PMID- 26510938 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161031 LR - 20211203 IS - 1573-6601 (Electronic) IS - 0047-2891 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 3 DP - 2016 Mar TI - The BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism Interacts with Maternal Parenting Influencing Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: Evidence of Differential Susceptibility Model. PG - 471-83 LID - 10.1007/s10964-015-0378-x [doi] AB - Although depressive symptoms are common during adolescence, little research has examined gene-environment interaction on youth depression. This study chose the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene, tested the interaction between a functional polymorphism resulting amino acid substitution of valine (Val) to methionine (Met) in the proBDNF protein at codon 66 (Val66Met), and maternal parenting on youth depressive symptoms in a sample of 780 community adolescents of Chinese Han ethnicity (aged 11-17, M = 13.6, 51.3 % females). Participants reported their depressive symptoms and perceived maternal parenting. Results indicated the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism significantly moderated the influence of maternal warmth-reasoning, but not harshness-hostility, on youth depressive symptoms. Confirmatory model evaluation indicated that the interaction effect involving warmth-reasoning conformed to the differential-susceptibility rather than diathesis-stress model of person-X-environment interaction. Thus, Val carriers experienced less depressive symptoms than Met homozygotes when mothering was more positive but more symptoms when mothering was less positive. The findings provided evidence in support of the differential susceptibility hypothesis of youth depressive symptoms and shed light on the importance of examining the gene-environment interaction from a developmental perspective. FAU - Zhang, Leilei AU - Zhang L AD - Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China. FAU - Li, Zhi AU - Li Z AD - Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. FAU - Chen, Jie AU - Chen J AD - Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China. chenjie@psych.ac.cn. FAU - Li, Xinying AU - Li X AD - Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China. FAU - Zhang, Jianxin AU - Zhang J AD - Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China. FAU - Belsky, Jay AU - Belsky J AD - Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Twin Study DEP - 20151028 PL - United States TA - J Youth Adolesc JT - Journal of youth and adolescence JID - 0333507 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 7171WSG8A2 (BDNF protein, human) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*genetics MH - Child MH - China MH - Depression/*genetics/psychology MH - Ethnicity MH - Female MH - *Gene-Environment Interaction MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - Genotype MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mother-Child Relations/*psychology MH - Mothers MH - *Parenting MH - *Polymorphism, Genetic OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adolescent depressive symptoms OT - BDNF Val66Met polymorphism OT - Differential susceptibility OT - Gene-environment interaction OT - Maternal parenting EDAT- 2015/10/30 06:00 MHDA- 2016/11/01 06:00 CRDT- 2015/10/30 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/10/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/10/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/10/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/11/01 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s10964-015-0378-x [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10964-015-0378-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Youth Adolesc. 2016 Mar;45(3):471-83. doi: 10.1007/s10964-015-0378-x. Epub 2015 Oct 28.