| Title: | New Evidence for the Role of the Blood-Brain Barrier and Inflammation in Stress-Associated Depression: A Gene-Environment Analysis Covering 19,296 Genes in 109,360 Humans |
| Journal: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
| Published: | 21 Oct 2024 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39457114/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252011332 |
Publication 13405
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Abstract
Mounting evidence supports the key role of the disrupted integrity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in stress- and inflammation-associated depression. We assumed that variations in genes regulating the expression and coding proteins constructing and maintaining this barrier, along with those involved in inflammation, have a predisposing or protecting role in the development of depressive symptoms after experiencing severe stress. To prove this, genome-by-environment (GxE) interaction analyses were conducted on 6.26 M SNPS covering 19,296 genes on PHQ9 depression in interaction with adult traumatic events scores in the UK Biobank (n = 109,360) in a hypothesis-free setup. Among the 63 genes that were significant in stress-connected depression, 17 were associated with BBB, 23 with inflammatory processes, and 4 with neuroticism. Compared to all genes, the enrichment of significant BBB-associated hits was 3.82, and those of inflammation-associated hits were 1.59. Besides some sex differences, CSMD1 and PTPRD, encoding proteins taking part in BBB integrity, were the most significant hits in both males and females. In conclusion, the identified risk genes and their encoded proteins could provide biomarkers or new drug targets to promote BBB integrity and thus prevent or decrease stress- and inflammation-associated depressive symptoms, and possibly infection, e.g., COVID-19-associated mental and neurological symptoms.</p>
13 Keywords
- Adult
- Blood-Brain Barrier
- Depression
- Female
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Inflammation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Stress, Psychological
9 Authors
- Zsofia Gal
- Dora Torok
- Xenia Gonda
- Nora Eszlari
- Ian Muir Anderson
- Bill Deakin
- Peter Petschner
- Gabriella Juhasz
- Gyorgy Bagdy
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 1602 | Association between diet and depression |
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