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Valli I, Gonzalez Segura A, Verdolini N, Garcia-Rizo C, Berge D, Baeza I, Cuesta MJ, Gonzalez-Pinto A, Lobo A, Martinez-Aran A, Mezquida G, Pina-Camacho L, Roldan Bejarano A, Mas S, McGuire P, Bernardo M, Vieta E. Obstetric complications and genetic risk for schizophrenia: Differential role of antenatal and perinatal events in first episode psychosis. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2023; 148:81-90. [PMID: 36912272 DOI: 10.1111/acps.13546] [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: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Obstetric complications (OCs) are key contributors to psychosis risk. However, it is unclear whether they increase psychosis vulnerability independently of genetic risk, in interaction with it, or are a manifestation of psychosis proneness. We examined the role of distinct types of OCs in terms of psychosis risk and tested whether they interact differently with genetic vulnerability, whilst accounting for other known environmental risk factors. STUDY DESIGN 405 participants (219 first episode psychosis patients and 186 healthy volunteers) underwent a comprehensive assessment of OCs, measured using the Lewis-Murray scale and divided into complications of pregnancy, abnormalities of foetal growth and development, and complications of delivery. Participants were compared in terms of history of OCs, polygenic risk score for schizophrenia (PRS-SZ) and interactions between these. RESULTS Both complications of pregnancy and abnormalities of foetal growth were significantly associated with case-control status (p = 0.02 and 0.03, respectively), whereas complications of delivery were not. PRS-SZ showed a significant association with psychosis (p = 0.04), but there were no significant interactions between genetic risk for schizophrenia and OCs, either when these were considered globally or separated based on their timeframe. CONCLUSIONS We observed no significant interaction between genetic and obstetric vulnerability, yet distinct types of OCs may have a different impact on psychosis risk, based on their nature and timeframe. Examining their differential role might clarify their relative contributions to this risk.
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Affiliation(s)
- Isabel Valli
- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Foundations, Pharmacology Unit, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Mental Health, Umbria 1 Mental Health Center, Perugia, Italy
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Barcelona Clínic Schizophrenia Unit (BCSU), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
- Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, MELIS Department, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Navarra University Hospital, Pamplona, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Alava, UPV/EHU, BIOARABA, Vitoria, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
- Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Bipolar and Depressive Unit, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institute of Neurosciences, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Barcelona Clínic Schizophrenia Unit (BCSU), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
- School of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
- Department of Psychiatry, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry, Autonoma University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Clinical Foundations, Pharmacology Unit, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Barcelona Clínic Schizophrenia Unit (BCSU), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Bipolar and Depressive Unit, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institute of Neurosciences, Barcelona, Spain
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Crisóstomo L, Oliveira PF, Alves MG. Sperm, metabolic memory and echoes from Lamarck. Eur J Clin Invest 2021; 51:e13492. [PMID: 33438213 DOI: 10.1111/eci.13492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
There is a widespread misconception that only maternal variables affect in utero development. Epigenetic markers carried by the spermatozoon are transmitted to the zygote. Sperm-born epigenetic factors influence in utero development, for various generations. Acquired traits of metabolic disease can be inherited by the offspring via the male gamete. Health assessment of future fathers is essential to predict the offspring's health.
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- Luís Crisóstomo
- Department of Anatomy and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- QOPNA & LAQV, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Anatomy and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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