Project description:Analysis of genes and pathways related to psychomotor retardation symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder. Results indicate that psychomotor slowing is associated with enrichment of inflammatory and metabolic pathways in unmedicated patients with depression.
Project description:The interaction between cancer and depressive disorder remains unclear. In this study, we obtained patient data from TCGA and MDD-related (Major Depressive Disorder) genes from the GEO database and the sequencing data of the PDX model with chronic unpredictable stress (CUS). Molecular subtypes and a prognostic signature were generated based on the MDD-related genes obtained by differential expression analysis. According to our analysis, the gene signature was a promising biomarker in distinguishing the prognosis, the molecular or immune characteristics, and the depressive risk, as well as the therapy candidates for gastric adenocarcinoma patients.
Project description:Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the psychiatric disorder with the highest prevalence in the world. Pharmacological antidepressant treatment (AD), such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors [SSRI, i.e. fluoxetine (Flx)] is the first line of treatment for MDD. Despite its efficacy, lack of AD response occurs in numerous patients characterizing Difficult-to-treat Depression. ElectroConvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment inducing rapid improvement in depressive symptoms and high remission rates of ~50–63% in patients with pharmaco-resistant depression. Nevertheless, the need to develop reliable treatment response predictors to guide personalized AD strategies and supplement clinical observation is becoming a pressing clinical objective. Here, we propose to establish a proteomic peripheral biomarkers signature of ECT response in an anxio/depressive animal model of non-response to AD. Using an emotionality score based on the analysis complementary behavioral tests of anxiety/depression (Elevated Plus Maze, Novelty Suppressed Feeding, Splash Test), we showed that a 4-week corticosterone treatment (35 μg/ml, Cort model) in C57BL/6JRj male mice induced an anxiety/depressive-like behavior. A 28-days chronic fluoxetine treatment (Flx, 18 mg/kg/day) reduced corticosterone-induced increase in emotional behavior. A 50% decrease in emotionality score threshold before and after Flx, was used to separate Flx-responding mice (Flx-R, n=18), or Flx non-responder mice (Flx-NR, n=7). Then, Flx-NR mice received 7 sessions of electroconvulsive seizure (ECS, equivalent to ECT in humans) and blood was collected before and after ECS treatment. Chronic ECS normalized the elevated emotionality observed in Flx-NR mice. Then, proteins were extracted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and isolated for proteomic analysis using a high-resolution MS Orbitrap. The proteomic analysis revealed a signature of 33 peripheral proteins associated with response to ECS (7 down- and 26 upregulated). These proteins were previously associated with mental disorders and involved in regulating pathways which participate to the depressive disorder etiology. remark for sample name : ECTR=Flx-NR-ES, C=cort/Veh, CFNR= Flx-NR
Project description:Genome-wide MeDIP-Sequencing was carried out on a total of 50 monozygotic twin pairs from the UK and Australia that are discordant for depression. We show that major depressive disorder is associated with significant hypermethylation within the coding region of ZBTB20, and is replicated in an independent cohort of 356 unrelated case-control individuals. The twins with major depressive disorder also show increased global variation in methylation in comparison with their unaffected co-twins. ZBTB20 plays an essential role in the specification of the Cornu Ammonis-1 field identity in the developing hippocampus, a region previously implicated in the development of major depressive disorder. Epigenetic study of MZ twins discordant for Major Depressive Disorder
Project description:Genome-wide MeDIP-Sequencing of 23 monozygotic twin pairs (n=46) from Australia discordant for major depressive disorder (MDD). MeDIP-seq of 23 monozygotic twin pairs discordant for major depressive disorder. MZ twin pairs were compared to identify significantly differently methylated sites associated with MDD.
Project description:Microglia-mediated inflammation has been recognized as a key feature of major depressive disorder. Although hypercortisolemia is commonly observed in depressed patients and can be predictive of treatment response, how such chronic exposure to this stress hormone may influence microglia is incompletely characterized. Here, we exploited a standard mouse model of depressive-like behaviors induced by repeated peripheral administration of corticosterone. Microglia in the prefrontal cortex of mice were profiled by bulk RNA sequencing, which exhibited increased expression of inflammatory markers. In addition, single-cell RNA sequencing further identified distinct molecular patterns of microglial responses. Moreover, we revealed the up-regulation of Pu.1 and Irf8, the two central transcription factors governing microglia-mediated inflammation, in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of corticosterone-treated mice, which similarly occurred in depressed patients' microglia. These results have established the inflammatory signatures of microglia in the mouse model recapitulating hypercortisolemia-related depression, providing new insights into developing diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
Project description:Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) have a high relapse rate and first prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The selection process of an antidepressant agent is primarily guided by trial and error. If patients do not benefit from the initial course of antidepressant medication for at least 4-6 weeks, additional therapeutic strategies are required to gain remission, including switching within and between classes of antidepressants. In order to discovery SSRI-related plasma protein markers, we designed a retrospective study. In this study, four longitudinal plasma samples were collected from 10 patients during the 10-week drug reaction period after being diagnosed with depression, and more than a thousand plasma proteins were identified by highly sensitive nanoflow liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC−MS/MS).
2020-11-03 | PXD017211 | Pride
Project description:Gut microbiota in patients with major depressive disorder