PMID- 26646032 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160329 LR - 20211118 IS - 1555-2101 (Electronic) IS - 0160-6689 (Print) IS - 0160-6689 (Linking) VI - 76 IP - 11 DP - 2015 Nov TI - Inflammatory markers among adolescents and young adults with bipolar spectrum disorders. PG - 1556-63 LID - 10.4088/JCP.14m09395 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Despite burgeoning literature in middle-aged adults, little is known regarding proinflammatory markers (PIMs) among adolescents and young adults with bipolar disorder. Similarly, few prior studies have considered potential confounds when examining the association between PIMs and bipolar disorder characteristics. We therefore retrospectively examined these topics in the Course and Outcome of Bipolar Youth (COBY) study. METHOD: Subjects were 123 adolescents and young adults (mean [SD] = 20.4 +/- 3.8 years; range, 13.4-28.3 years) in COBY, enrolled between October 2000 and July 2006. DSM-IV diagnoses were determined using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (K-SADS). Clinical characteristics during the preceding 6 months, including mood, comorbidity, and treatment, were evaluated using the Longitudinal Interval Follow-Up Evaluation (LIFE). Serum levels of interleukin (IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) were assayed. Primary analyses examined the association of PIMs with bipolar disorder characteristics during the preceding 6 months. RESULTS: Several lifetime clinical characteristics were significantly associated with PIMs in multivariable analyses, including longer illness duration (P = .005 for IL-6; P = .0004 for hsCRP), suicide attempts (P = .01 for TNF-alpha), family history of suicide attempts or completion (P = .01 for hsCRP), self-injurious behavior (P =.005 for TNF-alpha), substance use disorder (SUD) (P < .0001 for hsCRP), and family history of SUD (P = .02 for TNF-alpha; P = .01 for IL-6). The following bipolar disorder characteristics during the preceding 6 months remained significantly associated with PIMs in multivariable analyses that controlled for differences in comorbidity and treatment: for TNF-alpha, percentage of weeks with psychosis (chi(2) = 5.7, P =.02); for IL-6, percentage of weeks with subthreshold mood symptoms (chi(2)= 8.3, P = .004) and any suicide attempt (chi(2) = 6.1, P = .01); for hsCRP, maximum severity of depressive symptoms (chi(2) = 8.3, P =.004). CONCLUSION: Proinflammatory markers may be relevant to bipolar disorder characteristics as well as other clinical characteristics among adolescents and young adults with bipolar disorder. Traction toward validating PIMs as clinically relevant biomarkers in bipolar disorder will require repeated measures of PIMs and incorporation of relevant covariates. CI - (c) Copyright 2015 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. FAU - Goldstein, Benjamin I AU - Goldstein BI AD - Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave, FG53, Toronto, Ontario, M4N-3M5 Benjamin.Goldstein@sunnybrook.ca. FAU - Lotrich, Francis AU - Lotrich F FAU - Axelson, David A AU - Axelson DA FAU - Gill, Mary Kay AU - Gill MK FAU - Hower, Heather AU - Hower H FAU - Goldstein, Tina R AU - Goldstein TR FAU - Fan, Jieyu AU - Fan J FAU - Yen, Shirley AU - Yen S FAU - Diler, Rasim AU - Diler R FAU - Dickstein, Daniel AU - Dickstein D FAU - Strober, Michael A AU - Strober MA FAU - Iyengar, Satish AU - Iyengar S FAU - Ryan, Neal D AU - Ryan ND FAU - Keller, Martin B AU - Keller MB FAU - Birmaher, Boris AU - Birmaher B LA - eng GR - R01 MH059691/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - MH59691/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - MH59977/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH112543/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH059977/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - MH059929/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH059929/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - CAPMC/CIHR/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Clin Psychiatry JT - The Journal of clinical psychiatry JID - 7801243 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 9007-41-4 (C-Reactive Protein) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - Bipolar Disorder/*blood MH - C-Reactive Protein/*analysis MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/*blood MH - Interleukin-6/*blood MH - Male MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*blood MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC4896394 MID - NIHMS790623 COIS- FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES Disclosure: Gill, Hower, and Sorioso report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2015/12/10 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/30 06:00 PMCR- 2016/06/07 CRDT- 2015/12/10 06:00 PHST- 2014/07/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/01/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/12/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/12/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/06/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.4088/JCP.14m09395 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Psychiatry. 2015 Nov;76(11):1556-63. doi: 10.4088/JCP.14m09395.