Florencia Trespalacios, Ariel Boyle, Lisa Serravalle, Sheilagh Hodgins, Mark A. Ellenbogen
{"title":"The perceived social support of parents having bipolar disorder impacts their children’s mental health: a 10-year longitudinal study","authors":"Florencia Trespalacios, Ariel Boyle, Lisa Serravalle, Sheilagh Hodgins, Mark A. Ellenbogen","doi":"10.1186/s40345-024-00349-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40345-024-00349-4","url":null,"abstract":"The offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (OBD) are at higher risk of developing psychopathology than the offspring of parents with no affective disorder (control). In addition to genetic predisposition, childhood adversity and a stressful family environment are important risk factors for the OBD. Protective factors in parents, such as social support and coping strategies, may buffer the effects of stress on at-risk children. This study tested whether parents’ social support and coping style attenuated the link between risk status (OBD vs. control) and psychopathology in offspring. During offspring’s middle childhood, parents underwent a diagnostic interview and completed social support and coping style questionnaires. Sixty-nine OBD (39 female) and 69 control (29 female) offspring between ages 13 and 29 completed a diagnostic interview approximately 10 years later. Parents’ social support satisfaction moderated the link between offspring risk status and their development of substance use disorder (SUD) symptoms (F(1,131) = 5.90, p = .017). Parents’ social network size moderated the link between offspring risk status and their development of anxiety and depression symptoms in an unexpected direction (F(1,131) = 5.07, p = .026). No effects of parents’ coping style were found. Among the OBD, having parents with greater social support satisfaction and, unexpectedly, a smaller social network buffered their development of SUD and depression and anxiety symptoms by early adulthood. Parents’ social support may thus have a protective function for children in these high-risk families.","PeriodicalId":13944,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bipolar Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141783545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xabier Pérez de Mendiola, Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei, Eduard Vieta, Ana González-Pinto
{"title":"Correction: Overview of lithium's use: a nationwide survey.","authors":"Xabier Pérez de Mendiola, Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei, Eduard Vieta, Ana González-Pinto","doi":"10.1186/s40345-024-00343-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40345-024-00343-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13944,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bipolar Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11269530/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141758506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Delfina Janiri, Alessio Simonetti, Mario Luciano, Silvia Montanari, Evelina Bernardi, Giuseppe Carrà, Andrea Fiorillo, Gabriele Sani
{"title":"Correction: Type of cycle, temperament and childhood trauma are associated with lithium response in patients with bipolar disorders.","authors":"Delfina Janiri, Alessio Simonetti, Mario Luciano, Silvia Montanari, Evelina Bernardi, Giuseppe Carrà, Andrea Fiorillo, Gabriele Sani","doi":"10.1186/s40345-024-00347-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40345-024-00347-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13944,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bipolar Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11239618/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141590263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The influence of PER3 VNTR genotypes on the age of onset in a group of bipolar I disorder patients: an exploratory study.","authors":"Tommaso Barlattani, Bettina Soltmann, Chiara D'Amelio, Valentina Socci, Francesca Pacitti, Maurizio Pompili, Philipp Ritter","doi":"10.1186/s40345-024-00346-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40345-024-00346-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>PER3 is a circadian gene that contains a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) which codifies for three genotypes: 4/4; 4/5; and 5/5 and is involved in non-visual response to light, a critical process associated with bipolar disorder onset. Benedetti et al. (Neurosci Lett 445(2):184-7) related this VNTR with bipolar disorder age of onset and linked genotype 5/5 with an earlier onset. In this study, we aimed to investigate these associations of PER3 VNTR genotypes with age of onset in a homogenous sample of German patients with bipolar I disorder through Kaplan-Meier curves.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>45 patients were enrolled and divided into three groups according to PER3 VNTR genotypes. Recognizing common biological features, we built a combined group of -5 allele carriers (4/5 + 5/5). As a primary outcome, Kaplan-Meier analysis was conducted to delineate the three genotypes' influence on age of onset. The secondary Kaplan-Meier analysis aimed to evaluate the relation between the 4/4 homozygotes group and the combined group (4/5 + 5/5) with age of onset. Finally, we proceeded to compare groups through a Log Rank Test and performed an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Kaplan-Meier analysis with three separate genotypes didn't replicate the findings of Benedetti's study. The analysis comparing genotype 4/4 with the combined group showed the influence of PER3 VNTR variants on the age of onset and relates genotype 4/4 to an earlier onset. ANCOVA between the combined and the 4/4 genotype groups, correlated genotype 4/4 with an increased number of depressive episodes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study showed no significant effect of PER3 VNTR genotypes on the age of onset and in linking genotype 5/5 with an earlier onset age. Contrasting results may arise from intrinsic differences between the two studies but also shed light on hypothetically different levels of functioning of PER3 VNTR genotypes in the context of bipolar pathology. Further studies will require bigger and more homogeneous clinical samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":13944,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bipolar Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11239620/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141590293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mirko Manchia, Pasquale Paribello, Martina Pinna, Luca Steardo, Bernardo Carpiniello, Federica Pinna, Claudia Pisanu, Alessio Squassina, Tomas Hajek
{"title":"Lithium and its effects: does dose matter?","authors":"Mirko Manchia, Pasquale Paribello, Martina Pinna, Luca Steardo, Bernardo Carpiniello, Federica Pinna, Claudia Pisanu, Alessio Squassina, Tomas Hajek","doi":"10.1186/s40345-024-00345-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40345-024-00345-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Decades of clinical research have demonstrated the efficacy of lithium in treating acute episodes (both manic and depressive), as well as in preventing recurrences of bipolar disorder (BD). Specific to lithium is its antisuicidal effect, which appears to extend beyond its mood-stabilizing properties. Lithium's clinical effectiveness is, to some extent, counterbalanced by its safety and tolerability profile. Indeed, monitoring of lithium levels is required by its narrow therapeutic index. There is consensus that adequate serum levels should be above 0.6 mEq/L to achieve clinical effectiveness. However, few data support the choice of this threshold, and increasing evidence suggests that lithium might have clinical and molecular effects at much lower concentrations.</p><p><strong>Content: </strong>This narrative review is aimed at: (1) reviewing and critically interpreting the clinical evidence supporting the use of the 0.6 mEq/L threshold, (2) reporting a narrative synthesis of the evidence supporting the notion that lithium might be effective in much lower doses. Among these are epidemiological studies of lithium in water, evidence on the antisuicidal, anti-aggressive, and neuroprotective effects, including efficacy in preventing cognitive impairment progression, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), of lithium; and (3) revieweing biological data supporting clinically viable uses of lithium at low levels with the delineation of a mechanistic hypothesis surrounding its purported mechanism of action. The study selection was based on the authors' preference, reflecting the varied and extensive expertise on the review subject, further enriched with an extensive pearl-growing strategy for relevant reviews and book sections.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Clinical and molecular effects of lithium are numerous, and its effects also appear to have a certain degree of specificity related to the dose administered. In sum, the clinical effects of lithium are maximal for mood stabilisation at concentrations higher than 0.6 mEq/l. However, lower levels may be sufficient for preventing depressive recurrences in older populations of patients, and microdoses could be effective in decreasing suicide risk, especially in patients with BD. Conversely, lithium's ability to counteract cognitive decline appears to be exerted at subtherapeutic doses, possibly corresponding to its molecular neuroprotective effects. Indeed, lithium may reduce inflammation and induce neuroprotection even at doses several folds lower than those commonly used in clinical settings. Nevertheless, findings surrounding its purported mechanism of action are missing, and more research is needed to investigate the molecular targets of low-dose lithium adequately.</p>","PeriodicalId":13944,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bipolar Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11196441/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141446112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The research landscape of bipolar disorder in Germany: productive, but underfunded.","authors":"Cindy Eckart, Andreas Reif","doi":"10.1186/s40345-024-00344-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40345-024-00344-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The recurrent mental illness bipolar disorder is a major burden on the healthcare system, which underlines the importance of research into this disease. Germany is one of the most productive countries in this research activity. This bibliometric analysis aims to outline the social and conceptual structure of the German research landscape on bipolar disorder over the last decade. Furthermore, we provide a short overview over current public funding.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Concerning the social structure, most of the German publications were collaboration projects, both with a national but also international orientation, in the latter case predominantly with countries of the global North. Analysis of the conceptual structure of German research activity identified psychiatric genetics, early recognition of bipolar disorder, neuroimaging, and pharmacological interventions as important topics within the field. In the context of a survey, only few publicly funded research projects were reported, many of which did not exclusively investigate bipolar disorder but followed a transdiagnostic approach.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our bibliometric analysis revealed internationally well-networked German research activities on bipolar disorder. In stark contrast to its high prevalence and correspondingly high financial burden to the healthcare system, current grant support for research on this illness is strikingly low, particularly concerning the development of novel treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":13944,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bipolar Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11180073/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141327499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suyi Shao, Yi Zou, Kody G Kennedy, Mikaela K Dimick, Ana C Andreazza, L Trevor Young, Vanessa F Goncalves, Bradley J MacIntosh, Benjamin I Goldstein
{"title":"Pilot study of circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA in relation to brain structure in youth bipolar disorder.","authors":"Suyi Shao, Yi Zou, Kody G Kennedy, Mikaela K Dimick, Ana C Andreazza, L Trevor Young, Vanessa F Goncalves, Bradley J MacIntosh, Benjamin I Goldstein","doi":"10.1186/s40345-024-00334-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40345-024-00334-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mitochondrial dysfunction is implicated in the neuropathology of bipolar disorder (BD). Higher circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA (ccf-mtDNA), generally reflecting poorer mitochondrial health, has been associated with greater symptoms severity in BD. The current study examines the association of serum ccf-mtDNA and brain structure in relation to youth BD. We hypothesized that higher ccf-mtDNA will be associated with measures of lower brain structure, particularly in the BD group.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants included 40 youth (BD, n = 19; Control group [CG], n = 21; aged 13-20 years). Serum ccf-mtDNA levels were assayed. T1-weighted brain images were acquired using 3T-MRI. Region of interest (ROI) analyses examined prefrontal cortex (PFC) and whole brain gray matter, alongside exploratory vertex-wise analyses. Analyses examined ccf-mtDNA main-effects and ccf-mtDNA-by-diagnosis interaction effects controlling for age, sex, and intracranial volume.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was no significant difference in ccf-mtDNA levels between BD and CG. In ROI analyses, higher ccf-mtDNA was associated with higher PFC surface area (SA) (β = 0.32 p < 0.001) and PFC volume (β = 0.32 p = 0.002) in the overall sample. In stratified analyses, higher ccf-mtDNA was associated with higher PFC SA within both subgroups (BD: β = 0.39 p = 0.02; CG: β = 0.24 p = 0.045). Higher ccf-mtDNA was associated with higher PFC volume within the BD group (β = 0.39 p = 0.046). In vertex-wise analyses, higher ccf-mtDNA was associated with higher SA and volume in frontal clusters within the overall sample and within the BD group. There were significant ccf-mtDNA-by-diagnosis interactions in three frontal and parietal clusters, whereby higher ccf-mtDNA was associated with higher neurostructural metrics in the BD group but lower neurostructural metrics in CG.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Contrasting our hypothesis, higher ccf-mtDNA was consistently associated with higher, rather than lower, regional neuralstructural metrics among youth with BD. While this finding may reflect a compensatory mechanism, future repeated-measures prospective studies evaluating the inter-relationship among ccf-mtDNA, mood, and brain structure across developmental epochs and illness stages are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":13944,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bipolar Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11178693/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141317249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marisol Herrera-Rivero, Mazda Adli, Kazufumi Akiyama, Nirmala Akula, Azmeraw T Amare, Raffaella Ardau, Bárbara Arias, Jean-Michel Aubry, Lena Backlund, Frank Bellivier, Antonio Benabarre, Susanne Bengesser, Abesh Kumar Bhattacharjee, Joanna M Biernacka, Armin Birner, Micah Cearns, Pablo Cervantes, Hsi-Chung Chen, Caterina Chillotti, Sven Cichon, Scott R Clark, Francesc Colom, Cristiana Cruceanu, Piotr M Czerski, Nina Dalkner, Franziska Degenhardt, Maria Del Zompo, J Raymond DePaulo, Bruno Etain, Peter Falkai, Ewa Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, Andreas J Forstner, Josef Frank, Louise Frisén, Mark A Frye, Janice M Fullerton, Carla Gallo, Sébastien Gard, Julie S Garnham, Fernando S Goes, Maria Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Paul Grof, Ryota Hashimoto, Roland Hasler, Joanna Hauser, Urs Heilbronner, Stefan Herms, Per Hoffmann, Liping Hou, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Stephane Jamain, Esther Jiménez, Jean-Pierre Kahn, Layla Kassem, Tadafumi Kato, John Kelsoe, Sarah Kittel-Schneider, Po-Hsiu Kuo, Ichiro Kusumi, Barbara König, Gonzalo Laje, Mikael Landén, Catharina Lavebratt, Marion Leboyer, Susan G Leckband, Mario Maj, Mirko Manchia, Cynthia Marie-Claire, Lina Martinsson, Michael J McCarthy, Susan L McElroy, Vincent Millischer, Marina Mitjans, Francis M Mondimore, Palmiero Monteleone, Caroline M Nievergelt, Tomas Novák, Markus M Nöthen, Claire O'Donovan, Norio Ozaki, Sergi Papiol, Andrea Pfennig, Claudia Pisanu, James B Potash, Andreas Reif, Eva Reininghaus, Hélène Richard-Lepouriel, Gloria Roberts, Guy A Rouleau, Janusz K Rybakowski, Martin Schalling, Peter R Schofield, Klaus Oliver Schubert, Eva C Schulte, Barbara W Schweizer, Giovanni Severino, Tatyana Shekhtman, Paul D Shilling, Katzutaka Shimoda, Christian Simhandl, Claire M Slaney, Alessio Squassina, Thomas Stamm, Pavla Stopkova, Fabian Streit, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, Anbupalam Thalamuthu, Alfonso Tortorella, Gustavo Turecki, Julia Veeh, Eduard Vieta, Biju Viswanath, Stephanie H Witt, Peter P Zandi, Martin Alda, Michael Bauer, Francis J McMahon, Philip B Mitchell, Marcella Rietschel, Thomas G Schulze, Bernhard T Baune
{"title":"Exploring the genetics of lithium response in bipolar disorders.","authors":"Marisol Herrera-Rivero, Mazda Adli, Kazufumi Akiyama, Nirmala Akula, Azmeraw T Amare, Raffaella Ardau, Bárbara Arias, Jean-Michel Aubry, Lena Backlund, Frank Bellivier, Antonio Benabarre, Susanne Bengesser, Abesh Kumar Bhattacharjee, Joanna M Biernacka, Armin Birner, Micah Cearns, Pablo Cervantes, Hsi-Chung Chen, Caterina Chillotti, Sven Cichon, Scott R Clark, Francesc Colom, Cristiana Cruceanu, Piotr M Czerski, Nina Dalkner, Franziska Degenhardt, Maria Del Zompo, J Raymond DePaulo, Bruno Etain, Peter Falkai, Ewa Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, Andreas J Forstner, Josef Frank, Louise Frisén, Mark A Frye, Janice M Fullerton, Carla Gallo, Sébastien Gard, Julie S Garnham, Fernando S Goes, Maria Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Paul Grof, Ryota Hashimoto, Roland Hasler, Joanna Hauser, Urs Heilbronner, Stefan Herms, Per Hoffmann, Liping Hou, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Stephane Jamain, Esther Jiménez, Jean-Pierre Kahn, Layla Kassem, Tadafumi Kato, John Kelsoe, Sarah Kittel-Schneider, Po-Hsiu Kuo, Ichiro Kusumi, Barbara König, Gonzalo Laje, Mikael Landén, Catharina Lavebratt, Marion Leboyer, Susan G Leckband, Mario Maj, Mirko Manchia, Cynthia Marie-Claire, Lina Martinsson, Michael J McCarthy, Susan L McElroy, Vincent Millischer, Marina Mitjans, Francis M Mondimore, Palmiero Monteleone, Caroline M Nievergelt, Tomas Novák, Markus M Nöthen, Claire O'Donovan, Norio Ozaki, Sergi Papiol, Andrea Pfennig, Claudia Pisanu, James B Potash, Andreas Reif, Eva Reininghaus, Hélène Richard-Lepouriel, Gloria Roberts, Guy A Rouleau, Janusz K Rybakowski, Martin Schalling, Peter R Schofield, Klaus Oliver Schubert, Eva C Schulte, Barbara W Schweizer, Giovanni Severino, Tatyana Shekhtman, Paul D Shilling, Katzutaka Shimoda, Christian Simhandl, Claire M Slaney, Alessio Squassina, Thomas Stamm, Pavla Stopkova, Fabian Streit, Fasil Tekola-Ayele, Anbupalam Thalamuthu, Alfonso Tortorella, Gustavo Turecki, Julia Veeh, Eduard Vieta, Biju Viswanath, Stephanie H Witt, Peter P Zandi, Martin Alda, Michael Bauer, Francis J McMahon, Philip B Mitchell, Marcella Rietschel, Thomas G Schulze, Bernhard T Baune","doi":"10.1186/s40345-024-00341-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40345-024-00341-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Lithium (Li) remains the treatment of choice for bipolar disorders (BP). Its mood-stabilizing effects help reduce the long-term burden of mania, depression and suicide risk in patients with BP. It also has been shown to have beneficial effects on disease-associated conditions, including sleep and cardiovascular disorders. However, the individual responses to Li treatment vary within and between diagnostic subtypes of BP (e.g. BP-I and BP-II) according to the clinical presentation. Moreover, long-term Li treatment has been linked to adverse side-effects that are a cause of concern and non-adherence, including the risk of developing chronic medical conditions such as thyroid and renal disease. In recent years, studies by the Consortium on Lithium Genetics (ConLiGen) have uncovered a number of genetic factors that contribute to the variability in Li treatment response in patients with BP. Here, we leveraged the ConLiGen cohort (N = 2064) to investigate the genetic basis of Li effects in BP. For this, we studied how Li response and linked genes associate with the psychiatric symptoms and polygenic load for medical comorbidities, placing particular emphasis on identifying differences between BP-I and BP-II.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that clinical response to Li treatment, measured with the Alda scale, was associated with a diminished burden of mania, depression, substance and alcohol abuse, psychosis and suicidal ideation in patients with BP-I and, in patients with BP-II, of depression only. Our genetic analyses showed that a stronger clinical response to Li was modestly related to lower polygenic load for diabetes and hypertension in BP-I but not BP-II. Moreover, our results suggested that a number of genes that have been previously linked to Li response variability in BP differentially relate to the psychiatric symptomatology, particularly to the numbers of manic and depressive episodes, and to the polygenic load for comorbid conditions, including diabetes, hypertension and hypothyroidism.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Taken together, our findings suggest that the effects of Li on symptomatology and comorbidity in BP are partially modulated by common genetic factors, with differential effects between BP-I and BP-II.</p>","PeriodicalId":13944,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bipolar Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11169116/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141305870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyunju Lee, Dohyun Han, Kyung Sue Hong, Kyooseob Ha, Hyeyoon Kim, Eun Young Cho, Woojae Myung, Sang Jin Rhee, Jayoun Kim, Tae Hyon Ha, Kang Eun Lee, Hye Won Jung, Yejin Lee, Dongbin Lee, Hyeona Yu, Daseul Lee, Yun Seong Park, Yong Min Ahn, Ji Hyun Baek, Se Hyun Kim
{"title":"Integrated proteomic and genomic analysis to identify predictive biomarkers for valproate response in bipolar disorder: a 6-month follow-up study.","authors":"Hyunju Lee, Dohyun Han, Kyung Sue Hong, Kyooseob Ha, Hyeyoon Kim, Eun Young Cho, Woojae Myung, Sang Jin Rhee, Jayoun Kim, Tae Hyon Ha, Kang Eun Lee, Hye Won Jung, Yejin Lee, Dongbin Lee, Hyeona Yu, Daseul Lee, Yun Seong Park, Yong Min Ahn, Ji Hyun Baek, Se Hyun Kim","doi":"10.1186/s40345-024-00342-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40345-024-00342-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Several genetic studies have been undertaken to elucidate the intricate interplay between genetics and drug responses in bipolar disorder (BD). However, there has been notably limited research on biomarkers specifically linked to valproate, with only a few studies investigating integrated proteomic and genomic factors in response to valproate treatment. Therefore, this study aimed to identify biological markers for the therapeutic response to valproate treatment in BD. Patients with BD in remission were assessed only at baseline, whereas those experiencing acute mood episodes were evaluated at three points (baseline, 8 ± 2 weeks, and 6 ± 1 months). The response to valproate treatment was measured using the Alda scale, with individuals scoring an Alda A score ≥ 5 categorized into the acute-valproate responder (acute-VPAR) group. We analyzed 158 peptides (92 proteins) from peripheral blood samples using multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry, and proteomic result-guided candidate gene association analyses, with 1,627 single nucleotide variants (SNVs), were performed using the Korean chip.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The markers of 37 peptides (27 protein) showed temporal upregulation, indicating possible association with response to valproate treatment. A total of 58 SNVs in 22 genes and 37 SNVs in 16 genes showed nominally significant associations with the Alda A continuous score and the acute-VPAR group, respectively. No SNVs reached the genome-wide significance threshold; however, three SNVs (rs115788299, rs11563197, and rs117669164) in the secreted phosphoprotein 2 gene reached a gene-based false discovery rate-corrected significance threshold with response to valproate treatment. Significant markers were associated with the pathophysiological processes of bipolar disorders, including the immune response, acute phase reaction, and coagulation cascade. These results suggest that valproate effectively suppresses mechanisms associated with disease progression.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The markers identified in this study could be valuable indicators of the underlying mechanisms associated with response to valproate treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":13944,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bipolar Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11101393/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anaid Pérez-Ramos, Cristina Romero-López-Alberca, Maria Hidalgo-Figueroa, Esther Berrocoso, Jose I Pérez-Revuelta
{"title":"A systematic review of the biomarkers associated with cognition and mood state in bipolar disorder.","authors":"Anaid Pérez-Ramos, Cristina Romero-López-Alberca, Maria Hidalgo-Figueroa, Esther Berrocoso, Jose I Pérez-Revuelta","doi":"10.1186/s40345-024-00340-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40345-024-00340-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe psychiatric disorder characterized by changes in mood that alternate between (hypo) mania or depression and mixed states, often associated with functional impairment and cognitive dysfunction. But little is known about biomarkers that contribute to the development and sustainment of cognitive deficits. The aim of this study was to review the association between neurocognition and biomarkers across different mood states.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Search databases were Web of Science, Scopus and PubMed. A systematic review was carried out following the PRISMA guidelines. Risk of bias was assessed with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Studies were selected that focused on the correlation between neuroimaging, physiological, genetic or peripheral biomarkers and cognition in at least two phases of BD: depression, (hypo)mania, euthymia or mixed. PROSPERO Registration No.: CRD42023410782.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1824 references were screened, identifying 1023 published articles, of which 336 were considered eligible. Only 16 provided information on the association between biomarkers and cognition in the different affective states of BD. The included studies found: (i) Differences in levels of total cholesterol and C reactive protein depending on mood state; (ii) There is no association found between cognition and peripheral biomarkers; (iii) Neuroimaging biomarkers highlighted hypoactivation of frontal areas as distinctive of acute state of BD; (iv) A deactivation failure has been reported in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), potentially serving as a trait marker of BD.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Only a few recent articles have investigated biomarker-cognition associations in BD mood phases. Our findings underline that there appear to be central regions involved in BD that are observed in all mood states. However, there appear to be underlying mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction that may vary across different mood states in BD. This review highlights the importance of standardizing the data and the assessment of cognition, as well as the need for biomarkers to help prevent acute symptomatic phases of the disease, and the associated functional and cognitive impairment.</p>","PeriodicalId":13944,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bipolar Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11101403/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}