Resumen
Leptin, a peptide hormone from adipose tissue and key player in weight regulation, has been suggested to be involved in sleep and cognition and to exert antidepressant-like effects, presumably via its action on the HPA-axis and hippocampal function. This led us to investigate whether genetic variants in the leptin gene, the level of leptin mRNA-expression and leptin serum concentrations are associated with response to antidepressant treatment. Our sample consisted of inpatients from the Munich Antidepressant Response Signature (MARS) project with weekly Hamilton Depression ratings, divided into two subsamples. In the exploratory sample (n = 251) 17 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) covering the leptin gene region were genotyped. We found significant associations of several SNPs with impaired antidepressant treatment outcome and impaired cognitive performance after correction for multiple testing. The SNP (rs10487506) showing the highest association with treatment response (p = 3.9×10-5) was analyzed in the replication sample (n = 358) and the association could be verified (p = 0.021) with response to tricyclic antidepressants. In an additional meta-analysis combining results from the MARS study with data from the Genome-based Therapeutic Drugs for Depression (GENDEP) and the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) studies, nominal associations of several polymorphisms in the upstream vicinity of rs10487506 with treatment outcome were detected (p = 0.001). In addition, we determined leptin mRNA expression in lymphocytes and leptin serum levels in subsamples of the MARS study. Unfavorable treatment outcome was accompanied with decreased leptin mRNA and leptin serum levels. Our results suggest an involvement of leptin in antidepressant action and cognitive function in depression with genetic polymorphisms in the leptin gene, decreased leptin gene expression and leptin deficiency in serum being risk factors for resistance to antidepressant therapy in depressed patients.
Idioma original | English |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 653-662 |
Número de páginas | 10 |
Publicación | European Neuropsychopharmacology |
Volumen | 23 |
N.º | 7 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - jul. 2013 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |
Nota bibliográfica
Funding Information:The MARS-Study was funded by the Max Planck Society and in part by a research grant from the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) in the framework of the National Genome Research Network (NGFN2 and NGFN-Plus, FKZ 01GS0481) and by the BMBF Program “Molecular Diagnostics: Validation of Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Outcome in Major Depression” (01ES0811). The authors' research on personalized medicine is supported by the Max Planck Excellence Foundation.
Funding Information:
The GENDEP project was supported by a European Commission Framework 6 grant (contract reference: LSHB-CT-2003-503428), the Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and South London, and the Maudsley National Health Service Foundation Trust (National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom) and the Medical Research Council, United Kingdom (G0701420).
Funding Information:
The STAR ⁎ D study was supported by funds from NIMH under contract N01 MH-90003 to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (A. John Rush, M.D., P.I.). Genotyping of STAR ⁎ D samples was funded by NIMH (R01 MH-072802; Steven P. Hamilton, M.D., Ph.D., P.I.).
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Pharmacology
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Biological Psychiatry
- Pharmacology (medical)