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TITLE
Does Childhood Trauma Moderate Polygenic Risk for Depression? A Meta-analysis of 5765 Subjects From the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND
The heterogeneity of genetic effects on major depressive disorder (MDD) may be partly attributable to moderation of genetic effects by environment, such as exposure to childhood trauma (CT). Indeed, previous findings in two independent cohorts showed evidence for interaction between polygenic risk scores (PRSs) and CT, albeit in opposing directions. This study aims to meta-analyze MDD-PRS × CT interaction results across these two and other cohorts, while applying more accurate PRSs based on a larger discovery sample.
METHODS
The heterogeneity of genetic effects on major depressive disorder (MDD) may be partly attributable to moderation of genetic effects by environment, such as exposure to childhood trauma (CT). Indeed, previous findings in two independent cohorts showed evidence for interaction between polygenic risk scores (PRSs) and CT, albeit in opposing directions. This study aims to meta-analyze MDD-PRS × CT interaction results across these two and other cohorts, while applying more accurate PRSs based on a larger discovery sample. Data were combined from 3024 MDD cases and 2741 control subjects from nine cohorts contributing to the MDD Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. MDD-PRS were based on a discovery sample of ∼110,000 independent individuals. CT was assessed as exposure to sexual or physical abuse during childhood. In a subset of 1957 cases and 2002 control subjects, a more detailed five-domain measure additionally included emotional abuse, physical neglect, and emotional neglect.
RESULTS
The heterogeneity of genetic effects on major depressive disorder (MDD) may be partly attributable to moderation of genetic effects by environment, such as exposure to childhood trauma (CT). Indeed, previous findings in two independent cohorts showed evidence for interaction between polygenic risk scores (PRSs) and CT, albeit in opposing directions. This study aims to meta-analyze MDD-PRS × CT interaction results across these two and other cohorts, while applying more accurate PRSs based on a larger discovery sample. Data were combined from 3024 MDD cases and 2741 control subjects from nine cohorts contributing to the MDD Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. MDD-PRS were based on a discovery sample of ∼110,000 independent individuals. CT was assessed as exposure to sexual or physical abuse during childhood. In a subset of 1957 cases and 2002 control subjects, a more detailed five-domain measure additionally included emotional abuse, physical neglect, and emotional neglect. MDD was associated with the MDD-PRS (odds ratio [OR] = 1.24, p = 3.6 × 10 , R  = 1.18%) and with CT (OR = 2.63, p = 3.5 × 10 and OR = 2.62, p = 1.4 ×10 for the two- and five-domain measures, respectively). No interaction was found between MDD-PRS and the two-domain and five-domain CT measure (OR = 1.00, p = .89 and OR = 1.05, p = .66).
CONCLUSIONS
The heterogeneity of genetic effects on major depressive disorder (MDD) may be partly attributable to moderation of genetic effects by environment, such as exposure to childhood trauma (CT). Indeed, previous findings in two independent cohorts showed evidence for interaction between polygenic risk scores (PRSs) and CT, albeit in opposing directions. This study aims to meta-analyze MDD-PRS × CT interaction results across these two and other cohorts, while applying more accurate PRSs based on a larger discovery sample. Data were combined from 3024 MDD cases and 2741 control subjects from nine cohorts contributing to the MDD Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. MDD-PRS were based on a discovery sample of ∼110,000 independent individuals. CT was assessed as exposure to sexual or physical abuse during childhood. In a subset of 1957 cases and 2002 control subjects, a more detailed five-domain measure additionally included emotional abuse, physical neglect, and emotional neglect. MDD was associated with the MDD-PRS (odds ratio [OR] = 1.24, p = 3.6 × 10 , R  = 1.18%) and with CT (OR = 2.63, p = 3.5 × 10 and OR = 2.62, p = 1.4 ×10 for the two- and five-domain measures, respectively). No interaction was found between MDD-PRS and the two-domain and five-domain CT measure (OR = 1.00, p = .89 and OR = 1.05, p = .66). No meta-analytic evidence for interaction between MDD-PRS and CT was found. This suggests that the previously reported interaction effects, although both statistically significant, can best be interpreted as chance findings. Further research is required, but this study suggests that the genetic heterogeneity of MDD is not attributable to genome-wide moderation of genetic effects by CT.
Copyright © 2017 Society of Biological Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
DATE PUBLISHED
2018 07 15
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2017/05/21
revised 2017/09/01
accepted 2017/09/01
pubmed 2017/11/14 06:00
medline 2019/10/08 06:00
entrez 2017/11/14 06:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Peyrot WJ Peyrot Wouter J WJ Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center and GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: peyrot.w@gmail.com.
Van der Auwera S Van der Auwera Sandra S Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Milaneschi Y Milaneschi Yuri Y Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center and GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Dolan CV Dolan Conor V CV Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Madden PAF Madden Pamela A F PAF Department of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri.
Sullivan PF Sullivan Patrick F PF Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Strohmaier J Strohmaier Jana J Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ripke S Ripke Stephan S Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany; Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Rietschel M Rietschel Marcella M Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Nivard MG Nivard Michel G MG Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Mullins N Mullins Niamh N Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.
Montgomery GW Montgomery Grant W GW Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Henders AK Henders Anjali K AK Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Heat AC Heat Andrew C AC Department of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri.
Fisher HL Fisher Helen L HL Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.
Dunn EC Dunn Erin C EC Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Byrne EM Byrne Enda M EM Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Air TA Air Tracy A TA Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
Baune BT Baune Bernhard T BT Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Breen G Breen Gerome G Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.
Levinson DF Levinson Douglas F DF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Lewis CM Lewis Cathryn M CM Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.
Martin NG Martin Nick G NG Queensland Institute of Medical Research Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
Nelson EN Nelson Elliot N EN Department of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri.
Boomsma DI Boomsma Dorret I DI Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Grabe HJ Grabe Hans J HJ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Wray NR Wray Naomi R NR Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Penninx BWJH Penninx Brenda W J H BWJH Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center and GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
INVESTIGATORS
LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION
Wray Naomi R NR
Ripke Stephan S
Mattheisen Manuel M
Trzaskowski Maciej M
Byrne Enda M EM
Abdellaoui Abdel A
Adams Mark J MJ
Agerbo Esben E
Air Tracy M TM
Andlauer Till F M TFM
Bacanu Silviu-Alin SA
Bækvad-Hansen Marie M
Beekman Aartjan T F ATF
Bigdeli Tim B TB
Binder Elisabeth B EB
Blackwood Douglas H R DHR
Bryois Julien J
Buttenschøn Henriette N HN
Bybjerg-Grauholm Jonas J
Cai Na N
Castelao Enrique E
Christensen Jane Hvarregaard JH
Clarke Toni-Kim TK
Coleman Jonathan R I JRI
Colodro-Conde Lucía L
Couvy-Duchesne Baptiste B
Craddock Nick N
Crawford Gregory E GE
Davies Gail G
Deary Ian J IJ
Degenhardt Franziska F
Derks Eske M EM
Direk Nese N
Dolan Conor V CV
Dunn Erin C EC
Eley Thalia C TC
Escott-Price Valentina V
Farnush
Kiadeh Farhadi Hassan FH
Finucane Hilary K HK
Forstner Andreas J AJ
Frank Josef J
Gaspar Héléna A HA
Gill Michael M
Goes Fernando S FS
Gordon Scott D SD
Grove Jakob J
Hall Lynsey S LS
Hansen Christine Søholm CS
Hansen Thomas F TF
Herms Stefan S
Hicki Ian B IB
Hoffmann Per P
Homuth Georg G
Horn Carsten C
Hottenga Jouke-Jan JJ
Hougaard David M DM
Ising Marcus M
Jansen Rick R
Jorgenson Eric E
Knowles James A JA
Kohane Isaac S IS
Kraft Julia J
Kretzschmar Warren W WW
Krogh Jesper J
Kutalik Zoltán Z
Li Yihan Y
Lind Penelope A PA
MacIntyre Donald J DJ
MacKinnon Dean F DF
Maier Robert M RM
Maier Wolfgang W
Marchini Jonathan J
Mbarek Hamdi H
McGrath Patrick P
McGuffin Peter P
Medland Sarah E SE
Mehta Divya D
Middeldorp Christel M CM
Mihailov Evelin E
Milaneschi Yuri Y
Milani Lili L
Mondimore Francis M FM
Montgomery Grant W GW
Mostafavi Sara S
Mullins Niamh N
Nauck Matthias M
Ng Bernard B
Nivard Michel G MG
Nyholt Dale R DR
O'Reilly Paul F PF
Oskarsson Hogni H
Owen Michael J MJ
Painter Jodie N JN
Pedersen Carsten Bøcker CB
Pedersen Marianne Giørtz MG
Peterson Roseann E RE
Pettersson Erik E
Peyrot Wouter J WJ
Pistis Giorgio G
Posthuma Danielle D
Quiroz Jorge A JA
Qvist Per P
Rice John P JP
Riley Brien P BP
Rivera Margarita M
Mirza Saira Saeed SS
Schoevers Robert R
Schulte Eva C EC
Shen Ling L
Shi Jianxin J
Shyn Stanley I SI
Sigurdsson Engilbert E
Sinnamon Grant C B GCB
Smit Johannes H JH
Smith Daniel J DJ
Stefansson Hreinn H
Steinberg Stacy S
Streit Fabian F
Strohmaier Jana J
Tansey Katherine E KE
Teismann Henning H
Teumer Alexander A
Thompson Wesley W
Thomson Pippa A PA
Thorgeirsson Thorgeir E TE
Traylor Matthew M
Treutlein Jens J
Trubetskoy Vassily V
Uitterlinden André G AG
Umbricht Daniel D
Van der Auwera Sandra S
van Hemert Albert M AM
Viktorin Alexander A
Visscher Peter M PM
Wang Yunpeng Y
Webb Bradley T BT
Weinsheimer Shantel Marie SM
Wellmann Jürgen J
Willemsen Gonneke G
Witt Stephanie H SH
Wu Yang Y
Xi Hualin S HS
Yang Jian J
Zhang Futao F
Arolt Volker V
Baune Bernhard T BT
Berger Klaus K
Boomsma Dorret I DI
Cichon Sven S
Dannlowski Udo U
de Geus E J C EJC
DePaulo J Raymond JR
Domenici Enrico E
Domschke Katharina K
Esko Tõnu T
Grabe Hans J HJ
Hamilton Steven P SP
Hayward Caroline C
Heath Andrew C AC
Kendler Kenneth S KS
Kloiber Stefan S
Lewis Glyn G
Li Qingqin S QS
Lucae Susanne S
Madden Pamela A F PAF
Magnusson Patrik K PK
Martin Nicholas G NG
McIntosh Andrew M AM
Metspalu Andres A
Mors Ole O
Mortensen Preben Bo PB
Müller-Myhsok Bertram B
Nordentoft Merete M
Nöthen Markus M MM
O'Donovan Michael C MC
Paciga Sara A SA
Pedersen Nancy L NL
Penninx Brenda W J H BWJH
Perlis Roy H RH
Porteous David J DJ
Potash James B JB
Preisig Martin M
Rietschel Marcella M
Schaefer Catherine C
Schulze Thomas G TG
Smoller Jordan W JW
Stefansson Kari K
Tiemeier Henning H
Uher Rudolf R
Völzke Henry H
Weissman Myrna M MM
Werge Thomas T
Lewis Cathryn M CM
Levinson Douglas F DF
Breen Gerome G
Børglum Anders D AD
Sullivan Patrick F PF
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 84
ISSUE: 2
TITLE: Biological psychiatry
ISOABBREVIATION: Biol Psychiatry
YEAR: 2018
MONTH: 07
DAY: 15
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1873-2402
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Biol Psychiatry
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 0006-3223
NLMUNIQUEID: 0213264
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
REFTYPE REFSOURCE REFPMID NOTE
ErratumIn Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Dec 1;84(11):857 30409266
CommentIn Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Jul 15;84(2):82-84 31178063
GRANTS
GRANTID AGENCY COUNTRY
U01 MH085520 NIMH NIH HHS United States
R01 MH081802 NIMH NIH HHS United States
MR/N015746/1 Medical Research Council United Kingdom
K01 MH102403 NIMH NIH HHS United States
U01 MH109514 NIMH NIH HHS United States
U01 MH109528 NIMH NIH HHS United States
S10 OD018164 NIH HHS United States
R01 MH113930 NIMH NIH HHS United States
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
KEYWORD
Childhood trauma
Depression
Genetics
Interaction
Meta-analysis
Polygenic risk
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adult
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse psychology
Case-Control Studies psychology
Child psychology
Child Abuse psychology
Depressive Disorder, Major genetics
Female genetics
Gene-Environment Interaction genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics
Humans genetics
Logistic Models genetics
Male genetics
Multifactorial Inheritance genetics
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales genetics
Risk Assessment genetics
Risk Factors genetics
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GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
OTHER ID's