Plasma cytokine and growth factor response to acute psychosocial stress in major depressive disorder

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BACKGROUND: Pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α are elevated in response to psychosocial stress; however, less is known about other inflammatory markers.

METHODS: We explored response to the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) of 16 cytokines and growth factors in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD, n = 12) vs. healthy volunteers (HV, n = 16). Outcomes were baseline and post-stress levels estimated by area under the curve (AUCi) and peak change over 3 timepoints. We also explored correlations between biomarkers and clinical characteristics.

RESULTS: Baseline concentrations were higher in MDD for platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-AB/BB (p = 0.037, d = 0.70), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF, p = 0.033, d = 0.52), and IL-8 (p = 0.046, d = 0.74). After TSST, AUCi was higher in MDD for GM-CSF (p = 0.003, d = 1.21), IL-5 (p = 0.014, d = 1.62), and IL-27 (p = 0.041, d = 0.74). In MDD, depression severity correlated positively with soluble CD40L (sCD40L) for AUCi (Spearman's ρ = 0.76, p = 0.004) and with baseline vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA, r = 0.85, p < 0.001), but negatively with baseline monokine induced by gamma interferon (MIG, aka CXCL9; r = -0.77, p = 0.003).

CONCLUSIONS: Effect sizes were robust in this exploratory study, although interpretation of the results must be cautious, given small sample size and multiple comparisons. Differential study of stress-induced biomarkers may have important ramifications for MDD treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:169

Enthalten in:

Journal of psychiatric research - 169(2024) vom: 01. Jan., Seite 224-230

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Annam, Jayabhargav [VerfasserIn]
Galfalvy, Hanga C [VerfasserIn]
Keilp, John G [VerfasserIn]
Simpson, Norman [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yung-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Nandakumar, Renu [VerfasserIn]
Byrnes, Abigail [VerfasserIn]
Nitahara, Kayla [VerfasserIn]
Hall, Aimee [VerfasserIn]
Stanley, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Mann, J John [VerfasserIn]
Sublette, M Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]

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83869-56-1
Biomarkers
Cytokines
Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
Growth factors
Inflammation
Journal Article
Major depressive disorder
Psychosocial stress
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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Date Completed 15.01.2024

Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.11.029

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365342440