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JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
Volume 159, Issue -, Pages 240-248Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.01.038
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Depression; BDNF; DNA Methylation; Tobacco
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This study investigated the methylation of the BDNF gene in individuals with depression who were tobacco users. A total of 384 adults from southeastern Brazil were recruited for the study. The results showed a significant interaction between depression and tobacco use on BDNF methylation levels. Individuals with depression and tobacco use had lower levels of BDNF methylation compared to those with or without depression who did not use tobacco. The findings suggest that tobacco use may interfere with BDNF gene methylation in depressed individuals.
This study aimed to investigate BDNF gene methylation in individuals with depression based on tobacco use. Therefore, 384 adults from southeastern Brazil were recruited to assess depression, socioeconomic status, life-style, and methylation by pyrosequencing exon IV promoter region of the BDNF gene. The Generalized Linear Model (GzLM) was used to check the effect of depression, tobacco, and the interaction between depression and tobacco use in methylation levels. In addition, the Kruskal-Wallis test, followed by Dunn's post hoc test, was used to compare methylation levels. Interaction between depression and tobacco use was significant at levels of BDNF methylation in the CpG 5 (p = 0.045), 8 (p = 0.016), 9 (p = 0.042), 10 (p = 0.026) and mean 5-11 (p < 0.001). Dunn's post hoc test showed that individuals with depression and tobacco use compared to those with or without depression who did not use tobacco had lower levels of BDNF methylation in CpG 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and mean 5-11. Therefore, we suggest that tobacco use appears to interfere with BDNF gene methylation in depressed individuals.
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