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BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY
卷 31, 期 -, 页码 128-133出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.04.003
关键词
Affective disorder; Kynurenine pathway; Interferon-gamma; SNP; Tryptophan breakdown; Genetics
资金
- EU FP7 collaborative project: MOODINFLAME [22963]
The tryptophan metabolism and immune activation play a role in pathophysiology of major depressive disorders. The pro-inflammatory cytokine interferon-gamma transcriptionally induces the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase enzyme that degrades the tryptophan and thus induces serotonin depletion. The polymorphism of certain cytokine genes was reported to be associated with major depression. We investigated the association between interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) gene CA repeat polymorphism, the profile of serotonin and tryptophan pathway metabolites and clinical parameters in 125 depressed patients and 93 healthy controls. Compared to controls, serum tryptophan and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) concentrations in the patients were significantly lower and serum kynurenine concentrations were significantly higher at baseline (p < 0.0001). The presence of IFN gamma CA repeat allele 2 homozygous has significant association with higher kynurenine concentrations in controls (F = 4.47, p = 0.038) as well as in patients (F = 3.79, p = 0.045). The existence of interferon-gamma CA repeat allele 2 (homo- or heterozygous) showed significant association with increase of tryptophan breakdown over time during the study period (F = 6.0, p = 0.019). The results indicated the association between IFN gamma CA repeat allele 2, tryptophan metabolism and the effect of medication. (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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