PMID- 23058261 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140313 LR - 20180816 IS - 1873-7862 (Electronic) IS - 0924-977X (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 8 DP - 2013 Aug TI - BDNF Val 66 Met and 5-HTTLPR genotype moderate the impact of early psychosocial adversity on plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor and depressive symptoms: a prospective study. PG - 902-9 LID - S0924-977X(12)00267-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.09.003 [doi] AB - Recent studies have emphasized an important role for neurotrophins, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), in regulating the plasticity of neural circuits involved in the pathophysiology of stress-related diseases. The aim of the present study was to examine the interplay of the BDNF Val(6)(6)Met and the serotonin transporter promoter (5-HTTLPR) polymorphisms in moderating the impact of early-life adversity on BDNF plasma concentration and depressive symptoms. Participants were taken from an epidemiological cohort study following the long-term outcome of early risk factors from birth into young adulthood. In 259 individuals (119 males, 140 females), genotyped for the BDNF Val(6)(6)Met and the 5-HTTLPR polymorphisms, plasma BDNF was assessed at the age of 19 years. In addition, participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Early adversity was determined according to a family adversity index assessed at 3 months of age. Results indicated that individuals homozygous for both the BDNF Val and the 5-HTTLPR L allele showed significantly reduced BDNF levels following exposure to high adversity. In contrast, BDNF levels appeared to be unaffected by early psychosocial adversity in carriers of the BDNF Met or the 5-HTTLPR S allele. While the former group appeared to be most susceptible to depressive symptoms, the impact of early adversity was less pronounced in the latter group. This is the first preliminary evidence indicating that early-life adverse experiences may have lasting sequelae for plasma BDNF levels in humans, highlighting that the susceptibility to this effect is moderated by BDNF Val(6)(6)Met and 5-HTTLPR genotype. CI - Copyright (c) 2013. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Buchmann, Arlette F AU - Buchmann AF AD - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany. FAU - Hellweg, Rainer AU - Hellweg R FAU - Rietschel, Marcella AU - Rietschel M FAU - Treutlein, Jens AU - Treutlein J FAU - Witt, Stephanie H AU - Witt SH FAU - Zimmermann, Ulrich S AU - Zimmermann US FAU - Schmidt, Martin H AU - Schmidt MH FAU - Esser, Gunter AU - Esser G FAU - Banaschewski, Tobias AU - Banaschewski T FAU - Laucht, Manfred AU - Laucht M FAU - Deuschle, Michael AU - Deuschle M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121009 PL - Netherlands TA - Eur Neuropsychopharmacol JT - European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology JID - 9111390 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (SLC6A4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 7171WSG8A2 (BDNF protein, human) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Amino Acid Substitution MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/blood/*genetics/metabolism MH - Child MH - Cohort Studies MH - Depression/epidemiology/*genetics/metabolism/psychology MH - Female MH - Genetic Association Studies MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - Germany/epidemiology MH - Humans MH - Longitudinal Studies MH - Male MH - Neuronal Plasticity/genetics MH - *Polymorphism, Genetic MH - Prospective Studies MH - Psychology, Child MH - Risk Factors MH - Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins/*genetics/metabolism MH - *Stress, Psychological MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - 5-HTTLPR OT - BDI OT - BDNF OT - Beck Depression Inventory OT - Depression OT - Early psychosocial adversity OT - Human OT - Longitudinal study OT - brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism EDAT- 2012/10/13 06:00 MHDA- 2014/03/14 06:00 CRDT- 2012/10/13 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/08/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/09/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/10/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/10/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/03/14 06:00 [medline] AID - S0924-977X(12)00267-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.09.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2013 Aug;23(8):902-9. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.09.003. Epub 2012 Oct 9.