Manivel Rengasamy1, Anna Marsland2, Lora McClain3, Tessa Kovats3, Thomas Walko2, Lisa Pan3, Rebecca B Price4. 1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Hospital, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: rengasamym@upmc.edu. 2. Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA. 3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Hospital, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. 4. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Hospital, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Evidence supports raised circulating levels of inflammatory mediators, such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor (TNFα), among clinically depressed adults, although preliminary findings in adolescents are mixed. Independently, meta-analyses identify correlations between childhood trauma and elevated cytokine levels in adulthood. Here, we examine the possible role of individual differences in exposure to childhood trauma in contributing to variability in cytokine levels in depressed adolescents. METHODS: 52 depressed adolescents and 20 healthy adolescents completed measures of childhood trauma and provided blood for the assessment of plasma IL-6 and TNFα. Cross-sectional associations of childhood trauma and cytokine measures were assessed in both depressed and healthy adolescents, along with exploratory analysis of childhood trauma subtypes. Longitudinal relationships between childhood trauma and cytokine measures were also studied in an exploratory fashion within a subset of depressed participants (n = 36). RESULTS: Higher childhood trauma (particularly emotional abuse) was positively associated with TNFα in depressed adolescents. Childhood trauma was not linked to longitudinal changes in cytokine levels. DISCUSSION: In depressed adolescents, childhood trauma may relate to higher levels of the proinflammatory cytokine TNFα and contribute to heterogeneity in cytokine elevation among depressed adolescents. Such findings may ultimately help guide more effective individualized treatments for adolescents with depression.
BACKGROUND: Evidence supports raised circulating levels of inflammatory mediators, such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor (TNFα), among clinically depressed adults, although preliminary findings in adolescents are mixed. Independently, meta-analyses identify correlations between childhood trauma and elevated cytokine levels in adulthood. Here, we examine the possible role of individual differences in exposure to childhood trauma in contributing to variability in cytokine levels in depressed adolescents. METHODS: 52 depressed adolescents and 20 healthy adolescents completed measures of childhood trauma and provided blood for the assessment of plasma IL-6 and TNFα. Cross-sectional associations of childhood trauma and cytokine measures were assessed in both depressed and healthy adolescents, along with exploratory analysis of childhood trauma subtypes. Longitudinal relationships between childhood trauma and cytokine measures were also studied in an exploratory fashion within a subset of depressed participants (n = 36). RESULTS: Higher childhood trauma (particularly emotional abuse) was positively associated with TNFα in depressed adolescents. Childhood trauma was not linked to longitudinal changes in cytokine levels. DISCUSSION: In depressed adolescents, childhood trauma may relate to higher levels of the proinflammatory cytokine TNFα and contribute to heterogeneity in cytokine elevation among depressed adolescents. Such findings may ultimately help guide more effective individualized treatments for adolescents with depression.
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