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A protective genetic variant for adverse environments? The role of childhood traumas and serotonin transporter gene on resilience and depressive severity in a high-risk population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

V. Carli ,
L. Mandelli ,
L. Zaninotto ,
A. Roy ,
L. Recchia ,
L. Stoppia ,
V. Gatta ,
M. Sarchiapone  and
A. Serretti
V. Carli
Affiliation:
Department of Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy National Prevention of Suicide and Mental-Ill Health (NASP) at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
L. Mandelli*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Italy
L. Zaninotto
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Italy
A. Roy
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Service, Department of Veteran Affairs, New Jersey, USA
L. Recchia
Affiliation:
Department of Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
L. Stoppia
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
V. Gatta
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
M. Sarchiapone
Affiliation:
Department of Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
A. Serretti
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Italy
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: laura.mandelli@unibo.it (L. Mandelli).
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Abstract

Genetic aspects may influence the effect of early adverse events on psychological well being in adulthood. In particular, a common polymorphism within the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR short/long) has been associated to the risk for stress-induced psychopathology. In the present study we investigated the role of childhood traumas and 5-HTTLPR on measures of psychological resilience and depression in a sample of individuals at a high risk for psychological distress (763 male prisoners). The 5-HTTLPR genotype did not influence resilience and depressive severity. However, a significant interaction was observed between 5-HTTLPR and childhood traumas on both resilience and depressive severity. In particular, among subjects exposed to severe childhood trauma only, the long-allele was associated to lower resilience scores and increased current depressive severity as compared to short/short homozygous. Sex specific effects, difference in type and duration of stressors and the specific composition of the sample may explain discrepancy with many studies reporting the short-allele as a vulnerability factor for reactivity to stress. We here speculated that in males the long-allele may confer lower resilience and therefore higher vulnerability for depressive symptoms in subjects exposed to early stress and currently living in stressful environments.

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Affective disordersStressGenetics
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European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue 8 , November 2011 , pp. 471 - 478
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2011

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