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Kong LR, Gupta K, Wu AJ, Perera D, Ivanyi-Nagy R, Ahmed SM, Tan TZ, Tan SLW, Fuddin A, Sundaramoorthy E, Goh GS, Wong RTX, Costa ASH, Oddy C, Wong H, Patro CPK, Kho YS, Huang XZ, Choo J, Shehata M, Lee SC, Goh BC, Frezza C, Pitt JJ, Venkitaraman AR. A glycolytic metabolite bypasses "two-hit" tumor suppression by BRCA2. Cell 2024; 187:2269-2287.e16. [PMID: 38608703 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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Knudson's "two-hit" paradigm posits that carcinogenesis requires inactivation of both copies of an autosomal tumor suppressor gene. Here, we report that the glycolytic metabolite methylglyoxal (MGO) transiently bypasses Knudson's paradigm by inactivating the breast cancer suppressor protein BRCA2 to elicit a cancer-associated, mutational single-base substitution (SBS) signature in nonmalignant mammary cells or patient-derived organoids. Germline monoallelic BRCA2 mutations predispose to these changes. An analogous SBS signature, again without biallelic BRCA2 inactivation, accompanies MGO accumulation and DNA damage in Kras-driven, Brca2-mutant murine pancreatic cancers and human breast cancers. MGO triggers BRCA2 proteolysis, temporarily disabling BRCA2's tumor suppressive functions in DNA repair and replication, causing functional haploinsufficiency. Intermittent MGO exposure incites episodic SBS mutations without permanent BRCA2 inactivation. Thus, a metabolic mechanism wherein MGO-induced BRCA2 haploinsufficiency transiently bypasses Knudson's two-hit requirement could link glycolysis activation by oncogenes, metabolic disorders, or dietary challenges to mutational signatures implicated in cancer evolution.
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- Li Ren Kong
- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; NUS Centre for Cancer Research (N2CR), National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK; Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore
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- MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore
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- MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK; Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), A(∗)STAR, Singapore 138673, Singapore
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- MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; NUS Centre for Cancer Research (N2CR), National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; NUS Centre for Cancer Research (N2CR), National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore
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- Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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- MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK; Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; NUS Centre for Cancer Research (N2CR), National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; NUS Centre for Cancer Research (N2CR), National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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- MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK; University of Cologne, 50923 Köln, Germany
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; NUS Centre for Cancer Research (N2CR), National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; Genome Institute of Singapore, A(∗)STAR, Singapore 138673, Singapore
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; NUS Centre for Cancer Research (N2CR), National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore; MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK; Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), A(∗)STAR, Singapore 138673, Singapore; Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK; Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore.
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Tieu S, Koivusalo S, Lahti J, Engberg E, Laivuori H, Huvinen E. Genetic risk of type 2 diabetes modifies the association between lifestyle and glycemic health at 5 years postpartum among high-risk women. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care 2024; 12:e003942. [PMID: 38631819 PMCID: PMC11029483 DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2023-003942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Lifestyle interventions are effective in preventing type 2 diabetes, but genetic background may influence the individual response. In the Finnish gestational diabetes prevention study, RADIEL, lifestyle intervention during pregnancy and first postpartum year was effective in preventing gestational diabetes (GDM) and postpartum glycemic abnormalities only among women at highest genetic risk of type 2 diabetes. This study aimed to assess whether still 5 years postpartum the genetic risk modifies the association between lifestyle and glycemic health. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The RADIEL study (randomized controlled trial) aimed to prevent GDM with a lifestyle intervention among high-risk women (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2 and/or prior GDM). The follow-up study 5 years postpartum included anthropometric measurements, laboratory assessments, device-measured physical activity (PA), and questionnaires. A Healthy Lifestyle Score (HLS) indicated adherence to lifestyle goals (PA, diet, smoking) and a polygenic risk score (PRS) based on 50 type 2 diabetes risk alleles depicted the genetic risk. RESULTS Altogether 314 women provided genetic and glycemic data 5 years postpartum. The PRS for type 2 diabetes was not associated with glycemic abnormalities, nor was HLS in the total study sample. There was, however, an interaction between HLS and type 2 diabetes PRS on glycemic abnormalities (p=0.03). When assessing the association between HLS and glycemic abnormalities in PRS tertiles, HLS was associated with reduced risk of glycemic abnormalities only among women at the highest genetic risk (p=0.008). CONCLUSIONS These results extend our previous findings from pregnancy and first postpartum year demonstrating that still at 5 years postpartum, healthy lifestyle is associated with a lower risk of prediabetes/diabetes only among women at the highest genetic risk of type 2 diabetes.
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- Sim Tieu
- Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medical and Clinical Genetics, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Chen VL, Du X, Oliveri A, Chen Y, Kuppa A, Halligan BD, Province MA, Speliotes EK. Genetic risk accentuates dietary effects on hepatic steatosis, inflammation and fibrosis in a population-based cohort. J Hepatol 2024:S0168-8278(24)00230-7. [PMID: 38582304 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2024.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Steatotic liver disease (SLD), characterized by elevated liver fat content (LFC), is influenced by genetics and diet. However, whether diet has differential effect based on genetic risk is not well-characterized. We aimed to determine how genetic factors interact with diet to affect SLD in a large national biobank. METHODS We included UK Biobank participants with dietary intake measured by 24-hour recall and genotyping. The primary predictors were dietary pattern, PNPLA3-rs738409-G, TM6SF2-rs58542926-T, a 16-variant hepatic steatosis polygenic risk score (PRS), and gene-environment interactions. The primary outcome was LFC, and secondary outcomes were iron-controlled T1 time (cT1, a measure of liver inflammation and fibrosis) and liver-related events/mortality. RESULTS 21,619 participants met inclusion criteria. In non-interaction models, Mediterranean diet and intake of fruit/vegetables/legumes and fish associated with lower LFC, while higher red/processed meat intake and all genetic predictors associated with higher LFC. In interaction models, all genetic predictors interacted with Mediterranean diet and fruit/vegetable/legume intake; the steatosis PRS interacted with fish intake; and TM6SF2 genotype interacted with red/processed meat intake, to affect LFC. Dietary effects on LFC were up to 3.8 times as high in PNPLA3-rs738409-GG vs. -CC individuals, and 1.4-3.0 times as high in the top vs. bottom quartile of the steatosis PRS. Gene-diet interactions were stronger in participants with vs. without overweight. The steatosis PRS interacted with Mediterranean diet and fruit/vegetable/legume intake to affect cT1 and most dietary and genetic predictors associated with risk of liver-related events or mortality by age 70. CONCLUSIONS Effects of diet on LFC and cT1 were markedly accentuated in patients at increased genetic risk for SLD, implying dietary interventions may be more impactful in these populations.
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- Vincent L Chen
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Myllyaho T, Siira V, Wahlberg KE, Hakko H, Taka-Eilola T, Läksy K, Tikkanen V, Roisko R, Niemelä M, Räsänen S. Associations of Duration of Preadoption Out-of-home Care, Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Adoptive Family Functioning with Later Psychiatric Disorders of Adoptees. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2024; 55:350-360. [PMID: 35962879 PMCID: PMC10891258 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-022-01411-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The objective was to examine the impacts of duration of preadoption out-of-home care and adoptive family functioning on later psychiatric morbidity of adoptees with high (HR) and low (LR) genetic risk for schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The study uses nationwide data from the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia. The study population in this substudy consisted of 43 h adoptees and 128 LR adoptees. Of these adoptees, 90 had spent 0-6 months and 81 over 6 months in preadoption out-of-home care. The family functioning of adoptive families was assessed based on Global Family Ratings and psychiatric disorders on DSM-III-R criteria. The results showed that among the adoptees with over 6 months in preadoption out-of-home care, the likelihood for psychiatric disorders was significantly increased in HR adoptees compared to LR adoptees. In adoptees with 6 months or less in preadoption out-of-home care, an increased likelihood for psychiatric disorders was found among those living in adoptive families with dysfunctional processes. These findings indicate that especially for HR children, a well-functioning early caregiving environment is crucial in terms of subsequent mental wellbeing. The results emphasize that when adoption is necessary, early placement and well-functioning adoptive family environment are beneficial to children.
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- Toni Myllyaho
- Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland.
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- Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 2000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 26, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
- Department of Psychiatry, Basic Health Care District of Kallio, Oulu, Finland
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- Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 26, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 26, 90014, Oulu, Finland
- Faculty of Medicine, Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 26, 90014, Oulu, Finland
- Faculty of Medicine, Research Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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Seo J, Gaddis NC, Patchen BK, Xu J, Barr RG, O'Connor G, Manichaikul AW, Gharib SA, Dupuis J, North KE, Cassano PA, Hancock DB. Exploiting meta-analysis of genome-wide interaction with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D to identify novel genetic loci associated with pulmonary function. Am J Clin Nutr 2024:S0002-9165(24)00342-3. [PMID: 38484975 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Higher 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations in serum has a positive association with pulmonary function. Investigating genome-wide interactions with 25(OH)D may reveal new biological insights into pulmonary function. OBJECTIVES We aimed to identify novel genetic variants associated with pulmonary function by accounting for 25(OH)D interactions. METHODS We included 211,264 participants from the observational United Kingdom Biobank study with pulmonary function tests (PFTs), genome-wide genotypes, and 25(OH)D concentrations from 4 ancestral backgrounds-European, African, East Asian, and South Asian. Among PFTs, we focused on forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) because both were previously associated with 25(OH)D. We performed genome-wide association study (GWAS) analyses that accounted for variant×25(OH)D interaction using the joint 2 degree-of-freedom (2df) method, stratified by participants' smoking history and ancestry, and meta-analyzed results. We evaluated interaction effects to determine how variant-PFT associations were modified by 25(OH)D concentrations and conducted pathway enrichment analysis to examine the biological relevance of our findings. RESULTS Our GWAS meta-analyses, accounting for interaction with 25(OH)D, revealed 30 genetic variants significantly associated with FEV1 or FVC (P2df <5.00×10-8) that were not previously reported for PFT-related traits. These novel variant signals were enriched in lung function-relevant pathways, including the p38 MAPK pathway. Among variants with genome-wide-significant 2df results, smoking-stratified meta-analyses identified 5 variants with 25(OH)D interactions that influenced FEV1 in both smoking groups (never smokers P1df interaction<2.65×10-4; ever smokers P1df interaction<1.71×10-5); rs3130553, rs2894186, rs79277477, and rs3130929 associations were only evident in never smokers, and the rs4678408 association was only found in ever smokers. CONCLUSION Genetic variant associations with lung function can be modified by 25(OH)D, and smoking history can further modify variant×25(OH)D interactions. These results expand the known genetic architecture of pulmonary function and add evidence that gene-environment interactions, including with 25(OH)D and smoking, influence lung function.
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- Jungkyun Seo
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Divisions of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Pulmonary Center and Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Computational Medicine Core, Center for Lung Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States; Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, NY, United States
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- RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
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Guirette M, Lan J, McKeown NM, Brown MR, Chen H, de Vries PS, Kim H, Rebholz CM, Morrison AC, Bartz TM, Fretts AM, Guo X, Lemaitre RN, Liu CT, Noordam R, de Mutsert R, Rosendaal FR, Wang CA, Beilin LJ, Mori TA, Oddy WH, Pennell CE, Chai JF, Whitton C, van Dam RM, Liu J, Tai ES, Sim X, Neuhouser ML, Kooperberg C, Tinker LF, Franceschini N, Huan T, Winkler TW, Bentley AR, Gauderman WJ, Heerkens L, Tanaka T, van Rooij J, Munroe PB, Warren HR, Voortman T, Chen H, Rao DC, Levy D, Ma J. Genome-Wide Interaction Analysis With DASH Diet Score Identified Novel Loci for Systolic Blood Pressure. Hypertension 2024; 81:552-560. [PMID: 38226488 PMCID: PMC10922535 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.123.22334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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BACKGROUND The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet score lowers blood pressure (BP). We examined interactions between genotype and the DASH diet score in relation to systolic BP. METHODS We analyzed up to 9 420 585 single nucleotide polymorphisms in up to 127 282 individuals of 6 population groups (91% of European population) from the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology consortium (n=35 660) and UK Biobank (n=91 622) and performed European population-specific and cross-population meta-analyses. RESULTS We identified 3 loci in European-specific analyses and an additional 4 loci in cross-population analyses at Pinteraction<5e-8. We observed a consistent interaction between rs117878928 at 15q25.1 (minor allele frequency, 0.03) and the DASH diet score (Pinteraction=4e-8; P for heterogeneity, 0.35) in European population, where the interaction effect size was 0.42±0.09 mm Hg (Pinteraction=9.4e-7) and 0.20±0.06 mm Hg (Pinteraction=0.001) in Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology and the UK Biobank, respectively. The 1 Mb region surrounding rs117878928 was enriched with cis-expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) variants (P=4e-273) and cis-DNA methylation quantitative trait loci variants (P=1e-300). Although the closest gene for rs117878928 is MTHFS, the highest narrow sense heritability accounted by single nucleotide polymorphisms potentially interacting with the DASH diet score in this locus was for gene ST20 at 15q25.1. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated gene-DASH diet score interaction effects on systolic BP in several loci. Studies with larger diverse populations are needed to validate our findings.
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- Mélanie Guirette
- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA (M.G., J.L., J.M.)
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- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA (M.G., J.L., J.M.)
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- Programs of Nutrition, Department of Health Sciences, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, MA (N.M.M.)
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (M.R.B., H.C., P.S.d.V., A.C.M.)
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (M.R.B., H.C., P.S.d.V., A.C.M.)
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (M.R.B., H.C., P.S.d.V., A.C.M.)
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- Department of Epidemiology (H.K., A.M.F.), Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (C.M.R.)
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (M.R.B., H.C., P.S.d.V., A.C.M.)
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- Departments of Biostatistics and Medicine (T.M.B.), Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Epidemiology (H.K., A.M.F.), Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles, Torrance, CA (X.G.)
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- Department of Medicine (R.N.L.), Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, MA (C.-T.L.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics (R.N.), Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology (R.d.M., F.R.R.), Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology (R.d.M., F.R.R.), Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia (C.A.W., C.E.P)
- Mothers' and Babies' Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute, NSW, Australia (C.A.W., C.E.P.)
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- Medical School, Royal Perth Hospital Unit, University of Western Australia, Crawley (L.J.B., T.A.M.)
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- Medical School, Royal Perth Hospital Unit, University of Western Australia, Crawley (L.J.B., T.A.M.)
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia (W.H.O.)
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia (C.A.W., C.E.P)
- Mothers' and Babies' Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute, NSW, Australia (C.A.W., C.E.P.)
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System (J.F.C., C.W., R.M.v.D., E.S.T., X.S.)
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System (J.F.C., C.W., R.M.v.D., E.S.T., X.S.)
- School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (C.W.)
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System (J.F.C., C.W., R.M.v.D., E.S.T., X.S.)
- Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University (R.M.v.D.)
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- Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (J.L.)
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System (J.F.C., C.W., R.M.v.D., E.S.T., X.S.)
- Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore (E.S.T.)
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System (J.F.C., C.W., R.M.v.D., E.S.T., X.S.)
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA (M.L.N., C.K., L.F.T.)
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA (M.L.N., C.K., L.F.T.)
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA (M.L.N., C.K., L.F.T.)
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (N.F.)
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- Framingham Heart Study and Population Sciences Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, MA (T.H., D.L.)
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Regensburg, Germany (T.W.W.)
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (A.R.B.)
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- Division of Biostatistics, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California (W.J.G.)
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands (L.H.)
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- Longitudinal Studies Section, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD (T.T.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine (J.v.R.), Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Centre of Clinical Pharmacology & Precision Medicine, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (P.B.M., H.R.W.)
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- Centre of Clinical Pharmacology & Precision Medicine, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (P.B.M., H.R.W.)
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- Department of Epidemiology (T.V.), Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing (H.C.)
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- Center for Biostatistics and Data Science, Institute for Informatics, Data Science, and Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R.)
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- Framingham Heart Study and Population Sciences Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, MA (T.H., D.L.)
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- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA (M.G., J.L., J.M.)
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Li P, Wang Y, Tian D, Liu M, Zhu X, Wang Y, Huang C, Bai Y, Wu Y, Wei W, Tian S, Li Y, Qiao Y, Yang J, Cao S, Cong C, Zhao L, Su J, Wang M. Joint Exposure to Ambient Air Pollutants, Genetic Risk, and Ischemic Stroke: A Prospective Analysis in UK Biobank. Stroke 2024; 55:660-669. [PMID: 38299341 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.123.044935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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BACKGROUND Our primary objective was to assess the association between joint exposure to various air pollutants and the risk of ischemic stroke (IS) and the modification of the genetic susceptibility. METHODS This observational cohort study included 307 304 British participants from the United Kingdom Biobank, who were stroke-free and possessed comprehensive baseline data on genetics, air pollutant exposure, alcohol consumption, and dietary habits. All participants were initially enrolled between 2006 and 2010 and were followed up until 2022. An air pollution score was calculated to assess joint exposure to 5 ambient air pollutants, namely particulate matter with diameters equal to or <2.5 µm, ranging from 2.5 to 10 µm, equal to or <10 µm, as well as nitrogen oxide and nitrogen dioxide. To evaluate individual genetic risk, a polygenic risk score for IS was calculated for each participant. We adjusted for demographic, social, economic, and health covariates. Cox regression models were utilized to estimate the associations between air pollution exposure, polygenic risk score, and the incidence of IS. RESULTS Over a median follow-up duration of 13.67 years, a total of 2476 initial IS events were detected. The hazard ratios (95% CI) of IS for per 10 µg/m3 increase in particulate matter with diameters equal to or <2.5 µm, ranging from 2.5 to 10 µm, equal to or <10 µm, nitrogen dioxide, and nitrogen oxide were 1.73 (1.33-2.14), 1.24 (0.88-1.70), 1.13 (0.89-1.33), 1.03 (0.98-1.08), and 1.04 (1.02-1.07), respectively. Furthermore, individuals in the highest quintile of the air pollution score exhibited a 29% to 66% higher risk of IS compared with those in the lowest quintile. Notably, participants with both high polygenic risk score and air pollution score had a 131% (95% CI, 85%-189%) greater risk of IS than participants with low polygenic risk score and air pollution score. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggested that prolonged joint exposure to air pollutants may contribute to an increased risk of IS, particularly among individuals with elevated genetic susceptibility to IS.
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- Panlong Li
- Department of Medical Imaging (P.L., Y.B., Y. Wu, W.W., M.W.), Henan Provincial People's Hospital and Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, China
- School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, China (P.L., X.Z., Yanfeng Wang, C.H.)
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- Department of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Ying Wang)
- School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University (Ying Wang)
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- Department of Hypertension (D.T., M.L.), Henan Provincial People's Hospital and Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, China
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- Department of Hypertension (D.T., M.L.), Henan Provincial People's Hospital and Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, China
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, China (P.L., X.Z., Yanfeng Wang, C.H.)
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, China (P.L., X.Z., Yanfeng Wang, C.H.)
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, China (P.L., X.Z., Yanfeng Wang, C.H.)
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- Department of Medical Imaging (P.L., Y.B., Y. Wu, W.W., M.W.), Henan Provincial People's Hospital and Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, China
- Laboratory of Brain Science and Brain-Like Intelligence Technology, Biomedical Research Institute, Henan Academy of Science, China (Y.B.)
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- Department of Medical Imaging (P.L., Y.B., Y. Wu, W.W., M.W.), Henan Provincial People's Hospital and Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging (P.L., Y.B., Y. Wu, W.W., M.W.), Henan Provincial People's Hospital and Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China (S.T., Y.L., Y.Q., J.Y., S.C., C.C., L.Z., J.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China (S.T., Y.L., Y.Q., J.Y., S.C., C.C., L.Z., J.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China (S.T., Y.L., Y.Q., J.Y., S.C., C.C., L.Z., J.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China (S.T., Y.L., Y.Q., J.Y., S.C., C.C., L.Z., J.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China (S.T., Y.L., Y.Q., J.Y., S.C., C.C., L.Z., J.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China (S.T., Y.L., Y.Q., J.Y., S.C., C.C., L.Z., J.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China (S.T., Y.L., Y.Q., J.Y., S.C., C.C., L.Z., J.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China (S.T., Y.L., Y.Q., J.Y., S.C., C.C., L.Z., J.S.)
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- Department of Medical Imaging (P.L., Y.B., Y. Wu, W.W., M.W.), Henan Provincial People's Hospital and Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, China
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Perneel M, De Smet S, Verwaeren J. Data driven prediction of dairy cattle lifetime production and its use as a guideline to select surplus youngstock. J Dairy Sci 2024:S0022-0302(24)00069-9. [PMID: 38331186 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-23660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
Abstract
The lifetime production of dairy cows is a complex trait influenced not only by genetics, but also by the environment in which a cow lives and the management practices of the farmer. Moreover, these influential factors show complex interactions with each other, making it difficult to reliably predict the lifetime production of individual animals at birth. However, since well managed dairy farms often have a surplus of youngstock, reliable lifetime production predictions would offer the opportunity to make more substantiated decisions when selecting calves or heifers to sell. Therefore, using data from Dutch herds, we constructed a data set capturing information on genetics, environment and management practices to develop multiple machine learning models capable of predicting the lifetime production of dairy cattle soon after birth. We found that a coupling of trends observed at the country level with farm-specific models largely outperforms off-the-shelf approaches. At birth, our best model could explain up to 47% of the variance in lifetime production, a considerable improvement in comparison with linear regression on the breeding values supplemented with the average lifetime production at farm level, which could only explain 21.7% of the variance in lifetime production. Moreover, we demonstrated surplus youngstock selection according to our model could more than double the surplus animal selection effect in comparison with the benchmark methodology, offering opportunities to increase the average (future) potential lifetime production of the retained heifers significantly. Assuming a static 20% surplus liveborn heifer scenario and random surplus animal selection as the default, our best model for surplus animal selection resulted in a 9.4% greater lifetime production in the retained animals compared with the current Dutch average lifetime production.
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- Maarten Perneel
- Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Oginni OA, Hur YM. Gene-environment interplays between family chaos and emotional problems among Nigerian adolescents: A twin study. Dev Psychopathol 2024; 36:62-68. [PMID: 36039971 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579422000943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Gene-environment correlations and interactions for the relationship between emotional problems (EP) and family environment in adolescents in low- to middle-income countries (LMIC) have been rarely investigated. In total, 3207 adolescent twins aged 12-18 (Mean = 14.6 ± 1.73) years attending public schools in Lagos State in Nigeria completed measures of EP and Family Chaos (FC). Model-fitting analyses suggested that genetic and non-shared environmental influences on EP were 21% and 71%, respectively, and the corresponding estimates were 23% and 71% for FC. Shared environmental influences were not significant (8% and 6% respectively). Phenotypic correlation between EP and FC was .30 (95% CI = .27-.34), which was significantly influenced by genetic (A - 49%, 95% CI: 0.01-0.97) and non-shared environmental factors (E - 32%, 95% CI: 0.10-0.54). Shared environmental influences were not significant (C - 19%, 95% CI: -0.13 to 0.50). Moderation effects were significant whereby as FC increased, A on EP decreased (βA = -0.07, 95% CI: -0.12 to -0.02) while E increased (βE = 0.06, 95% CI: 0.03-0.09). Our findings indicate that genetic and non-shared environmental risk factors may mediate the relationship between EP and FC, and that as FC increases, protective genetic influences on EP may be attenuated, whereas environmental influences may become stronger in adolescents in LMIC.
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- Olakunle A Oginni
- Department of Mental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- General College of Education, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
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Badini I, Ahmadzadeh Y, Wechsler DL, Lyngstad TH, Rayner C, Eilertsen EM, Zavos HMS, Ystrom E, McAdams TA. Socioeconomic status and risk for child psychopathology: exploring gene-environment interaction in the presence of gene-environment correlation using extended families in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Birth Cohort Study. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2024; 65:176-187. [PMID: 37571996 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with increased risk for emotional and behavioural problems among children. Evidence from twin studies has shown that family SES moderates genetic and environmental influences on child mental health. However, it is also known that SES is itself under genetic influence and previous gene-environment interaction (G×E) studies have not incorporated the potential genetic overlap between child mental health and family SES into G×E analyses. We applied a novel approach using extended family data to investigate the moderation of aetiological influences on child emotional and behavioural problems by parental socioeconomic status in the presence of modelled gene-environment correlation. METHODS The sample comprised >28,100 children in extended-family units drawn from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Mothers reported children's emotional and behavioural symptoms. Parents' income and educational attainment were obtained through linkage to administrative register data. Bivariate moderation Multiple-Children-of-Twins-and-Siblings (MCoTS) models were used to analyse relationships between offspring outcomes (emotional and behavioural symptom scores) and parental socioeconomic moderators (income rank and educational attainment). RESULTS The aetiology of child emotional symptoms was moderated by maternal and paternal educational attainment. Shared environmental influences on child emotional symptoms were greater at lower levels of parents' education. The aetiology of child behavioural symptoms was moderated by maternal, but not paternal, socioeconomic factors. Genetic factors shared between maternal income and child behavioural symptoms were greater in families with lower levels maternal income. Nonshared environmental influences on child behavioural symptoms were greater in families with higher maternal income and education. CONCLUSIONS Parental socioeconomic indicators moderated familial influences and nonshared environmental influences on child emotional and behavioural outcomes. Maternal SES and child mental health share aetiological overlap such that shared genetic influence was greater at the lower end of the socioeconomic distribution. Our findings collectively highlight the role that family socioeconomic factors play in shaping the origins of child emotional and behavioural problems.
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- Isabella Badini
- Social, Genetic, & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Social, Genetic, & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Social, Genetic, & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Social, Genetic, & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychology, PROMENTA Research Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychology, PROMENTA Research Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Social, Genetic, & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- Department of Psychology, PROMENTA Research Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Mittal R, Camick N, Lemos JRN, Hirani K. Gene-environment interaction in the pathophysiology of type 1 diabetes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 15:1335435. [PMID: 38344660 PMCID: PMC10858453 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1335435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024] Open
Abstract
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a complex metabolic autoimmune disorder that affects millions of individuals worldwide and often leads to significant comorbidities. However, the precise trigger of autoimmunity and disease onset remain incompletely elucidated. This integrative perspective article synthesizes the cumulative role of gene-environment interaction in the pathophysiology of T1D. Genetics plays a significant role in T1D susceptibility, particularly at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) locus and cathepsin H (CTSH) locus. In addition to genetics, environmental factors such as viral infections, pesticide exposure, and changes in the gut microbiome have been associated with the development of T1D. Alterations in the gut microbiome impact mucosal integrity and immune tolerance, increasing gut permeability through molecular mimicry and modulation of the gut immune system, thereby increasing the risk of T1D potentially through the induction of autoimmunity. HLA class II haplotypes with known effects on T1D incidence may directly correlate to changes in the gut microbiome, but precisely how the genes influence changes in the gut microbiome, and how these changes provoke T1D, requires further investigations. These gene-environment interactions are hypothesized to increase susceptibility to T1D through epigenetic changes such as DNA methylation and histone modification, which in turn modify gene expression. There is a need to determine the efficacy of new interventions that target these epigenetic modifications such as "epidrugs", which will provide novel avenues for the effective management of T1D leading to improved quality of life of affected individuals and their families/caregivers.
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- Rahul Mittal
- Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
- Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States
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- Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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Elias DE, Santos MR, Campaña H, Poletta FA, Heisecke SL, Gili JA, Ratowiecki J, Cosentino VR, Uranga R, Málaga DR, Oliveira AB, Brusius-Facchin AC, Saleme C, Rittler M, Krupitzki HB, Camelo JSL, Gimenez LG. Gene-environment interactions and preterm birth predictors: A Bayesian network approach. Genet Mol Biol 2024; 46:e20230090. [PMID: 38285431 PMCID: PMC10804443 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2023-0090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
Abstract
Preterm birth (PTB) is the main condition related to perinatal morbimortality worldwide. The aim of this study was to identify gene-environment interactions associated with spontaneous PTB or its predictors. We carried out a retrospective case-control study including parental sociodemographic and obstetric data as well as newborn genetic variants of 69 preterm and 61 at term newborns born at a maternity hospital from Tucumán, Argentina, between 2005 and 2010. A data-driven Bayesian network including the main PTB predictors was created where we identified gene-environment interactions. We used logistic regressions to calculate the odds ratios and confidence intervals of the interactions. From the main PTB predictors (nine exposures and six genetic variants) we identified an interaction between low neighbourhood socioeconomic status and rs2074351 (PON1, genotype GG) variant that was associated with an increased risk of toxoplasmosis (odds ratio 12.51, confidence interval 95%: 1.71 - 91.36). The results of this exploratory study suggest that structural social disparities could influence the PTB risk by increasing the frequency of exposures that potentiate the risk associated with individual characteristics such as genetic traits. Future studies with larger sample sizes are necessary to confirm these findings.
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- Dario E. Elias
- Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congénitas
(ECLAMC), Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas-Consejo Nacional de
Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEMIC-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
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- Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congénitas
(ECLAMC), Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas-Consejo Nacional de
Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEMIC-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
- Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
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- Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congénitas
(ECLAMC), Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas-Consejo Nacional de
Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEMIC-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
- Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
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- Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congénitas
(ECLAMC), Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas-Consejo Nacional de
Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEMIC-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Genética Médica Populacional (INAGEMP),
CEMIC-CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Dirección de Investigación, CEMIC-CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
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- Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congénitas
(ECLAMC), Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas-Consejo Nacional de
Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEMIC-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
- Instituto Académico Pedagógico de Ciencias Humanas, Universidad
Nacional de Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congénitas
(ECLAMC), Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas-Consejo Nacional de
Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEMIC-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
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- Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congénitas
(ECLAMC), Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas-Consejo Nacional de
Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEMIC-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
- Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Luisa C. de Gandulfo, Buenos
Aires, Argentina
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- Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congénitas
(ECLAMC), Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas-Consejo Nacional de
Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEMIC-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
- Hospital San Juan de Dios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Serviço de Genética Médica, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
(HCPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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- Serviço de Genética Médica, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
(HCPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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- Serviço de Genética Médica, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
(HCPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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- Instituto de Maternidad y Ginecología Nuestra Señora de las
Mercedes, Tucumán, Argentina
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- Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congénitas
(ECLAMC), Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas-Consejo Nacional de
Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEMIC-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
- Hospital Materno Infantil Ramón Sardá, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
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- Dirección de Investigación, CEMIC-CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
- Instituto Universitario, Centro de Educación Médica e
Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC-IUC), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires,
Argentina
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- Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congénitas
(ECLAMC), Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas-Consejo Nacional de
Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEMIC-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Genética Médica Populacional (INAGEMP),
CEMIC-CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congénitas
(ECLAMC), Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas-Consejo Nacional de
Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEMIC-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
Aires, Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Genética Médica Populacional (INAGEMP),
CEMIC-CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Kasela S, Aguet F, Kim-Hellmuth S, Brown BC, Nachun DC, Tracy RP, Durda P, Liu Y, Taylor KD, Johnson WC, Van Den Berg D, Gabriel S, Gupta N, Smith JD, Blackwell TW, Rotter JI, Ardlie KG, Manichaikul A, Rich SS, Barr RG, Lappalainen T. Interaction molecular QTL mapping discovers cellular and environmental modifiers of genetic regulatory effects. Am J Hum Genet 2024; 111:133-149. [PMID: 38181730 PMCID: PMC10806864 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024] Open
Abstract
Bulk-tissue molecular quantitative trait loci (QTLs) have been the starting point for interpreting disease-associated variants, and context-specific QTLs show particular relevance for disease. Here, we present the results of mapping interaction QTLs (iQTLs) for cell type, age, and other phenotypic variables in multi-omic, longitudinal data from the blood of individuals of diverse ancestries. By modeling the interaction between genotype and estimated cell-type proportions, we demonstrate that cell-type iQTLs could be considered as proxies for cell-type-specific QTL effects, particularly for the most abundant cell type in the tissue. The interpretation of age iQTLs, however, warrants caution because the moderation effect of age on the genotype and molecular phenotype association could be mediated by changes in cell-type composition. Finally, we show that cell-type iQTLs contribute to cell-type-specific enrichment of diseases that, in combination with additional functional data, could guide future functional studies. Overall, this study highlights the use of iQTLs to gain insights into the context specificity of regulatory effects.
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- Silva Kasela
- New York Genome Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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- New York Genome Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University Hospital LMU Munich, Munich, Germany; Computational Health Center, Institute of Translational Genomics, Helmholtz Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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- New York Genome Center, New York, NY, USA; Data Science Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Northwest Genomics Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- The Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- New York Genome Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Delvecchio M, Grugni G, Hill JW. Editorial: Genetic obesity. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 14:1349582. [PMID: 38239989 PMCID: PMC10794721 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1349582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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- Maurizio Delvecchio
- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Division of Auxology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Verbania, Italy
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- Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Research, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, United States
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Chen KT, Huang MC, Lin C, Chang HM, Kao CF. GxE interaction effects of HCRTR2 single nucleotide polymorphism and adverse childhood experiences on methamphetamine use disorder. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 2024; 50:84-94. [PMID: 38295363 DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2023.2297661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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Background: Methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) is a worldwide health concern. The hypothalamic orexin system regulates stress response and addictive behaviors. The genetic variation in the hypocretin receptor 2 (HCRTR2), rs2653349, is associated with substance use disorder.Objectives: We explored the gene-environment (GxE) interaction of rs2653349 and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) associated with MUD susceptibility.Methods: Four hundred and one individuals (336 males, 65 females) with MUD and 348 healthy controls (288 males, 60 females) completed a self-report questionnaire evaluating ACEs, encompassing childhood abuse and household dysfunction categories, and were genotyped for SNP rs2653349. Methamphetamine use variables were collected using the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies. We used regression analyses to assess the GxE effect on MUD risk.Results: The MUD group had a comparable genotypic distribution for rs2653349 to the control group, albeit with a higher prevalence and number of types of ACEs, correlating with an increased MUD risk (p < .05). No significant genetic impact of rs2653349 on MUD risk was found. However, we observed a GxE interaction effect between the minor allele of rs2653349 and the number of childhood abuse or household dysfunction types, correlating with a reduced MUD risk (OR = -0.71, p = .04, Benjamini-Hochberg adjusted p = .08 and OR = -0.59, p = .045, Benjamini-Hochberg adjusted p = .09, respectively).Conclusion: HCRTR2 SNP rs2653349 has no significant impact on MUD risk, but ACEs may increase this risk. GxE results suggest that rs2653349 could offer protection against developing MUD in individuals experiencing multiple types of ACEs.
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- Kai-Ting Chen
- Department of General Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Psychiatric Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Advanced Plant and Food Crop Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Bauer AE, Avery CL, Shi M, Weinberg CR, Olshan AF, Harmon QE, Luo J, Yang J, Manuck T, Wu MC, Klungsøyr K, Trogstad L, Magnus P, Engel SM. Do Genetic Variants Modify the Effect of Smoking on Risk of Preeclampsia in Pregnancy? Am J Perinatol 2024; 41:44-52. [PMID: 34839469 PMCID: PMC10127527 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1740072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Maternal smoking is associated with as much as a 50% reduced risk of preeclampsia, despite increasing risk of other poor pregnancy outcomes that often co-occur with preeclampsia, such as preterm birth and fetal growth restriction. Researchers have long sought to understand whether this perplexing association is biologically based, or a result of noncausal mechanisms. We examined whether smoking-response genes modify the smoking-preeclampsia association to investigate potential biological explanations. STUDY DESIGN We conducted a nested case-control study within the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Birth Cohort (1999-2008) of 2,596 mother-child dyads. We used family-based log-linear Poisson regression to examine modification of the maternal smoking-preeclampsia relationship by maternal and fetal single nucleotide polymorphisms involved in cellular processes related to components of cigarette smoke (n = 1,915 with minor allele frequency ≥10%). We further investigated the influence of smoking cessation during pregnancy. RESULTS Three polymorphisms showed overall (p < 0.001) multiplicative interaction between smoking and maternal genotype. For rs3765692 (TP73) and rs10770343 (PIK3C2G), protection associated with smoking was reduced with two maternal copies of the risk allele and was stronger in continuers than quitters (interaction p = 0.02 for both loci, based on testing 3-level smoking by 3-level genotype). For rs2278361 (APAF1) the inverse smoking-preeclampsia association was eliminated by the presence of a single risk allele, and again the trend was stronger in continuers than in quitters (interaction p = 0.01). CONCLUSION Evidence for gene-smoking interaction was limited, but differences by smoking cessation warrant further investigation. We demonstrate the potential utility of expanded dyad methods and gene-environment interaction analyses for outcomes with complex relationships between maternal and fetal genotypes and exposures. KEY POINTS · Maternal and fetal genotype may differentially influence preeclampsia.. · Smoking-related genes did not strongly modify smoking-preeclampsia association.. · Smoking cessation reduced strength of gene by smoking interactions..
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- Anna E. Bauer
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7435, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7435, United States
- Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 123 West Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516, United States
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- Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, Mail Drop A3-03, Durham, NC, 27709, United States
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- Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, Mail Drop A3-03, Durham, NC, 27709, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7435, United States
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- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, Mail Drop A3-05, Durham, NC, 27709, United States
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- Mammalian Genotyping Core, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Crossing C, 2234 Nelson Highway, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7420, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7420, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3009 Old Clinic Building, CB# 7570, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7570, United States
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- Biostatistics and Biomathematics Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, M2-8500, Seattle, WA 98109, United States
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- Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 222 Skøyen, 0213 Oslo, Norway
- Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7804, N-5020, Bergen, Norway
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- Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 222 Skøyen, 0213 Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7435, United States
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Lee YT, Savini M, Chen T, Yang J, Zhao Q, Ding L, Gao SM, Senturk M, Sowa JN, Wang JD, Wang MC. Mitochondrial GTP metabolism controls reproductive aging in C. elegans. Dev Cell 2023; 58:2718-2731.e7. [PMID: 37708895 PMCID: PMC10842941 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Healthy mitochondria are critical for reproduction. During aging, both reproductive fitness and mitochondrial homeostasis decline. Mitochondrial metabolism and dynamics are key factors in supporting mitochondrial homeostasis. However, how they are coupled to control reproductive health remains unclear. We report that mitochondrial GTP (mtGTP) metabolism acts through mitochondrial dynamics factors to regulate reproductive aging. We discovered that germline-only inactivation of GTP- but not ATP-specific succinyl-CoA synthetase (SCS) promotes reproductive longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans. We further identified an age-associated increase in mitochondrial clustering surrounding oocyte nuclei, which is attenuated by GTP-specific SCS inactivation. Germline-only induction of mitochondrial fission factors sufficiently promotes mitochondrial dispersion and reproductive longevity. Moreover, we discovered that bacterial inputs affect mtGTP levels and dynamics factors to modulate reproductive aging. These results demonstrate the significance of mtGTP metabolism in regulating oocyte mitochondrial homeostasis and reproductive longevity and identify mitochondrial fission induction as an effective strategy to improve reproductive health.
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- Yi-Tang Lee
- Integrative Program of Molecular and Biochemical Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Graduate Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA; Graduate Program in Chemical, Physical & Structural Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Graduate Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA
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- Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Biology, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Margaritte-Jeannin P, Vernet R, Budu-Aggrey A, Ege M, Madore AM, Linhard C, Mohamdi H, von Mutius E, Granell R, Demenais F, Laprise C, Bouzigon E, Dizier MH. TNS1 and NRXN1 Genes Interacting With Early-Life Smoking Exposure in Asthma-Plus-Eczema Susceptibility. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res 2023; 15:779-794. [PMID: 37957795 PMCID: PMC10643854 DOI: 10.4168/aair.2023.15.6.779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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PURPOSE Numerous genes have been associated with allergic diseases (asthma, allergic rhinitis, and eczema), but they explain only part of their heritability. This is partly because most previous studies ignored complex mechanisms such as gene-environment (G-E) interactions and complex phenotypes such as co-morbidity. However, it was recently evidenced that the co-morbidity of asthma-plus-eczema appears as a sub-entity depending on specific genetic factors. Besides, evidence also suggest that gene-by-early life environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure interactions play a role in asthma, but were never investigated for asthma-plus-eczema. To identify genetic variants interacting with ETS exposure that influence asthma-plus-eczema susceptibility. METHODS To conduct a genome-wide interaction study (GWIS) of asthma-plus-eczema according to ETS exposure, we applied a 2-stage strategy with a first selection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from genome-wide association meta-analysis to be tested at a second stage by interaction meta-analysis. All meta-analyses were conducted across 4 studies including a total of 5,516 European-ancestry individuals, of whom 1,164 had both asthma and eczema. RESULTS Two SNPs showed significant interactions with ETS exposure. They were located in 2 genes, NRXN1 (2p16) and TNS1 (2q35), never reported associated and/or interacting with ETS exposure for asthma, eczema or more generally for allergic diseases. TNS1 is a promising candidate gene because of its link to lung and skin diseases with possible interactive effect with tobacco smoke exposure. CONCLUSIONS This first GWIS of asthma-plus-eczema with ETS exposure underlines the importance of studying sub-phenotypes such as co-morbidities as well as G-E interactions to detect new susceptibility genes.
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- Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin
- Université Paris Cité, UMRS 1124, INSERM, Genomic Epidemiology and Multifactorial Diseases Group, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, UMRS 1124, INSERM, Genomic Epidemiology and Multifactorial Diseases Group, Paris, France
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Dr von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University; Institute of Asthma and Allergy prevention, Helmholtz Centre Munich; Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), German Center for Lung Research, Munich, Germany
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- Département des sciences fondamentales, Centre intersectoriel en santé durable (CISD), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Saguenay, QC, Canada
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- Université Paris Cité, UMRS 1124, INSERM, Genomic Epidemiology and Multifactorial Diseases Group, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, UMRS 1124, INSERM, Genomic Epidemiology and Multifactorial Diseases Group, Paris, France
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- Dr von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University; Institute of Asthma and Allergy prevention, Helmholtz Centre Munich; Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), German Center for Lung Research, Munich, Germany
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Université Paris Cité, UMRS 1124, INSERM, Genomic Epidemiology and Multifactorial Diseases Group, Paris, France
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- Département des sciences fondamentales, Centre intersectoriel en santé durable (CISD), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Saguenay, QC, Canada
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- Université Paris Cité, UMRS 1124, INSERM, Genomic Epidemiology and Multifactorial Diseases Group, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, UMRS 1124, INSERM, Genomic Epidemiology and Multifactorial Diseases Group, Paris, France.
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Lacroix A, Ramoz N, Girard M, Plansont B, Poupon D, Gorwood P, Nubukpo P. BDNF CpG methylation and serum levels covary during alcohol withdrawal in patients with alcohol use disorder: A pilot study. World J Biol Psychiatry 2023; 24:854-859. [PMID: 37526632 DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2023.2242924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels vary in various conditions including alcohol use disorder (AUD). We aimed to identify drivers of these variations. METHODS Twelve patients with AUD were assessed at hospitalisation for alcohol withdrawal and four months later. We looked for associations between the change in serum BDNF levels and (1) length of abstinence, (2) anxiety (Hamilton Anxiety Scale) and depression (Beck-Depression Inventory), (3) one functional BDNF genotype (rs6265) and (4) methylation levels of 12 CpG sites within the BDNF gene (located in exons I, IV and IX). RESULTS While abstinence remained, serum BDNF level increased. This increase correlated with the variation of methylation levels of the BDNF gene, and more specifically of exon I. We found no significant effect of length of abstinence, rs6265, depression or anxiety on serum BDNF level. CONCLUSIONS Epigenetic regulation of the BDNF gene may be involved in variations of BDNF blood level associated with alcohol abstinence.
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- Aurélie Lacroix
- Unité de Recherche et d'Innovation, Fédération de la recherche et de l'innovation, Centre Hospitalier Esquirol, Limoges, France
- Inserm U1094, IRD U270, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, EpiMaCT - Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases in Tropical Zone, Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology, OmegaHealth, Limoges, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM, U1266 (Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris), Paris, France
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- Unité de Recherche et d'Innovation, Fédération de la recherche et de l'innovation, Centre Hospitalier Esquirol, Limoges, France
- Inserm U1094, IRD U270, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, EpiMaCT - Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases in Tropical Zone, Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology, OmegaHealth, Limoges, France
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- Unité de Recherche et d'Innovation, Fédération de la recherche et de l'innovation, Centre Hospitalier Esquirol, Limoges, France
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- Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l'Encéphale (CMME), Sainte-Anne Hospital, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, INSERM, U1266 (Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris), Paris, France
- Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l'Encéphale (CMME), Sainte-Anne Hospital, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Paris, France
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- Unité de Recherche et d'Innovation, Fédération de la recherche et de l'innovation, Centre Hospitalier Esquirol, Limoges, France
- Inserm U1094, IRD U270, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, EpiMaCT - Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases in Tropical Zone, Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology, OmegaHealth, Limoges, France
- Pôle Universitaire d'Addictologie, Centre Hospitalier Esquirol, Limoges, France
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Shero JA, Erbeli F, Reed ZE, Haughbrook R, Davis OSP, Hart SA, Taylor JE. Where you live matters: visualizing environmental effects on reading attainment. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2023. [PMID: 37897063 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND The way in which socioeconomic status (SES) moderates the etiology of reading attainment has been explored many times, with past work often finding that genetic influences are suppressed under conditions of socioeconomic deprivation and more fully realized under conditions of socioeconomic advantage: a gene-SES interaction. Additionally, past work has pointed toward the presence of gene-location interactions, with the relative influence of genes and environment varying across geographic regions of the same country/state. METHOD This study investigates the extent to which SES and geographical location interact to moderate the genetic and environmental components of reading attainment. Utilizing data from 2,135 twin pairs in Florida (mean age 13.82 years, range 10.71-17.77), the study operationalized reading attainment as reading comprehension scores from a statewide test and SES as household income. We applied a spatial twin analysis procedure to investigate how twin genetic and environmental estimates vary by geographic location. We then expanded this analysis to explore how the moderating role of SES on said genetic and environmental influences also varied by geographic location. RESULTS A gene-SES interaction was found, with heritability of reading being suppressed in lower- (23%) versus higher-SES homes (78%). The magnitude of the moderating parameters were not consistent by location, however, and ranged from -0.10 to 0.10 for the moderating effect on genetic influences, and from -0.30 to 0.05 for the moderating effect on environmental influences. For smaller areas and those with less socioeconomic variability, the magnitude of the genetic moderating parameter was high, giving rise to more fully realized genetic influences on reading there. CONCLUSIONS SES significantly influences reading variability. However, a child's home location matters in both the overall etiology and how strongly SES moderates said etiologies. These results point toward the presence of multiple significant environmental factors that simultaneously, and inseparably, influence the underlying etiology of reading attainment.
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- Jeffrey A Shero
- Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- The Alan Turing Institute, London, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
- Florida Center for Reading Research, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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Su J, Kuo SIC, Aliev F, Rabinowitz JA, Jamil B, Chan G, Edenberg HJ, Francis M, Hesselbrock V, Kamarajan C, Kinreich S, Kramer J, Lai D, McCutcheon V, Meyers J, Pandey A, Pandey G, Plawecki MH, Schuckit M, Tischfield J, Dick DM. Alcohol use polygenic risk score, social support, and alcohol use among European American and African American adults. Dev Psychopathol 2023:1-13. [PMID: 37781861 PMCID: PMC10985050 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579423001141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Alcohol use is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. We examined the interactive effects between genome-wide polygenic risk scores for alcohol use (alc-PRS) and social support in relation to alcohol use among European American (EA) and African American (AA) adults across sex and developmental stages (emerging adulthood, young adulthood, and middle adulthood). Data were drawn from 4,011 EA and 1,274 AA adults from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism who were between ages 18-65 and had ever used alcohol. Participants completed the Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism and provided saliva or blood samples for genotyping. Results indicated that social support from friends, but not family, moderated the association between alc-PRS and alcohol use among EAs and AAs (only in middle adulthood for AAs); alc-PRS was associated with higher levels of alcohol use when friend support was low, but not when friend support was high. Associations were similar across sex but differed across developmental stages. Findings support the important role of social support from friends in buffering genetic risk for alcohol use among EA and AA adults and highlight the need to consider developmental changes in the role of social support in relation to alcohol use.
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- Jinni Su
- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Rutgers Addiction Research Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Shraim R, Farran MZ, He G, Marunica Karsaj J, Zgaga L, McManus R. Systematic review on gene-sun exposure interactions in skin cancer. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2023; 11:e2259. [PMID: 37537768 PMCID: PMC10568388 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.2259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The risk of skin cancer is determined by environmental factors like ultraviolet radiation (UVR), personal habits like time spent outdoors and genetic factors. This review aimed to survey existing studies in gene-environment (GxE) interaction on skin cancer risk, and report on GxE effect estimates. METHODS We searched Embase, Medline (Ovid) and Web of Science (Core Collection) and included only primary research that reported on GxE on the risk of the three most common types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and melanoma. Quality assessment followed the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Meta-analysis was not possible because no two studies examined the same interaction. This review was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42021238064). RESULTS In total 260 records were identified after exclusion of duplicates. Fifteen studies were included in the final synthesis-12 used candidate gene approach. We found some evidence of GxE interactions with sun exposure, notably, with MC1R, CAT and NOS1 genes in melanoma, HAL and IL23A in BCC and HAL and XRCC1 in SCC. CONCLUSION Sun exposure seems to interact with genes involved in pigmentation, oxidative stress and immunosuppression, indicating that excessive UV exposure might exhaust oxidative defence and repair systems differentially, dependent on genetic make-up. Further research is warranted to better understand skin cancer epidemiology and develop sun exposure recommendations. A genome-wide approach is recommended as it might uncover unknown disease pathways dependent on UV radiation.
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- Rasha Shraim
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Population HealthTrinity College DublinDublinIreland
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine InstituteTrinity College DublinDublinIreland
- The SFI Centre for Research Training in Genomics Data SciencesUniversity of GalwayGalwayIreland
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Population HealthTrinity College DublinDublinIreland
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine InstituteTrinity College DublinDublinIreland
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Population HealthTrinity College DublinDublinIreland
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine InstituteTrinity College DublinDublinIreland
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- Department of Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and RehabilitationSestre milosrdnice University Hospital CenterZagrebCroatia
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Population HealthTrinity College DublinDublinIreland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine InstituteTrinity College DublinDublinIreland
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Lüth T, Gabbert C, Koch S, König IR, Caliebe A, Laabs BH, Hentati F, Sassi SB, Amouri R, Spielmann M, Klein C, Grünewald A, Farrer MJ, Trinh J. Interaction of Mitochondrial Polygenic Score and Lifestyle Factors in LRRK2 p.Gly2019Ser Parkinsonism. Mov Disord 2023; 38:1837-1849. [PMID: 37482924 DOI: 10.1002/mds.29563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A mitochondrial polygenic score (MGS) is composed of genes related to mitochondrial function and found to be associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) risk. OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of the MGS and lifestyle/environment on age at onset (AAO) in LRRK2 p.Gly2019Ser parkinsonism (LRRK2-PD) and idiopathic PD (iPD). METHODS We included N = 486 patients with LRRK2-PD and N = 9259 with iPD from the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Parkinson's Disease Knowledge Platform (AMP-PD), Fox Insight, and a Tunisian Arab-Berber founder population. Genotyping data were used to perform the MGS analysis. Additionally, lifestyle/environmental data were obtained from the PD Risk Factor Questionnaire (PD-RFQ). Linear regression models were used to assess the relationship between MGS, lifestyle/environment, and AAO. RESULTS Our derived MGS was significantly higher in PD cases compared with controls (P = 1.1 × 10-8 ). We observed that higher MGS was significantly associated with earlier AAO in LRRK2-PD (P = 0.047, β = -1.40) and there was the same trend with a smaller effect size in iPD (P = 0.231, β = 0.22). There was a correlation between MGS and AAO in LRRK2-PD patients of European descent (P = 0.049, r = -0.12) that was visibly less pronounced in Tunisians (P = 0.449, r = -0.05). We found that the MGS interacted with caffeinated soda consumption (P = 0.003, β = -5.65) in LRRK2-PD and with tobacco use (P = 0.010, β = 1.32) in iPD. Thus, patients with a high MGS had an earlier AAO only if they consumed caffeinated soda or were non-smokers. CONCLUSIONS The MGS was more strongly associated with earlier AAO in LRRK2-PD compared with iPD. Caffeinated soda consumption or tobacco use interacted with MGS to predict AAO. Our study suggests gene-environment interactions as modifiers of AAO in LRRK2-PD. © 2023 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Theresa Lüth
- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Kiel University, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Kiel University, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Neurology Department, National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Neurology Department, National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Neurology Department, National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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Toledo-Lozano CG, López-Hernández LB, Suárez-Cuenca JA, Villalobos-Gallegos L, Jiménez-Hernández DA, Alcaraz-Estrada SL, Mondragón-Terán P, Joya-Laureano L, Coral-Vázquez RM, García S. Individual and Combined Effect of MAO-A/ MAO-B Gene Variants and Adverse Childhood Experiences on the Severity of Major Depressive Disorder. Behav Sci (Basel) 2023; 13:795. [PMID: 37887445 PMCID: PMC10603972 DOI: 10.3390/bs13100795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mood disorder with a high prevalence worldwide that causes disability and, in some cases, suicide. Although environmental factors play a crucial role in this disease, other biological factors may predispose individuals to MDD. Genetic and environmental factors influence mental disorders; therefore, a potential combined effect of MAO-A/MAO-B gene variants may be a target for the study of susceptibility to MDD. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of MAO-A and -B gene variants when combined with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on the susceptibility and severity of symptoms in MDD. METHODS A case-control study was performed, including 345 individuals, 175 MDD cases and 170 controls. Genotyping was performed using real-time PCR with hydrolysis probes. The analysis of the rs1465107 and rs1799836 gene variants of MAO-A and -B, respectively, was performed either alone or in combination with ACEs on the severity of depression, as determined through specific questionnaires, including DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for MDD. RESULTS According to individual effects, the presence of ACEs, as well as the allele G of the rs1465107 of MAO-A, is associated with a higher severity of depression, more significantly in females. Furthermore, the allele rs1799836 G of MAO-B was associated with the severity of depression, even after being adjusted by gene variants and ACEs (IRR = 1.67, p = 0.01). In males, the allele rs1799836 G of MAO-B was shown to interact with SNP with ACEs (IRR = 1.70, p < 0.001). According to combined effect analyses, the severity of depression was associated with ACEs when combined with either allele rs1465107 of MAO-A or allele rs17993836 of MAO-B, whereas SNP risk association was influenced by gender. CONCLUSIONS The severity of depression is related to either individual or combined effects of temperamental traits and genetic susceptibility of specific genes such as MAO-A and MAO-B.
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- Christian Gabriel Toledo-Lozano
- Department of Clinical Research, Centro Médico Nacional “20 de Noviembre”, ISSSTE, Mexico City 03229, Mexico; (C.G.T.-L.); (J.A.S.-C.); (D.A.J.-H.)
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- Department of Clinical Research, Centro Médico Nacional “20 de Noviembre”, ISSSTE, Mexico City 03229, Mexico; (C.G.T.-L.); (J.A.S.-C.); (D.A.J.-H.)
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- Facultad de Medicina y Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana 22390, Mexico;
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- Department of Clinical Research, Centro Médico Nacional “20 de Noviembre”, ISSSTE, Mexico City 03229, Mexico; (C.G.T.-L.); (J.A.S.-C.); (D.A.J.-H.)
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- Coordination of Research, Centro Médico Nacional “20 de Noviembre”, ISSSTE, Mexico City 03229, Mexico;
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Centro Médico Nacional “20 de Noviembre”, ISSSTE, Mexico City 03229, Mexico;
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- Department of Teaching and Research, Centro Médico Nacional “20 de Noviembre”, ISSSTE, Mexico City 03229, Mexico;
- Postgraduate Section, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 11340, Mexico
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- Department of Clinical Research, Centro Médico Nacional “20 de Noviembre”, ISSSTE, Mexico City 03229, Mexico; (C.G.T.-L.); (J.A.S.-C.); (D.A.J.-H.)
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Song YP, Tang MF, Leung ASY, Tao KP, Chan OM, Wong GWK, Chan PKS, Chan RWY, Leung TF. Interactive effects between CDHR3 genotype and rhinovirus species for diagnosis and severity of respiratory tract infections in hospitalized children. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0118123. [PMID: 37750685 PMCID: PMC10581227 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01181-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023] Open
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Rhinovirus (RV) is the leading pathogen causing childhood wheezing, with rhinovirus C (RV-C) species reported to cause asthma exacerbation. Allele A of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) CDHR3_rs6967330 upregulates epithelial expression of RV-C receptors which results in more severe asthma exacerbations in children. Nevertheless, there are limited data on interactions between CDHR3 variants and their impact on severity of RV-related pediatric respiratory tract infections (RTIs). Medical records of RV-related RTIs in children aged below 18 years who were hospitalized in two public hospitals in 2015-2016 were independently reviewed by two paediatricians. Archived nasopharyngeal aspirates were retrieved for RV detection and sequencing as well as CDHR3 genotyping. HaploView v.5.0 and generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction (GMDR) analysis were employed for haplotypic assignment and gene-environment interaction analyses. Among 1019 studied cases, our results confirmed the relationship between RV-C species and more severe RTIs. Besides the top risk variant rs6967330-A, we identified rs140154310-T to be associated with RV-C susceptibility under the additive model [odds ratio (OR) 2.53, 95% CI 1.15-5.56; P = 0.021]. Rs140154310 was associated with wheezing illness (OR 2.38, 95% CI 1.12-5.04; P = 0.024), with such association being stronger in subjects who wheezed due to RV-C infections (OR 2.71, 95% CI 1.32-5.58; P = 0.007). Haplotype GAG constructed from rs4730125, rs6967330, and rs73195665 was associated with increased risk of RV-C infection (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.11-2.65; P = 0.016) and oxygen supplementation (OR 1.93, 95% CI 1.13-3.30; P = 0.016). GMDR analyses revealed epistatic interaction between rs140154310 and rs6967330 of CDHR3 for RV-C infection (P = 0.001), RV-C-associated lower RTI (P = 0.004), and RV-C-associated wheeze (P = 0.007). There was synergistic gene-environmental interaction between rs3887998 and RV-C for more severe clinical outcomes (P < 0.001). To conclude, rs140154310-T is another risk variant for RV-C susceptibility and more severe RTIs. Synergistic epistatic interaction is found between CDHR3 SNPs and RV-C for RTI severity, which is likely mediated by susceptibility to RV-C. Haplotypic analysis and GMDR should be included in identifying prediction models of CDHR3 for childhood asthma and RTIs. IMPORTANCE This case-control study investigated the interaction between CDHR3 genotypes and rhinovirus (RV) species on disease severity in Hong Kong children hospitalized for respiratory tract infection (RTI). There were synergistic effects between RV-C and CDHR3 SNPs for RTI severity, which was mainly driven by RV-C. Specifically, rs6967330 and rs140154310 alone and their epistatic interaction were associated with RV-C-related and severe RTIs in our subjects. Therefore, genotyping of CDHR3 SNPs may help physicians formulate prediction models for severity of RV-associated RTIs.
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- Yu P. Song
- Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Hub of Paediatric Excellence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Hub of Paediatric Excellence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Hub of Paediatric Excellence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong-University Medical Center Utrecht Joint Research Laboratory of Respiratory Virus and Immunobiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Hub of Paediatric Excellence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong-University Medical Center Utrecht Joint Research Laboratory of Respiratory Virus and Immunobiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Hub of Paediatric Excellence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong-University Medical Center Utrecht Joint Research Laboratory of Respiratory Virus and Immunobiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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de Roo M, Hartman C, Veenstra R, Nolte IM, Meier K, Vrijen C, Kretschmer T. Gene-Environment Interplay in the Development of Overweight. J Adolesc Health 2023; 73:574-581. [PMID: 37318409 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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PURPOSE Overweight in youth is influenced by genes and environment. Gene-environment interaction (G×E) has been demonstrated in twin studies and recent developments in genetics allow for studying G×E using individual genetic predispositions for overweight. We examine genetic influence on trajectories of overweight during adolescence and early adulthood and determine whether genetic predisposition is attenuated by higher socioeconomic status and having physically active parents. METHODS Latent class growth models of overweight were fitted using data from the TRacking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (n = 2720). A polygenic score for body mass index (BMI) was derived using summary statistics from a genome-wide association study of adult BMI (N = ∼700,000) and tested as predictor of developmental pathways of overweight. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to examine effects of interactions of genetic predisposition with socioeconomic status and parental physical activity (n = 1675). RESULTS A three-class model of developmental pathways of overweight fitted the data best ("non-overweight", "adolescent-onset overweight", and "persistent overweight"). The polygenic score for BMI and socioeconomic status distinguished the persistent overweight and adolescent-onset overweight trajectories from the non-overweight trajectory. Only genetic predisposition differentiated the adolescent-onset from the persistent overweight trajectory. There was no evidence for G×E. DISCUSSION Higher genetic predisposition increased the risk of developing overweight during adolescence and young adulthood and was associated with an earlier age at onset. We did not find that genetic predisposition was offset by higher socioeconomic status or having physically active parents. Instead, lower socioeconomic status and higher genetic predisposition acted as additive risk factors for developing overweight.
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- Marthe de Roo
- Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Department of Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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- Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation (ICPE), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, the Netherlands; Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Department of Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Department of Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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Hegde SG, Devi S, Sivadas A, Shubha AM, Thomas A, Mukhopadhyay A, Kurpad AV. Maternal Vitamin A Status as a Risk Factor of Hirschsprung Disease in the Child. Clin Transl Gastroenterol 2023; 14:e00619. [PMID: 37490568 PMCID: PMC10522106 DOI: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The gene-environment interaction of the REarranged during Transfection ( RET ) gene with vitamin A in the etiopathogenesis of Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) has been suggested in rodents. The aim of this study was to evaluate vitamin A status in mothers of children with HSCR and to assess its association with pathogenic variants of the RET gene in affected children. METHODS This was a case-control study of stable isotope-based vitamin A measurement stores of mothers of children diagnosed with HSCR (within 8 months from birth, n = 7) and age-matched mothers of normal children (n = 6). Next-generation sequencing of RET exons, along with their upstream promoter region, was performed in the 7 HSCR proband-parent triads to evaluate pathogenic variants. RESULTS Maternal vitamin A stores in the HSCR group was almost 50% that of those in controls, tending toward significance (0.50 ± 0.17 vs 0.89 ± 0.51 μmol/g respectively, P = 0.079). Two novel pathogenic de novo mutations were identified in 2 cases, and a rare single-nucleotide deletion was detected in the 3.5-kb RET upstream region, in a heterozygous state, in all 7 proband-parent triads. Low-penetrance RET haplotypes associated with HSCR were detected in 5 cases. DISCUSSION Mothers with children with HSCR had lower vitamin A liver stores than mothers with normal children, and the children who were affected had HSCR despite having no established pathogenic RET variants. Lower maternal vitamin A status may increase the penetrance of genetic mutations in RET , and vitamin-A mediated gene-environment interactions may underpin some of the etiology of HSCR.
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- Shalini G. Hegde
- Department of Paediatric Surgery, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India
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- Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India
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- Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Physiology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India
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Pledger SL, Ahmadizar F. Gene-environment interactions and the effect on obesity risk in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1230445. [PMID: 37664850 PMCID: PMC10474324 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1230445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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Background Obesity represents a major and preventable global health challenge as a complex disease and a modifiable risk factor for developing other non-communicable diseases. In recent years, obesity prevalence has risen more rapidly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared to high-income countries (HICs). Obesity traits are shown to be modulated by an interplay of genetic and environmental factors such as unhealthy diet and physical inactivity in studies from HICs focused on populations of European descent; however, genetic heterogeneity and environmental differences prevent the generalisation of study results to LMICs. Primary research investigating gene-environment interactions (GxE) on obesity in LMICs is limited but expanding. Synthesis of current research would provide an overview of the interactions between genetic variants and environmental factors that underlie the obesity epidemic and identify knowledge gaps for future studies. Methods Three databases were searched systematically using a combination of keywords such as "genes", "obesity", "LMIC", "diet", and "physical activity" to find all relevant observational studies published before November 2022. Results Eighteen of the 1,373 articles met the inclusion criteria, of which one was a genome-wide association study (GWAS), thirteen used a candidate gene approach, and five were assigned as genetic risk score studies. Statistically significant findings were reported for 12 individual SNPs; however, most studies were small-scale and without replication. Conclusion Although the results suggest significant GxE interactions on obesity in LMICs, updated robust statistical techniques with more precise and standardised exposure and outcome measurements are necessary for translatable results. Future research should focus on improved quality replication efforts, emphasising large-scale and long-term longitudinal study designs using multi-ethnic GWAS.
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- Sophia L. Pledger
- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Julius Global Health, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Data Science and Biostatistics, Julius Global Health, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Assary E, Krebs G, Eley TC. Practitioner Review: Differential susceptibility theory: might it help in understanding and treating mental health problems in youth? J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2023; 64:1104-1114. [PMID: 37096741 PMCID: PMC10720674 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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Diathesis-stress models conceptualise individual differences in propensity for psychopathology as an interaction between environmental risk factors and intra-individual vulnerabilities. In contrast, the differential susceptibility theory and related frameworks view intra-individual differences as variations in sensitivity to the environments rather than merely vulnerability to them. Specifically, they suggest that more sensitive individuals are more affected by the quality of their context, whether positive or negative, than others who are less sensitive. Empirical research over the last two decades has found support for this notion in that greater sensitivity is associated with a greater risk of psychopathology in adverse contexts, but also with lower risk in positive environments. However, despite growing academic and public interest in this field, it is currently unclear to what extent the differential susceptibility model is relevant, or applicable, to clinical practice. The purpose of this review is to focus on the differential susceptibility theory as an alternative explanation of individual differences in mental health and examine its relevance in the treatment of mental health problems in young people. We provide an overview of differential susceptibility and related theories, and current relevant research in the field. We identify potential implications of differential susceptibility models for understanding and treating mental health problems in young people, whilst also highlighting important gaps in research that limit their application at present. Finally, we suggest directions for future research that will assist in the translation of differential susceptibility theories into clinical practice.
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- Elham Assary
- MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research CentreInstitute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUK
- Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological and Behavioural SciencesQueen Mary University of LondonLondonUK
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- MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research CentreInstitute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUK
- Research Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health PsychologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
- OCD, BDD and Related Disorders Clinic for Young People, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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- MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research CentreInstitute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUK
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Lucchini R, Tieu K. Manganese-Induced Parkinsonism: Evidence from Epidemiological and Experimental Studies. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1190. [PMID: 37627255 PMCID: PMC10452806 DOI: 10.3390/biom13081190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Manganese (Mn) exposure has evolved from acute, high-level exposure causing manganism to low, chronic lifetime exposure. In this latter scenario, the target areas extend beyond the globus pallidus (as seen with manganism) to the entire basal ganglia, including the substantia nigra pars compacta. This change of exposure paradigm has prompted numerous epidemiological investigations of the occurrence of Parkinson's disease (PD), or parkinsonism, due to the long-term impact of Mn. In parallel, experimental research has focused on the underlying pathogenic mechanisms of Mn and its interactions with genetic susceptibility. In this review, we provide evidence from both types of studies, with the aim to link the epidemiological data with the potential mechanistic interpretation.
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- Roberto Lucchini
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
- Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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Tsukamoto M, Hishida A, Tamura T, Nagayoshi M, Okada R, Kubo Y, Kato Y, Hamajima N, Nishida Y, Shimanoe C, Ibusuki R, Shibuya K, Takashima N, Nakamura Y, Kusakabe M, Nakamura Y, Koyanagi YN, Oze I, Nishiyama T, Suzuki S, Watanabe I, Matsui D, Otonari J, Ikezaki H, Katsuura-Kamano S, Arisawa K, Kuriki K, Nakatochi M, Momozawa Y, Takeuchi K, Wakai K, Matsuo K. GWAS of folate metabolism with gene-environment interaction analysis revealed the possible role of lifestyles in the control of blood folate metabolites in Japanese - the J-MICC Study. J Epidemiol 2023:JE20220341. [PMID: 37517992 PMCID: PMC10999522 DOI: 10.2188/jea.je20220341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The present genome-wide association study (GWAS) aimed to reveal the genetic loci associated with folate metabolites as well as to detect related gene-environment interactions in Japanese. METHODS We conducted the GWAS of plasma homocysteine (Hcy), folic acid (FA), and vitamin B12 (VB12) levels in the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort (J-MICC) Study participants who joined from 2005 to 2012, and also estimated gene-environment interactions. In the replication phase, we used data from the Yakumo Study conducted in 2009. In the discovery phase, data of 2,263 participants from four independent study sites of the J-MICC Study were analyzed. In the replication phase, data of 573 participants from the Yakumo Study were analyzed. RESULTS For Hcy, MTHFR locus on chr 1, NOX4 on chr 11, CHMP1A on chr 16, and DPEP1 on chr 16 reached genome-wide significance (P < 5×10-8). MTHFR also associated with FA, and FUT2 on chr 19 associated with VB12. We investigated gene-environment interactions in both studies and found significant interactions between MTHFR C677T and ever drinking, current drinking, and physical activity > 33% on Hcy (β = 0.039, 0.038 and -0.054, P = 0.018, 0.021 and < 0.001, respectively) and the interaction of MTHFR C677T with ever drinking on FA (β = 0.033, P = 0.048). CONCLUSIONS The present GWAS revealed the folate metabolism-associated genetic loci and gene-environment interactions with drinking and physical activity in Japanese, suggesting the possibility of future personalized CVD prevention.
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- Mineko Tsukamoto
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University
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- Department of International Island and Community Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
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- Department of International Island and Community Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
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- Cancer Prevention Center, Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute
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- Cancer Prevention Center, Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute
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- Division of Cancer Information and Control, Department of Preventive Medicine, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute
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- Department of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Comprehensive General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences
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- Laboratory of Public Health, Division of Nutritional Sciences, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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- Laboratory of Public Health, Division of Nutritional Sciences, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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- Public Health Informatics Unit, Department of Integrated Health Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Laboratory for Genotyping Development, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
- Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute
- Department of Epidemiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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Holzwarth B, Wolf C. Parental resources and heritability as factors shaping children's health. An analysis of twins' self-rated health using TwinLife. Front Sociol 2023; 8:1136896. [PMID: 37440777 PMCID: PMC10333594 DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1136896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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We assess the relative and joint contributions of genetic and environmental factors on health during childhood and assume that parental resources are part of the environmental factors shaping children's health. We discuss theoretical background and empirical evidence concerning the effects of parental resources and heritability on children's health. Based on these findings we formulate six hypotheses guiding our empirical analysis, using data from TwinLife, a nationally representative sample of same sex twin pairs in Germany. We analyze self-rated health of 1,584 twin pairs aged 4-18. We did find strong support for the idea that parental resources influence children's health: household income and fathers' education consistently show positive effects. In contrast to our expectation, we did not find that genetic factors influence the health of well-off children less than the health of children living in families with lower SES. We also did not find that the genetic influence on health increases during childhood and adolescence. On the contrary our results indicate that the role played by genetic factors diminishes whereas environmental factors gain importance for health of children while growing up. This finding is good news for those interested in improving health chances of children from lower SES backgrounds because it demonstrates the malleability of children's health.
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- Bärbel Holzwarth
- School of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- School of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
- GESIS Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany
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Du M, Wang Y, Vallis J, Shariati M, Parfrey PS, Mclaughlin JR, Wang PP, Zhu Y. Associations between polymorphisms in leptin and leptin receptor genes and colorectal cancer survival. Cancer Biol Med 2023:j.issn.2095-3941.2022.0635. [PMID: 37282602 DOI: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2022.0635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Leptin (LEP) is an obesity-associated adipokine associated with tumor cell growth. We examined the relevance of genetic variants of LEP and leptin receptor (LEPR) to colorectal cancer (CRC) survival by using data from the Newfoundland Familial Colorectal Cancer Study. METHODS A total of 532 patients newly diagnosed with CRC between 1997 and 2003 were followed up until April 2010. Data on their demographics and lifestyles were collected via questionnaires. Genotyping of blood samples was performed with the Illumina Human Omni-Quad Bead chip. Multivariable Cox models were used to assess the relationships of 35 tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in LEP and LEPR with overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and CRC-specific survival. RESULTS At the gene level, LEP was associated with DFS (P = 0.017), and LEPR was associated with both DFS (P = 0.021) and CRC-specific survival (P = 0.013) in patients with CRC. In single-SNP analysis, LEP rs11763517, LEPR rs9436301, and LEPR rs7602 were associated with DFS after adjustment for multiple testing. The LEPR haplotypes G-C-T (rs7534511-rs9436301-rs1887285) and A-A-G (rs7602-rs970467-rs9436748) were associated with prolonged OS among patients with CRC overall (G-C-T: HR, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.43-0.93; A-A-G: HR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.38-0.91) and those diagnosed with colon cancer (G-C-T: HR, 0.54; 95% CI, 0.34-0.86; A-A-G: HR, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.29-0.83). Similar results were observed for DFS. Moreover, significant interactions were found among LEPR rs7602 (A vs. G), LEPR rs1171278 (T vs. C), red meat intake, and BMI status: the associations between these variants and prolonged DFS were limited to patients with below-median red meat consumption and body mass index (BMI) < 25 kg/m2. CONCLUSIONS Polymorphic variations in the LEP and LEPR genes were associated with survival of patients after CRC diagnosis. The LEP/LEPR-CRC survival association was modified by participants' red meat intake and BMI.
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- Meizhi Du
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's A1B 3V6, Canada
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- Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's A1B 3V6, Canada
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- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's A1B 3V6, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto M5T 3M7, Canada
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- Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's A1B 3V6, Canada
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto M5T 3M7, Canada
- Beatrice Hunter Cancer Institute, Halifax B3H 4R2, Canada
- Centre for New Immigrant Wellbeing, Markham L3R 9V1, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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Maitusong B, Laguzzi F, Strawbridge RJ, Baldassarre D, Veglia F, Humphries SE, Savonen K, Kurl S, Pirro M, Smit AJ, Giral P, Silveira A, Tremoli E, Hamsten A, de Faire U, Gigante B, Leander K. Cross-Sectional Gene-Smoking Interaction Analysis in Relation to Subclinical Atherosclerosis-Results From the IMPROVE Study. Circ Genom Precis Med 2023; 16:236-247. [PMID: 37021583 PMCID: PMC10284137 DOI: 10.1161/circgen.122.003710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Smoking is associated with carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT). However, knowledge about how genetics may influence this association is limited. We aimed to perform nonhypothesis driven gene-smoking interaction analyses to identify potential genetic variants, among those included in immune and metabolic platforms, that may modify the effect of smoking on carotid intima-media thickness. METHODS We used baseline data from 1551 men and 1700 women, aged 55 to 79, included in a European multi-center study. Carotid intima-media thickness maximum, the maximum of values measured at different locations of the carotid tree, was dichotomized with cut point values ≥75, respectively. Genetic data were retrieved through use of the Illumina Cardio-Metabo- and Immuno- Chips. Gene-smoking interactions were evaluated through calculations of Synergy index (S). After adjustments for multiple testing, P values of <2.4×10-7 for S were considered significant. The models were adjusted for age, sex, education, physical activity, type of diet, and population stratification. RESULTS Our screening of 207 586 SNPs available for analysis, resulted in the identification of 47 significant gene-smoking synergistic interactions in relation to carotid intima-media thickness maximum. Among the significant SNPs, 28 were in protein coding genes, 2 in noncoding RNA and the remaining 17 in intergenic regions. CONCLUSIONS Through nonhypothesis-driven analyses of gene-smoking interactions, several significant results were observed. These may stimulate further research on the role of specific genes in the process that determines the effect of smoking habits on the development of carotid atherosclerosis.
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- Buamina Maitusong
- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China (B.M.)
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- Unit of Cardiovascular & Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine (F.L., U.d.F., K.L.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna (R.J.S., B.G.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Mental Health & Wellbeing, Institute of Mental Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow (R.J.S.)
- Health Data Research, United Kingdom (R.J.S.)
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology & Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano (D.B.)
- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy (D.B., F.V., E.T.)
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- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy (D.B., F.V., E.T.)
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- Cardiovascular Genetics, Institute Cardiovascular Science, University College London, United Kingdom (S.E.H.)
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- Foundation for Research in Health Exercise & Nutrition, Kuopio & Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland (K.S.)
- Department of Clinical Physiology & Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital (K.S.)
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- Institute of Public Health & Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio (S.K.)
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- Unit of Internal Medicine, Angiology & Arteriosclerosis Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M.P.)
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- Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands (A.J.S.)
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- Unités de Prévention Cardiovasculaire, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Service Endocrinologie-Métabolisme, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, France (P.G.)
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet & Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (A.S., A.H.)
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- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy (D.B., F.V., E.T.)
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet & Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (A.S., A.H.)
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- Unit of Cardiovascular & Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine (F.L., U.d.F., K.L.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna (R.J.S., B.G.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit of Cardiovascular & Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine (F.L., U.d.F., K.L.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Tobore TO. On the beauty of sadness: it's okay to say, I am sad, thank you. Commun Integr Biol 2023; 16:2211424. [PMID: 37197171 PMCID: PMC10184602 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2023.2211424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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We live in times when our culture is obsessed with happiness. The value of almost every aspect of our lives is increasingly judged in terms of their contribution to our happiness. Happiness has become the ultimate goal by which values and priorities are constructed and the only thing for which any action in pursuit of does not require justification. In contrast, sadness is increasingly abnormalized and pathologized. In this paper, an effort is made to counteract the narrative that sadness, a critical aspect of human life is abnormal or a pathological condition. The evolutionary benefits of sadness and its place in human flourishing are discussed. A rebranding of sadness is proposed that emphasizes the free expression of sadness in everyday greetings to remove it from its current negative state and promote many of its benefits including post-traumatic growth and resilience.
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Jamnik MR, DiLalla LF. The impact of dopamine receptor D4, temperamental negativity, and household chaos on young twins' externalizing behaviors. Dev Psychobiol 2023; 65:e22387. [PMID: 37073589 DOI: 10.1002/dev.22387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2023]
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Biological and genetic factors, as well as contextual influences, contribute to the etiology of externalizing behaviors in children and adolescents. The current project used a longitudinal design to examine how individual vulnerability for externalizing behavior is influenced by the interplay among biological/genetic and environmental factors, and how this occurs across development. We investigated the influence of dopamine receptor D4 genotype (DRD4), child temperament, and household chaos on children's externalizing behaviors using a sample of twins/triplets tested at the ages of 4 and 5 years (n = 229), including a subset of these who were tested again in middle childhood (ages 7-13 years; n = 174). Multilevel linear regression modeling demonstrated that the DRD4-7repeat genotype, 4-year-old negative affectivity, and household chaos at the age of 4 years were related to 5-year-old externalizing behaviors. Stability in externalizing behaviors from the age of 5 years to middle childhood was demonstrated. A significant interaction between DRD4 and household chaos showed that children with no 7-repeat DRD4 alleles had significantly higher levels of externalizing in homes with extremely low levels of parent-reported chaos, suggesting a "goodness-of-fit" pattern of gene-environment interaction. These findings suggest that risk for childhood externalizing behaviors is likely multifaceted and differs across developmental periods.
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- Matthew R Jamnik
- Department of Behavioral Sciences, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida, USA
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
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Fan L, Cai Y, Wang H, Zhang H, Chen C, Zhang M, Lu Z, Li Y, Zhang F, Ning C, Wang W, Liu Y, Li H, Li G, Peng J, Hu K, Li B, Huang C, Yang X, Wei Y, Zhu Y, Jin M, Miao X, Tian J. Saturated fatty acid intake, genetic risk and colorectal cancer incidence: A large-scale prospective cohort study. Int J Cancer 2023. [PMID: 37087737 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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Previous investigations mainly focused on the associations of dietary fatty acids with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, which ignored gene-environment interaction and mechanisms interpretation. We conducted a case-control study (751 cases and 3058 controls) and a prospective cohort study (125 021 participants) to explore the associations between dietary fatty acids, genetic risks, and CRC. Results showed that high intake of saturated fatty acid (SFA) was associated with a higher risk of CRC than low SFA intake (HR =1.22, 95% CI:1.02-1.46). Participants at high genetic risk had a greater risk of CRC with the HR of 2.48 (2.11-2.91) than those at low genetic risk. A multiplicative interaction of genetic risk and SFA intake with incident CRC risk was found (PInteraction = 7.59 × 10-20 ), demonstrating that participants with high genetic risk and high SFA intake had a 3.75-fold greater risk of CRC than those with low genetic risk and low SFA intake. Furthermore, incorporating PRS and SFA into traditional clinical risk factors improved the discriminatory accuracy for CRC risk stratification (AUC from 0.706 to 0.731). Multi-omics data showed that exposure to SFA-rich high-fat dietary (HFD) can responsively induce epigenome reprogramming of some oncogenes and pathological activation of fatty acid metabolism pathway, which may contribute to CRC development through changes in gut microbiomes, metabolites, and tumor-infiltrating immune cells. These findings suggest that individuals with high genetic risk of CRC may benefit from reducing SFA intake. The incorporation of SFA intake and PRS into traditional clinical risk factors will help improve high-risk sub-populations in individualized CRC prevention.
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- Linyun Fan
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Research Center of Public Health, Renmin hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Research Center of Public Health, Renmin hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Yu EYW, Liu YX, Chen YT, Tang QY, Mehrkanoon S, Wang SZ, Li WC, Zeegers MP, Wesselius A. The effects of the interaction of genetic predisposition with lifestyle factors on bladder cancer risk. BJU Int 2023; 131:443-451. [PMID: 36053730 DOI: 10.1111/bju.15880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the association of polygenic risk score (PRS) and bladder cancer (BC) risk and whether this PRS can be offset by a healthy lifestyle. METHODS Individuals with BC (n = 563) and non-BC controls (n = 483 957) were identified in the UK Biobank, and adjusted Cox regression models were used. A PRS was constructed based on 34 genetic variants associated with BC development, while a healthy lifestyle score (HLS) was constructed based on three lifestyle factors (i.e., smoking, physical activity, and diet). RESULTS Overall, a negative interaction was observed between the PRS and the HLS (P = 0.02). A 7% higher and 28% lower BC risk per 1-standard deviation (SD) increment in PRS and HLS were observed, respectively. A simultaneous increment of 1 SD in both HLS and PRS was associated with a 6% lower BC risk. In addition, individuals with a high genetic risk and an unfavourable lifestyle showed an increased BC risk compared to individuals with low genetic risk and a favourable lifestyle (hazard ratio 1.55, 95% confidence interval 1.16-1.91; P for trend <0.001). Furthermore, population-attributable fraction (PAF) analysis showed that 12%-15% of the BC cases might have been prevented if individuals had adhered to a healthy lifestyle. CONCLUSION This large-scale cohort study shows that a genetic predisposition combined with unhealthy behaviours have a joint negative effect on the risk of developing BC. Behavioural lifestyle changes should be encouraged for people through comprehensive, multifactorial approaches, although high-risk individuals may be selected based on genetic risk.
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- Evan Yi-Wen Yu
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
- Department of Epidemiology, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Lahtinen H, Moustgaard H, Ripatti S, Martikainen P. Association between genetic risk of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related morbidity and mortality under different alcohol policy conditions: Evidence from the Finnish alcohol price reduction of 2004. Addiction 2023; 118:678-685. [PMID: 36564914 DOI: 10.1111/add.16118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AIMS Harmful alcohol consumption is influenced by both genetic susceptibility and the price of alcohol. Many previous studies have observed that genetic susceptibility to consumption of alcohol is more predictive in less restrictive drinking conditions. We assess whether such a pattern applies when the prices of alcoholic beverages are decreased. DESIGN Data consist of genetically informed population-representative surveys (FINRISK 1992, 1997, 2002 and Health 2000) linked to administrative registers. We analysed the interaction between a polygenic score (PGS) for alcoholic drinks per week consumed and price reduction in predicting the incidence of alcohol-related hospitalizations and deaths in difference-in-difference and interrupted time-series frameworks. SETTING Individuals in Finland were followed quarter-yearly from 1 March 2000 to 31 May 2008. PARTICIPANTS A total of 22 152 individuals (607 132-person quarter-years, 1399 outcome events) aged 30-79 years. INTERVENTION A natural experiment stemming from the alcohol tax reduction in March 2004 and import deregulation in May 2004. MEASUREMENTS Outcome was quarter-yearly-measured alcohol-related death or hospitalization. The independent variables of main interest were PGS and a price reform indicator. We adjusted for gender, age, age squared, season, 10 first principal components of the genome, data collection round and genotyping batch. FINDINGS Both alcohol price reduction and one standard deviation change in PGS were associated with alcohol-related health outcomes; odds ratios (ORs) were 1.32, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.13, 1.53 and 1.26, 95% CI = 1.12, 1.42 in the 8-year follow-up, respectively. The association between PGS and alcohol-related morbidity was similar before and after the alcohol price reform (PGS × price reform interaction OR = 0.96, 95% CI = 0.81, 1.14). These results were robust across different follow-up periods and measurement and analysis strategies. CONCLUSIONS Although the decrease of alcohol price in Finland in 2004 substantially increased overall alcohol-related morbidity and mortality, the genetic susceptibility to alcohol consumption did not become more manifest in predicting them.
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- Hannu Lahtinen
- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Population Research Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
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Cuesta MJ, Papiol S, Ibañez B, García de Jalón E, Sánchez-Torres AM, Gil-Berrozpe GJ, Moreno-Izco L, Zarzuela A, Fañanás L, Peralta V. Effect of polygenic risk score, family load of schizophrenia and exposome risk score, and their interactions, on the long-term outcome of first-episode psychosis. Psychol Med 2023; 53:1-10. [PMID: 36876482 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291723000351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Consistent evidence supports the involvement of genetic and environmental factors, and their interactions, in the etiology of psychosis. First-episode psychosis (FEP) comprises a group of disorders that show great clinical and long-term outcome heterogeneity, and the extent to which genetic, familial and environmental factors account for predicting the long-term outcome in FEP patients remains scarcely known. METHODS The SEGPEPs is an inception cohort study of 243 first-admission patients with FEP who were followed-up for a mean of 20.9 years. FEP patients were thoroughly evaluated by standardized instruments, with 164 patients providing DNA. Aggregate scores estimated in large populations for polygenic risk score (PRS-Sz), exposome risk score (ERS-Sz) and familial load score for schizophrenia (FLS-Sz) were ascertained. Long-term functioning was assessed by means of the Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale (SOFAS). The relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI) was used as a standard method to estimate the effect of interaction of risk factors. RESULTS Our results showed that a high FLS-Sz gave greater explanatory capacity for long-term outcome, followed by the ERS-Sz and then the PRS-Sz. The PRS-Sz did not discriminate significantly between recovered and non-recovered FEP patients in the long term. No significant interaction between the PRS-Sz, ERS-Sz or FLS-Sz regarding the long-term functioning of FEP patients was found. CONCLUSIONS Our results support an additive model of familial antecedents of schizophrenia, environmental risk factors and polygenic risk factors as contributors to a poor long-term functional outcome for FEP patients.
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- M J Cuesta
- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Psychiatric Phenomics and Genomics (IPPG), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, 80336, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain
- Navarrabiomed - Hospital Universitario de Navarra - UPNA, Pamplona, Spain
- Red de Investigación en Atención Primaria, Servicios Sanitarios y Cronicidad (RICAPPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain
- Mental Health Department, Servicio Navarro de Salud, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain
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- Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain
- Mental Health Department, Servicio Navarro de Salud, Pamplona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Biomedicine Institute of the University of Barcelona (IBUB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain
- Mental Health Department, Servicio Navarro de Salud, Pamplona, Spain
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Möhrle D, Yuen M, Zheng A, Haddad FL, Allman BL, Schmid S. Characterizing maternal isolation-induced ultrasonic vocalizations in a gene-environment interaction rat model for autism. Genes Brain Behav 2023:e12841. [PMID: 36751016 DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Deficits in social communication and language development belong to the earliest diagnostic criteria of autism spectrum disorders. Of the many risk factors for autism spectrum disorder, the contactin-associated protein-like 2 gene, CNTNAP2, is thought to be important for language development. The present study used a rat model to investigate the potential compounding effects of autism spectrum disorder risk gene mutation and environmental challenges, including breeding conditions or maternal immune activation during pregnancy, on early vocal communication in the offspring. Maternal isolation-induced ultrasonic vocalizations from Cntnap2 wildtype and knockout rats at selected postnatal days were analyzed for their acoustic, temporal and syntax characteristics. Cntnap2 knockout pups from heterozygous breeding showed normal numbers and largely similar temporal structures of ultrasonic vocalizations to wildtype controls, whereas both parameters were affected in homozygously bred knockouts. Homozygous breeding further exacerbated altered pitch and transitioning between call types found in Cntnap2 knockout pups from heterozygous breeding. In contrast, the effect of maternal immune activation on the offspring's vocal communication was confined to call type syntax, but left ultrasonic vocalization acoustic and temporal organization intact. Our results support the "double-hit hypothesis" of autism spectrum disorder risk gene-environment interactions and emphasize that complex features of vocal communication are a useful tool for identifying early autistic-like features in rodent models.
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- Dorit Möhrle
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Akimova ET, Taiji R, Ding X, Mills MC. Gene-X-Environment Analysis Supports Protective Effects of Eveningness Chronotype on Self-Reported and Actigraphy-derived Sleep Duration among Regular Night Shift Workers in the UK Biobank. Sleep 2023; 46:7028737. [PMID: 36745570 PMCID: PMC10171639 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsad023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Previous research has linked having an eveningness chronotype with a higher tolerance for night shift work, suggesting the ability to work nights without health consequences may partially depend upon having a circadian clock optimized for these times. As chronotypes entrain over time to environmental cues, it remains unclear whether higher relative eveningness amongst healthy night workers reflects a moderating or mediating effect of chronotype on health. We address these concerns conducting a GWAS (genome-wide association study) and utilizing a polygenic score (PGS) for eveningness as a time-invariant measure of chronotype. On a sample of 53,211 workers in the UK Biobank (2006-2018), we focus on the effects of night shift work on sleep duration, a channel through which night shift work adversely affects health. We ask whether a higher predisposition towards eveningness promotes night shift work tolerance. Results indicate that regular night shift work is associated with a 13-minute (3.5%) reduction in self-reported sleep per night relative to those who never work these hours (95% CI = -17:01, -8:36). We find that eveningness has a strong protective effect on night workers: a one-SD increase in the PGS is associated with a 4-minute (28%) reduction in the night shift work sleep penalty per night (CI = 0:10, 7:04). This protective effect is pronounced for those working the longest hours. Consistent patterns are observed with an actigraphy-derived measure of sleep duration. These findings indicate that solutions to health consequences of night shift work should take individual differences in chronotype into account.
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- Evelina T Akimova
- Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science & Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK
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- Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science & Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK
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- Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science & Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK
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- Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science & Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK
- Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands
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Brendgen M, Zheng Y, Vitaro F, Dionne G, Boivin M. Gene-Environment Interplay Linking Peer Victimization With Adolescents' Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2023; 62:261-271. [PMID: 36007818 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study examined to what extent genetic and environmental factors explain-either additively or interactively with peer victimization-different trajectories of adolescents' depressive symptoms and whether genetic factors related to distinct trajectories are correlated with peer victimization. METHOD Participants included 902 twins (52% girls) who self-reported peer victimization and depressive symptoms in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11. RESULTS Growth mixture modeling revealed 3 trajectories of depressive symptoms: low (69.2% of participants), increasing (19.5%), and high-decreasing-increasing (11.3%). Biometric modeling showed that, for both sexes, genetic factors explained roughly half (52.6%, 47.5%) of the probability of following either a low or an increasing trajectory. Genetic influences (41%) were also observed for the high-decreasing-increasing trajectory, albeit only for girls. Nonshared environmental influences explained the remaining variances, along with shared environmental influences (27%) on the high-decreasing-increasing trajectory. Only for the low and the increasing trajectories, nonshared environmental influences increased with more frequent peer victimization (blow = 0.206, 95% CI [0.094, 0.325]; bincreasing = 0.246, 95% CI [0.143, 0.356]). Moreover, peer victimization was associated with a lower probability of a low trajectory and a higher probability of an increasing or high-decreasing-increasing trajectory, and these associations were mostly explained by common underlying genetic factors. CONCLUSION Youth expressing (partly inherited) depressive symptoms may be at risk of peer victimization. However, increasing depressive symptoms in victims may be mitigated by other environmental factors except for those who enter adolescence with already high levels of depressive symptoms.
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- Mara Brendgen
- Université du Québec à Montréal and the Sainte-Justine Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada.
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Université de Montréal and the Sainte-Justine Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Drogge SC, Frank M, Girschik C, Jöckel KH, Führer-Sakel D, Schmidt B. Modification of TSH-related genetic effects by indicators of socioeconomic position. Endocr Connect 2023; 12:EC-22-0127. [PMID: 36547002 PMCID: PMC9874972 DOI: 10.1530/ec-22-0127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is influenced by genetic and environmental factors such as socioeconomic position (SEP). However, interactions between TSH-related genetic factors and indicators of SEP have not been investigated to date. The aim of the study was to determine whether education and income as SEP indicators may interact with TSH-related genetic effect allele sum scores (GESTSH_2013 and GESTSH_2020) based on two different GWAS meta-analyses that affect TSH values in a population-based study. METHODS In 4085 participants of the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study associations between SEP indicators, GESTSH and TSH were quantified using sex- and age-adjusted linear regression models. Interactions between SEP indicators and GESTSH were assessed by GESTSH × SEP interaction terms, single reference joint effects and calculating genetic effects stratified by SEP group. RESULTS Participants within the highest education group showed the strongest genetic effect with on average 1.109-fold (95% CI: 1.067-1.155) higher TSH values per GESTSH_2013 SD, while in the lowest education group, the genetic effect was less strong (1.061-fold (95% CI: 1.022-1.103)). In linear regression models including interaction terms, some weak indication for a positive GESTSH_2013 by education interaction was observed showing an interaction effect size estimate of 1.005 (95% CI: 1.000-1.010) per year of education and GESTSH_2013 SD. No indication for interaction was observed for using income as SEP indicator. Using the GESTSH_2020, similar results were observed. CONCLUSION Our results gave some indication that education may affect the expression of TSH-related genetic effects. Stronger genetic effects in high-education groups may be explained by environmental factors that have an impact on gene expression and are more prevalent in high SEP groups.
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- Sophie-Charlotte Drogge
- Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Correspondence should be addressed to B Schmidt:
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Stanković M, Đorđević V, Tomović A, Nagorni-Obradović L, Petrović-Stanojević N, Kovač M, Radojković D. Interactions of the eNOS and ACE genes and cigarette smoking in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Med Biochem 2023; 42:94-104. [PMID: 36819141 PMCID: PMC9920871 DOI: 10.5937/jomb0-34017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex disorder with unexplained heritability. Interactions of genetic and environmental factors are thought to be crucial in COPD. So, we aim to examine interactions of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) genes and cigarette smoking in COPD. Methods The eNOS G 894T and ACE ID variants were analyzed in 122 COPD patients and 200 controls from Serbia. The effect of the variants on COPD was assessed by logistic regression. Interactions between eNOS, ACE and cigarette smoking in COPD were evaluated using a case-control model. Interaction between the genes was analyzed in silico. Results No effect of the eNOS G 894T and ACE ID variants on COPD was found in our study. Gene-gene interaction between the eN OS T T and A CE D was identified (p=0.033) in COPD. The interaction is realized within the complex network of biochemical pathways. Gene-environment interactions between the eNOS T and cigarette smoking (p=0.013), and the ACE II and cigarette smoking (p=0.009) were detected in COPD in our study. Conclusions This is the first research to reveal interactions of the eNOS and ACE genes and cigarette smoking in COPD progressing our understanding of COPD heritability and contributing to the development of appropriate treatments.
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- Marija Stanković
- University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade
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- University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade
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- Novartis Pharma Services Inc. Representative Office, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade
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- University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade
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Stellon D, Talbot J, Hewitt AW, King AE, Cook AL. Seeing Neurodegeneration in a New Light Using Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensors and iPSCs. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24. [PMID: 36675282 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Neurodegenerative diseases present a progressive loss of neuronal structure and function, leading to cell death and irrecoverable brain atrophy. Most have disease-modifying therapies, in part because the mechanisms of neurodegeneration are yet to be defined, preventing the development of targeted therapies. To overcome this, there is a need for tools that enable a quantitative assessment of how cellular mechanisms and diverse environmental conditions contribute to disease. One such tool is genetically encodable fluorescent biosensors (GEFBs), engineered constructs encoding proteins with novel functions capable of sensing spatiotemporal changes in specific pathways, enzyme functions, or metabolite levels. GEFB technology therefore presents a plethora of unique sensing capabilities that, when coupled with induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), present a powerful tool for exploring disease mechanisms and identifying novel therapeutics. In this review, we discuss different GEFBs relevant to neurodegenerative disease and how they can be used with iPSCs to illuminate unresolved questions about causes and risks for neurodegenerative disease.
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Ratnasekera P, Graham J, McNeney B. Inference of gene-environment interaction from heterogeneous case-parent trios. Front Genet 2023; 13:1065568. [PMID: 36685810 PMCID: PMC9845406 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1065568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Introduction: In genetic epidemiology, log-linear models of population risk may be used to study the effect of genotypes and exposures on the relative risk of a disease. Such models may also include gene-environment interaction terms that allow the genotypes to modify the effect of the exposure, or equivalently, the exposure to modify the effect of genotypes on the relative risk. When a measured test locus is in linkage disequilibrium with an unmeasured causal locus, exposure-related genetic structure in the population can lead to spurious gene-environment interaction; that is, to apparent gene-environment interaction at the test locus in the absence of true gene-environment interaction at the causal locus. Exposure-related genetic structure occurs when the distributions of exposures and of haplotypes at the test and causal locus both differ across population strata. A case-parent trio design can protect inference of genetic main effects from confounding bias due to genetic structure in the population. Unfortunately, when the genetic structure is exposure-related, the protection against confounding bias for the genetic main effect does not extend to the gene-environment interaction term. Methods: We show that current methods to reduce the bias in estimated gene-environment interactions from case-parent trio data can only account for simple population structure involving two strata. To fill this gap, we propose to directly accommodate multiple population strata by adjusting for genetic principal components (PCs). Results and Discussion: Through simulations, we show that our PC adjustment maintains the nominal type-1 error rate and has nearly identical power to detect gene-environment interaction as an oracle approach based directly on population strata. We also apply the PC-adjustment approach to data from a study of genetic modifiers of cleft palate comprised primarily of case-parent trios of European and East Asian ancestry. Consistent with earlier analyses, our results suggest that the gene-environment interaction signal in these data is due to the self-reported European trios.
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Martingano AJ, Telaak SH, Schopp EM, Fortney C, Dolwick AP, Carnell S, Batheja S, Persky S. Using Educational Videos and Perspective-Taking to Communicate Gene-By-Environment Interaction Concepts about Eating Behavior: Effects on Empathy and Weight Stigma. J Nutr Educ Behav 2023; 55:55-67. [PMID: 36621267 PMCID: PMC9833839 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2022.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study investigated whether education about gene-by-environment interaction (G × E) concepts could improve G × E knowledge and positively affect empathy and weight stigma. DESIGN We conducted a randomized trial using a 2 × 2 between-subjects design. SETTING Online. PARTICIPANTS Five hundred eighty-two American participants from the Prolific platform. INTERVENTION Participants were randomly assigned to watch an educational or a control video. Participants then watched a set of vignette scenarios that depicted what it is like to have a predisposition toward obesogenic eating behaviors from either a first-person or third-person perspective. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Participants completed questionnaires measuring G × E knowledge, causal attributions, weight stigma, and empathy postintervention. ANALYSIS Two-by-two between-subjects ANOVAs and exploratory mediation analyses were conducted. RESULTS Participants who watched the educational video demonstrated greater G × E knowledge, reported higher empathy toward the characters in the vignette scenarios and held fewer stigmatizing attitudes (notably blame) toward individuals with higher weight. Exploratory mediation analyses indicated that the educational video led to these positive downstream effects by increasing the extent to which participants attributed genetic causes to eating behaviors. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Education about G × E causes of eating behaviors can have beneficial downstream effects on attitudes toward people with higher weight.
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- Alison Jane Martingano
- Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Studies, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
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- Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
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Lanooij SD, Eisel ULM, van der Zee EA, Kas MJH. Variation in Group Composition Alters an Early-Stage Social Phenotype in hAPP-Transgenic J20 Mice. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 93:211-224. [PMID: 36970900 DOI: 10.3233/jad-221126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Altered social behavior is one of the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) that results in social withdrawal and loneliness and provides a major burden on patients and their relatives. Furthermore, loneliness is associated with an increased risk to develop AD and related dementias. OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate if altered social behavior is an early indicator of amyloid-β (Aβ) pathology in J20 mice, and if co-housing with wild type (WT) mice can positively influence this social phenotype. METHODS The social phenotype of group-housed mice was assessed using an automated behavioral scoring system for longitudinal recordings. Female mice were housed in a same-genotype (4 J20 or WT mice per colony) or mixed-genotype (2 J20 mice + 2 WT mice) colony. At 10 weeks of age, their behavior was assessed for five consecutive days. RESULTS J20 mice showed increased locomotor activity and social sniffing, and reduced social contact compared to WT mice housed in same-genotype colonies. Mixed-genotype housing reduced the social sniffing duration of J20 mice, increased social contact frequency of J20 mice, and increased nest hide by WT mice. CONCLUSION Thus, altered social behavior can be used as an early indicator of Aβ-pathology in female J20 mice. Additionally, when co-housed with WT mice, their social sniffing phenotype is not expressed and their social contact phenotype is reduced. Our findings highlight the presence of a social phenotype in the early stages of AD and indicate a role for social environment variation in the expression of social behavior of WT and J20 mice.
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- Suzanne D Lanooij
- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), Neurobiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), Neurobiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), Neurobiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), Neurobiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Zellers SM, Ross JM, Saunders GRB, Ellingson JM, Anderson JE, Corley RP, Iacono W, Hewitt JK, Hopfer CJ, McGue MK, Vrieze S. Impacts of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis use: a longitudinal discordant twin study. Addiction 2023; 118:110-118. [PMID: 36002928 PMCID: PMC10086942 DOI: 10.1111/add.16016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS To estimate the effect of recreational legalization on cannabis use frequency and sources of variance across legal environments. DESIGN Longitudinal discordant twin and gene-environment interaction models in twins recruited from birth records and assessed prospectively. SETTING The United States, including states with different recreational cannabis policies before and after 2014, when recreational cannabis was first legalized. PARTICIPANTS Two longitudinal, prospectively assessed samples of American twins aged 24-47 (n = 1425 in legal states, n = 1996 in illegal states), including 111 monozygotic pairs discordant for residence. MEASUREMENTS Current cannabis use frequency (measured continuously and ordinally) was the primary outcome, and the predictor was recreational status of cannabis (legal/illegal) in the participant's state of residence at the time of assessment. Covariates include age, sex and cannabis use frequency prior to 2014. FINDINGS Accounting for pre-2014 use, residents of legal states used cannabis more frequently than residents of illegal states (b = 0.21, P = 8.08 × 10-5 ). Comparing 111 pairs of monozygotic twins discordant for residence confirmed the effect (b = 0.18, P = 0.014). There was inconclusive evidence for genetic influences on cannabis use frequency that were specific to the legal environment [χ2 = 2.9 × 10-9 , degrees of freedom (d.f.) = 1, P > 0.999]. Existing genetic influences were moderated by the legal environment, as the genetic correlation between marijuana use before and after legalization was lower in states that legalized (rgenetic = 0.24) compared with states that did not (rgenetic = 0.78, Pdifference = 0.016). CONCLUSIONS In the United States, there appears to be a ~ 20% average increase in cannabis use frequency attributable to recreational legalization, consistent across increasingly rigorous designs. In addition, the heritability of cannabis use frequency appears to be moderated by legalization.
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusAuroraCOUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusAuroraCOUSA
- Institute for Behavioral GeneticsUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
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- Institute for Behavioral GeneticsUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMNUSA
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- Institute for Behavioral GeneticsUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
- Department of Psychology and NeuroscienceUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusAuroraCOUSA
- Institute for Behavioral GeneticsUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMNUSA
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolisMNUSA
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