PMID- 29535036 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190415 LR - 20190415 IS - 1878-4216 (Electronic) IS - 0278-5846 (Linking) VI - 91 DP - 2019 Apr 20 TI - Interactive effects of genetic polymorphisms and childhood adversity on brain morphologic changes in depression. PG - 4-13 LID - S0278-5846(18)30049-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.03.009 [doi] AB - The etiology of depression is characterized by the interplay of genetic and environmental factors and brain structural alteration. Childhood adversity is a major contributing factor in the development of depression. Interactions between childhood adversity and candidate genes for depression could affect brain morphology via the modulation of neurotrophic factors, serotonergic neurotransmission, or the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, and this pathway may explain the subsequent onset of depression. Childhood adversity is associated with structural changes in the hippocampus, amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and prefrontal cortex (PFC), as well as white matter tracts such as the corpus callosum, cingulum, and uncinate fasciculus. Childhood adversity showed an interaction with the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene Val66Met polymorphism, serotonin transporter-linked promoter region (5-HTTLPR), and FK506 binding protein 51 (FKBP5) gene rs1360780 in brain morphologic changes in patients with depression and in a non-clinical population. Individuals with the Met allele of BDNF Val66Met and a history of childhood adversity had reduced volume in the hippocampus and its subfields, amygdala, and PFC and thinner rostral ACC in a study of depressed patients and healthy controls. The S allele of 5-HTTLPR combined with exposure to childhood adversity or a poorer parenting environment was associated with a smaller hippocampal volume and subsequent onset of depression. The FKBP5 gene rs160780 had a significant interaction with childhood adversity in the white matter integrity of brain regions involved in emotion processing. This review identified that imaging genetic studies on childhood adversity may deepen our understanding on the neurobiological background of depression by scrutinizing complicated pathways of genetic factors, early psychosocial environments, and the accompanying morphologic changes in emotion-processing neural circuitry. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Kim, Yong-Ku AU - Kim YK AD - Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. FAU - Ham, Byung-Joo AU - Ham BJ AD - Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. FAU - Han, Kyu-Man AU - Han KM AD - Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: drkyumanhan@gmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20180310 PL - England TA - Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry JT - Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry JID - 8211617 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 - *Adverse Childhood Experiences/trends MH - Brain/*diagnostic imaging MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics MH - Depression/*diagnostic imaging/*genetics MH - Genetic Variation/genetics MH - Humans MH - Polymorphism, Genetic/*genetics MH - Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - 5-HTTLPR OT - BDNF Val66Met OT - Childhood adversity OT - Depression OT - FKBP5 OT - Gene-environment interaction OT - Imaging genetics EDAT- 2018/03/15 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/16 06:00 CRDT- 2018/03/15 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/02/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/03/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/03/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/15 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0278-5846(18)30049-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.03.009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2019 Apr 20;91:4-13. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.03.009. Epub 2018 Mar 10.