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Depressive symptoms and immune transcriptional profiles in late adolescents.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Rates of depression increase and peak during late adolescence and alterations in immune processes are thought to be both a risk factor and outcome of depression. However, few studies have examined depression-immune dynamics among adolescents. Using a functional genomics approach, the current study examined whether depressive symptoms were associated with activation of a gene expression profile, characterized by upregulated expression of pro-inflammatory-related genes and downregulated expression of antiviral-related genes in a sample of older adolescents (Mage?=?18.37, SD?=?0.51). METHOD:Participants (n?=?87) reported on their depressive symptoms during the past week using the CES-D, and provided blood samples for genome-wide transcriptional profiling of mRNA. RESULTS:Adolescents with clinically-significant levels of depressive symptoms (CES-D???16) exhibited upregulated expression of inflammation-related genes and downregulated expression of antiviral-related genes compared to their peers with lower levels of depressive symptoms (CES-D?

SUBMITTER: Chiang JJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6710012 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Depressive symptoms and immune transcriptional profiles in late adolescents.

Chiang Jessica J JJ Cole Steve W SW Bower Julienne E JE Irwin Michael R MR Taylor Shelley E SE Arevalo Jesusa J Fuligni Andrew J AJ

Brain, behavior, and immunity 20190306

<h4>Background</h4>Rates of depression increase and peak during late adolescence and alterations in immune processes are thought to be both a risk factor and outcome of depression. However, few studies have examined depression-immune dynamics among adolescents. Using a functional genomics approach, the current study examined whether depressive symptoms were associated with activation of a gene expression profile, characterized by upregulated expression of pro-inflammatory-related genes and downr ...[more]

PMID: 30851376

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Project description:ImportanceThe neurobiologic basis of late-life depressive symptoms is not well understood.ObjectiveTo test the hypothesis that neurodegeneration and neuronal density in brainstem aminergic nuclei are related to late-life depressive symptoms. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, AND EXPOSURE: Longitudinal clinicopathological cohort study at residences of participants in the Chicago, Illinois, metropolitan area. Participants included 124 older persons without dementia in the Rush Memory and Aging Project who had annual evaluations for a mean (SD) of 5.7 (2.8) years, died, and underwent a postmortem neuropathological examination that provided estimates of the densities of Lewy bodies, neurofibrillary tangles, and aminergic neurons in the locus ceruleus, dorsal raphe nucleus, substantia nigra, and ventral tegmental area.Main outcomes and measuresThe number of depressive symptoms (mean [SD], 1.61 [1.48]; range, 0-6; skewness, 0.94) on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale averaged across annual evaluations.ResultsBrainstem Lewy bodies were associated with depressive symptoms, and the association was attenuated in those taking antidepressant medication. Brainstem tangles were associated with more depressive symptoms in those without cognitive impairment but with fewer symptoms in those with mild cognitive impairment. Lower density of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive neurons in the ventral tegmental area was robustly associated with a higher level of depressive symptoms (mean [SE] estimate, -0.014 [0.003]; P < .001; 16.3% increase in adjusted R2). The association was not modified by medication use or cognitive impairment. Neither tyrosine hydroxlyase-immunoreactive neurons in the locus ceruleus nor tryptophan hydroxlyase-immunoreactive neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus were related to depressive symptoms.Conclusions and relevanceThe results suggest that the mesolimbic dopamine system, especially the ventral tegmental area, has an important role in late-life depressive symptoms.

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Depressive symptoms and immune transcriptional profiles in late adolescents.

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Depressive symptoms and immune transcriptional profiles in late adolescents.

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