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A functional genomic perspective on human well-being
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To identify molecular mechanisms underlying the prospective health advantages associated with psychological well-being, we analyzed leukocyte basal gene expression profiles in 80 healthy adults who were assessed for hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, as well as potentially confounded negative psychological and behavioral factors. Hedonic and eudaimonic well-being showed similar affective correlates but highly divergent transcriptome profiles. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from people with high levels of hedonic well-being showed up-regulated expression of a stress-related conserved transcriptional response to adversity (CTRA) involving increased expression of proinflammatory genes and decreased expression of genes involved in antibody synthesis and type I IFN response. In contrast, high levels of eudaimonic well-being were associated with CTRA down-regulation. Promoter-based bioinformatics implicated distinct patterns of transcription factor activity in structuring the observed differences in gene expression associated with eudaimonic well-being (reduced NF-κB and AP-1 signaling and increased IRF and STAT signaling). Transcript origin analysis identified monocytes, plasmacytoid dendritic cells, and B lymphocytes as primary cellular mediators of these dynamics. The finding that hedonic and eudaimonic well-being engage distinct gene regulatory programs despite their similar effects on total well-being and depressive symptoms implies that the human genome may be more sensitive to qualitative variations in well-being than are our conscious affective experiences.
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“The CTRA can also be activated by modernday social, symbolic, anticipated, and imagined threats, however, leading to increased risk for several inflammation-related conditions, including depression”
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“they can also be separated in that they seem to correlate with different neurobiological systems (Fredrickson et al., 2013).”
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“Finally, a small study analyzed leukocyte basal gene expression profiles and reported distinct gene expression profiles for hedonic (positive affect) versus eudaimonic (striving, purpose) wellbeing (Fredrickson et al. 2013)”
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“Additionally, a study that examined gene transcriptional profiles found that eudaimonic well-being (an overarching umbrella term that includes purpose) was associated with enhanced expression of antiviral response genes and reduced expression of proinflammatory genes (31).”
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“Fredrickson and colleagues found that high levels of eudaimonic well-being were associated with significantly lower levels of CTRA-related gene expression (i.e., a more favorable, or less threatened, molecular profile) [54].”
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“In contrast, people who showed comparatively high levels of hedonic well-being relative to their level of eudaimonic well-being showed significantly elevated CTRA gene expression (above and beyond any effects of hedonistic behavioral factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, or adiposity).”
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“The impetus for this research was inspired by a wealth of research showing e that developing caring and compassion-focused motives for self and others has a range of benefits: on genetic expression [14, 31, 109], physiological processes [9, 68, 71, 73, 107, 108], psychological processes [63, 64, 66, 108], and social relationships [16, 18, 100].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fredrickson, B. L., Grewen, K. M., Coffey, K. A., Algoe, S. B., Firestine, A. M., Arevalo, J. M. G., Ma, J., & Cole, S. W.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095; and
- ORCID
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2013-07-29
- Volume
- 110
- Issue
- 33
- Pages
- 13684-13689
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC3746929
- OpenAlex
- W2155399165
- Cited by
- 512
- References
- 72
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 47 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 76 · 2017: 48 · 2016: 59 · 2015: 34 · 2014: 28 · 2013: 7
- FWCI
- 63.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
- UNC Libraries
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging (P30AG107265, P30AG017265)
- NIH Office of the Director (R01NR012899)
- National Cancer Institute (R01CA116778)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR012899)
- Common Fund
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Keywords
- psychological well-being, hedonic well-being, eudaimonic well-being, leukocyte gene expression, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, conserved transcriptional response to adversity, pro-inflammatory genes, type I interferon response, NF-κB signaling, AP-1 signaling, transcription factor activity, monocytes, plasmacytoid dendritic cells, B cells, depressive symptoms, stress response
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Antibodies, Happiness, Humans, Interferon Type I, Leukocytes, Mononuclear, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, North Carolina, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Transcription Factors, Genome, Human, NF-kappa B, Transcription Factor AP-1, Computational Biology, Gene Regulatory Networks, Pleasure, Transcriptome
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