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No evidence for intervention-associated DNA methylation changes in monocytes of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.
Hummel, Elisabeth; Elgizouli, Magdeldin; Sicorello, Maurizio et al.
2022In Scientific Reports, 12 (1), p. 17347
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Keywords :
DNA Methylation; Epigenetics; PTSD; Female; Humans; Monocytes
Abstract :
[en] DNA methylation patterns can be responsive to environmental influences. This observation has sparked interest in the potential for psychological interventions to influence epigenetic processes. Recent studies have observed correlations between DNA methylation changes and therapy outcome. However, most did not control for changes in cell composition. This study had two aims: first, we sought to replicate therapy-associated changes in DNA methylation of commonly assessed candidate genes in isolated monocytes from 60 female patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Our second, exploratory goal was to identify novel genomic regions with substantial pre-to-post intervention DNA methylation changes by performing whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) in two patients with PTSD. Equivalence testing and Bayesian analyses provided evidence against physiologically meaningful intervention-associated DNA methylation changes in monocytes of PTSD patients in commonly investigated target genes (NR3C1, FKBP5, SLC6A4, OXTR). Furthermore, WGBS yielded only a limited set of candidate regions with suggestive evidence of differential DNA methylation pre- to post-therapy. These differential DNA methylation patterns did not prove replicable when investigated in the entire cohort. We conclude that there is no evidence for major, recurrent intervention-associated DNA methylation changes in the investigated genes in monocytes of patients with PTSD.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Hummel, Elisabeth
Elgizouli, Magdeldin
Sicorello, Maurizio
Leitão, Elsa
Beygo, Jasmin
Schröder, Christopher
Zeschnigk, Michael
Müller, Svenja
Herpertz, Stephan
Moser, Dirk
Kessler, Henrik
Horsthemke, Bernhard
Kumsta, Robert ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
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Language :
English
Title :
No evidence for intervention-associated DNA methylation changes in monocytes of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.
Publication date :
2022
Journal title :
Scientific Reports
ISSN :
2045-2322
Publisher :
Nature Publishing Group, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Pages :
17347
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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