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A pilot investigation of the association of genetic polymorphisms regulating corticotrophin-releasing hormone with posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms in medical-surgical intensive care unit survivors.

ABSTRACT: To determine if single nucleotide polymorphisms of the corticotrophin-releasing hormone binding protein (CRHBP, rs10055255) and CRH receptor type 1 (CRHR1, rs1876831) were associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms following medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization.We extracted DNA for genotyping from saliva samples of 93 ICU patients enrolled in a prospective cohort investigation. Follow-up interviews conducted 3 and 12-months post-ICU included assessment of PTSD symptoms with the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version and depressive symptoms with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9.Homozygosity for the CRHBP rs10055255 T allele was associated with significantly fewer post-ICU PTSD (? = -10.8, 95% confidence interval [95% CI], -17.7 to -3.9; P = .002) and depressive symptoms (? = -3.7, 95% CI, -6.7 to -0.7; P = .02). Carrying a CRHR1 rs1876831 C allele was associated with significantly more post-ICU depressive symptoms compared to T/T homozygotes (C/T heterozygtes: ? = 6.9, 95% CI, 1.2-12.6; P = .02; C/C homozygotes: ? = 5.8; 95% CI: 0.2-11.3; P = .04). These associations remained significant after adjustment for age, race, illness severity, and in-ICU steroid exposure.Despite a small sample size, our findings suggest a potential role for genetic variants of CRHBP and CRHR1 in the development of post-ICU psychiatric morbidity.

SUBMITTER: Davydow DS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3865113 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A pilot investigation of the association of genetic polymorphisms regulating corticotrophin-releasing hormone with posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms in medical-surgical intensive care unit survivors.

Davydow Dimitry S DS Kohen Ruth R Hough Catherine L CL Tracy Julia Helen JH Zatzick Douglas D Katon Wayne J WJ

Journal of critical care 20130924 1

<h4>Purpose</h4>To determine if single nucleotide polymorphisms of the corticotrophin-releasing hormone binding protein (CRHBP, rs10055255) and CRH receptor type 1 (CRHR1, rs1876831) were associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms following medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We extracted DNA for genotyping from saliva samples of 93 ICU patients enrolled in a prospective cohort investigation. Follow-up intervi ...[more]

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A pilot investigation of the association of genetic polymorphisms regulating corticotrophin-releasing hormone with posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms in medical-surgical intensive care unit survivors.

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A pilot investigation of the association of genetic polymorphisms regulating corticotrophin-releasing hormone with posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms in medical-surgical intensive care unit survivors.

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