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M1/M2 polarization in major depressive disorder: Disentangling state from trait effects in an individualized cell-culture-based approach

Journal

BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages 185-195

Publisher

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.02.009

Keywords

Major depressive disorder; Macrophage polarization; Inflammation; Cytokine; SSRI; SNRI; Gender differences

Funding

  1. German Research Foundation (DFG) [6939/3-1]
  2. Berlin Institute of Health Clinician Scientist Program

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Accumulating evidence suggests the specific involvement of inflammatory processes in major depressive disorder (MDD), particularly affecting innate immunity. Our study found that MDD patients exhibit differences in M1 and M2 polarization under specific cell culture conditions, with gender also playing a significant role in these polarization effects.
Accumulating evidence indicates the specific involvement of inflammatory processes in major depressive disorder (MDD), particularly affecting innate immunity. Most immune alterations have so far been determined based on plasma or cerebrospinal fluid cytokine levels. To precisely characterize putative innate immune mediated mechanisms in MDD pathogenesis, we sought to disentangle state from trait effects in a patient specific cell model by quantifying the impact of patient-derived autologous sera (AS) on patient-specific monocyte-derived macrophages (Mo-M Phi s) polarization in vitro. Mo-M?s were generated from 28 patients with moderate to severe MDD and 28 age-, sex-, smoking status-and BMI-matched healthy controls (HC). Cells were treated either with AS or fetal calf serum (FCS) and polarized into M1 (LPS), M2 (IL-10, IL-4, TGF-beta) or M0 (unstimulated) macrophages. Polarization capacity was quantified by means of specific M1 (CCR7, CD86, CXCL10, IL-12p70, TNF-alpha, IL-6, IL-1 beta, IL-12p40, IL-23, IP-10) and M2 (CD206, IL-10, TARC, IL-1RA) markers. Compared to HC, significantly increased M1-polarization was observed for MDD patients in the presence of FCS, however, polarization in AS enriched media determined an increased M2-polarization in patients. Moreover, female MDD patients exhibited increased M1-and decreased M2-polarization in both conditions compared to male MDD patients. Our data suggests that Mo-M?s derived from patients with MDD exhibit facilitated M1-polarization under traditional cell culture conditions and an increased potential for M2-polarization when cultured in AS. Striking inter-individual variation and pronounced gender effects highlight the potential utility of our personalized cell model-based approach to aid diagnostic and therapeutic decisions.

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