PMID- 25648279 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160317 LR - 20181202 IS - 1558-1497 (Electronic) IS - 0197-4580 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 4 DP - 2015 Apr TI - Longitudinal associations between BDNF promoter methylation and late-life depression. PG - 1764.e1-1764.e7 LID - S0197-4580(14)00852-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.12.035 [doi] AB - Reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) function has been suggested as a risk factor for late-life depression. BDNF secretion is influenced by epigenetic (DNA promoter methylation) and genetic (val66met polymorphism) profiles. We investigated the independent and interactive effects of BDNF methylation and val66met polymorphism on late-life depression. In total, 732 Korean community residents aged >/= 65 years were evaluated, and 521 of them without depression at baseline were followed up 2 years later. Depression was determined using the Geriatric Mental State Schedule, and depression severity was evaluated with the Geriatric Depression Scale. Demographic and clinical covariates were obtained. The effects of BDNF methylation and polymorphism on the diagnosis of depression were investigated using a multivariate logistic regression model, and the relationships between BDNF methylation and depression severity were evaluated using partial correlation tests. Higher BDNF methylation was independently associated with the prevalence and incidence of depression and severe depressive symptoms. No significant methylation-genotype interactions were found. BDNF promoter methylation could be a proxy biomarker for depression late in life. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Kang, Hee-Ju AU - Kang HJ AD - Department of Psychiatry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Jae-Min AU - Kim JM AD - Department of Psychiatry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: jmkim@chonnam.ac.kr. FAU - Bae, Kyung-Yeol AU - Bae KY AD - Department of Psychiatry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Sung-Wan AU - Kim SW AD - Department of Psychiatry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. FAU - Shin, Il-Seon AU - Shin IS AD - Department of Psychiatry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Hye-Ran AU - Kim HR AD - Brain Korea 21 Project, Center for Biomedical Human Resources, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. FAU - Shin, Myung-Geun AU - Shin MG AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. FAU - Yoon, Jin-Sang AU - Yoon JS AD - Department of Psychiatry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150106 PL - United States TA - Neurobiol Aging JT - Neurobiology of aging JID - 8100437 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Biomarkers MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*genetics/metabolism/*physiology MH - DNA Methylation/*genetics/*physiology MH - Depression/diagnosis/epidemiology/*genetics MH - Female MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - Humans MH - Incidence MH - Logistic Models MH - Male MH - Polymorphism, Genetic MH - *Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Risk Factors MH - Severity of Illness Index OTO - NOTNLM OT - Aged OT - BDNF OT - DNA methylation OT - Depression OT - Epigenetics EDAT- 2015/02/05 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/18 06:00 CRDT- 2015/02/05 06:00 PHST- 2014/01/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/11/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/12/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/02/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/02/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/18 06:00 [medline] AID - S0197-4580(14)00852-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.12.035 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurobiol Aging. 2015 Apr;36(4):1764.e1-1764.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.12.035. Epub 2015 Jan 6.