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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2020

Interrelation Between Increased BDNF Gene Methylation and High Sociotropy, a Personality Vulnerability Factor in Cognitive Model of Depression.

Toshinori Shirata, Akihito Suzuki, Yoshihiko Matsumoto, Keisuke Noto, Kaoru Goto, Koichi Otani

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Article in Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Toshinori ShirataDepartment of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9118-0363
Akihito SuzukiDepartment of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Yoshihiko MatsumotoDepartment of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Keisuke NotoDepartment of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Kaoru GotoDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5733-2864
Koichi OtaniDepartment of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Yamagata University · JP

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Abstract

purposeIt is suggested that increased methylation of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene is involved in the pathogenesis of depression, while sociotropy and autonomy are proposed as personality vulnerability factors in cognitive model of depression. We examined the interrelation between BDNF gene methylation and sociotropy or autonomy, with taking into account the previously reported deleterious effect of parental overprotection on sociotropy. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe participants consisted of 90 healthy Japanese volunteers. Methylation levels of the BDNF gene in peripheral blood were quantified by bisulfite pyrosequencing. Sociotropy and autonomy were assessed by the Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale, and perceived parental protection was evaluated by the Parental Bonding Instrument.

resultsIn Pearson's correlation analysis, there was a positive correlation between methylation levels of the BDNF gene and sociotropy scores (p<0.05) but not autonomy scores, and a positive correlation between maternal protection scores and sociotropy scores (p<0.05). In structural equation modeling, two models were proposed; the first one is that hypermethylation of the BDNF gene and maternal overprotection independently contribute to high sociotropy, and the second one is that maternal overprotection contributes to high sociotropy which then leads to hypermethylation of the BDNF gene.

conclusionThe present study suggests an interrelation between increased BDNF gene methylation and high sociotropy.

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autonomyBDNF genemethylationparental protectionsociotropy

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