Frodl, Thomas and Szyf, Moshe and Carballedo, Angela and Ly, Victoria and Dymov, Sergiy and Vaisheva, Farida and Morris, Derek and Fahey, Ciara and Meaney, James and Gill, Michael and Booij, Linda (2015) DNA methylation of the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) is associated with brain function involved in processing emotional stimuli. JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY & NEUROSCIENCE, 40 (5). pp. 296-305. ISSN 1180-4882, 1488-2434
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Background The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of fMRI blood oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) reactivity with the level of epigenetic methylation of SLC6A4 in blood DNA from a sample of healthy participants and patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods We investigated patients with MDD and healthy controls using fMRI and an emotional attention-shifting task. We assessed site-specific DNA methylation of a previously characterized SLC6A4 region in peripheral blood DNA using pyrosequencing. Results Our study involved 25 patients with MDD and 35 healthy controls. Activation in the anterior insula elicited by negative emotional content was significantly positively associated with the degree of SLC6A4 methylation. Significantly negative associations were observed between activation in the posterior insula and the degree of SLC6A4 methylation when judging the geometry of pictures after seeing negative in contrast to positive emotional stimuli. Healthy controls with a high degree of SLC6A4 methylation depicted significantly more activity elicited by positive stimuli in limbic regions and more activity elicited by negative stimuli in limbic as well as cognitive control regions than those with a low degree of SLC6A4 methylation. Limitations It is impossible to measure methylation directly in the brain and thus we assessed peripheral methylation of SLC6A4. Since the association was cross-sectional, no conclusion about cause and effect can be drawn. Conclusion Our study provides further support to the hypothesis that particular DNA methylation states that are associated with brain function during emotion processing are detectable in the periphery.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | IOWA ADOPTEE SAMPLE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEGATIVE EMOTIONS; CHILD-ABUSE; AMYGDALA; INSULA; EXPRESSIONS; ACTIVATION; AWARENESS; HISTORY; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jun 2019 14:10 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jun 2019 14:10 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/4955 |
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