Jesper Lindahl , Miranda Stiernborg , Filip Ventorp , Klara Suneson , Gustav Söderberg Veibäck , Johanna Tjernberg , Darya Ståhl , Marie Hjärn , Catharina Lavebratt , Daniel Lindqvist
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A plasma protein profile of antidepressant response to omega-3 fatty acids
Background
Previous studies suggest an antidepressant effect of omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs). This effect may be larger in patients with low-grade inflammation, defined as mild elevations of high sensitivity C-reactive protein or other commonly used inflammatory markers. The antidepressant mechanisms of n-3 PUFAs are not fully understood but may involve modulation of immunometabolic processes and neurotrophic effects. Here we investigated inflammatory and cardiometabolic biomarkers in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and controls, how these biomarkers change with n-3 PUFA treatment, and their association with antidepressant response.
Methods
Ninety-four MDD patients were treated with 2.2 g eicosapentaenoic acid, 400 mg docosahexaenoic acid, and 800 mg other omega-3 fatty acids per day, added to stable antidepressant treatment for 8 weeks. Inflammatory and cardiometabolic plasma markers were assayed in MDD patients, before and after n-3 PUFA treatment, and in healthy controls (n = 76) using proximity extension assay technology. Treatment response was defined as ≥50 % reduction on the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. Partial least squares discriminant analysis identified plasma proteins with differential levels between patients, controls, responders, and non-responders.
Results
After adjusting for relevant covariates and multiple comparisons, baseline levels of several biomarkers associated with immunometabolic functions and neurotrophic processes differed significantly between MDD patients and controls and between n-3 PUFA responders and non-responders. Some of these biomarkers, related to cell-cell communication and neurotrophy, increased significantly with treatment.
Conclusion
These findings provide new insights into the antidepressant mechanisms of n-3 PUFAs. Consistent with previous reports, we found evidence of pre-treatment immune activation in responders compared to non-responders, which could be used to personalize antidepressant n-3 PUFA treatment.
期刊介绍:
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry is an international and multidisciplinary journal which aims to ensure the rapid publication of authoritative reviews and research papers dealing with experimental and clinical aspects of neuro-psychopharmacology and biological psychiatry. Issues of the journal are regularly devoted wholly in or in part to a topical subject.
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry does not publish work on the actions of biological extracts unless the pharmacological active molecular substrate and/or specific receptor binding properties of the extract compounds are elucidated.