{"title":"Identification of risk loci for postpartum depression in a genome‐wide association study","authors":"Xue Li, Nagahide Takahashi, Akira Narita, Yukako Nakamura, Mika Sakurai‐Yageta, Keiko Murakami, Mami Ishikuro, Taku Obara, Masahiro Kikuya, Fumihiko Ueno, Hirohito Metoki, Hisashi Ohseto, Ippei Takahashi, Tomohiro Nakamura, Noriko Warita, Tomoka Shoji, Zhiqian Yu, Chiaki Ono, Natsuko Kobayashi, Saya Kikuchi, Tasuku Matsuki, Fuji Nagami, Soichi Ogishima, Junichi Sugawara, Tetsuro Hoshiai, Masatoshi Saito, Nobuo Fuse, Kengo Kinoshita, Masayuki Yamamoto, Nobuo Yaegashi, Norio Ozaki, Gen Tamiya, Shinichi Kuriyama, Hiroaki Tomita","doi":"10.1111/pcn.13731","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pcn.13731","url":null,"abstract":"AimGenome‐wide association studies (GWAS) of postpartum depression (PPD) based on accumulated cohorts with multiple ethnic backgrounds have failed to identify significantly associated loci. Herein, we conducted a GWAS of Japanese perinatal women along with detailed confounding information to uncover PPD‐associated loci.MethodsThe first and second cohorts (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 9260 and <jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 8582 perinatal women enrolled in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project) and the third cohort (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 997), recruited at Nagoya University, underwent genotyping. Of them, 1421, 1264, and 225 were classified as PPD based on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale 1 month after delivery. The most influential confounding factors of genetic liability to PPD were selected, and logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate genetic associations with PPD after adjusting for confounders.ResultsA meta‐analysis of GWAS results from the three cohorts identified significant associations between PPD and the following loci (<jats:italic>P</jats:italic> < 5 × 10<jats:sup>−8</jats:sup>) by integrating the number of deliveries and the number of family members living together as the most influential confounders: rs377546683 at <jats:italic>DAB1</jats:italic>, rs11940752 near <jats:italic>UGT8</jats:italic>, rs141172317, rs117928019, rs76631412, rs118131805 at <jats:italic>DOCK2</jats:italic>, rs188907279 near <jats:italic>ZNF572</jats:italic>, rs504378, rs690150, rs491868, rs689917, rs474978, rs690118, rs690253 near <jats:italic>DIRAS2</jats:italic>, rs1435984417 at <jats:italic>ZNF618</jats:italic>, rs57705782 near <jats:italic>PTPRM</jats:italic>, and rs185293917 near <jats:italic>PDGFB</jats:italic>. Pathway analyses indicated that SNPs suggestively associated with PPD were mostly over‐represented in categories including long‐term depression, GnRH signaling, glutamatergic synapse, oxytocin signaling, and Rap1 signaling.ConclusionThe current GWAS study identified eight loci significantly associated with PPD, which may clarify the genetic structure underlying its pathogenesis.","PeriodicalId":20938,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142251858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Congenital hypothyroidism and risk of subsequent autism spectrum disorder and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Taiwan","authors":"Hung‐Yi Lin, Chih‐Sung Liang, Shih‐Jen Tsai, Ju‐Wei Hsu, Kai‐Lin Huang, Tung‐Ping Su, Tzeng‐Ji Chen, Ya‐Mei Bai, Tien‐Wei Hsu, Mu‐Hong Chen","doi":"10.1111/pcn.13733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pcn.13733","url":null,"abstract":"AimEvidence suggests an association between maternal hypothyroidism and risk of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in offspring. We examined the risk of ASD and ADHD in individuals with congenital hypothyroidism (CHT).MethodsA nationwide population‐based cohort study enrolled a total of 1260 children younger than 12 years with a confirmed diagnosis of CHT and no prior diagnosis of any neurodevelopmental disorders, selected from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan between 1998 to 2013. In addition, 12,600 controls matched for sex, age, and residence were selected. Cox proportional hazards analysis was used to investigate the association among CHT, ASD, and ADHD.ResultsChildren with CHT were associated with a higher incidence of ASD (7.1‰ vs 1.3‰, <jats:italic>P</jats:italic> < 0.001) and ADHD (39.7‰ vs 18.7‰, <jats:italic>P</jats:italic> < 0.001) than the control group. Cox regression analyses demonstrated that children with CHT were associated with elevated risks of ASD (hazard ratio [HR], 4.72 [95% confidence interval (CI), 2.08–10.70]) and ADHD (HR, 2.03 [95% CI, 1.49–2.77]), after adjusting for demographic data and family history of major psychiatric disorders, compared with the control group.ConclusionChildren with CHT were associated with approximately a two‐fold increased risk of ADHD and a four‐fold increased risk of ASD than the control group. Our study highlights the need for future research to elucidate the potential pathophysiology among CHD, ASD, and ADHD.","PeriodicalId":20938,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142177914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Arachidonic acid-derived dihydroxy fatty acids in neonatal cord blood relate symptoms of autism spectrum disorders and social adaptive functioning: Hamamatsu Birth Cohort for Mothers and Children (HBC Study).","authors":"Takaharu Hirai, Naoko Umeda, Taeko Harada, Akemi Okumura, Chikako Nakayasu, Takayo Ohto-Nakanishi, Kenji J Tsuchiya, Tomoko Nishimura, Hideo Matsuzaki","doi":"10.1111/pcn.13710","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pcn.13710","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with abnormal lipid metabolism, such as a high total ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). PUFAs are metabolized to epoxy fatty acids by cytochrome P450 (CYP); then, dihydroxy fatty acid is produced by soluble epoxide hydrolase. This study examined the association between PUFA metabolites in the cord blood and ASD symptoms and adaptive functioning in children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This prospective cohort study utilized cord blood to quantify PUFA metabolites of the CYP pathway. The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) and Vineland Adaptive Behaviors Scales, Second Edition (VABS-II) were used to assess subsequent ASD symptoms and adaptive functioning in children at 6 years. The analysis included 200 children and their mothers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Arachidonic acid-derived diols, 11,12-diHETrE was found to impact ASD symptom severity on the ADOS-2-calibrated severity scores and impairment in the socialization domain as assessed by the VABS-II (P = 0.0003; P = 0.004, respectively). High levels of 11,12-diHETrE impact social affect in ASD symptoms (P = 0.002), while low levels of 8,9-diHETrE impact repetitive/restrictive behavior (P = 0.003). Notably, there was specificity in the association between diHETrE and ASD symptoms, especially in girls.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings suggest that the dynamics of diHETrE during the fetal period is important in the developmental trajectory of children after birth. Given that the role of diol metabolites in neurodevelopment in vivo is completely uncharacterized, the results of this study provide important insight into the role of diHETrE and ASD pathophysiology.</p>","PeriodicalId":20938,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"546-557"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11488600/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141748970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dementia treatment and prevention in the era of 60 million patients: advancing disease-modifying therapies faster, wider, and deeper.","authors":"Masaru Mimura","doi":"10.1111/pcn.13713","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pcn.13713","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20938,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":"78 9","pages":"490"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142120478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tetrabenazine-induced acute dystonic reaction during the treatment of comorbid tics in a young woman with autism spectrum disorder.","authors":"Marcelo D Mendonça, J Bernardo Barahona-Corrêa","doi":"10.1111/pcn.13705","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pcn.13705","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20938,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"558-559"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141470488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minji Bang, Kisung Park, Seoung-Ho Choi, Sung Soo Ahn, Jinna Kim, Seung-Koo Lee, Yae Won Park, Sang-Hyuk Lee
{"title":"Identification of schizophrenia by applying interpretable radiomics modeling with structural magnetic resonance imaging of the cerebellum.","authors":"Minji Bang, Kisung Park, Seoung-Ho Choi, Sung Soo Ahn, Jinna Kim, Seung-Koo Lee, Yae Won Park, Sang-Hyuk Lee","doi":"10.1111/pcn.13707","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pcn.13707","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The cerebellum is involved in higher-order mental processing as well as sensorimotor functions. Although structural abnormalities in the cerebellum have been demonstrated in schizophrenia, neuroimaging techniques are not yet applicable to identify them given the lack of biomarkers. We aimed to develop a robust diagnostic model for schizophrenia using radiomic features from T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (T1-MRI) of the cerebellum.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 336 participants (174 schizophrenia; 162 healthy controls [HCs]) were allocated to training (122 schizophrenia; 115 HCs) and test (52 schizophrenia; 47 HCs) cohorts. We obtained 2568 radiomic features from T1-MRI of the cerebellar subregions. After feature selection, a light gradient boosting machine classifier was trained. The discrimination and calibration of the model were evaluated. SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) was applied to determine model interpretability.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 17 radiomic features to differentiate participants with schizophrenia from HCs. In the test cohort, the radiomics model had an area under the curve, accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of 0.89 (95% confidence interval: 0.82-0.95), 78.8%, 88.5%, and 75.4%, respectively. The model explanation by SHAP suggested that the second-order size zone non-uniformity feature from the right lobule IX and first-order energy feature from the right lobules V and VI were highly associated with the risk of schizophrenia.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The radiomics model focused on the cerebellum demonstrates robustness in diagnosing schizophrenia. Our results suggest that microcircuit disruption in the posterior cerebellum is a disease-defining feature of schizophrenia, and radiomics modeling has potential for supporting biomarker-based decision-making in clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":20938,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"527-535"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141493230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multivariate sharp-wave ripples in schizophrenia during awake state.","authors":"Takefumi Ohki, Zenas C Chao, Yuichi Takei, Yutaka Kato, Masakazu Sunaga, Tomohiro Suto, Minami Tagawa, Masato Fukuda","doi":"10.1111/pcn.13702","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pcn.13702","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Schizophrenia (SZ) is a brain disorder characterized by psychotic symptoms and cognitive dysfunction. Recently, irregularities in sharp-wave ripples (SPW-Rs) have been reported in SZ. As SPW-Rs play a critical role in memory, their irregularities can cause psychotic symptoms and cognitive dysfunction in patients with SZ. In this study, we investigated the SPW-Rs in human SZ.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We measured whole-brain activity using magnetoencephalography (MEG) in patients with SZ (n = 20) and sex- and age-matched healthy participants (n = 20) during open-eye rest. We identified SPW-Rs and analyzed their occurrence and time-frequency traits. Furthermore, we developed a novel multivariate analysis method, termed \"ripple-gedMEG\" to extract the global features of SPW-Rs. We also examined the association between SPW-Rs and brain state transitions. The outcomes of these analyses were modeled to predict the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) scores of SZ.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that SPW-Rs in the SZ (1) occurred more frequently, (2) the delay of the coupling phase (3) appeared in different brain areas, (4) consisted of a less organized spatiotemporal pattern, and (5) were less involved in brain state transitions. Finally, some of the neural features associated with the SPW-Rs were found to be PANSS-positive, a pathological indicator of SZ. These results suggest that widespread but disorganized SPW-Rs underlies the symptoms of SZ.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We identified irregularities in SPW-Rs in SZ and confirmed that their alternations were strongly associated with SZ neuropathology. These results suggest a new direction for human SZ research.</p>","PeriodicalId":20938,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"507-516"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11488617/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141458970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Arginine vasopressin in mood disorders: A potential biomarker of disease pathology and a target for pharmacologic intervention.","authors":"Hiroe Hu, Carlos A Zarate, Joseph Verbalis","doi":"10.1111/pcn.13703","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pcn.13703","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vasopressin or arginine-vasopressin (AVP) is a neuropeptide molecule known for its antidiuretic effects and serves to regulate plasma osmolality and blood pressure. The existing literature suggests that AVP plays a multifaceted-though less well-known-role in the central nervous system (CNS), particularly in relation to the pathophysiology and treatment of mood disorders. Animal models have demonstrated that AVP is implicated in regulating social cognition, affiliative and prosocial behaviors, and aggression, often in conjunction with oxytocin. In humans, AVP is implicated in mood disorders through its effects on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis as well as on the serotoninergic and glutamatergic systems. Measuring plasma AVP has yielded interesting but mixed results in mood and stress-related disorders. Recent advances have led to the development of copeptin as a stable and reliable surrogate biomarker for AVP. Another interesting but relatively unexplored issue is the interaction between the osmoregulatory system and mood disorder pathophysiology, given that psychotropic medications often cause dysregulation of AVP receptor expression or signaling that can subsequently lead to clinical syndromes like syndrome of inappropriate diuresis and diabetes insipidus. Finally, pharmaceutical trials of agents that act on V1a and V1b receptor antagonists are still underway. This narrative review summarizes: (1) the neurobiology of the vasopressinergic system in the CNS; (2) the interaction between AVP and the monoaminergic and glutamatergic pathways in the pathophysiology and treatment of mood disorders; (3) the iatrogenic AVP dysregulation caused by psychotropic medications; and (4) the pharmaceutical development of AVP receptor antagonists for the treatment of mood disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":20938,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"495-506"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11371531/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141458968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vortioxetine for depression in adults: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.","authors":"Xin Yang, Shuping Fang, Wenqi Lyu, Yongbo Hu, Huifang Xu, Xiao Jiang, Yurou Zhao, Yuwei Zhang, Jin Li, Weihong Kuang","doi":"10.1111/pcn.13709","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pcn.13709","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent psychiatric condition and vortioxetine offers promising antidepressant effects due to its unique pharmacological profile. However, the dose-response relationships of vortioxetine for MDD is not well established. We aimed to conduct dose-response meta-analyses to fill this gap.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We systematically searched multiple electronic databases for randomized controlled trials of vortioxetine for MDD, with the last search conducted on 08 February, 2024. The dose-response relationship was evaluated using a one-stage random-effects dose-response meta-analysis with restricted cubic spline model. The primary outcome was efficacy (mean change in depression scale score), with secondary outcomes including response, dropout for any reasons (acceptability), dropout for adverse events (tolerability), and any adverse events (safety).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The dose-response meta-analysis comprised 16 studies, with 4,294 participants allocated to the vortioxetine group and 2,299 participants allocated to the placebo group. The estimated 50% effective dose was 4.37 mg/day, and the near-maximal effective dose (95% effective dose) was 17.93 mg/day. Visual inspection of the dose-efficacy curve suggests that a plateau possibly had not been reached yet at 20 mg/day. Acceptability, tolerability and safety decreased as the dose increased. Subgroup analysis indicated that no significant differences were observed in acceptability, tolerability and safety among the dosage groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Vortioxetine may potentially provide additional therapeutic benefits when exceeding the current licensed dosage without significantly impacting safety. Conducting clinical trials exceeding the current approved dosage appears necessary to fully comprehend its efficacy and risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":20938,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"536-545"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141493231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}