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Posttraumatic psychopathology and the pace of the epigenetic clock: a longitudinal investigation.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and stress/trauma exposure are cross-sectionally associated with advanced DNA methylation age relative to chronological age. However, longitudinal inquiry and examination of associations between advanced DNA methylation age and a broader range of psychiatric disorders is lacking. The aim of this study was to examine if PTSD, depression, generalized anxiety, and alcohol-use disorders predicted acceleration of DNA methylation age over time (i.e. an increasing pace, or rate of advancement, of the epigenetic clock). METHODS:Genome-wide DNA methylation and a comprehensive set of psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses were assessed in 179 Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans who completed two assessments over the course of approximately 2 years. Two DNA methylation age indices (Horvath and Hannum), each a weighted index of an array of genome-wide DNA methylation probes, were quantified. The pace of the epigenetic clock was operationalized as change in DNA methylation age as a function of time between assessments. RESULTS:Analyses revealed that alcohol-use disorders (p = 0.001) and PTSD avoidance and numbing symptoms (p = 0.02) at Time 1 were associated with an increasing pace of the epigenetic clock over time, per the Horvath (but not the Hannum) index of cellular aging. CONCLUSIONS:This is the first study to suggest that posttraumatic psychopathology is longitudinally associated with a quickened pace of the epigenetic clock. Results raise the possibility that accelerated cellular aging is a common biological consequence of stress-related psychopathology, which carries implications for identifying mechanisms of stress-related cellular aging and developing interventions to slow its pace.

SUBMITTER: Wolf EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6292741 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Posttraumatic psychopathology and the pace of the epigenetic clock: a longitudinal investigation.

Wolf Erika J EJ   Logue Mark W MW   Morrison Filomene G FG   Wilcox Elizabeth S ES   Stone Annjanette A   Schichman Steven A SA   McGlinchey Regina E RE   Milberg William P WP   Miller Mark W MW  

Psychological medicine 20180613 5


<h4>Background</h4>Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and stress/trauma exposure are cross-sectionally associated with advanced DNA methylation age relative to chronological age. However, longitudinal inquiry and examination of associations between advanced DNA methylation age and a broader range of psychiatric disorders is lacking. The aim of this study was to examine if PTSD, depression, generalized anxiety, and alcohol-use disorders predicted acceleration of DNA methylation age over time (i  ...[more]

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