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Jia Y, Zhang X, Wang Y, Liu Y, Dai J, Zhang L, Wu X, Zhang J, Xiang H, Yang Y, Zeng Z, Chen Y. Knocking out Selenium Binding Protein 1 Induces Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice. Biol Trace Elem Res 2024; 202:3149-3162. [PMID: 37801218 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-023-03894-8] [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: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Selenium binding protein 1 (SELENBP1) is involved in neurologic disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, and schizophrenia. However, the role of SELENBP1 in the neurogenesis of depression, which is a neurologic disorder, and the underlying mechanisms of oxidative stress and inflammation in depression remain unknown. In this study, we evaluated the changes in the expression levels of SELENBP1 in the hippocampus of a mouse model of depression and in the serum of human patients with depression using the Gene Expression Omnibus database. These changes were validated using blood samples from human patients with depression and mouse models with chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS)-induced depressive-like behavior. We also investigated the effects of SELENBP1 knockout (KO) on inflammation, oxidative stress, and hippocampal neurogenesis in mice with CUMS-induced depression. Our results revealed that SELENBP1 levels was decreased in the blood of human patients with depression and in the hippocampus of mice with CUMS-induced depression. SELENBP1 KO increased CUMS-induced depressive behavior in mice and caused dysregulation of inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress. This led to a decrease in the numbers of doublecortin- and Ki67-positive cells, which might aggravate CUMS-induced depressive symptoms. These findings suggest that SELENBP1 might be involved in the regulation of neurogenesis in mice with depression and could be served as a potential target for diagnosing and treating depression.
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- Yi Jia
- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province, Cellular Immunotherapy Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China.
- Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, Key Laboratory of Biology and Medical Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province, Cellular Immunotherapy Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
- Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, Key Laboratory of Biology and Medical Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province, Cellular Immunotherapy Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
- Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, Key Laboratory of Biology and Medical Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province, Cellular Immunotherapy Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
- Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, Key Laboratory of Biology and Medical Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province, Cellular Immunotherapy Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
- Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, Key Laboratory of Biology and Medical Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, 550002, Guizhou, China
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- Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, 550002, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory, the Second People's Hospital of Guizhou Province, Guiyang, 550004, Guizhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province, Cellular Immunotherapy Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
- Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, Key Laboratory of Biology and Medical Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province, Cellular Immunotherapy Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
- Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, Key Laboratory of Biology and Medical Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Mental Health Education and Counseling Center for College Students, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Zhang Z, Kutty S, Peng W, Zeng G, Luo H, Xiao Z, Liu Q, Xiao Y. Causal association of depression, anxiety, cognitive performance, the brain cortical structure with pulmonary arterial hypertension: A Mendelian randomization study. J Affect Disord 2024; 356:356-362. [PMID: 38621510 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.276] [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: 10/15/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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BACKGROUND Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) often present with anxiety, depression and cognitive deterioration. Structural changes in the cerebral cortex in PAH patients have also been reported in observational studies. METHODS PAH genome-wide association (GWAS) including 162,962 European individuals was used to assess genetically determined PAH. GWAS summary statistics were obtained for cognitive performance, depression, anxiety and alterations in cortical thickness (TH) or surface area (SA) of the brain cortex, respectively. Two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) was performed. Finally, sensitivity analyses including Cochran's Q test, MR-Egger intercept test, leave-one-out analyses, and funnel plot was performed. RESULTS PAH had no causal relationship with depression, anxiety, and cognitive performance. At the global level, PAH was not associated with SA or TH of the brain cortex; at the functional regional level, PAH increased TH of insula (P = 0.015), pars triangularis (P = 0.037) and pars opercularis (P = 0.010) without global weighted. After global weighted, PAH increased TH of insula (P = 0.004), pars triangularis (P = 0.032), pars opercularis (P = 0.007) and rostral middle frontal gyrus (P = 0.022) while reducing TH of inferior parietal (P = 0.004), superior parietal (P = 0.031) and lateral occipital gyrus (P = 0.033). No heterogeneity and pleiotropy were detected. LIMITATIONS The enrolled patients were all European and the causal relationship between PAH and the structure of the cerebral cortex in other populations remains unknown. CONCLUSION Causal relationship between PAH and the brain cortical structure was implied, thus providing novel insights into the PAH associated neuropsychiatric symptoms.
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- Zeying Zhang
- Department of Cardiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Taussig Heart Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- General Ward for Critical Illness, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha 410007, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha 410007, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, China.
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Xue H, Chen J, Fan W. Assessing the causal relationship between immune cell traits and depression by Mendelian randomization analysis. J Affect Disord 2024; 356:48-53. [PMID: 38593939 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.04.006] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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BACKGROUND Observational studies suggested that immune system disorder is associated with depression. However, the causal association has not been fully elucidated. Thus, we aim to assess the causality of the associations of immune cell profiles with risk of depression through Mendelian randomization analysis. METHODS We extracted genetic variances of immune cell traits from a large publicly available genome-wide association study (GWAS) involving 3757 participants and depression from a GWAS containing 246,363 cases and 561,190 controls of European ancestry. Inverse variance weighting (IVW) was performed as the MR primary analysis. Simultaneously apply MR-Egger and weighted median as supplementary enhancements to the final result. We further performed heterogeneity and horizontal pleiotropy test to validate the main MR results. RESULTS Five immunophenotypes were identified to be significantly associated with depression risk: CD27 on IgD-CD38dimB cell (OR = 1.019, 95 % CI = 1.010-1.028, P = 1.24 × 10-5), CD45RA-CD4+T cell Absolute Count (OR = 0.974, 95 % CI = 0.962-0.986, P = 3.88 × 10-5), CD40 on CD14-CD16+monocyte (OR = 0.987, 95 % CI = 0.981-0.993, P = 2.1 × 10-4), CD27 on switched memory B cell (OR = 1.015, 95 % CI = 1.006-1.023, P = 2.6 × 10-4), CD27 on IgD-CD38-B cell (OR = 1.017, 95 % CI = 1.008-1.027, P = 3.1 × 10-4). CONCLUSION Our findings shed light on the intricate interaction pattern between the immune system and depression, offering a novel direction for researchers to investigate the underlying biological mechanisms of depression.
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- Hua Xue
- Department of Neurology, Sichuan Taikang Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University of Science & Engineering, Zigong, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Sichuan Taikang Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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Chen Y, Yang H, Zhang Y, Zhou L, Lin J, Wang Y. Night shift work, genetic risk, and the risk of depression: A prospective cohort study. J Affect Disord 2024; 354:735-742. [PMID: 38548197 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.03.134] [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: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Genetic factors and night shift work both contribute to the risk of depression, but whether the association of night shift work with depression varies by genetic predisposition remains unclear. OBJECTIVES To assess whether night shift work is associated with a higher risk of depression regardless of genetic predisposition. METHODS We used data from the UK biobank of 247,828 adults aged 38-71 free of depression at baseline from March 13, 2006, to October 1, 2010. Genetic predisposition to depression was assessed using polygenic risk scores (PRS) weighted sums of genetic variant indicator variables and classified as low (lowest tertile), intermediate (tertile 2), and high (highest tertile). Night shift work exposures were collected using a touchscreen questionnaire and were divided into four categories. RESULTS After a median follow-up of 12.7 years, 7315 participants developed depression. Compared with day workers, HRs (95 % CIs) of depression were 1.28 (1.19-1.38) for shift work, but never or rarely night shifts, 1.32 (1.20-1.45) for irregular night shifts, and 1.20 (1.07-1.34) for permanent night shifts. Considering lifetime employment and compared with never shift workers, >8 nights/month (HR: 1.40; 95 % CI: 1.19-1.66) and <10 years (HR: 1.30; 95 % CI: 1.09-1.54) of night shift work were associated with a higher risk of depression. In joint effect analyses, compared to participants with low genetic predisposition and day workers, the HRs (95 % CIs) of depression were 1.49 (1.32-1.69) in those with high genetic predisposition and shift work, but never or rarely night shifts, and 1.36 (1.20-1.55) for those with high genetic predisposition and irregular/permanent night shifts. In addition, there was neither multiplicative nor additive interaction between genetic predisposition and night shift work on the risk of depression. CONCLUSIONS Night shift work was associated with an increased risk of depression regardless of genetic risk.
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- Yanchun Chen
- School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
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Tan B, Jiang X, Chen L, Wang R, Wei H. Plasma exosomal miR-30a-5p inhibits osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells from a chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression rat model. Mol Cell Probes 2024; 75:101957. [PMID: 38513992 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2024.101957] [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: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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With rising society stress, depression-induced osteoporosis is increasing. However, the mechanism involved is unclear. In this study, we explored the effect of plasma exosomal miRNAs on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (BMSC) osteogenic differentiation in a chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS)-induced depression rat model. After 12 weeks of CUMS-induced depression, the pathological changes in the bone tissue and markers of osteogenic differentiation were tested by micro-computed tomography, hematoxylin-eosin staining, and quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR). Plasma exosomes from rats were isolated and co-incubated with BMSCs for 14 d to detect the effect on osteogenic markers. Next-generation sequencing identified the miRNAs in the plasma exosomes, and the differential miRNAs were analyzed and verified by qRT-PCR. BMSCs were infected with lentivirus to upregulate miRNA-30a-5p and incubated in a medium that induced osteogenic differentiation for 14 d. The effect of miR-30a-5p on osteogenic differentiation was determined by qPCR and alizarin red staining. CUMS-induced depression rat model was established successfully, and exhibited reduced bone mass and damaged bone microstructure compared to that of the controls. The observed pathological changes suggested the occurrence of osteoporosis in the CUMS group, and the mRNA expression of osteogenic markers was also significantly reduced. Incubation of BMSCs with plasma exosomes from the CUMS group for 14 d resulted in a significant decrease in the expression of osteogenic markers. Twenty-five differentially expressed miRNAs in plasma exosomes were identified and upregulation of miR-30a-5p was observed to significantly inhibit the expression of osteogenic markers in BMSCs. Our findings contributed to a comprehensive understanding of the mechanism of osteoporosis caused by depression, and demonstrated the potential of miR-30a-5p as a novel biomarker or therapeutic target for the treatment of osteoporosis.
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- Boyu Tan
- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Arthritis Research, Shanghai Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Guanghua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China; Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China; Institute of Arthritis Research, Shanghai Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China.
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Ommati MM, Nozhat Z, Sabouri S, Kong X, Retana-Márquez S, Eftekhari A, Ma Y, Evazzadeh F, Juárez-Rojas L, Heidari R, Wang HW. Pesticide-Induced Alterations in Locomotor Activity, Anxiety, and Depression-like Behavior Are Mediated through Oxidative Stress-Related Autophagy: A Persistent Developmental Study in Mice. J Agric Food Chem 2024; 72:11205-11220. [PMID: 38708789 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c02299] [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] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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Chlorpyrifos (CPF), dichlorvos (DDV), and cypermethrin (CP), as commonly used pesticides, have been implicated in inducing neuropsychiatric disorders, such as anxiety, depression-like behaviors, and locomotor activity impairment. However, the exact molecular mechanisms of these adverse effects, particularly in both sexes and their next-generation effects, remain unclear. In this study, we conducted behavioral analysis, along with cellular assays (monodansylcadaverine staining) and molecular investigations (qRT-PCR and western blotting of mTOR, P62, and Beclin-1) to clear the potential role of autophagy in pesticide-induced behavioral alterations. For this purpose, 42 adult female and 21 male inbred ICR mice (F0) were distributed into seven groups. Maternal mice (F0) and 112 F1 offspring were exposed to 0.5 and 1 ppm of CPF, DDV, and CP through drinking water. F1 male and female animals were studied to assess the sex-specific effects of pesticides on brain tissue. Our findings revealed pronounced anxiogenic effects and impaired locomotor activity in mice. F1 males exposed to CPF (1 ppm) exhibited significantly elevated depression-like behaviors compared to other groups. Moreover, pesticide exposure reduced mTOR and P62 levels, while enhancing the Beclin-1 gene and protein expression. These changes in autophagy signaling pathways, coupled with oxidative and neurogenic damage in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus, potentially contribute to heightened locomotor activity, anxiety, and depression-like behaviors following pesticide exposure. This study underscores the substantial impact of pesticides on both physiological and behavioral aspects, emphasizing the necessity for comprehensive assessments and regulatory considerations for pesticide use. Additionally, the identification of sex-specific responses presents a crucial dimension for pharmaceutical sciences, highlighting the need for tailored therapeutic interventions and further research in this field.
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- Mohammad Mehdi Ommati
- Henan Key Laboratory of Environmental and Animal Product Safety, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471000, China
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 71468 64685, Iran
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- Institute of Smart Biomedical Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
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- Institute of Smart Biomedical Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, México City 09340, Mexico
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ege University, Izmir 35100, Turkey
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- College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, China
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- Department of Psychology, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran 1477893855, Iran
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, México City 09340, Mexico
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 71468 64685, Iran
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Environmental and Animal Product Safety, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471000, China
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Wang Z, Liu T, Cao D, Luo H, Yang Z, Kang X, Pan Y. The associations between functional dyspepsia and potential risk factors: A comprehensive Mendelian randomization study. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0302809. [PMID: 38718064 PMCID: PMC11078438 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 04/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous cross-sectional studies have identified multiple potential risk factors for functional dyspepsia (FD). However, the causal associations between these factors and FD remain elusive. Here we aimed to fully examine the causal relationships between these factors and FD utilizing a two-sample MR framework. METHODS A total of 53 potential FD-related modifiable factors, including those associated with hormones, metabolism, disease, medication, sociology, psychology, lifestyle and others were obtained through a comprehensive literature review. Independent genetic variants closely linked to these factors were screened as instrumental variables from genome-wide association studies (GWASs). A total of 8875 FD cases and 320387 controls were available for the analysis. The inverse variance weighted (IVW) method was employed as the primary analytical approach to assess the relationship between genetic variants of risk factors and the FD risk. Sensitivity analyses were performed to evaluate the consistency of the findings using the weighted median model, MR-Egger and MR-PRESSO methods. RESULTS Genetically predicted depression (OR 1.515, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.231 to 1.865, p = 0.000088), gastroesophageal reflux disease (OR 1.320, 95%CI 1.153 to 1.511, p = 0.000057) and years of education (OR 0.926, 95%CI 0.894 to 0.958, p = 0.00001) were associated with risk for FD in univariate MR analyses. Multiple medications, alcohol consumption, poultry intake, bipolar disorder, mood swings, type 1 diabetes, elevated systolic blood pressure and lower overall health rating showed to be suggestive risk factors for FD (all p<0.05 while ≥0.00167). The positive causal relationship between depression, years of education and FD was still significant in multivariate MR analyses. CONCLUSIONS Our comprehensive MR study demonstrated that depression and lower educational attainment were causal factors for FD at the genetic level.
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- Zeyu Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Holistic Integrative Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers and National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Holistic Integrative Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers and National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Holistic Integrative Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers and National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Holistic Integrative Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers and National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Holistic Integrative Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers and National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Holistic Integrative Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers and National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Holistic Integrative Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers and National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, China
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Liang P, Yang X, Long R, Li Y, Wang Z, Yang P, Liang Y. Association between Mir-17-92 gene promoter polymorphisms and depression in a Chinese population. BMC Med Genomics 2024; 17:123. [PMID: 38711022 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-024-01894-8] [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: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Depression is a common chronic debilitating disease with a heavy social burden. single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can affect the function of microRNAs (miRNAs), which is in turn associated with neurological diseases. However, the association between SNPs located in the promoter region of miR-17-92 and the risk of depression remains unclear. Therefore, we investigated the association between rs982873, rs9588884 and rs1813389 polymorphisms in the promoter region of miR-17-92 and the incidence of depression in a Chinese population. METHODS we used GWAS (Genome-wide association study) and NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) to screen three SNPs in the miR-17-92 cluster binding sites. A case-control study (including 555 cases and 541 controls) was conducted to investigate the relationship between the SNPs and risk of depression in different regions of China. The gene sequencing ii was used to genotype the collected blood samples. RESULTS the following genotypes were significantly associated with a reduced risk of depression: rs982873 TC (TC vs. TT: OR = 0.72, 95% CI, 0.54-0.96, P = 0.024; TC/CC vs. TT: OR = 0.74, 95% Cl, 0.56-0.96, P = 0.025); CG genotype of rs9588884 (CG vs. CC: OR = 0.74, 95% CI, 0.55-0.98, P = 0.033; CG/GG vs. CC: OR = 0.75, 95% Cl, 0.57-0.98, P = 0.036); and AG genotype of rs1813389 (AG vs. AA: OR = 0.75, 95% CI, 0.57-1.00, P = 0.049; AG/GG vs. AA: OR = 0.76, 95% Cl, 0.59-1.00, P = 0.047). Stratified analysis showed that there was no significant correlation between the three SNPS and variables such as family history of suicidal tendency (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS our findings suggest that rs982873, rs9588884, and rs1813389 polymorphisms may be associated with protective factors for depression.
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- Peng Liang
- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, 610500, Sichuan, P.R. China
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- Department of Geriatric psychiatry, the First Special Hospital in Harbin, Harbin, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, 610500, Sichuan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, 610500, Sichuan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, 610500, Sichuan, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, P.R. China.
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, 610500, Sichuan, P.R. China.
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Rodriguez NJ, Furniss CS, Yurgelun MB, Ukaegbu C, Constantinou PE, Fortes I, Caruso A, Schwartz AN, Stopfer JE, Underhill-Blazey M, Kenner B, Nelson SH, Okumura S, Zhou AY, Coffin TB, Uno H, Horiguchi M, Ocean AJ, McAllister F, Lowy AM, Klein AP, Madlensky L, Petersen GM, Garber JE, Lippman SM, Goggins MG, Maitra A, Syngal S. A Randomized Trial of Two Remote Health Care Delivery Models on the Uptake of Genetic Testing and Impact on Patient-Reported Psychological Outcomes in Families With Pancreatic Cancer: The Genetic Education, Risk Assessment, and Testing (GENERATE) Study. Gastroenterology 2024; 166:872-885.e2. [PMID: 38320723 PMCID: PMC11034726 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.01.042] [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: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Genetic testing uptake for cancer susceptibility in family members of patients with cancer is suboptimal. Among relatives of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), The GENetic Education, Risk Assessment, and TEsting (GENERATE) study evaluated 2 online genetic education/testing delivery models and their impact on patient-reported psychological outcomes. METHODS Eligible participants had ≥1 first-degree relative with PDAC, or ≥1 first-/second-degree relative with PDAC with a known pathogenic germline variant in 1 of 13 PDAC predisposition genes. Participants were randomized by family, between May 8, 2019, and June 1, 2021. Arm 1 participants underwent a remote interactive telemedicine session and online genetic education. Arm 2 participants were offered online genetic education only. All participants were offered germline testing. The primary outcome was genetic testing uptake, compared by permutation tests and mixed-effects logistic regression models. We hypothesized that Arm 1 participants would have a higher genetic testing uptake than Arm 2. Validated surveys were administered to assess patient-reported anxiety, depression, and cancer worry at baseline and 3 months postintervention. RESULTS A total of 424 families were randomized, including 601 participants (n = 296 Arm 1; n = 305 Arm 2), 90% of whom completed genetic testing (Arm 1 [87%]; Arm 2 [93%], P = .014). Arm 1 participants were significantly less likely to complete genetic testing compared with Arm 2 participants (adjusted ratio [Arm1/Arm2] 0.90, 95% confidence interval 0.78-0.98). Among participants who completed patient-reported psychological outcomes questionnaires (Arm 1 [n = 194]; Arm 2 [n = 206]), the intervention did not affect mean anxiety, depression, or cancer worry scores. CONCLUSIONS Remote genetic education and testing can be a successful and complementary option for delivering genetics care. (Clinicaltrials.gov, number NCT03762590).
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- Nicolette J Rodriguez
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Sheikh Ahmed Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Volunteer, Patient Advocate, and Pancreatic Cancer Survivor
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- WIRB-Copernicus Group Institutional Review Board, Puyallup, Washington
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Sheikh Ahmed Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Johns Hopkins University, Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Johns Hopkins University, Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Sheikh Ahmed Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Domingos LB, Müller HK, da Silva NR, Filiou MD, Nielsen AL, Guimarães FS, Wegener G, Joca S. Repeated cannabidiol treatment affects neuroplasticity and endocannabinoid signaling in the prefrontal cortex of the Flinders Sensitive Line (FSL) rat model of depression. Neuropharmacology 2024; 248:109870. [PMID: 38401791 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2024.109870] [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: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024]
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Delayed therapeutic responses and limited efficacy are the main challenges of existing antidepressant drugs, thereby incentivizing the search for new potential treatments. Cannabidiol (CBD), non-psychotomimetic component of cannabis, has shown promising antidepressant effects in different rodent models, but its mechanism of action remains unclear. Herein, we investigated the antidepressant-like effects of repeated CBD treatment on behavior, neuroplasticity markers and lipidomic profile in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of Flinders Sensitive Line (FSL), a genetic animal model of depression, and their control counterparts Flinders Resistant Line (FRL) rats. Male FSL animals were treated with CBD (10 mg/kg; i.p.) or vehicle (7 days) followed by Open Field Test (OFT) and the Forced Swimming Test (FST). The PFC was analyzed by a) western blotting to assess markers of synaptic plasticity and cannabinoid signaling in synaptosome and cytosolic fractions; b) mass spectrometry-based lipidomics to investigate endocannabinoid levels (eCB). CBD attenuated the increased immobility observed in FSL, compared to FRL in FST, without changing the locomotor behavior in the OFT. In synaptosomes, CBD increased ERK1, mGluR5, and Synaptophysin, but failed to reverse the reduced CB1 and CB2 levels in FSL rats. In the cytosolic fraction, CBD increased ERK2 and decreased mGluR5 expression in FSL rats. Surprisingly, there were no significant changes in eCB levels in response to CBD treatment. These findings suggest that CBD effects in FSL animals are associated with changes in synaptic plasticity markers involving mGluR5, ERK1, ERK2, and synaptophysin signaling in the PFC, without increasing the levels of endocannabinoids in this brain region.
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- Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biological Applications and Technology, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Greece; Biomedical Research Institute, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Ioannina, Greece
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- Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Folger AT, Ding L, Yolton K, Ammerman RT, Ji H, Frey JR, Bowers KA. Association between maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and offspring epigenetic aging at 3-5 weeks. Ann Epidemiol 2024; 93:1-6. [PMID: 38479709 PMCID: PMC11031304 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.03.001] [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: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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Epigenetic clocks are emerging as tools for assessing acceleration and deceleration of biological age during childhood. Maternal depression during pregnancy may affect the biological aging of offspring and related development. In a low-income cohort of mother-child dyads, we investigated the relationship between prenatal maternal depressive symptoms and infant epigenetic age residuals, which represent the deviation (acceleration or deceleration) that exists between predicted biological age and chronological age. The epigenetic age residuals were derived from a pediatric-specific buccal epithelial clock. We hypothesized that maternal depressive symptoms, both sub-clinical and elevated (clinical level), would be associated with estimated biological age deceleration in offspring during early infancy. We analyzed data from 94 mother-child dyads using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and DNA methylation derived from offspring buccal cells collected at 3-5 weeks of age. There was a significant non-linear association between the EPDS score and epigenetic age residual (β = -0.017, 95% confidence interval: -0.03,-0.01, P = <0.01). The results indicated that infants of mothers with sub-clinical depressive symptoms had the lowest infant epigenetic age residuals while infants of mothers with no-to-low depressive symptoms had the highest and experienced biological age acceleration. Maternal depressive symptoms may influence the biological aging of offspring living in poverty.
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- Alonzo T Folger
- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Anatomy Physiology and Cell biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, California National Primate Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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Ingram SJ, Vazquez AY, Klump KL, Hyde LW, Burt SA, Clark SL. Associations of depression and anxiety symptoms in childhood and adolescence with epigenetic aging. J Affect Disord 2024; 352:250-258. [PMID: 38360371 PMCID: PMC11000694 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.044] [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: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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BACKGROUND Childhood anxiety and depression symptoms are potential risk factors for accelerated biological aging. In child and adolescent twins, we tested whether these symptoms were associated with DNA methylation (DNAm) aging, a measure of biological aging. METHODS 276 twins (135 pairs, 6 singletons) had DNAm assayed from saliva in middle childhood (mean = 7.8 years). Residuals of five different DNAm age estimates regressed on chronological age were used to indicate accelerated aging. Anxiety and depression symptoms were assessed in middle childhood and early adolescence using the Child Behavior Checklist. Mixed effect regression was used to examine potential relationships between anxiety or depression symptoms, and accelerated DNAm age. MZ twin difference analysis was then utilized to determine if associations were environmentally-driven or due to genetic or shared-environment confounding. RESULTS Anxiety and depression symptoms were not associated with accelerated DNAm aging in middle childhood. In early adolescence, only the Wu clock was significant and indicated that each one symptom increase in anxiety symptoms had an associated age acceleration of 0.03 years (~0.4 months; p = 0.019). MZ twin difference analysis revealed non-significant within-pair effects, suggesting genetic and shared environmental influences. LIMITATIONS Sample is predominantly male and white. Generalizability to other populations may be limited. CONCLUSION Accelerated DNAm aging of the Wu clock in middle childhood is associated with anxiety, but not depression, symptoms in early adolescence. Further, this association may be the result of shared genetic and environmental influences. Accelerated DNAm aging may serve as an early risk factor or predictor of later anxiety symptoms.
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- Sarah J Ingram
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Texas A&M University, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Texas A&M University, United States of America.
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Li S, Li S, Duan F, Lu B. Depression and NAFLD risk: A meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization study. J Affect Disord 2024; 352:379-385. [PMID: 38387674 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.074] [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: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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BACKGROUND Both depression and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have a high global prevalence. Growing evidence suggests an association between depression and NAFLD, while the association remains unclear. Thus, in this study, we aimed to explore the effect of depression on the risk of developing NAFLD. METHODS The meta-analysis examined the association between depression and the risk of NAFLD by including observational studies. Relevant studies were searched in PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science. Then a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed to explore causal association using genetic instruments identified from a genome-wide association study. RESULTS Six eligible studies were included in the meta-analysis, involving 289,22 depression cases among 167,554 participants. Meta-analysis showed a significant association between depression and a higher risk of developing NAFLD (OR = 1.14, 95 % CI: [1.05, 1.24], P = 0.002). However, we found no convincing evidence supporting a causal role of genetically predicted depression with NAFLD risk (OR = 0.861, 95 % CI: [0.598, 1.238], P = 0.420). LIMITATIONS The insufficient number of included studies, the use of summary-level data, and restrictions on population sources are the major limiting factors. CONCLUSIONS Meta-analysis and MR analysis demonstrated inconsistent results on the relationship between depression and a high risk of developing NAFLD. Specifically, meta-analysis confirmed that depression increases the risk of developing NAFLD, while MR analysis did not support a causal association between genetically determined depression and the risk of NAFLD.
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- Shudi Li
- The Second Clinical Medical College, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of TCM, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of TCM, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, China.
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Zhang J, Gao L, Yang GL, Kong DZ. The effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms on depression in combination with coronary diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 15:1369676. [PMID: 38745947 PMCID: PMC11091366 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1369676] [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: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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Background Depression and coronary heart disease (CHD) have common risk mechanisms. Common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may be associated with the risk of depression combined with coronary heart disease. Methods This study was designed according to the PRISMA-P guidelines. We will include case-control studies and cohort studies investigating the relationship between gene SNPs and depression and coronary heart disease comorbidities. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) will be used to assess the risk of bias. When measuring dichotomous outcomes, we will use the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95%CIs) in a case-control study. Five genetic models (allele model, homozygous model, co-dominant model, dominant model, and recessive model) will be evaluated for each included study. Subgroup analysis by ethnicity will be performed. If necessary, post hoc analysis will be made according to different types. Results A total of 13 studies were included in this study, and the types of genes included are FKBP5 and SGK1 genes that act on glucocorticoid; miR-146a, IL-4-589, IL-6-174, TNF-α-308, CRP-717 genes that act on inflammatory mechanisms; eNOS genes from endothelial cells; HSP70 genes that act on the autoimmune response; ACE2 and MAS1 genes that act to mediate Ang(1-7) in the RAS system; 5-HTTLPR gene responsible for the transport of serotonin 5-HT and neurotrophic factor BDNF gene. There were three studies on 5-HTTLPR and BDNF genes, respectively, while there was only one study targeting FKBP5, SGK1, miR-146a, IL-4-589, IL-6-174, TNF-alpha-308, CRP-717, eNOS, HSP70, ACE2, and MAS1 genes. We did not perform a meta-analysis for genes reported in a single study, and meta-analysis was performed separately for studies exploring the 5-HTTLPR and BDNF genes. The results showed that for the 5-HTTLPR gene, there was a statistically significant association between 5-HTTLPR gene polymorphisms and depression in combination with coronary diseases (CHD-D) under the co-dominant model (LS vs LL: OR 1.76, 95%CI 1.20-2.59; SS vs LL: OR 2.80, 95%CI 1.45 to 5.41), the dominant model (LS+SS vs LL: OR 2.06, 95%CI 1.44 to 2.96), and the homozygous model (SS vs LL: OR 2.80 95%CI 1.45 to 5.5.41) were statistically significant for CHD-D, demonstrating that polymorphisms in the 5-HTTLPR gene are associated with the development of CHD-D and that the S allele in the 5-HTTLPR gene is likely to be a risk factor for CHD-D. For the BDNF gene, there were no significant differences between one of the co-dominant gene models (AA vs GG: OR 6.63, 95%CI 1.44 to 30.64), the homozygous gene model (AA vs GG: OR 6.63,95% CI 1.44 to 30.64), the dominant gene model (GA+AA vs GG: OR4.29, 95%CI 1.05 to 17.45), recessive gene model (AA vs GG+GA: OR 2.71, 95%CI 1.16 to 6.31), and allele model (A vs G: OR 2.59, 95%CI 1.18 to 5.67) were statistically significant for CHD-D, demonstrating that BDNFrs6265 gene polymorphisms are associated with the CHD-D development and that the A allele in the BDNFrs6265 gene is likely to be a risk factor for CHD-D. We analyzed the allele frequencies of SNPs reported in a single study and found that the SNPs in the microRNA146a gene rs2910164, the SNPs in the ACE2 gene rs2285666 and the SNPs in the SGK1 gene rs1743963 and rs1763509 were risk factors for the development of CHD-D. We performed a subgroup analysis of three studies involving the BDNFrs6265 gene. The results showed that European populations were more at risk of developing CHD-D than Asian populations in both dominant model (GA+AA vs GG: OR 10.47, 95%CI 3.53 to 31.08) and co-dominant model (GA vs GG: OR 6.40, 95%CI 1.98 to 20.73), with statistically significant differences. In contrast, the studies involving the 5-HTTLPR gene were all Asian populations, so subgroup analyses were not performed. We performed sensitivity analyses of studies exploring the 5-HTTLPR and BDNF rs6265 genes. The results showed that the results of the allele model, the dominant model, the recessive model, the homozygous model and the co-dominant model for both 5-HTTLPR and BDNF rs6265 genes were stable. Due to the limited number of studies of the 5-HTTLPR and BDNF genes, it was not possible to determine the symmetry of the funnel plot using Begg's funnel plot and Egger's test. Therefore, we did not assess publication bias. Discussion SNPs of the microRNA146a gene at rs2910164, the ACE2 gene at the rs2285666 and the SGK1 gene at rs1743963 and rs1763509, and the SNPs at the 5-HTTLPR and BDNF gene loci are associated with the onset of comorbid depression in coronary heart disease. We recommend that future research focus on studying SNPs' impact on comorbid depression in coronary heart disease, specifically targeting the 5-HTTLPR and BDNF gene at rs6265. Systematic review registration https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier CRD42021229371.
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- Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Yang WW, Matyas JJ, Li Y, Lee H, Lei Z, Renn CL, Faden AI, Dorsey SG, Wu J. Dissecting Genetic Mechanisms of Differential Locomotion, Depression, and Allodynia after Spinal Cord Injury in Three Mouse Strains. Cells 2024; 13:759. [PMID: 38727295 PMCID: PMC11083625 DOI: 10.3390/cells13090759] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
Abstract
Strain differences have been reported for motor behaviors, and only a subset of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients develop neuropathic pain, implicating genetic or genomic contribution to this condition. Here, we evaluated neuropsychiatric behaviors in A/J, BALB/c, and C57BL/6 male mice and tested genetic or genomic alterations following SCI. A/J and BALB/c naive mice showed significantly less locomotor activity and greater anxiety-like behavior than C57BL/6 mice. Although SCI elicited locomotor dysfunction, C57BL/6 and A/J mice showed the best and the worst post-traumatic recovery, respectively. Mild (m)-SCI mice showed deficits in gait dynamics. All moderate/severe SCI mice exhibited similar degrees of anxiety/depression. mSCI in BALB/c and A/J mice resulted in depression, whereas C57BL/6 mice did not exhibit depression. mSCI mice had significantly lower mechanical thresholds than their controls, indicating high cutaneous hypersensitivity. C57BL/6, but not A/J and BLAB/c mice, showed significantly lower heat thresholds than their controls. C57BL/6 mice exhibited spontaneous pain. RNAseq showed that genes in immune responses and wound healing were upregulated, although A/J mice showed the largest increase. The cell cycle and the truncated isoform of trkB genes were robustly elevated in SCI mice. Thus, different genomics are associated with post-traumatic recovery, underscoring the likely importance of genetic factors in SCI.
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- Wendy W. Yang
- Department of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research Center (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; (W.W.Y.); (J.J.M.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (A.I.F.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research Center (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; (W.W.Y.); (J.J.M.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (A.I.F.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research Center (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; (W.W.Y.); (J.J.M.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (A.I.F.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA;
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research Center (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; (W.W.Y.); (J.J.M.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (A.I.F.)
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- Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; (C.L.R.); (S.G.D.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research Center (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; (W.W.Y.); (J.J.M.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (A.I.F.)
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- Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; (C.L.R.); (S.G.D.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research Center (STAR), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; (W.W.Y.); (J.J.M.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (A.I.F.)
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Tao Y, Zhao R, Yang B, Han J, Li Y. Dissecting the shared genetic landscape of anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. J Transl Med 2024; 22:373. [PMID: 38637810 PMCID: PMC11025255 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-05153-3] [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: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Numerous studies highlight the genetic underpinnings of mental disorders comorbidity, particularly in anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. However, their shared genetic loci are not well understood. Our study employs Mendelian randomization (MR) and colocalization analyses, alongside multi-omics data, to uncover potential genetic targets for these conditions, thereby informing therapeutic and drug development strategies. METHODS We utilized the Consortium for Linkage Disequilibrium Score Regression (LDSC) and Mendelian Randomization (MR) analysis to investigate genetic correlations among anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. Utilizing GTEx V8 eQTL and deCODE Genetics pQTL data, we performed a three-step summary-data-based Mendelian randomization (SMR) and protein-protein interaction analysis. This helped assess causal and comorbid loci for these disorders and determine if identified loci share coincidental variations with psychiatric diseases. Additionally, phenome-wide association studies, drug prediction, and molecular docking validated potential drug targets. RESULTS We found genetic correlations between anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia, and under a meta-analysis of MR from multiple databases, the causal relationships among these disorders are supported. Based on this, three-step SMR and colocalization analyses identified ITIH3 and CCS as being related to the risk of developing depression, while CTSS and DNPH1 are related to the onset of schizophrenia. BTN3A1, PSMB4, and TIMP4 were identified as comorbidity loci for both disorders. Molecules that could not be determined through colocalization analysis were also presented. Drug prediction and molecular docking showed that some drugs and proteins have good binding affinity and available structural data. CONCLUSIONS Our study indicates genetic correlations and shared risk loci between anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. These findings offer insights into the underlying mechanisms of their comorbidities and aid in drug development.
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- Yiming Tao
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hankou, Wuhan, 430030, China
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250101, Shandong, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Afliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hankou, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Emergency, School of Medicine, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hankou, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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Liu A, Hong PY, Su B, Wu JH, Chen ZY. Assessing causality between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with depression: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study. J Affect Disord 2024; 351:782-789. [PMID: 38341150 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.022] [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: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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PURPOSE Our investigation utilized a two-sample Mendelian randomization approach to explore the ambiguous bidirectional relationship between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and depression, furthering insights from existing observational studies. METHODS In this study, we conducted a bidirectional Mendelian randomization using genome-wide association studies (GWAS) datasets. We initially analyzed depression data from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium and the UK Biobank (n = 500,199), alongside COPD data from the FinnGen Consortium (n = 329,552). The second phase involved comparing depression data from FinnGen (n = 372,472) with COPD data from the UK Biobank (n = 361,194). Our Mendelian analysis employs various methods to guarantee a comprehensive and rigorous investigation. RESULTS In the initial analytic phase utilizing the inverse variance weighted (IVW) method, COPD does not significantly contribute to the incidence of depression (IVW odds ratio (OR) = 0.989, 95 % confidence interval (CI) = 0.895 to 1.092, P = 0.824). Conversely, the data suggested a statistically significant association where depression may precipitate the development of COPD, with a notable increase in risk (IVW OR = 1.421, 95 % CI = 1.149 to 1.756, P = 0.001). Subsequent validation through a second-step analysis reinforced the hypothesis that depression elevates the likelihood of COPD onset (IVW OR = 1.002, 95 % CI = 1.0003 to 1.0046, P = 0.028). CONCLUSION Our study, utilizing Mendelian randomization analysis, determined that COPD does not escalate the risk of depression. Conversely, our analysis suggests that depression may elevate the risk of developing COPD. This insight underscores the importance of enhancing prevention, screening, and treatment strategies for COPD in individuals with depression.
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- Ang Liu
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China; Department of Anesthesiology, Heze Municipal Hospital, Heze 274000, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Heze Municipal Hospital, Heze 274000, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China.
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Cao Y, Wang W, Song X, Wen Q, Xie J, Zhang D. Identification of Key Genes and Imbalanced SNAREs Assembly in the Comorbidity of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Depression. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:494. [PMID: 38674428 PMCID: PMC11049873 DOI: 10.3390/genes15040494] [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: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have increased odds of concurrent depression, indicating that the relationship between PCOS and depression is more likely to be comorbid. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, we aimed to use bioinformatic analysis to screen for the genetic elements shared between PCOS and depression. METHODS Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were screened out through GEO2R using the PCOS and depression datasets in NCBI. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis and enrichment analysis were performed to identify the potential hub genes. After verification using other PCOS and depression datasets, the associations between key gene polymorphism and comorbidity were further studied using data from the UK biobank (UKB) database. RESULTS In this study, three key genes, namely, SNAP23, VTI1A, and PRKAR1A, and their related SNARE interactions in the vesicular transport pathway were identified in the comorbidity of PCOS and depression. The rs112568544 at SNAP23, rs11077579 and rs4458066 at PRKAR1A, and rs10885349 at VTI1A might be the genetic basis of this comorbidity. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that the SNAP23, PRKAR1A, and VTI1A genes can directly or indirectly participate in the imbalanced assembly of SNAREs in the pathogenesis of the comorbidity of PCOS and depression. These findings may provide new strategies in diagnosis and therapy for this comorbidity.
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- Yi Cao
- Biomedical Center, Qingdao University, No. 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266021, China; (Y.C.); (X.S.); (Q.W.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, No. 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266021, China;
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- Biomedical Center, Qingdao University, No. 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266021, China; (Y.C.); (X.S.); (Q.W.)
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- Biomedical Center, Qingdao University, No. 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266021, China; (Y.C.); (X.S.); (Q.W.)
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- Biomedical Center, Qingdao University, No. 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266021, China; (Y.C.); (X.S.); (Q.W.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, No. 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266021, China;
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Wang Z, Du Z, Lu R, Zhou Q, Jiang Y, Zhu H. Causal relationship between diabetes and depression: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study. J Affect Disord 2024; 351:956-961. [PMID: 38355055 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.031] [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: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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OBJECTIVE This study explores the causal relationship between diabetes and depression using a two-sample Mendelian Randomization (TSMR) method. METHODS The study selected single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) closely associated with diabetes and depression in European populations from the Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) database, to serve as instrumental variables (IVs). The main evaluation method was inverse variance weighted analysis (IVW), supplemented by verification using Weighted median, Weighted mode, and MR Egger methods. The Odds Ratio (OR) and 95 % Confidence Interval (CI) were used as the main evaluation indicators, along with sensitivity analysis. RESULTS This study found a negative correlation between diabetes and depression, suggesting that diabetes may reduce the risk of depression [IVW(FE): OR: 0.901, 95 % CI: 0.823 to 0.987; P = 0.025 < 0.05]. This finding was further confirmed by the Weighted median [OR: 0.844, 95 % CI: 0.730 to 0.974; P = 0.021 < 0.05] and Weighted mode method [OR: 0.766, 95 % CI: 0.637 to 0.921; P = 0.006 < 0.05]. However, the reverse showed no causal relationship between depression and diabetes (P > 0.05). Sensitivity analysis found no pleiotropy, and there were no large influences from individual SNPs on the result's robustness; the results are stable and reliable. CONCLUSION For the first time, this study using TSMR analysis found a negative correlation between diabetes and the risk of depression onset in European populations, suggesting that diabetes might reduce the risk of depression. But as the mechanisms are still unclear, these findings warrant further study.
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- Zhe Wang
- Mental Health Center of Jiangnan University, Wuxi Central Rehabilitation Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Mental Health Center of Jiangnan University, Wuxi Central Rehabilitation Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Mental Health Center of Jiangnan University, Wuxi Central Rehabilitation Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Mental Health Center of Jiangnan University, Wuxi Central Rehabilitation Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Mental Health Center of Jiangnan University, Wuxi Central Rehabilitation Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
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- Mental Health Center of Jiangnan University, Wuxi Central Rehabilitation Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
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Zhang Y, Yue W, Li J. The association of FKBP5 gene polymorphism with genetic susceptibility to depression and response to antidepressant treatment- a systematic review. BMC Psychiatry 2024; 24:274. [PMID: 38609904 PMCID: PMC11010372 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-024-05717-z] [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: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Given the inconsistencies in current studies regarding the impact of FKBP5 gene polymorphisms on depression, arising from variations in study methods, subjects, and treatment strategies, this paper provides a comprehensive review of the relationship between FKBP5 gene polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility to depression, as well as their influence on response to antidepressant treatment. METHODS Electronic databases were searched up to April 11, 2023, for all literature in English and Chinese on depression, FKBP5 gene polymorphisms, and antidepressant treatment. Data extraction and quality assessment were performed for key study characteristics. Qualitative methods were used to synthesize the study results. RESULTS A total of 21 studies were included, with the majority exhibiting average to moderate quality. Six SNPs (rs3800373, rs1360780, rs9470080, rs4713916, rs9296158, rs9394309) were broadly implicated in susceptibility to depression, while rs1360780 and rs3800373 were linked to antidepressant treatment sensitivity. Additionally, rs1360780 was associated with adverse reactions to antidepressant drug treatment. However, these associations were largely unconfirmed in replication studies. CONCLUSIONS Depression is recognized as a polygenic genetic disorder, with multiple genes contributing, each exerting relatively small effects. Future studies should explore not only multiple gene interactions but also epigenetic changes. Presently, research on FKBP5 in affective disorders remains notably limited, highlighting the necessity for further investigations in this domain.
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- Ying Zhang
- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University Sixth Hospital, 100191, Beijing, China
- Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Municipal Mental Health Center, 300222, Tianjin, China
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- Institute of Mental Health, Peking University Sixth Hospital, 100191, Beijing, China.
- National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Peking University Sixth Hospital), 100191, Beijing, China.
- NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, 100191, Beijing, China.
- PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China.
- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, 102206, Beijing, China.
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- Institute of Mental Health, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Mental Health Center of Tianjin Medical University, 300222, Tianjin, China.
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Desai S, Zundel CG, Evanski JM, Gowatch LC, Bhogal A, Ely S, Carpenter C, Shampine M, O'Mara E, Rabinak CA, Marusak HA. Genetic variation in endocannabinoid signaling: Anxiety, depression, and threat- and reward-related brain functioning during the transition into adolescence. Behav Brain Res 2024; 463:114925. [PMID: 38423255 PMCID: PMC10977105 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2024.114925] [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: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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BACKGROUND The endocannabinoid system modulates neural activity throughout the lifespan. In adults, neuroimaging studies link a common genetic variant in fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH C385A)-an enzyme that regulates endocannabinoid signaling-to reduced risk of anxiety and depression, and altered threat- and reward-related neural activity. However, limited research has investigated these associations during the transition into adolescence, a period of substantial neurodevelopment and increased psychopathology risk. METHODS This study included FAAH genotype and longitudinal neuroimaging and neurobehavioral data from 4811 youth (46% female; 9-11 years at Baseline, 11-13 years at Year 2) from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentSM Study. Linear mixed models examined the effects of FAAH and the FAAH x time interaction on anxiety and depressive symptoms, amygdala reactivity to threatening faces, and nucleus accumbens (NAcc) response to happy faces during the emotional n-back task. RESULTS A significant main effect of FAAH on depressive symptoms was observed, such that depressive symptoms were lower across both timepoints in those with the AA genotype compared to both AC and CC genotypes (p's<0.05). There were no significant FAAH x time interactions for anxiety, depression, or neural responses (p's>0.05). Additionally, there were no main effects of FAAH on anxiety or neural responses (p's>0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our findings add to emerging evidence linking the FAAH C385A variant to lower risk of psychopathology, and extend these findings to a developmental sample. In particular, we found lower depressive symptoms in FAAH AA genotypes compared to AC and CC genotypes. Future research is needed to characterize the role of the FAAH variant and the eCB system more broadly in neurodevelopment and psychiatric risk.
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- Shreya Desai
- Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA; Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, Wayne State University, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA; Dept. of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA; Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute for Child and Family Development, Wayne State University, USA.
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Eszlari N, Hullam G, Gal Z, Torok D, Nagy T, Millinghoffer A, Baksa D, Gonda X, Antal P, Bagdy G, Juhasz G. Olfactory genes affect major depression in highly educated, emotionally stable, lean women: a bridge between animal models and precision medicine. Transl Psychiatry 2024; 14:182. [PMID: 38589364 PMCID: PMC11002013 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-02867-2] [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: 08/17/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
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Most current approaches to establish subgroups of depressed patients for precision medicine aim to rely on biomarkers that require highly specialized assessment. Our present aim was to stratify participants of the UK Biobank cohort based on three readily measurable common independent risk factors, and to investigate depression genomics in each group to discover common and separate biological etiology. Two-step cluster analysis was run separately in males (n = 149,879) and females (n = 174,572), with neuroticism (a tendency to experience negative emotions), body fat percentage, and years spent in education as input variables. Genome-wide association analyses were implemented within each of the resulting clusters, for the lifetime occurrence of either a depressive episode or recurrent depressive disorder as the outcome. Variant-based, gene-based, gene set-based, and tissue-specific gene expression test were applied. Phenotypically distinct clusters with high genetic intercorrelations in depression genomics were found. A two-cluster solution was the best model in each sex with some differences including the less important role of neuroticism in males. In females, in case of a protective pattern of low neuroticism, low body fat percentage, and high level of education, depression was associated with pathways related to olfactory function. While also in females but in a risk pattern of high neuroticism, high body fat percentage, and less years spent in education, depression showed association with complement system genes. Our results, on one hand, indicate that alteration of olfactory pathways, that can be paralleled to the well-known rodent depression models of olfactory bulbectomy, might be a novel target towards precision psychiatry in females with less other risk factors for depression. On the other hand, our results in multi-risk females may provide a special case of immunometabolic depression.
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Grants
- This study was supported by the Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office, with grants K 143391 and PD 146014, as well as 2019-2.1.7-ERA-NET-2020-00005 under the frame of ERA PerMed (ERAPERMED2019-108); by the Hungarian Brain Research Program (grant: 2017-1.2.1-NKP-2017-00002) and the Hungarian Brain Research Program 3.0 (NAP2022-I-4/2022); and by TKP2021-EGA-25, implemented with the support provided by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology of Hungary from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, financed under the TKP2021-EGA funding scheme. N. E. was supported by the ÚNKP-22-4-II-SE-1, and D. B. by the ÚNKP-22-4-I-SE-10 New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Culture and Innovation from the source of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund. N. E. is supported by the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- This study was supported by the Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office, with grants K 143391, as well as 2019-2.1.7-ERA-NET-2020-00005 under the frame of ERA PerMed (ERAPERMED2019-108); by the Hungarian Brain Research Program (grant: 2017-1.2.1-NKP-2017-00002) and the Hungarian Brain Research Program 3.0 (NAP2022-I-4/2022); and by TKP2021-EGA-25, implemented with the support provided by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology of Hungary from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, financed under the TKP2021-EGA funding scheme.
- This study was supported by the Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office, with grants K 143391, as well as 2019-2.1.7-ERA-NET-2020-00005 under the frame of ERA PerMed (ERAPERMED2019-108); by the Hungarian Brain Research Program (grant: 2017-1.2.1-NKP-2017-00002) and the Hungarian Brain Research Program 3.0 (NAP2022-I-4/2022); and by TKP2021-EGA-25, implemented with the support provided by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology of Hungary from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, financed under the TKP2021-EGA funding scheme. N. E. was supported by the ÚNKP-22-4-II-SE-1, and D. B. by the ÚNKP-23-4-II-SE-2 New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Culture and Innovation from the source of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund.
- This study was supported by the Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office, with grants K 139330, K 143391, and PD 146014, as well as 2019-2.1.7-ERA-NET-2020-00005 under the frame of ERA PerMed (ERAPERMED2019-108); by the Hungarian Brain Research Program (grant: 2017-1.2.1-NKP-2017-00002) and the Hungarian Brain Research Program 3.0 (NAP2022-I-4/2022); and by TKP2021-EGA-25, implemented with the support provided by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology of Hungary from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, financed under the TKP2021-EGA funding scheme. It was also supported by the National Research, Development, and Innovation Fund of Hungary under Grant TKP2021-EGA-02 and the European Union project RRF-2.3.1-21-2022-00004 within the framework of the Artificial Intelligence National Laboratory.
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- Nora Eszlari
- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
- NAP3.0-SE Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group, Hungarian Brain Research Program, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Measurement and Information Systems, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- NAP3.0-SE Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group, Hungarian Brain Research Program, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- NAP3.0-SE Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group, Hungarian Brain Research Program, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- NAP3.0-SE Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group, Hungarian Brain Research Program, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Measurement and Information Systems, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- NAP3.0-SE Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group, Hungarian Brain Research Program, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Measurement and Information Systems, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- NAP3.0-SE Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group, Hungarian Brain Research Program, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Personality and Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
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- NAP3.0-SE Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group, Hungarian Brain Research Program, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Measurement and Information Systems, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- NAP3.0-SE Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group, Hungarian Brain Research Program, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- NAP3.0-SE Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group, Hungarian Brain Research Program, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Subramanian P, Prabhu V, Nehru M, Palanirasu R, Janardhanan R. Association of indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase, brain derived neurotrophic factor and cellular senescence in type 2 diabetes mellitus with depression: a clinical approach. Mol Biol Rep 2024; 51:481. [PMID: 38578530 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-024-09435-3] [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: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and depression are often linked. Several studies have reported the role of molecular markers either in diabetes or depression. The present study aimed at molecular level profiling of Indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and cellular senescence in patients with type 2 diabetes with and without depression compared to individuals with healthy controls. METHODS A total of 120 individuals diagnosed with T2DM were enlisted for the study, with a subset of participants with and without exhibiting depression. The gene expression analysis was done using quantitative real-time PCR. RESULTS Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase (p < 0.001) and senescence genes (p < 0.001) were significantly upregulated, while brain derived neurotrophic factor (p < 0.01) was significantly downregulated in T2DM patients comorbid with and without depression when compared to healthy controls. CONCLUSION Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase, Brain derived neurotrophic factor and cellular senescence may play a role in the progression of the disease. The aforementioned discoveries offer significant contributions to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underlie T2DM with depression, potentially aiding in the advancement of prediction and diagnostic methods for this particular ailment.
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- Prasanth Subramanian
- Department of Medical Research, SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Medical Research, SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Medical Research, SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine, HLA and Transport Immunology, Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Medical Research, SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Shao J, Qu L, Liu Y, Zhang J, Liu Y, Deng J, Ma X, Fan D. Ginsenoside Rk3 Regulates Tryptophan Metabolism along the Brain-Gut Axis by Targeting Tryptophan Hydroxylase and Remodeling the Intestinal Microenvironment to Alleviate Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice. J Agric Food Chem 2024; 72:7100-7120. [PMID: 38488514 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c07599] [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] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Depression is a neuropsychiatric disease that significantly impacts the physical and mental health of >300 million people worldwide and places a major burden on society. Ginsenosides are the main active ingredient in ginseng and have been proven to have various pharmacological effects on the nervous system. Herein, we investigated the antidepressant effect of ginsenoside Rk3 and its underlying mechanism in a murine model of depression. Rk3 significantly improved depression-like behavior in mice, ameliorated the disturbance of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, and alleviated neuronal damage in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of mice. Additionally, Rk3 improved the abnormal metabolism of tryptophan in brain tissue by targeting tryptophan hydroxylase, thereby reducing neuronal apoptosis and synaptic structural damage in the mouse hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Furthermore, Rk3 reshaped the composition of the gut microbiota of mice and regulated intestinal tryptophan metabolism, which alleviated intestinal barrier damage. Thus, this study provides valuable insights into the role of Rk3 in the tryptophan metabolic cycle along the brain-gut axis, suggesting that Rk3 may have the potential for treating depression.
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- Jingjing Shao
- Shaanxi Institute of Microbiology, Xiying Road 76, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710043, China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Institute of Microbiology, Xiying Road 76, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710043, China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Institute of Microbiology, Xiying Road 76, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710043, China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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Li J, Lu Y, Yang D, Ren M, Yin Y, Zhao Y, He S. Differentially expressed genes of esophageal tissue in male acute and chronic sleep deprivation mice. Genes Brain Behav 2024; 23:e12896. [PMID: 38662955 PMCID: PMC11045192 DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12896] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 04/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024]
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is associated with sleep disturbances. However, mechanisms underlying these interactions remain unclear. Male acute and chronic sleep deprivation (SD) mice were used for this study. Mice in the chronic SD group exhibited anxiety- and depression-like behaviors. We further performed high-throughput genome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis to screen for featured differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the esophageal tissue. The acute SD group, comprised 25 DEGs including 14 downregulated and 11 upregulated genes. Compared with the acute SD group, more DEGs were present in the chronic SD group, with a total of 169 DEGs, including 88 downregulated and 81 upregulated genes. Some DEGs that were closely related to GERD and associated esophageal diseases were significantly different in the chronic SD group. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction verified the downregulation of Krt4, Krt13, Krt15 and Calml3 and upregulation of Baxl1 and Per3. Notably, these DEGs are involved in biological processes, which might be the pathways of the neuroregulatory mechanisms of DEGs expression.
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- Jing Li
- Department of GastroenterologyFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anChina
- Shannxi Clinical Research Center of Digestive Disease (Cancer Devision)Xi'anChina
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- Department of NeurobiologySchool of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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- Department of NeurobiologySchool of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anChina
- Shannxi Clinical Research Center of Digestive Disease (Cancer Devision)Xi'anChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anChina
- Shannxi Clinical Research Center of Digestive Disease (Cancer Devision)Xi'anChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anChina
- Shannxi Clinical Research Center of Digestive Disease (Cancer Devision)Xi'anChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anChina
- Shannxi Clinical Research Center of Digestive Disease (Cancer Devision)Xi'anChina
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Uzay B, Bahadır-Varol A, Hökelekli FÖ, Yılmaz M, Esen EC, Başar K, Ayhan Y, Dalkara T, Eren-Koçak E. FGF2 gene's antisense protein, NUDT6, plays a depressogenic role by promoting inflammation and suppressing neurogenesis without altering FGF2 signalling. J Physiol 2024; 602:1427-1442. [PMID: 38468384 DOI: 10.1113/jp285479] [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: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024] Open
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Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) is involved in the regulation of affective behaviour and shows antidepressant effects through the Akt and extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 pathways. Nudix hydrolase 6 (NUDT6) protein is encoded from FGF2 gene's antisense strand and its role in the regulation of affective behaviour is unknown. Here, we overexpressed NUDT6 in the hippocampus and investigated its behavioural effects and the underlying molecular mechanisms affecting the behaviour. We showed that increasing hippocampal NUDT6 results in depression-like behaviour in rats without changing FGF2 levels or activating its downstream effectors, Akt and ERK1/2. Instead, NUDT6 acted by inducing inflammatory signalling, specifically by increasing S100 calcium binding protein A9 (S100A9) levels, activating nuclear factor-kappa B-p65 (NF-κB-p65), and elevating microglia numbers along with a reduction in neurogenesis. Our results suggest that NUDT6 could play a role in major depression by inducing a proinflammatory state. This is the first report of an antisense protein acting through a different mechanism of action than regulation of its sense protein. The opposite effects of NUDT6 and FGF2 on depression-like behaviour may serve as a mechanism to fine-tune affective behaviour. Our findings open up new venues for studying the differential regulation and functional interactions of sense and antisense proteins in neural function and behaviour, as well as in neuropsychiatric disorders. KEY POINTS: Hippocampal overexpression of nudix hydrolase 6 (NUDT6), the antisense protein of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2), increases depression-like behaviour in rats. Hippocampal NUDT6 overexpression triggers a neuroinflammatory cascade by increasing S100 calcium binding proteinA9 (S100A9) expression and nuclear NF-κB-p65 translocation in neurons, in addition to microglial recruitment and activation. Hippocampal NUDT6 overexpression suppresses neurogenesis. NUDT6 exerts its actions without altering the levels or downstream signalling pathways of FGF2.
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- Burak Uzay
- Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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- Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Wang FL, Klei L, Devlin B, Molina BSG, Chassin L. Heritable Composite Phenotypes Defined by Combinations of Conduct Problem, Depression, and Temperament Features: Contributions to risk for Alcohol Problems. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2024; 52:535-550. [PMID: 37773317 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-023-01129-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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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The genetic architectures underlying symptoms of conduct problems and depression have largely been examined separately and without incorporating temperament, despite evidence for their genetic overlap. We examined how symptoms and temperament dimensions were transmitted together in families to identify highly heritable composite phenotypes, and how these composite phenotypes predicted alcohol outcomes in young adulthood. Participants (N = 486) were drawn from the third generation of families oversampled for alcohol use disorder in the first generation. Conduct problems, depression, and temperament were reported at 11-19 years old and alcohol outcomes at 18-26 years old. Using principal components of heritability analysis, we found seven highly heritable composite phenotypes, five of which predicted alcohol outcomes: three characterized by co-occurring conduct problems and depression and two by conduct problems. Novel composite phenotypes that were characterized by both conduct problems and depression showed different types of symptoms, temperament features, and genetic underpinnings. Children manifesting differing composite phenotypes might benefit from distinct treatments based on their unique etiologies.
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- Frances L Wang
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA
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Chen HS, Wang F, Chen JG. Epigenetic mechanisms in depression: Implications for pathogenesis and treatment. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2024; 85:102854. [PMID: 38401316 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2024.102854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024]
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The risk of depression is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. It has been suggested that epigenetic mechanisms may mediate the risk of depression following exposure to adverse life events. Epigenetics encompasses stable alterations in gene expression that are controlled through transcriptional, post-transcriptional, translational, or post-translational processes, including DNA modifications, chromatin remodeling, histone modifications, RNA modifications, and non-coding RNA (ncRNA) regulation, without any changes in the DNA sequence. In this review, we explore recent research advancements in the realm of epigenetics concerning depression. Furthermore, we evaluate the potential of epigenetic changes as diagnostic and therapeutic biomarkers for depression.
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- Hong-Sheng Chen
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China; The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430030, China; The Research Center for Depression, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China; The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430030, China; The Research Center for Depression, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science, Wuhan 430030, China; The Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases (HUST), Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China; The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430030, China; The Research Center for Depression, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science, Wuhan 430030, China; The Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases (HUST), Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan 430030, China.
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Wang X, Song S, Dong N, Lv R, He Y, Zhao Y, Yue H. The causal relationship between depression and obstructive sleep apnea: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study. J Psychosom Res 2024; 179:111620. [PMID: 38430795 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111620] [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: 09/17/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Numerous studies have reported the close association of depression with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, the causal nature and direction remain unclear. This study aimed to identify the genetic causal relationship between depression and OSA using Mendelian randomization (MR). METHODS Based on publicly available genome-wide association studies data of depression and OSA, we conducted a bidirectional two-sample MR study. The inverse-variance weighted (IVW) was used as the main analysis method. Moreover, multivariable MR was performed to further explore the underlying genetic causality of OSA and depression after adjusting for several potential mediators. RESULTS The univariable MR analysis revealed a significant causality of depression on the susceptibility of OSA (ORivw = 1.29, 95%CI:1.11,1.50; p < 0.001). This relationship was evidenced by the phenotypes for broad depression (ORivw = 3.30, 95%CI: 1.73, 6.29; p < 0.001), probable major depression (ORivw = 18.79, 95%CI: 5.69, 61.99; p < 0.001), and ICD-10 major depression (ORivw = 23.67, 95%CI: 4.13, 135.74; p < 0.001). In the reverse direction, no significant causal effect of OSA on depression was found. After adjusting for smoking, alcohol use, obesity, type 2 diabetes, insomnia, age, gender, and codeine, most of these results suggested that depression remained significantly and positively associated with OSA. CONCLUSION These findings may contribute to the understanding of the etiology of depression and OSA and also suggest the clinical significance of controlling depression for the prevention of OSA.
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- Xiao Wang
- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; Faculty of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100000, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
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Turhon M, Maimaiti A, Abulaiti A, Dilixiati Y, Zhang F, AXiEr AX, Kadeer K, Wang Z, Yang X, Aisha M. Appraising the causal association among depression, anxiety and intracranial aneurysms: Evidence from genetic studies. J Affect Disord 2024; 350:909-915. [PMID: 38278329 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.166] [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: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 12/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND The risk of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) is increased in individuals with depression and anxiety. This indicates that depression and anxiety may contribute to the development of physical disorders. Herein, to investigate the association between genetic variants related to depression and anxiety and the risk of IA, two-sample Mendelian randomization was performed. METHODS The genome-wide association study (GWAS) comprised genome-wide genotype data of 2248 clinically well-characterized patients with anxiety and 7992 ethnically matched controls from four European countries. Sex-specific summary-level outcome data were obtained from the GWAS of IA, including 23 cohorts with a total of 10,754 cases and 306,882 controls of European and East Asian ancestry. To improve validity, five varying Mendelian randomization techniques were used in the analysis, namely Mendelian randomization-Egger, weighted median, inverse variance weighted, simple mode, and weighted mode. RESULTS The inverse variance weighted results indicated the causal effect of depression on IA (P = 0.03, OR = 1.32 [95 % CI, 1.03-1.70]) and unruptured IA (UIA) (P = 0.02, OR = 1.68 [95 % CI, 1.08-2.61]). However, the causal relationship between depression and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) was not found (P = 0.16). We identified 43 anxiety-associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms as genetic instruments and found no causal relationship between anxiety and IA, UIA, and SAH. LIMITATIONS Potential pleiotropy, possible weak instruments, and low statistical power limited our findings. CONCLUSION Our MR study suggested a possible causal effect of depression on the increased risk of UIAs. Future research is required to investigate whether rational intervention in depression treatment can help to decrease the societal burden of IAs.
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- Mirzat Turhon
- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China; Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing TianTan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xinjiang Medical University Affiliated First Hospital, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xinjiang Medical University Affiliated First Hospital, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China; Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing TianTan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xinjiang Medical University Affiliated First Hospital, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xinjiang Medical University Affiliated First Hospital, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xinjiang Medical University Affiliated First Hospital, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China; Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing TianTan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xinjiang Medical University Affiliated First Hospital, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China.
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Zlendić M, Vrbanović E, Tomljanović M, Gall Trošelj K, Đerfi KV, Alajbeg IZ. Association of oral behaviours and psychological factors with selected genotypes in pain-related TMD. Oral Dis 2024; 30:1702-1715. [PMID: 37036392 DOI: 10.1111/odi.14583] [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: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate frequency of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in pain-related temporomandibular disorders (TMDp) and to determine whether specific SNPs, psychological, psychosomatic and behavioural characteristics are predictive for pain existence and intensity (low pain intensity (LPI)/high pain intensity (HPI)). METHODS Genomic DNA was extracted from buccal mucosa swabs (85 TMDp;85 controls) for evaluating frequency of selected SNPs: catechol-O-methyltransferase (rs4680, rs4818), opiorphin (rs1387964), alpha subunit of voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.1 (rs6432860) and voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.9 (rs33985936). Participants completed questionnaires on somatosensory amplification, anxiety and depression symptoms and oral behaviours (OB). RESULTS Sleep-related OB frequency was higher in TMDp patients compared to controls (p = 0.008). Compared to LPI, HPI patients had higher depression (p = 0.020) and anxiety scores (p = 0.017). TMDp group showed higher frequency of CC genotype (rs1387964) than controls (12.9% vs. 3.5%, p = 0.025). Following adjustments for age, sex and sleep-related OB, the significance of the recessive model (CC vs. TC + TT) between TMDp patients and controls was retained (OR = 5.783; 95%CI: 1.454-23.004). Frequency of GG genotype (rs4680 and rs4818) was higher in HPI compared to LPI patients (40% vs. 11.4%, p = 0.006; 24% vs. 3%; p = 0.012, respectively). The difference remained significant after adjusting for age, sex, depression, anxiety and sleep-related OB (rs4680: OR = 3.621; 95%CI: 1.580-8.297; rs4818: OR = 4.919, 95%CI: 1.641-14.746). CONCLUSION This study has demonstrated that rs1387964 CC genotype was associated with TMDp while rs4680 GG and rs4818 GG genotypes contributed to HPI.
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- Marko Zlendić
- Department of Removable Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Removable Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Epigenomics, Division of Molecular Medicine, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Epigenomics, Division of Molecular Medicine, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Personalized Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Removable Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
- Department of Dentistry, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Ran S, Qiu X, Wang S, Liu B, Liu P. Causal relationship between sleep duration and depression: A bi-directional two-sample Mendelian randomization study. J Affect Disord 2024; 350:822-823. [PMID: 38253136 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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- Shu Ran
- School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, P.R. China; Shidong Hospital Affiliated to University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, P.R. China.
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- School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, P.R. China
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- School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, P.R. China; Shidong Hospital Affiliated to University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, P.R. China; Shidong Hospital Affiliated to University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, P.R. China
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Sun M, Brivio P, Shan L, Docq S, Heltzel LCMW, Smits CAJ, Middelman A, Vrooman R, Spoelder M, Verheij MMM, Buitelaar JK, Boillot M, Calabrese F, Homberg JR, Hanswijk SI. Offspring's own serotonin transporter genotype, independently from the maternal one, increases anxiety- and depression-like behavior and alters neuroplasticity markers in rats. J Affect Disord 2024; 350:89-101. [PMID: 38220097 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.114] [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: 07/23/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Developmental changes due to early life variations in the serotonin system affect stress-related behavior and neuroplasticity in adulthood. These outcomes can be caused both by offspring's own and maternal serotonergic genotype. We aimed to dissociate the contribution of the own genotype from the influences of mother genotype. METHODS Sixty-six male homozygous (5-HTT-/-) and heterozygous (5-HTT+/-) serotonin transporter knockout and wild-type rats from constant 5-HTT genotype mothers crossed with varying 5-HTT genotype fathers were subjected to tests assessing anxiety- and depression-like behaviors. Additionally, we measured plasma corticosterone levels and mRNA levels of BDNF, GABA system and HPA-axis components in the prelimbic and infralimbic cortex. Finally, we assessed the effect of paternal 5-HTT genotype on these measurements in 5-HTT+/- offspring receiving their knockout allele from their mother or father. RESULTS 5-HTT-/- offspring exhibited increased anxiety- and depression-like behavior in the elevated plus maze and sucrose preference test. Furthermore, Bdnf isoform VI expression was reduced in the prelimbic cortex. Bdnf isoform IV and GABA related gene expression was also altered but did not survive false discovery rate (FDR) correction. Finally, 5-HTT+/- offspring from 5-HTT-/- fathers displayed higher levels of anxiety- and depression-like behavior and changes in GABA, BDNF and HPA-axis related gene expression not surviving FDR correction. LIMITATIONS Only male offspring was tested. CONCLUSIONS Offspring's own 5-HTT genotype influences stress-related behaviors and Bdnf isoform VI expression, independently of maternal 5-HTT genotype. Paternal 5-HTT genotype separately influenced these outcomes. These findings advance our understanding of the 5-HTT genotype dependent susceptibility to stress-related disorders.
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- Menghan Sun
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, an Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands; Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands; Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, the Netherlands
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Tian W, Yao L, Shi G, Dai R, Cao L. A novel DCTN1 mutation causing perry syndrome leads to abnormal splicing of mRNA: genetic and functional analyses. Acta Neurol Belg 2024; 124:661-663. [PMID: 37668947 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-023-02368-x] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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- Wotu Tian
- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200233, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200233, China
- Suzhou Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Suzhou, 234000, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200233, China.
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Lavonius V, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Hamal Mishra B, Sormunen E, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Hietala J, Cloninger CR, Lehtimäki T, Saarinen A. Polygenic risk for depression predicting temperament trajectories over 15 years - A general population study. J Affect Disord 2024; 350:388-395. [PMID: 38218259 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.093] [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: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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BACKGROUND A great number of case-control and population-based studies have shown that depression patients differ from healthy controls in their temperament traits. We investigated whether polygenic risk for depression predicts trajectories of temperament traits from early adulthood to middle age. METHODS Participants came from the population-based Young Finns Study (n = 2212). The calculation for Polygenic risk for depression (PRS) was based on the most recent genome-wide association study. Temperament traits of Harm Avoidance, Novelty Seeking, Reward Dependence, and Persistence were assessed with the Temperament and Character Inventory in 1997, 2001, 2007, and 2012 (participants being 24-50-year-olds). As covariates, we used depressive symptoms as assessed by a modified version of the Beck Depression Inventory, psychosocial family environment from parent-filled questionnaires, and socioeconomic factors from adulthood. RESULTS High PRS predicted higher Persistence from early adulthood to middle age (p = 0.003) when controlling for depressive symptoms, psychosocial family environment, and socioeconomic factors. PRS did not predict trajectories of Novelty Seeking (p = 0.063-0.416 in different models) or Reward Dependence (p = 0.531-0.736). The results remained unaffected when participants with diagnosed affective disorders were excluded. Additionally, we found an interaction between PRS and depressive symptoms when predicting the Harm Avoidance subscale Anticipatory Worry, indicating that the association of Anticipatory Worry with depressive symptoms is stronger in individuals with higher (vs. lower) PRS. LIMITATIONS There was some attrition due to the long follow-up. CONCLUSIONS High polygenic risk for major depression may predict differences in temperament trajectories among those who have not developed any severe affective disorders.
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- Veikka Lavonius
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories, Finnish Cardiovascular Research Center, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Tampere University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Centre for Population Health Research, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, United States
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories, Finnish Cardiovascular Research Center, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Zhu S, Kong X, Han F, Tian H, Sun S, Sun Y, Feng W, Wu Y. Association between social isolation and depression: Evidence from longitudinal and Mendelian randomization analyses. J Affect Disord 2024; 350:182-187. [PMID: 38220103 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.106] [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: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND Increasing evidence shows that social isolation and depression are likely to interact with each other, yet the direction and causality of the association are not clear. This study aims to examine the possible reciprocity in the relationship between social isolation and depression. METHODS This study fitted a cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) by using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA, 2014-2019, n = 6787) to examine the temporal relationship between social isolation and depressive symptoms in older adults. We then conducted two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses by using independent genetic variants associated with multiple social isolation phenotypes (n = 448,858-487,647) and with depression (n = 215,644-2,113,907) as genetic instruments from genome-wide association studies to assess the causality between social isolation and onset of depression. RESULTS The CLPM in the ELSA cohort showed a significant and positive lagged effect of social isolation on depressive symptoms (β = 0.037, P < .001). The reverse cross-lagged path from depressive symptoms to social isolation was also statistically significant (β = 0.039, P < .001). In two-sample bidirectional MR, the genetically predicted loneliness and social isolation combined phenotype (LNL-ISO) was positively associated with occurrence of depression (OR = 1.88, 95 % CI: 1.41-2.50, P < .001), vice versa (OR = 1.16, 95 % CI:1.13-1.20, P < .001). LIMITATIONS The self-report nature of the assessments and missing data are study limitations. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest a bidirectional relationship between social isolation and depression. It is important to develop interventions that highlight the reciprocal consequences of improving either mental health or social connection in older adults.
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- Shuai Zhu
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
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Chen YT, Lin TJ, Hung CY. Blood RNA-sequencing analysis in acrylamide-induced neurotoxicity and depressive symptoms in rats. Environ Toxicol 2024; 39:2316-2325. [PMID: 38152866 DOI: 10.1002/tox.24112] [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: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Acrylamide (ACR) is a by-product of the Maillard reaction, which occurs when food reacts at high temperatures. Occupational exposure is a risk factor for chronic ACR toxicity. ACR may cause neurotoxicity and depressive symptoms with high concentration in the blood; however, the underlying mechanism remains unknown. We showed the rats developed neurotoxic symptoms after being fed with ACR for 28 days, such as reduced activity and hind limb muscle weakness. We investigated whether ACR exposure causes gene expression differences by blood RNA sequencing and analyzed the differential expression of depressive symptoms-associated genes. The result indicated that IFN-γ the key regulator of neurotoxicity and depressive symptoms was induced by ACR. ACR induced the ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis pathway and JAK/STAT pathways gene expression. ACR upregulated the expression of IFN-γ, inducing neuroinflammation and neurotoxicity. ACR also upregulated the expression of JAK2, STAT1, PI3K, AKT, IκBα, UBE2D4, NF-κB, TNF-α, and iNOS in rat brain tissues and Neuro-2a cells. Thus, IFN-γ induction by ACR may induce depressive symptoms, and the ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis pathway and JAK/STAT pathways may involve in ACR neurotoxicity and depressive symptoms.
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- Yng-Tay Chen
- Graduate Institute of Food Safety, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Food Safety, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Food Safety, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Wang X, Memon AA, Hedelius A, Grundberg A, Sundquist J, Sundquist K. Circulating mitochondrial long non-coding 7S RNA in primary health care patients with depression/anxiety. J Affect Disord 2024; 349:101-106. [PMID: 38163568 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.12.053] [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: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND The significant role of long non-coding 7S RNA in controlling mitochondrial transcription highlights its importance in mitochondrial function. Considering the suggested connection between mitochondrial dysfunction and the onset of mental disorders, this study aimed to explore the potential involvement of 7S RNA in the context of depression/anxiety. RESULTS A total of 181 patients in primary health care (age 20-64 years) with depression/anxiety and 59 healthy controls were included in the study. 7S RNA was measured using quantitative real-time PCR in plasma samples collected before (baseline) and after 8 weeks of treatment (mindfulness or cognitive-based behavioral therapy). Upon adjustment for age and sex, the baseline plasma levels of 7S RNA were significantly higher in patients than in healthy controls (p < 0.001). Notably, post-treatment, there was a significant reduction in 7S RNA levels (p = 0.03). These changes in 7S RNA were related to the treatment response, as indicated by HADS-D (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) scores (ß = -0.04, p = 0.04), even after accounting for baseline scores and other cofounders. CONCLUSION The findings of this study indicate an association between plasma 7S RNA levels and depression/anxiety, as well as treatment response. While further confirmatory analyses are necessary, plasma 7S RNA holds promise as a potential predictive biomarker for both depression/anxiety and the treatment response within these disorders.
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- Xiao Wang
- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Malmö 20502, Sweden.
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- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Malmö 20502, Sweden
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- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Malmö 20502, Sweden
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- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Malmö 20502, Sweden
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- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Malmö 20502, Sweden; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Department of Population Health Science and Policy Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA; Center for Community-based Healthcare Research and Education (CoHRE), Department of Functional Pathology, School of Medicine, Shimane University, Japan
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- Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Malmö 20502, Sweden; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Department of Population Health Science and Policy Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA; Center for Community-based Healthcare Research and Education (CoHRE), Department of Functional Pathology, School of Medicine, Shimane University, Japan
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Zhou H, Ji Y, Sun L, Wang Z, Jin S, Wang S, Yang C, Yin D, Li J. Exploring the causal relationships and mediating factors between depression, anxiety, panic, and atrial fibrillation: A multivariable Mendelian randomization study. J Affect Disord 2024; 349:635-645. [PMID: 38211754 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.061] [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: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation is a significant cardiovascular disease, and the increased risk of its occurrence may be influenced by mental disorders. Currently, the causal relationship between them remains controversial. Our aim is to ascertain the relationship between atrial fibrillation and mental disorders including depression, anxiety, and panic, as well as the risk factors mediating this relationship, through the judgment of genetic susceptibility. METHODS We utilized the summarized statistics from nine large-scale genome-wide association studies (in European populations), including depression (PGC, N = 807,553), anxiety (FinnGen, N = 429,209), panic (PGC, N = 230,878), diabetes (UK Biobank, N = 655,666), smoking (IEU, 607,291), hypertension (UK biobank, N = 463,010), obstructive sleep apnea (IEU, N = 476,853), obesity (UK biobank, N = 463,010), and AF (IEU, N = 1,030,836). By applying bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization and multivariable Mendelian randomization to depression, anxiety, panic, and AF, we analyzed their causal relationships and the independent influence of specific risk factors. Furthermore, a two-step MR approach was used to assess the mediating effects of diabetes, smoking, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and obesity. RESULTS Results from the Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Inverse Variance Weighted Random Effects Model show: the occurrence of genetically predicted depression is related to an increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) (OR: 1.073; [95 % CI: 1.005-1.146] P < 0.05), and panic is more significantly associated than depression (OR: 1.017; [95 % CI: 1.008-1.027] P < 0.001), while anxiety has no causal relationship with the occurrence of AF (OR: 1.023; [95 % CI: 0.960-1.092], P > 0.05), and AF is not significantly related to the occurrence of depression, anxiety, or panic (P > 0.05). After correcting for the other two risk factors using multivariable Mendelian randomization, depression remains significantly related to the occurrence of AF (β: 0.075; 95 % CI: [0.006, 0.144], P < 0.05), while panic and anxiety are not related to the occurrence of AF. Among them, the risk factors for AF occurrence, hypertension and obesity, are mediators between depression and AF, with mediation proportions of 74.9 % and 14.3 %, respectively. The mediating effects of diabetes, smoking, and obstructive sleep apnea were found to be not statistically significant. The above results are robust after sensitivity analysis. CONCLUSION Our results identified that the genetic susceptibility to depression is an independent risk factor for the occurrence of AF, and that hypertension and obesity can mediate this process. Panic also poses some risk to the onset of AF. This demonstrates that controlling hypertension and obesity for emotional management is of great importance in preventing the occurrence of AF.
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- Han Zhou
- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
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Weng Y, Zhang Y, Li Y, Lin X, Guo Z, Hu H, Shao W, Yu G, Zheng F, Cai P, Li H, Wu S. Single-cell RNA-sequencing of cellular heterogeneity and pathogenic mechanisms in paraquat-induced Parkinson's disease with depression. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2024; 273:116169. [PMID: 38447518 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116169] [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: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is among the most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases, and approximately one third of patients with PD are estimated to have depression. Paraquat (PQ) exposure is an important environmental risk factor for PD. In this study, we established a mouse model of PQ-induced PD with depression to comprehensively investigate cellular heterogeneity and the mechanisms underlying the progression of depression in the context of PD. We utilized single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) to acquire the transcriptomic atlas of individual cells from model mice and characterize the gene expression profiles in each differentially expressed cell type. We identified a specific glutamatergic neuron cluster responsible for the development of heterogeneous depression-associated changes and established a comprehensive gene expression atlas. Furthermore, functional enrichment and cell trajectory analyses revealed that the mechanisms underlying the progression of PD with depression were associated with specific glutamatergic neurons. Together, our findings provide a valuable resource for deciphering the cellular heterogeneity of PD with depression. The suggested connection between intrinsic transcriptional states of neurons and the progression of depression can provide insight into potential biomarkers and specific targets for anti-depression treatment in patients with PD. SYNOPSIS: Our results obtained using model mice confirm the core effects of PQ exposure on glutamatergic neurons and their potential role in the development of PD with depression.
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- Yali Weng
- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China; Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, China.
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Zwolińska W, Bilska K, Tarhonska K, Reszka E, Skibińska M, Pytlińska N, Słopień A, Dmitrzak-Węglarz M. Biomarkers of Depression among Adolescent Girls: BDNF and Epigenetics. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:3281. [PMID: 38542252 PMCID: PMC10970207 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25063281] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Alterations in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression have been suggested to mediate the influence of environmental factors on the emergence of depression through epigenetic modifications. However, research on this subject in the developmental population is lacking and the pathophysiology of adolescent depression remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the alterations in BDNF expression and global DNA methylation in depression among adolescent girls. Thirty female inpatients with the initial diagnosis of depression were assessed before and after the period of antidepressant treatment and compared with thirty age-matched healthy controls. The assessment involved BDNF and proBDNF serum levels, the BDNF gene exon IV promoter methylation, and global DNA methylation. The methylation level in the BDNF gene exon IV promoter was significantly lower in the studied group compared with the control and correlated negatively with the severity of depression. The test distinguished the studied group from the controls with a sensitivity of 37% and specificity of 90%. The differences were no longer present after the period of antidepressant treatment. No differences in the global DNA methylation, BDNF, and proBDNF levels were found. We concluded that decreased methylation in the BDNF exon IV promoter could be considered as a biomarker of a depression state among adolescent girls.
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- Weronika Zwolińska
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Karol Jonscher Clinical Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Szpitalna 27/33 St., 60-572 Poznan, Poland; (W.Z.); (N.P.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Psychiatric Genetics, Medical Biology Center, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka St. 8, 60-806 Poznan, Poland; (K.B.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Translational Research, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, 91-348 Łódź, Poland; (K.T.); (E.R.)
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- Department of Translational Research, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, 91-348 Łódź, Poland; (K.T.); (E.R.)
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- Department of Psychiatric Genetics, Medical Biology Center, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka St. 8, 60-806 Poznan, Poland; (K.B.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Karol Jonscher Clinical Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Szpitalna 27/33 St., 60-572 Poznan, Poland; (W.Z.); (N.P.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Karol Jonscher Clinical Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Szpitalna 27/33 St., 60-572 Poznan, Poland; (W.Z.); (N.P.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Psychiatric Genetics, Medical Biology Center, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka St. 8, 60-806 Poznan, Poland; (K.B.); (M.S.)
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Scherff AD, Feldmann L, Piechaczek C, Pehl V, Wagenbüchler P, Wermuth I, Ghotbi N, Allgaier AK, Freisleder FJ, Beins EC, Forstner AJ, Nöthen MM, Czamara D, Rex-Haffner M, Ising M, Binder E, Greimel E, Schulte-Körne G. Cohort profile: BioMD-Y (biopsychosocial factors of major depression in youth) - a biobank study on the molecular genetics and environmental factors of depression in children and adolescents in Munich. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e074925. [PMID: 38485175 PMCID: PMC10941147 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074925] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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PURPOSE BioMD-Y is a comprehensive biobank study of children and adolescents with major depression (MD) and their healthy peers in Germany, collecting a host of both biological and psychosocial information from the participants and their parents with the aim of exploring genetic and environmental risk and protective factors for MD in children and adolescents. PARTICIPANTS Children and adolescents aged 8-18 years are recruited to either the clinical case group (MD, diagnosis of MD disorder) or the typically developing control group (absence of any psychiatric condition). FINDINGS TO DATE To date, four publications on both genetic and environmental risk and resilience factors (including FKBP5, glucocorticoid receptor activation, polygenic risk scores, psychosocial and sociodemographic risk and resilience factors) have been published based on the BioMD-Y sample. FUTURE PLANS Data collection is currently scheduled to continue into 2026. Research questions will be further addressed using available measures.
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- Aline Doreen Scherff
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Human Sciences, Institute of Psychology, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department Genes and Environment, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department Genes and Environment, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department Genes and Environment, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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Medina-Saldivar C, Cruz-Visalaya S, Zevallos-Arias A, Pardo GVE, Pacheco-Otálora LF. Differential effect of chronic mild stress on anxiety and depressive-like behaviors in three strains of male and female laboratory mice. Behav Brain Res 2024; 460:114829. [PMID: 38141784 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114829] [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: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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Major depressive disorder is the most common psychiatric disorder worldwide. To understand mechanisms and search for new approaches to treating depression, animal models are crucial. Chronic mild stress (CMS) is the most used animal model of depression. Although CMS is considered a robust model of depression, conflicting results have been reported for emotion-related behaviors, which the intrinsic characteristics of each rodent strain could explain. To further shed light on the impact of genetic background on the relevant parameters commonly addressed in depression, we examined the effect of 4-weeks CMS on anxiety and depression-related behaviors and body weight gain in three strain mice (BALB/c, C57BL/6, and CD1) of both sexes. CMS reduced body weight gain in C57BL/6NCrl and CD1 male mice. C57BL/6 animals exhibited a more pronounced anxious-like behavior than CD1 and BALB/c mice in the light-dark box (LDB) and the elevated plus maze (EPM) tests, whereas BALB/c animals exhibited the more robust depressive-like phenotype in the splash test (ST), tail suspension test (TST) and forced-swimming test (FST). Under CMS, exposure did not affect anxiety-related behaviors in any strain but induced depression-like behaviors strain-dependently. CMS C57BL/6 and CD1 mice of both sexes showed depression-like behaviors, and CMS BALB/c male mice exhibited reduced depressive behaviors in the FST. These results suggest a differential effect of stress, with the C57BL/6 strain being more vulnerable to stress than the CD1 and BALB/c strain mice. Furthermore, our findings emphasize the need for researchers to consider mouse strains and behavioral tests in their CMS experimental designs.
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- Carlos Medina-Saldivar
- Laboratorio de Investigación en Neurociencia, Instituto Científico, Universidad Andina del Cusco, Cuzco, Peru
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Neurociencia, Instituto Científico, Universidad Andina del Cusco, Cuzco, Peru
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Neurociencia, Instituto Científico, Universidad Andina del Cusco, Cuzco, Peru
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Neurociencia, Instituto Científico, Universidad Andina del Cusco, Cuzco, Peru.
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Neurociencia, Instituto Científico, Universidad Andina del Cusco, Cuzco, Peru
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Zhang X, Liang Y, Huang Y, Liu S, Li Q, Wang S, Wu G, Du Z, Wang Y, Wang J, Hu Y, Zang S, Hu Y, Shang X, Zhang X, Zhang L, Brown A, Zhu Z, He M, Yu H. Evaluation of the Observational Associations and Shared Genetics Between Glaucoma With Depression and Anxiety. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2024; 65:12. [PMID: 38466289 PMCID: PMC10929750 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.65.3.12] [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: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
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Purpose Glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness worldwide, is suspected to exhibit a notable association with psychological disturbances. This study aimed to investigate epidemiological associations and explore shared genetic architecture between glaucoma and mental traits, including depression and anxiety. Methods Multivariable logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards regression models were employed to investigate longitudinal associations based on UK Biobank. A stepwise approach was used to explore the shared genetic architecture. First, linkage disequilibrium score regression inferred global genetic correlations. Second, MiXeR analysis quantified the number of shared causal variants. Third, specific shared loci were detected through conditional/conjunctional false discovery rate (condFDR/conjFDR) analysis and characterized for biological insights. Finally, two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) was conducted to investigate bidirectional causal associations. Results Glaucoma was significantly associated with elevated risks of hospitalized depression (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01-2.34) and anxiety (HR = 2.61; 95% CI, 1.70-4.01) compared to healthy controls. Despite the absence of global genetic correlations, MiXeR analysis revealed 300 variants shared between glaucoma and depression, and 500 variants shared between glaucoma and anxiety. Subsequent condFDR/conjFDR analysis discovered 906 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) jointly associated with glaucoma and depression and two associated with glaucoma and anxiety. The MR analysis did not support robust causal associations but indicated the existence of pleiotropic genetic variants influencing both glaucoma and depression. Conclusions Our study enhances the existing epidemiological evidence and underscores the polygenic overlap between glaucoma and mental traits. This observation suggests a correlation shaped by pleiotropic genetic variants rather than being indicative of direct causal relationships.
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- Xiayin Zhang
- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Division of Population Health and Genomics, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Hainan Eye Hospital and Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Haikou, China
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Clinical Medical Research Center, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Artificial Intelligence and Modelling in Epidemiology Program, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia
- Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Population Health and Genomics, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Image Analysis and Application, Guangzhou, China
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Galyamina AG, Kovalenko IL, Smagin DA, Kudryavtseva NN. Correlations of Expression Levels of Lung Cancer Marker Gene Eno2 and Genes of Carcinogenesis and Apoptosis in the Hypothalamus of Mice with Depression-Like Behavior. Bull Exp Biol Med 2024; 176:612-616. [PMID: 38730106 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-024-06078-z] [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: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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We experimentally demonstrated that chronic social stress during the development of a depression-like state enhances lung metastasis and modifies the expression of many carcinogenesis- and apoptosis-related genes in the hypothalamus of mice, including genes involved in lung cancer pathogenesis in humans. Analysis of the expression of genes encoding the major clinical markers of lung cancer in the hypothalamus of mice with depression-like behavior revealed increased expression of the Eno2 gene encoding neuron-specific enolase, a blood marker of lung cancer progression in humans. It was shown that the expression of this gene in the hypothalamus correlated with the expression of many carcinogenesis- and apoptosis-related genes. The discovered phenomenon may have a fundamental significance and requires further studies.
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- A G Galyamina
- Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.
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- Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
- I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Xu Z, Wu X, Xiao C, Zhang W, Yan P, Yang C, Zhang L, Cui H, Tang M, Wang Y, Chen L, Liu Y, Zou Y, Qu Y, Xiao C, Zhang L, Yang C, Li J, Liu Z, Liao J, Yao Y, Zhang B, Jiang X. Observational and genetic analyses of the bidirectional relationship between depression and hypertension. J Affect Disord 2024; 348:62-69. [PMID: 38123074 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.12.028] [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: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND While the association between depression and hypertension has been extensively investigated, the pattern and nature of such association remain inconclusive. We sought to investigate the bidirectional relationship between depression and hypertension and its causal. METHODS We first performed observational analyses using longitudinal data from the UK Biobank. We then performed genetic analyses leveraging summary statistics from large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWASs) conducted in European ancestry for depression and hypertension. RESULTS Observational analysis suggested a significant bidirectional phenotypic association between depression and hypertension (Depression → Hypertension: HR = 1.27, 95 % CI: 1.19, 1.36; Hypertension → Depression: HR = 1.65, 95 % CI: 1.58, 1.72). Linkage disequilibrium score regression demonstrated a positive genetic correlation between the two conditions (rg=0.15, P = 5.75 × 10-10). Bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) suggested that genetic liability to depression was significantly associated with an increased risk of hypertension (OR = 1.27, 95 % CI: 1.12, 1.43), while the genetic liability to hypertension was not associated with the risk of depression (OR = 1.01, 95 % CI: 0.99, 1.03). Multivariate MR, after adjusting for smoking, drinking, and body mass index, further supported an independent causal effect of genetic liability to depression on hypertension risk (OR = 1.10, 95 % CI: 1.02, 1.18). LIMITATIONS (1) interference of confounders, (2) absence of adequate statistical power, and (3) limitation to European populations. CONCLUSION Our study indicates depression is a causal risk factor for hypertension, whereas the reverse maybe not. Findings support that prevention of depression might help in decreasing hypertension incidence.
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- Zhengxing Xu
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; School of Public Health, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Department of Iatrical Polymer Material and Artificial Apparatus, School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Systems Epidemiology, and West China-PUMC C. C. Chen Institute of Health, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Heleniak C, Goff B, Gabard-Durnam LJ, Telzer EH, Humphreys KL, Lumian DS, Flannery JE, Caldera C, Shapiro M, Louie JY, Shen F, Vannucci A, Jain M, Glatt CE, Tottenham N. Telomere Erosion and Depressive Symptoms Across Development Following Institutional Care. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2024; 63:365-375. [PMID: 37419142 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2023.06.011] [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: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE A large literature has identified exposure to early caregiving adversities as a potent risk for developing affective psychopathology, with depression, in particular, increasing across childhood into adolescence. Evidence suggests telomere erosion, a marker of biological aging, may underlie associations between adverse early-life experiences and later depressive behavior; yet, little is understood about this association during development. METHOD The current accelerated longitudinal study examined concurrent telomere length and depressive symptoms concurrently, 2 and 4 years later, from the preschool period through adolescence among children exposed (n =116) and not exposed (n = 242) to early previous institutional (PI) care. RESULTS PI care was associated with shorter telomeres on average and with quadratic age-related growth in depressive symptoms, indicating a steeper association between PI care and depressive symptoms in younger age groups that leveled off in adolescence. Contrary to studies in adult samples, telomere length was not associated with depressive symptoms, and it did not predict future symptoms. CONCLUSION These findings indicate that early caregiving disruptions increase the risk for both accelerated biological aging and depressive symptoms, although these variables did not correlate with each other during this age range.
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- University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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Chen C, Lan Y, Wang Z, Yan W, Yan X, Han J. Causal effects of diabetic retinopathy on depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder in the European population: a Mendelian randomization study. J Endocrinol Invest 2024; 47:585-592. [PMID: 37598399 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-023-02176-3] [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: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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PURPOSE To verify the causal effects of diabetic retinopathy (DR) on depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder (BD). METHODS Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed to identify the causal relationships between DR and depression or anxiety or BD via using DR-related GWAS data (14,584 cases and 176,010 controls), depression-related GWAS data (59,851 cases and 113,154 controls), anxiety-related GWAS data (7016 cases and 14,745 controls) and BD-related GWAS data (41,917 cases and 371,549 controls). The inverse-variance weighted (IVW) model was adopted to estimate the causal relationship. The outcome was expressed as odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS The MR analysis results presented that DR was causally associated with a significantly increased risk of BD in the European population (IVW, OR = 1.06, 95%CI [1.03, 1.08], P = 2.44 × 10-6), while DR was unable to causally influence the risk of depression (IVW, OR = 1.01, 95%CI [0.99, 1.04], P = 0.32) and anxiety (IVW, OR = 0.97, 95%CI [0.89, 1.06], P = 0.48) in the European population. Subgroup analysis based on BD identified DR causally increased the risk of bipolar I disorder (BD I) but not bipolar II disorder (BD II). Sensitivity analysis results did not show any pleiotropy and heterogeneity in both groups of analyses, indicating that the results were stable and reliable. CONCLUSIONS The results of the current MR analysis indicated a causal relationship between DR and BD in the European population, while there was no causal connection between DR and depression or anxiety. However, further research is needed to confirm these conclusions.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, 569 Xinsi Rd, Xi'an, 710038, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, The 900th Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force, PLA (Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Dongfang Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University), Fuzhou, 350025, China
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- College of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, 350122, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The 900th Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force, PLA (Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Dongfang Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University), Fuzhou, 350025, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tangdu Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, 569 Xinsi Rd, Xi'an, 710038, China.
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Wei J, Wang M, Dou Y, Wang Y, Du Y, Zhao L, Ni R, Yang X, Ma X. Dysconnectivity of the brain functional network and abnormally expressed peripheral transcriptional profiles in patients with anxious depression. J Psychiatr Res 2024; 171:316-324. [PMID: 38340698 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.01.021] [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: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a heterogeneous mental disorder, and accompanying anxiety symptoms, known as anxious depression (AD), are the most common subtype. However, the pathophysiology of AD may be distinct in depressed patients without anxiety (NAD) and remains unknown. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between functional connectivity and peripheral transcriptional profiles in patients with AD and NAD. METHODS Functional imaging data were collected to identify differences in functional networks among patients with AD (n = 66), patients with NAD (n = 115), and healthy controls (HC, n = 200). The peripheral transcriptional data were clustered as co-expression modules, and their associations with AD, AND, and HC were analyzed. The gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) functional enrichment analyses of the genes in the significant module were performed. Correlation analysis was performed to identify functional network-associated gene co-expression modules. RESULTS A network was identified which consisted of 23 nodes and 28 edges that were significantly different among three sample groups. The regions of the network were located in temporal and occipital lobe. Two gene co-expression modules were shown to be associated with NAD, and one of which was correlated with the disrupted network in the AD group. The biological function of this module was enriched in immune regulation pathways. CONCLUSION The results suggested that immune-related mechanisms were associated with functional networks in AD.
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- Jinxue Wei
- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Mental Health Center and Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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Yamagishi A, Ikekubo Y, Mishina M, Ikeda K, Ide S. Loss of the sustained antidepressant-like effect of (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine in NMDA receptor GluN2D subunit knockout mice. J Pharmacol Sci 2024; 154:203-208. [PMID: 38395521 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2024.01.008] [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: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Ketamine, an N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, has attracted attention for its acute and sustained antidepressant effects in patients with depression. Hydroxynorketamine (HNK), a metabolite of ketamine, exerts antidepressant effects without exerting ketamine's side effects and has attracted much attention in recent years. However, the detailed pharmacological mechanism of action of HNK remains unclear. We previously showed that the GluN2D NMDA receptor subunit is important for sustained antidepressant-like effects of (R)-ketamine. Therefore, we investigated whether the GluN2D subunit is involved in antidepressant-like effects of (2R,6R)-HNK and (2S,6S)-HNK. Treatment with (2R,6R)-HNK but not (2S,6S)-HNK exerted acute and sustained antidepressant-like effects in the tail-suspension test in wildtype mice. Interestingly, sustained antidepressant-like effects of (2R,6R)-HNK were abolished in GluN2D-knockout mice, whereas acute antidepressant-like effects were maintained in GluN2D-knockout mice. When expression levels of GluN2A and GluN2B subunits were evaluated, a decrease in GluN2B protein expression in the nucleus accumbens was found in stressed wildtype mice but not in stressed GluN2D-knockout mice. These results suggest that the GluN2D subunit and possibly the GluN2B subunit are involved in the sustained antidepressant-like effect of (2R,6R)-HNK.
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- Aimi Yamagishi
- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan; Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Brain Science Laboratory, The Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan; Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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