine-related metabolites were decreased across all arms. Different metabolites correlated with improved symptoms in the different treatment arms revealing potentially different mechanisms between response to antidepressant medications and to CBT.
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- Sudeepa Bhattacharyya
- Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas Biosciences Institute, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, United States
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave, LM322B, Boston, MA 02115, USA and Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave, LM322B, Boston, MA 02115, USA and Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave, LM322B, Boston, MA 02115, USA and Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave, LM322B, Boston, MA 02115, USA and Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- Duke Institute of Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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Wen T, Liu X, Pang T, Li M, Jiao G, Fan X, Tang J, Zhang C, Wang Z, Yue X, Chen W, Zhang F. The Efficacy of Chaihu-Guizhi-Ganjiang Decoction on Chronic Non-Atrophic Gastritis with Gallbladder Heat and Spleen Cold Syndrome and Its Metabolomic Analysis: An Observational Controlled Before-After Clinical Trial. Drug Des Devel Ther 2024; 18:881-897. [PMID: 38529263 PMCID: PMC10962469 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s446336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024] Open
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Purpose The aim of this study was to verify the effectiveness and explore the mechanism of Chaihu-Guizhi-Ganjiang decoction (CGGD) in the treatment of chronic non-atrophic gastritis (CNAG) with gallbladder heat and spleen cold syndrome (GHSC) by metabolomics based on UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS. Patients and Methods An observational controlled before-after study was conducted to verify the effectiveness of CGGD in the treatment of CNAG with GHSC from January to June 2023, enrolling 27 patients, who took CGGD for 28 days. 30 healthy volunteers were enrolled as the controls. The efficacy was evaluated by comparing the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome and CNAG scores, and clinical parameters before and after treatment. The plasma levels of hormones related to gastrointestinal function were collected by ELISA. The mechanisms of CGGD in the treatment of CNAG with GHSC were explored using a metabolomic approach based on UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS. Results Patients treated with CGGD experienced a statistically significant improvement in TCM syndrome and CNAG scores (p < 0.01). CGGD treatment evoked the concentration alteration of 15 biomarkers, which were enriched in the glycerophospholipid metabolism, and branched-chain amino acids biosynthesis pathways. Moreover, CGGD treatment attenuated the abnormalities of the gastrointestinal hormone levels and significantly increased the pepsinogen level. Conclusion It was the first time that this clinical trial presented detailed data on the clinical parameters that demonstrated the effectiveness of CGGD in the treatment of CNAG with GHSC patients. This study also provided supportive evidence that CNAG with GHSC patients were associated with disturbed branched-chain amino acid metabolism and glycerophospholipid levels, suggesting that CNAG treatment based on TCM syndrome scores was reasonable and also provided a potential pharmacological mechanism of action of CGGD.
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- Tao Wen
- Department of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Oncology-Department, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- The SATCM Key Laboratory for New Resources & Quality Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
- The SATCM Key Laboratory for New Resources & Quality Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Metabolite Research, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Metabolite Research, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Song JG, Lee B, Kim DE, Seo BK, Oh NS, Kim SH, Kim HW. Fermented mixed grain ameliorates chronic stress-induced depression-like behavior and memory deficit. Food Sci Biotechnol 2024; 33:969-979. [PMID: 38371678 PMCID: PMC10866851 DOI: 10.1007/s10068-023-01387-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/20/2024] Open
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Fermented mixed grain (FG) has beneficial anti-cancer, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects. In this study, we investigated the effects of FG on gut inflammation, brain dysfunction, and anxiety/depression-like behavior induced by unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS) in mice. Mice were administered mixed grain or FG for 3 weeks and were then exposed to UCMS for 4 weeks. FG administration ameliorated stress-induced anxiety/despair-like behavior. FG administration also prevented UCMS-induced memory impairment. Additionally, the mRNA levels of 5-HTR1A and IL-6 were restored to normal levels in the brains of FG-administered mice. FG administration also inhibited intestinal damage in stressed mice compared with that in the UCMS (without FG) group. These results suggest that FG can alleviate stress-induced intestinal damage, brain dysfunction, and cognitive impairment.
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- Jae Gwang Song
- Department of Bio-integrated Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio-integrated Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio-integrated Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Biotechnology, Korea University, Sejong, 30019 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio-integrated Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006 Republic of Korea
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Ho CSH, Tan TWK, Khoe HCH, Chan YL, Tay GWN, Tang TB. Using an Interpretable Amino Acid-Based Machine Learning Method to Enhance the Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder. J Clin Med 2024; 13:1222. [PMID: 38592058 PMCID: PMC10931723 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13051222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
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Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. At present, however, there are no established biomarkers that have been validated for diagnosing and treating MDD. This study sought to assess the diagnostic and predictive potential of the differences in serum amino acid concentration levels between MDD patients and healthy controls (HCs), integrating them into interpretable machine learning models. Methods: In total, 70 MDD patients and 70 HCs matched in age, gender, and ethnicity were recruited for the study. Serum amino acid profiling was conducted by means of chromatography-mass spectrometry. A total of 21 metabolites were analysed, with 17 from a preset amino acid panel and the remaining 4 from a preset kynurenine panel. Logistic regression was applied to differentiate MDD patients from HCs. Results: The best-performing model utilised both feature selection and hyperparameter optimisation and yielded a moderate area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) classification value of 0.76 on the testing data. The top five metabolites identified as potential biomarkers for MDD were 3-hydroxy-kynurenine, valine, kynurenine, glutamic acid, and xanthurenic acid. Conclusions: Our study highlights the potential of using an interpretable machine learning analysis model based on amino acids to aid and increase the diagnostic accuracy of MDD in clinical practice.
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- Cyrus Su Hui Ho
- Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore;
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- Centre for Sleep and Cognition, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore;
- Centre for Translational MR Research, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore
- N.1 Institute for Health & Institute for Digital Medicine (WisDM), National University of Singapore, Singapore 117456, Singapore
- Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme (ISEP), National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore
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- Singapore Psychiatry Residency, National Healthcare Group, Singapore 308433, Singapore;
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- Centre for Intelligent Signal and Imaging Research (CISIR), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia; (Y.L.C.); (T.B.T.)
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore;
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- Centre for Intelligent Signal and Imaging Research (CISIR), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia; (Y.L.C.); (T.B.T.)
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Rojas L, van de Wouw M, Wang Y, Vaghef-Mehrabani E, Dewey D, Reimer RA, Letourneau N, Campbell T, Arrieta MC, Giesbrecht GF. Long-term and trimester-specific effects of prenatal stress on the child gut microbiota. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2023; 158:106380. [PMID: 37696229 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106380] [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: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Stress is common among pregnant individuals and is associated with an altered gut microbiota composition in infants. It is unknown if these compositional changes persist into the preschool years when the gut microbiota reaches an adult-like composition. This study aimed to investigate if indicators of prenatal stress (i.e., psychological distress and stress-related physiology) are associated with children's gut microbiota composition and metabolites at 3-4 years of age. METHODS Maternal-child pairs (n = 131) were from the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) cohort. Each trimester, psychological distress was measured as symptoms of anxiety (Symptom Checklist-90-R) and depressed mood (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale), whereas salivary cortisol was quantified as a measure of stress-related physiology. Child stool samples were collected at 3-4 years to evaluate gut microbiota composition using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and fecal metabolome using liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Associations between prenatal distress and cortisol with the gut microbiota were determined using Pearson and Spearman correlations and corrected for multiple testing. Associations between prenatal distress and cortisol with the fecal metabolome were assessed using Metaboanalyst. RESULTS Symptoms of depressed mood during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters and anxiety during the 2nd trimester of pregnancy were associated with increased alpha diversity of the child's gut microbiota. Cortisol levels during the 1st trimester were also associated with increased Faith PD diversity (r = 0.32), whereas cortisol levels during the 2nd trimester were associated with reduced Shannon diversity (r = -0.27). Depression scores during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters were associated with reductions in the relative abundances of Eggerthella, Parasutterella, and increases in Ruminococcaceae (rs = -0.28, rs = -0.32, rs = 0.32, respectively), as well as the fecal metabolome (e.g., branched-chain amino acid metabolism). Cortisol levels during the 2nd trimester correlated with 7 bacterial taxa, whereas 1st-trimester cortisol levels were associated with the child's fecal metabolome. CONCLUSIONS Prenatal distress and cortisol were associated with both child gut microbiota composition and fecal metabolome at preschool age. Understanding these associations may allow for the identification of microbiota-targeted interventions to support child developmental outcomes affected by prenatal stress.
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- Laura Rojas
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Microbiomes for One Systems Health, Health & Biosecurity, CSIRO, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI), Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI), Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI), Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; International Microbiome Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI), Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Chu WM, Nishita Y, Tange C, Zhang S, Furuya K, Shimokata H, Otsuka R, Lee MC, Arai H. Association of a lesser number of teeth with more risk of developing depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults in Japan: A 20-year population-based cohort study. J Psychosom Res 2023; 174:111498. [PMID: 37788528 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This 20-year prospective cohort study aimed to longitudinally explore the relationship between the number of teeth and the incidence of depressive symptoms among community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults. METHODS Data were collected from the National Institute for Longevity Sciences-Longitudinal Study of Aging (NILS-LSA) database from 2002 to 2022 (3rd-9th waves). Data of adults aged ≥40 years were analyzed and those who had depressive symptoms at baseline (3rd wave), had missing data, or did not participate in follow-up, were excluded. We collected data on the number of teeth at baseline. Depressive symptoms were defined as a score of ≥16 on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. The generalized estimating equation (GEE) model was used to examine the longitudinal relationships between the number of teeth at baseline and the subsequent incidence of depressive symptoms. RESULTS The final analysis included 1668 participants, with a mean (standard deviation) age of 58.8 (11.1) years and a mean follow-up time of 12.9 years. After GEE analysis with adjustment for multiple covariates, compared to participants with ≥20 teeth, participants with 10-19 teeth and < 10 teeth at baseline were associated with a higher risk of depressive symptoms. The subgroup analysis showed that the effect was stronger in men than in women. CONCLUSIONS Among middle-aged and older community dwellers, particularly men, a small number of teeth after the age of 40 was associated with the future incidence of depressive symptoms.
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- Wei-Min Chu
- Department of Family Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Epidemiology of Aging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology of Aging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan.
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- Department of Epidemiology of Aging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology of Aging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology of Aging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology of Aging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan; Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology of Aging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Family Medicine, Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan; Institute of Population Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan; College of Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan; Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
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Jing H, Teng Y, Chacha S, Wang Z, Shi G, Mi B, Zhang B, Cai J, Liu Y, Li Q, Shen Y, Yang J, Kang Y, Li S, Liu D, Wang D, Yan H, Dang S. Is Increasing Diet Diversity of Animal-Source Foods Related to Better Health-Related Quality of Life among Chinese Men and Women? Nutrients 2023; 15:4183. [PMID: 37836467 PMCID: PMC10574670 DOI: 10.3390/nu15194183] [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: 08/20/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Diet plays a crucial role in regulating individuals' lifestyles and is closely related to health. The intake of animal-sourced foods (ASF) provides the human body with high-quality protein and various micronutrients. This study aimed to investigate whether the diversity of animal foods has a positive impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among residents. The data came from the Shaanxi baseline survey of the Northwest Chinese Regional Ethnic Cohort Study, which recruited more than 100 thousand participants aged 35 to 74 from five provinces between June 2018 and May 2019. A total of 39,997 participants in Shaanxi (mean age: 50 years; 64% women) were finally included in this current study. The animal source food diet diversity score (ASFDDS) was established based on the frequency of consuming pork, mutton, beef, poultry, seafood, eggs, pure milk, and yogurt. The physical component score (PCS) and mental component score (MCS), ranging from 0 to 100 on the 12-Item Short Form Survey (SF-12), were used to assess participants' HRQoL. Better PCS/MCS was defined as scores higher than the 90th percentile. The results showed that men had a higher intake of ASF and ASFDDS than women. After adjusting for potential confounders, compared with those who never or rarely consumed animal foods, the likelihood of having better PCS and MCS increased by 16% (OR = 1.16, 95%CI: 1.01-1.34) and 24% (OR = 1.24, 95%CI: 1.03-1.448), respectively, in men with an ASFDDS ≥ 2. In women, a 34% increase (OR = l.34, 95%CI: 116-l.54) likelihood for better PCS was observed for an ASFDDS ≥ 2, but no association was observed for MCS. Increasing each specific animal source's food intake was associated with better PCS after adjusting for all covariates. However, for MCS, positive associations were only observed in seafood consumption among men and eggs among women. Restricted cubic splines showed a substantial dose-response association between intake frequency of animal-source foods and PCS, both in men and women. The study suggests that a diverse intake of animal-sourced foods can potentially improve the HRQoL of Chinese adults.
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- Hui Jing
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L7 8XZ, UK;
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an 710061, China; (H.J.); (Y.T.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (G.S.); (B.M.); (B.Z.); (J.C.); (Y.L.); (Q.L.); (Y.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.K.); (S.L.); (D.L.)
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Liu X, Wu X, Wang S, Zhao Z, Jian C, Li M, Qin X. Microbiome and metabolome integrally reveal the anti-depression effects of Cistanche deserticola polysaccharides from the perspective of gut homeostasis. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 245:125542. [PMID: 37355069 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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Polysaccharides are one of the active components of Cistanche deserticola (CD). Cistanche deserticola polysaccharides (CDPs) significantly regulate gut microbiota, immune activity, and neuroprotective functions. However, it merely scratches the surface that the anti-depression effects of CDPs. We aimed to demonstrate the anti-depression effects of CDPs and the underlying mechanisms from the perspectives of gut homeostasis by behavioral evaluations and applying integrally microbiome, metabolome, and molecular biology. CDPs showed significant effects on improving abnormal behaviors of depressed rats. Additionally, CDPs maintained Th17/Treg balance and modulated gut immunity of depressed rats. Comprehensive microbiome and metabolome analysis showed that CDPs significantly ameliorated abundances of beneficial bacteria, and increased the contents of SCFAs, consequently maintaining gut homeostasis. Besides, the anti-depression effects of CDPs involved in amino acid metabolism including BCAAs, glutamine, etc., maintaining metabolic balance. The current findings provide not only deep understanding of depression focusing on gut, but also evidence about the anti-depression effects of CDPs, broadening clinic applications of CDPs. Of note, the present study is of significance in a long run, in terms of providing novel strategies and protocols for revealing mechanisms of anti-depression drugs, and for the discovery of new antidepressants and functional foods from natural products.
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- Xiaojie Liu
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China.
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; The Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China; Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Shanxi University, No. 92, Wucheng Rd. Xiaodian Dist., Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China.
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Cerf ME. Maternal and Child Health, Non-Communicable Diseases and Metabolites. Metabolites 2023; 13:756. [PMID: 37367913 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13060756] [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: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Mothers influence the health and disease trajectories of their children, particularly during the critical developmental windows of fetal and neonatal life reflecting the gestational-fetal and lactational-neonatal phases. As children grow and develop, they are exposed to various stimuli and insults, such as metabolites, that shape their physiology and metabolism to impact their health. Non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and mental illness, have high global prevalence and are increasing in incidence. Non-communicable diseases often overlap with maternal and child health. The maternal milieu shapes progeny outcomes, and some diseases, such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, have gestational origins. Metabolite aberrations occur from diets and physiological changes. Differential metabolite profiles can predict the onset of non-communicable diseases and therefore inform prevention and/or better treatment. In mothers and children, understanding the metabolite influence on health and disease can provide insights for maintaining maternal physiology and sustaining optimal progeny health over the life course. The role and interplay of metabolites on physiological systems and signaling pathways in shaping health and disease present opportunities for biomarker discovery and identifying novel therapeutic agents, particularly in the context of maternal and child health, and non-communicable diseases.
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- Marlon E Cerf
- Grants, Innovation and Product Development, South African Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg, Cape Town 7505, South Africa
- Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg, Cape Town 7505, South Africa
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Zielińska M, Łuszczki E, Dereń K. Dietary Nutrient Deficiencies and Risk of Depression (Review Article 2018-2023). Nutrients 2023; 15:nu15112433. [PMID: 37299394 DOI: 10.3390/nu15112433] [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: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Depression is classified as one of the most common mental disorders. Its prevalence has recently increased, becoming a growing public health threat. This review focuses on clarifying the role and importance of individual nutrients in the diet and the impact of nutrient deficiencies on the risk of depression. Deficiencies in nutrients such as protein, B vitamins, vitamin D, magnesium, zinc, selenium, iron, calcium, and omega-3 fatty acids have a significant impact on brain and nervous system function, which can affect the appearance of depressive symptoms. However, it is important to remember that diet in itself is not the only factor influencing the risk of or helping to treat depression. There are many other aspects, such as physical activity, sleep, stress management, and social support, that also play an important role in maintaining mental health. The data review observed that most of the available analyses are based on cross-sectional studies. Further studies, including prospective cohort, case-control studies, are recommended to draw more reliable conclusions.
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- Magdalena Zielińska
- Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Rzeszow, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Rzeszow, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Rzeszow, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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Zakaria F, Akhtar MT, Wan Norhamidah WI, Noraini AB, Muhamad A, Shohaimi S, Ahmad H, Ismail IS, Ismail NH, Shaari K. Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. Extract ameliorates branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolism in acute reserpine-induced stress zebrafish model via 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics approach. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2023; 264:109501. [PMID: 36336330 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2022.109501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Depression is a common mental disorder that can adversely affect psychosocial function and quality of life. However, the exact aetiology and pathogenesis of depression are still unclear. Stress plays a major role in the pathogenesis of depression. The use of currently prescribed antidepressants has many side effects. Centella asiatica (C. asiatica) has shown promising antidepressant activity in rodent models. Here, we developed a reserpine-induced zebrafish stress-like model and performed behavioural analysis, cortisol measurement and 1H-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy-based metabolomics analysis to test the anti-stress activity of ethanolic extract of C. asiatica (RECA). A significant increase in total distance travelled (F(8,8) = 8.905, p = 0.0054) and a reduction in freezing duration (F(9, 9) = 10.38, p = 0.0018) were found in the open field test (OFT). Asiaticoside, one of tested C.asiatica's triterpenoid gives a significant increase in contact duration (F(5,5) = 142.3, (p = 0.0330) at 2.5 mg/kg). Eight biomarkers were found, i.e. ß-hydroxyisovaleric acid, leucine, threonine, scylloinositol, lactate, betaine, valine, choline and l-fucose, to be responsible for the class separation between stress and RECA-treated groups. Metabolic pathway alteration in zebrafish brain upon treatment with RECA was identified as valine, leucine and isoleucine biosynthesis, while alanine, aspartate, glutamate and glycerophospholipid metabolism was involved after fluoxetine treatment.
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- Fauziahanim Zakaria
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia; Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Products (NaturMeds), Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Products (NaturMeds), Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Products (NaturMeds), Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Faculty of Science, Biology Department, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Faculty of Science, Biology Department, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM), Malaysia Genome Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Faculty of Science, Biology Department, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Products (NaturMeds), Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Attar-Ur-Rahman Institute for Natural Products Discovery, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Products (NaturMeds), Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Dong Y, Zou Z, Deng P, Fan X, Li C. Circulating metabolites and depression: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1146613. [PMID: 37152596 PMCID: PMC10160621 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1146613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023] Open
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Background Studies have shown an association between depression and circulating metabolites, but the causal relationship between them has not been elucidated. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the causal relationship between circulating metabolites and depression and to explore the role of circulating metabolites in depression. Methods In this study, the top single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with circulating metabolites (n = 24,925) and depression (n = 322,580) were obtained based on the publicly available genome-wide association study using two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR). SNP estimates were summarized through inverse variance weighted, MR Egger, weighted median, MR pleiotropy residual sum and outlier, and "leave-one-out" methods. Results Apolipoprotein A-I (OR 0.990, 95% CI 981-0.999) and glutamine (OR 0.985, 95% CI 0.972-0.997) had protective causal effects on depression, whereas acetoacetate (OR 1.021, 95% CI 1.009-1.034), glycoproteins (OR 1.005, 95% CI 1.000-1.009), isoleucine (OR 1.013, 95% CI 1.002-1.024), and urea (OR 1.020, 95% CI 1.000-1.039) had an anti-protective effect on depression. Reversed MR showed no effect of depression on the seven circulating metabolites. Conclusion In this study, MR analysis showed that apolipoprotein A-I and glutamine had a protective effect on depression, and acetoacetate, glycoprotein, isoleucine, glucose, and urea may be risk factors for depression. Therefore, further research must be conducted to translate the findings into practice.
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- Yankai Dong
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Hand and Foot Surgery, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Third Affiliated Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Xiaoping Fan
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- *Correspondence: Chunlin Li
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Liang S, Sin ZY, Yu J, Zhao S, Xi Z, Bruzzone R, Tun HM. Multi-cohort analysis of depression-associated gut bacteria sheds insight on bacterial biomarkers across populations. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 80:9. [PMID: 36495344 PMCID: PMC11072413 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04650-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Gut microbes are associated with the development of depression based on extensive evidence. However, previous studies have led to conflicting reports on this association, posing challenges to the application of gut bacteria in the diagnostics and treatment of depression. To minimise heterogenicity in data analysis, the present meta-analysis adopted a standardised bioinformatics and statistical pipeline to analyse 16S rRNA sequences of 1827 samples from eight different cohorts. Although changes in the overall bacterial community were identified by our meta-analysis, depressive-correlated changes in alpha-diversity were absent. Enrichment of Bacteroidetes, Parabacteroides, Barnesiella, Bacteroides, and Bacteroides vulgatus, along with depletion in Firmicutes, Dialister, Oscillospiraceae UCG 003 and UCG 002, and Bacteroides plebeius, were observed in depressive-associated bacteria. By contrast, elevated L-glutamine degradation, and reduced L-glutamate and L-isoleucine biosynthesis were identified in depressive-associated microbiomes. After systemically reviewing the data of these collected cohorts, we have established a bacterial classifier to identify depressive symptoms with AUC 0.834 and 0.685 in the training and external validation dataset, respectively. Moreover, a low-risk bacterial cluster for depressive symptoms was identified, which was represented by a lower abundance of Escherichia-Shigella, and a higher abundance of Faecalibacterium, Oscillospiraceae UCG 002, Ruminococcus, and Christensenellaceae R.7 group.
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- Suisha Liang
- HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Microbiota I-Center (MagIC), Hong Kong SAR, China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Microbiota I-Center (MagIC), Hong Kong SAR, China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Microbiota I-Center (MagIC), Hong Kong SAR, China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Microbiota I-Center (MagIC), Hong Kong SAR, China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- Microbiota I-Center (MagIC), Hong Kong SAR, China.
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Lennox B, Xiong W, Waters P, Coles A, Jones PB, Yeo T, May JTM, Yeeles K, Anthony D, Probert F. The serum metabolomic profile of a distinct, inflammatory subtype of acute psychosis. Mol Psychiatry 2022; 27:4722-4730. [PMID: 36131046 PMCID: PMC7613906 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01784-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A range of studies suggest that a proportion of psychosis may have an autoimmune basis, but this has not translated through into clinical practice-there is no biochemical test able to accurately identify psychosis resulting from an underlying inflammatory cause. Such a test would be an important step towards identifying who might require different treatments and have the potential to improve outcomes for patients. To identify novel subgroups within patients with acute psychosis we measured the serum nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolite profiles of 75 patients who had identified antibodies (anti-glycine receptor [GlyR], voltage-gated potassium channel [VGKC], Contactin-associated protein-like 2 [CASPR2], leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 [LGI1], N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor [NMDAR] antibody) and 70 antibody negative patients matched for age, gender, and ethnicity. Clinical symptoms were assessed using the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS). Unsupervised principal component analysis identified two distinct biochemical signatures within the cohort. Orthogonal partial least squared discriminatory analysis revealed that the serum metabolomes of NMDAR, LGI1, and CASPR2 antibody psychosis patients were indistinct from the antibody negative control group while VGKC and GlyR antibody patients had significantly decreased lipoprotein fatty acids and increased amino acid concentrations. Furthermore, these patients had more severe presentation with higher PANSS scores than either the antibody negative controls or the NMDAR, LGI1, and CASPR2 antibody groups. These results suggest that a proportion of patients with acute psychosis have a distinct clinical and biochemical phenotype that may indicate an inflammatory subtype.
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- Belinda Lennox
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Wu SX, Li J, Zhou DD, Xiong RG, Huang SY, Saimaiti A, Shang A, Li HB. Possible Effects and Mechanisms of Dietary Natural Products and Nutrients on Depression and Anxiety: A Narrative Review. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:2132. [PMID: 36358502 PMCID: PMC9686692 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11112132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Depression and anxiety are severe public health problems and have attracted more and more attention from researchers of food science and nutrition. Dietary natural products and nutrients, such as fish, coffee, tea, n-3 PUFA, lycopene, and dietary fiber, could play a vital role in the prevention and management of these diseases. The potential mechanisms of action mainly include inhibiting inflammation, ameliorating oxidative stress, modulating the microbiota-gut-brain axis, suppressing hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis hyperactivity, and regulating the levels of monoamine neurotransmitters. In this narrative review, we summarize the most recent advancements regarding the effects of dietary natural products and nutrients on depression and anxiety, and their underlying mechanisms are discussed. We hope that this paper can provide a better understanding of the anti-depressive and anxiolytic action of dietary natural products, and that it is also helpful for developing dietary natural products for functional food, dietary supplements, or auxiliary agents for the prevention and management of these diseases.
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- Si-Xia Wu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- School of Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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Whipp AM, Heinonen-Guzejev M, Pietiläinen KH, van Kamp I, Kaprio J. Branched-chain amino acids linked to depression in young adults. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:935858. [PMID: 36248643 PMCID: PMC9561956 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.935858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Depression is a heterogeneous mental health problem affecting millions worldwide, but a majority of individuals with depression do not experience relief from initial treatments. Therefore, we need to improve our understanding of the biology of depression. Metabolomic approaches, especially untargeted ones, can suggest new hypotheses for further exploring biological mechanisms. Using the FinnTwin12 cohort, a longitudinal Finnish population-based twin cohort, with data collected in adolescence and young adulthood including 725 blood plasma samples, we investigated associations between depression and 11 low–molecular weight metabolites (amino acids and ketone bodies). In linear regression models with the metabolite (measured at age 22) as the dependent variable and depression ratings (measured at age 12, 14, 17, or 22 from multiple raters) as independent variables [adjusted first for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), and additional covariates (later)], we initially identified a significant negative association of valine with depression. Upon further analyses, valine remained significantly negatively associated with depression cross-sectionally and over time [meta-analysis beta = −13.86, 95% CI (−18.48 to −9.25)]. Analyses of the other branched-chain amino acids showed a significant negative association of leucine with depression [meta-analysis beta = −9.24, 95% CI (−14.53 to −3.95)], while no association was observed between isoleucine and depression [meta-analysis beta = −0.95, 95% CI (−6.00 to 4.11)]. These exploratory epidemiologic findings support further investigations into the role of branched-chain amino acids in depression.
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- Alyce M. Whipp
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Clinicum, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- *Correspondence: Alyce M. Whipp,
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- Obesity Research Unit, Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Abdominal Center, Obesity Center, Endocrinology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Clinicum, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Effects of Branched-Chain Amino Acids on Skeletal Muscle, Glycemic Control, and Neuropsychological Performance in Elderly Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14193917. [PMID: 36235570 PMCID: PMC9572134 DOI: 10.3390/nu14193917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Although branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) are known to stimulate myofibrillar protein synthesis and affect insulin signaling and kynurenine metabolism (the latter being a metabolite of tryptophan associated with depression and dementia), the effects of BCAA supplementation on type 2 diabetes (T2D) are not clear. Therefore, a 24-week, prospective randomized open blinded-endpoint trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of supplementation of 8 g of BCAA or 7.5 g of soy protein on skeletal muscle and glycemic control as well as adverse events in elderly individuals with T2D. Thirty-six participants were randomly assigned to the BCAA group (n = 21) and the soy protein group (n = 15). Skeletal muscle mass and HbA1c, which were primary endpoints, did not change over time or differ between groups. However, knee extension muscle strength was significantly increased in the soy protein group and showed a tendency to increase in the BCAA group. Homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance did not significantly change during the trial. Depressive symptoms were significantly improved in the BCAA group but the difference between groups was not significant. Results suggested that BCAA supplementation may not affect skeletal muscle mass and glycemic control and may improve depressive symptoms in elderly individuals with T2D.
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Normalization of Vitamin D Serum Levels in Patients with Type Two Diabetes Mellitus Reduces Levels of Branched Chain Amino Acids. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2022; 58:medicina58091267. [PMID: 36143944 PMCID: PMC9505541 DOI: 10.3390/medicina58091267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background and Objectives: Vitamin D is involved in pancreatic beta-cell function, insulin sensitivity, and inflammation. Further, elevation in branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) has been implicated in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) pathology. However, the relationship between vitamin D and BCAAs in T2DM remains unclear. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between vitamin D and BCAAs in T2DM. Materials and Methods: In total, 230 participants (137 with T2DM and 93 healthy controls) were recruited in a cross-sectional study. Furthermore, an additional follow-up study was performed, including 20 T2DM patients with vitamin D deficiency. These patients were prescribed weekly vitamin D tablets (50,000 IU) for three months. The levels of several biochemical parameters were examined at the end of the vitamin D supplementation. Results: The results showed that patients with T2DM had higher serum levels of BCAAs and lower serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) compared with those of the healthy controls (p < 0.01). The serum levels of vitamin D were negatively correlated with BCAA levels in T2DM patients (r = −0.1731, p < 0.05). In the follow-up study, 25(OH)D levels were significantly improved (p < 0.001) following vitamin D supplementation. Vitamin D supplementation significantly reduced the levels of BCAAs, HbA1c, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and fasting glucose (p < 0.01). Conclusion: Overall, these results suggest a role for BCAAs and vitamin D in the etiology and progression of T2DM. Thus, managing vitamin D deficiency in patients with T2DM may improve glycemic control and lower BCAA levels.
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Xie J, Wang Y, Zhong Q, Bai SJ, Zhou CJ, Tian T, Chen JJ. Associations Between Disordered Microbial Metabolites and Changes of Neurotransmitters in Depressed Mice. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:906303. [PMID: 35669116 PMCID: PMC9163491 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.906303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Backgrounds Many pieces of evidence demonstrated that there were close relationships between gut microbiota and depression. However, the specific molecular mechanisms were still unknown. Here, using targeted metabolomics, this study was conducted to explore the relationships between microbial metabolites in feces and neurotransmitters in prefrontal cortex of depressed mice. Methods Chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) model of depression was built in this study. Targeted liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis was used to detect the microbial metabolites in feces and neurotransmitters in prefrontal cortex of mice. Both univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were applied to identify the differential microbial metabolites and neurotransmitters and explore relationships between them. Results Ninety-eight differential microbial metabolites (mainly belonged to amino acids, fatty acids, and bile acids) and 11 differential neurotransmitters (belonged to tryptophan pathway, GABAergic pathway, and catecholaminergic pathway) were identified. Five affected amino acid-related metabolic pathways were found in depressed mice. The 19 differential microbial metabolites and 10 differential neurotransmitters were found to be significantly correlated with depressive-like behaviors. The two differential neurotransmitters (tyrosine and glutamate) and differential microbial metabolites belonged to amino acids had greater contributions to the overall correlations between microbial metabolites and neurotransmitters. In addition, the significantly decreased L-tyrosine as microbial metabolites and tyrosine as neurotransmitter had the significantly positive correlation (r = 0.681, p = 0.0009). Conclusions These results indicated that CUMS-induced disturbances of microbial metabolites (especially amino acids) might affect the levels of neurotransmitters in prefrontal cortex and then caused the onset of depression. Our findings could broaden the understanding of how gut microbiota was involved in the onset of depression.
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- Jing Xie
- Department of Endocrinology, The Fourth People’s Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing University Central Hospital, Chongqing Emergency Medical Center, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Central Laboratory, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Guizhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Guizhou, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Abedpoor N, Taghian F, Hajibabaie F. Cross Brain-Gut Analysis Highlighted Hub Genes and LncRNA Networks Differentially Modified During Leucine Consumption and Endurance Exercise in Mice with Depression-Like Behaviors. Mol Neurobiol 2022; 59:4106-4123. [PMID: 35476290 PMCID: PMC9045027 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-022-02835-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Depression is a frequent mood disorder that might impair the brain-gut axis. In this study, we divided 30 mice into five groups: untreated mice, mice with depression-like behaviors, mice with depression-like behaviors treated with consumed leucine, mice with depression-like behaviors treated with exercise training, mice with depression-like behaviors treated with exercise training along with consumed leucine. According to artificial intelligence biological analysis, we found some mediators such as lncRNAs profile and Kdr/Vegfα/Pten/Bdnf interactions network in the hippocampus region and ileum tissue which could be decisive molecules in the brain-gut axis. Moreover, KDR as a principal cutpoint protein in the network was identified as the pharmaceutical approach for major depressive ameliorating based on pharmacophore modeling and molecular docking outcomes. Furthermore, we indicated that the mRNA and protein level of the Pten enhanced and Vegfα/Kdr/Bdnf mRNAs, as well as the protein level of KDR, decreased in mice with depression-like behaviors. Moreover, exercise and leucine ameliorated the brain-gut axis in mice with depression-like behaviors. Exercise and leucine regulated the lncRNAs network in the hippocampus and ileum of mice with depression-like behaviors. We suggest that the lncRNAs profiles could be considered as diagnosis and prognosis biomarkers, and exercise + leucine might be a practical approach to improve depression.
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- Navid Abedpoor
- Department of Sports Physiology, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Sports Physiology, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Medicinal Plants Research Center, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
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Maitiniyazi G, Cao X, Chen Y, Zhang R, Liu Y, Li Z, Gu D, Li T, Xia S. Impact of Gut Microbiota on the Association between Diet and Depressive Symptoms in Breast Cancer. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14061186. [PMID: 35334851 PMCID: PMC8948907 DOI: 10.3390/nu14061186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Little is known about the relationship between diet and depression through the gut microbiota among breast cancer patients. This study aimed to examine the dietary intake differences between depressed breast cancer (DBC) and non-depressed breast cancer (NBC) patients, and whether the differences could lead to gut microbiota changes that affect depressive symptoms. Participants completed the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) and 24 h dietary recall. Fecal samples of 18 DBC patients and 37 NBC patients were collected for next-generation sequencing. A total of 60 out of 205 breast cancer patients reported significant depressive symptoms suggested by a CES-D score ≥ 16, which might be related to lower intakes of energy, protein, dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin B2, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, iron, zinc, selenium, manganese and tryptophan, and a poor diet quality indicated by a lower total Chinese Healthy Eating Index (CHEI) score. Additionally, NBC patients demonstrated greater gut microbiota diversity and a healthier composition, in which the relative abundances of Proteobacteria and Escherichia-Shigella were both lower than in the DBC patients (p < 0.05). Alpha diversity was a significant mediator between diet quality and depression, while calcium, phosphorus and selenium significantly regulated depression independent of the gut microbiota. Breast cancer-related depressive symptoms might be associated with a poor diet quality via gut microbiota-dependent pathways and lower micronutrient intake via microbiota-independent pathways.
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- Gusonghan Maitiniyazi
- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; (G.M.); (Y.C.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.)
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Wuxi Matemity and Child Health Care Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi 214002, China;
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; (G.M.); (Y.C.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.)
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214125, China; (R.Z.); (D.G.)
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; (G.M.); (Y.C.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.)
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; (G.M.); (Y.C.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.)
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214125, China; (R.Z.); (D.G.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jiangsu Rongjun Hospital, Wuxi 214035, China;
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; (G.M.); (Y.C.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.)
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Longitudinal metabolomics profiling of serum amino acids in rotenone-induced Parkinson's mouse model. Amino Acids 2022; 54:111-121. [PMID: 35028704 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-021-03117-1] [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: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Recently, the detailed etiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) have not been fully clarified yet. Increasing evidences suggested that the disturbance of peripheral branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) metabolism can promote the occurrence and progression of neurodegenerative diseases through neuroinflammatory signaling. Although there are several studies on the metabolomics of PD, longitudinal study of metabolic pathways is still lacking. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to determine the longitudinal alterations in serum amino acid profiles in PD mouse model. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was applied to detect serum amino acid concentrations in C57BL/6 mice after 0, 3 and 4 weeks of oral administration with rotenone. Then the data were analysed by principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal projection to latent structures (OPLS) analysis. Finally, the correlations between different kinds of serum amino acids and behaviors in rotenone-treated mice were also explored. Compared with 0-week mice, the levels of L-isoleucine and L-leucine were down-regulated in 3-week and 4-week mice, especially in 4-week mice. Moreover, the comprehensive analysis showed that L-isoleucine and L-leucine were negatively correlated with pole-climbing time and positively correlated with fecal weight and water content of PD mice. These results not only suggested that L-isoleucine and L-leucine may be potential biomarkers, but also pointed out the possibility of treating PD by intervening in the circulating amino acids metabolism.
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Pinson MR, Deutz NEP, Harrykissoon R, Zachria AJ, Engelen MPKJ. Disturbances in branched-chain amino acid profile and poor daily functioning in mildly depressed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. BMC Pulm Med 2021; 21:351. [PMID: 34743729 PMCID: PMC8573879 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-021-01719-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Depression is one of the most common and untreated comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and is associated with poor health outcomes (e.g. increased hospitalization/exacerbation rates). Although metabolic disturbances have been suggested in depressed non-diseased conditions, comprehensive metabolic phenotyping has never been conducted in those with COPD. We examined whether depressed COPD patients have certain clinical/functional features and exhibit a specific amino acid phenotype which may guide the development of targeted (nutritional) therapies. METHODS Seventy-eight outpatients with moderate to severe COPD (GOLD II-IV) were stratified based on presence of depression using a validated questionnaire. Lung function, disease history, habitual physical activity and protein intake, body composition, cognitive and physical performance, and quality of life were measured. Comprehensive metabolic flux analysis was conducted by pulse stable amino acid isotope administration. We obtained blood samples to measure postabsorptive kinetics (production and clearance rates) and plasma concentrations of amino acids by LC-MS/MS. Data are expressed as mean [95% CI]. Stats were done by graphpad Prism 9.1.0. ɑ < 0.05. RESULTS The COPD depressed (CD, n = 27) patients on average had mild depression, were obese (BMI: 31.7 [28.4, 34.9] kg/m2), and were characterized by shorter 6-min walk distance (P = 0.055), physical inactivity (P = 0.03), and poor quality of life (P = 0.01) compared to the non-depressed COPD (CN, n = 51) group. Lung function, disease history, body composition, cognitive performance, and daily protein intake were not different between the groups. In the CD group, plasma branched chain amino acid concentration (BCAA) was lower (P = 0.02), whereas leucine (P = 0.01) and phenylalanine (P = 0.003) clearance rates were higher. Reduced values were found for tyrosine plasma concentration (P = 0.005) even after adjustment for the large neutral amino acid concentration (= sum BCAA, tyrosine, phenylalanine and tryptophan) as a marker of dopamine synthesis (P = 0.048). CONCLUSION Mild depression in COPD is associated with poor daily performance and quality of life, and a set of metabolic changes in depressed COPD that include perturbation of large neutral amino acids, specifically the BCAAs. Trial registration clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01787682, 11 February 2013-Retrospectively registered; NCT02770092, 12 May 2016-Retrospectively registered; NCT02780219, 23 May 2016-Retrospectively registered; NCT03796455, 8 January 2019-Retrospectively registered.
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- Marisa R Pinson
- Department of Health and Kinesiology, Center for Translational Research in Aging and Longevity, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
- Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, USA
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, Center for Translational Research in Aging and Longevity, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Scott and White Medical Center, College Station, TX, USA
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- Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Scott and White Medical Center, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, Center for Translational Research in Aging and Longevity, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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