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Early life adversity and the epigenetic programming of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function
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We review studies with human and nonhuman species that examine the hypothesis that epigenetic mechanisms, particularly those affecting the expression of genes implicated in stress responses, mediate the association between early childhood adversity and later risk of depression. The resulting studies provide evidence consistent with the idea that social adversity, particularly that involving parent-offspring interactions, alters the epigenetic state and expression of a wide range of genes, the products of which regulate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function. We also address the challenges for future studies, including that of the translation of epigenetic studies towards improvements in treatments.
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This review synthesizes rodent and human evidence that early-life adversity, especially parent-offspring interactions, alters epigenetic regulation of HPA-axis genes and stress reactivity, potentially linking childhood adversity to depression risk. It also highlights caveats and challenges for translating epigenetic findings into treatment.
Key findings
- In rats, offspring of High licking/grooming (LG) mothers show increased hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression, enhanced glucocorticoid negative feedback, decreased hypothalamic CRF mRNA, and more modest plasma ACTH/corticosterone responses to acute stress than offspring of Low LG mothers; cross-fostering reverses these effects.
- Maternal care regulates the hippocampal GR exon 17 promoter: Low LG offspring show hypermethylation at the 5′ CpG of the NGFI-A site, reduced NGFI-A binding, and lower H3K9ac/H3K4me3; 5-hydroxymethylcytosine at this promoter was three times higher in Low vs High LG offspring, and trichostatin A infusion reversed maternal effects on GR expression and HPA responses.
- Human postmortem hippocampal samples from suicide completers with childhood maltreatment show decreased GR expression and altered exon 1 variant methylation; exon 1F (homolog of rat exon 17) shows increased methylation and decreased NGFI-A binding. Peripheral studies associate childhood maltreatment or parental loss with increased exon 1F NR3C1 methylation, and FKBP5 allele-specific demethylation interacts with childhood trauma to predict PTSD risk.
- Early-life stress in mice alters methylation of AVP and Pomc genes, increasing hypothalamic AVP synthesis and ACTH; maternal care also reduces hypothalamic CRF expression via NRSF and glutamatergic input. Approximately a third of individuals who die by suicide have histories of childhood adversity.
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- Narrative review of human and nonhuman studies; no new primary data.
- Rodent models include Long-Evans rats varying in pup LG, cross-fostering, tactile stimulation, and HDAC inhibitor infusion; mouse maternal separation. Human samples include Quebec Suicide Brain Bank postmortem hippocampus and peripheral blood/leukocytes/saliva.
- Main analysis is qualitative synthesis of molecular, endocrine, behavioral, and clinical findings; no meta-analysis or systematic search reported.
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- Stated: altered HPA activity is apparent only in a subset of MDD patients, and it is unclear whether this subset is defined by developmental history; genotype moderates the impact of adverse childhood experience and epigenetic modifications; few preclinical models of gene × environment interactions exist.
- Stated: preclinical studies have not widely capitalized on the finding that adverse childhood experience alters antidepressant response, and integrating childhood experience into treatment models remains a challenge.
- Evident: as a narrative review, it lacks systematic search/quality appraisal or meta-analysis; human epigenetic findings often rely on peripheral tissues (blood, saliva) or postmortem samples, and the paper notes DNA methylation can be tissue- and cell-type-specific.
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“Lactating female Long-Evans rats (an outbred strain of rattus norvegicus) exhibit considerable variation in the frequency of pup licking/grooming (LG).”
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“We and other labs find that variations in pup LG over the first week of postnatal life rat affect the development of behavioral and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) responses to stress in adulthood.66-75”
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“We analyzed levels of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and 5-methylcytosine across the hippocampal GR exon 17 promoter in rats using antibody capture of hippocampal DNA and found the level of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine of the exon 17 GR promoter was three times higher in hippocampal samples from the offspring of Low compared with High-LG mothers.92”
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“We65,120 showed decreased hippocampal GR expression in samples from suicide completers with histories of childhood maltreatment compared with controls (sudden, involuntary fatalities).”
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“In contrast, 5-methylcytosine-dependent immunoprecipitation revealed no differences across the exon 17 GR promoter.”
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“Instead, the differences in hippocampal GR expression were unique to suicide completers with a history of childhood maltreatment.”
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“TSA infusion also eliminated the effect of maternal care on HPA responses to acute stress.”
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“Preliminary studies revealed greater methylation across the entire exon 17 GR promoter sequence in the hippocampus of adult offspring of Low LG mothers.”
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“The same relation was apparent across the exon 17 GR promoter, where the decreased level of DNA methylation was associated with an increased level of H3K4me3.92”
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“H3K9ac associates with increased transcription and we found increased H3K9ac of the exon 17 GR promoter in hippocampus from the adult offspring of High compared with Low LG mothers.70,83,92”
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“The offspring of High LG mothers show significantly increased hippocampal GR mRNA and protein expression, enhanced glucocorticoid negative feedback sensitivity and decreased hypothalamic CRF mRNA levels.”
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“Individual differences in the frequency of pup LG among adult female rats are reliable across multiple litters, and thus a stable feature of the maternal phenotype.”
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“Chronic, central infusion of adult offspring of Low LG mothers with the broad spectrum HDAC inhibitor, trichostatin A (TSA),109 significantly increased H3K9ac, NGFI-A binding to the GR-17 promoter, and GR expression to levels comparable to those observed in the offspring of High LG mothers.”
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- Not checked yetcites [109] Weaver IC., 2006, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. source
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“The results reveal significant differences in methylation at the 5' CpG dinucleotide of the NGFI-A consensus sequence. This site is hypermethylated in the offspring Low LG mothers, and hypomethylated in those of High LG dams.”
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“Thus we find increased H3K9ac and H3K4me3 at both regions of the exon 17 GR promoter, and the levels of these individual marks are very highly correlated.92”
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- Not checked yetcites [92] Zhang TY., 2013, Neuropsychopharmacology. source
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“Cross-fostering reverses the differences in the methylation of the 5' CpG site and suggests a direct relation between maternal care and DNA methylation of the exon 17 GR promoter.70”
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- Not checked yetcites [70] Weaver IC., 2004, Nat Neurosci. source
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“Decreased expression levels of GR exon 1B, 1C and 1H transcripts were also associated with alterations in methylation of the respective sequences, with particular sites significantly correlated with expression levels.”
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“We recently addressed this issue in PTSD patients and provide evidence suggesting that variation in the methylation of the exon 1F GR promoter associated with PTSD symptoms and predicted treatment outcome.135-137”
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“Moreover, the exon 1F sequence shows increased DNA methylation and decreased NGFI-A binding in samples from suicide victims with a history of maltreatment.”
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“Splice variant analysis revealed decreased expression of noncoding exons 1B, 1C, 1F and 1H in suicides with a history of childhood maltreatment compared with both controls and suicides without a history of maltreatment that correlated with differential DNA methylation patterns between groups in the corresponding exon 1 variant promoters.”
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“The increase in basal cortisol levels was particularly marked in melancholic and psychotic depression,43 but not in atypical depression.”
§ Early life adversity and the epigenetic programming of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function > Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function and Major Depressive Disorder
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- Not checked yetcites [43] Gold PW., 2002, Mol Psychiatry. source
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“Antidepressant treatment increases GR expression, GR function, and GR-mediated HPA axis feedback inhibition in rodents as well as in humans, thereby reducing resting and stimulated HPA axis activity.40”
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- Not checked yetcites [40] Pariante CM., 2008, Trends Neurosci. source
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“Interestingly Cushing's disease or prolonged corticosteroid therapy can precipitate Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), but also mania.44”
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- Not checked yetcites [44] Starkman MN., 1981, Psychosom Med. source
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“Since elevated levels of cortisol act to inhibit subsequent HPA activity, this finding suggests impaired glucocorticoid negative feedback in depressed patients.”
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- Not checked yetcites [44] Starkman MN., 1981, Psychosom Med. source
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“Broader forms of familial dysfunction including persistent emotional and physical neglect, family conflict, cold, distant parent-child relationships, and conditions of harsh, inconsistent discipline compromise cognitive and emotional development and increase the risk for depression and anxiety disorders to a level comparable to that for abuse.16-23”
§ Early life adversity and the epigenetic programming of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [16] Ammerman RT., 1986, Clini Psychol Rev.
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“Moreover, childhood maltreatment also associates with an increased severity of illness, reduced treatment responsivity, and increased comorbidity.14,15”
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“A recent meta-analysis confirmed the association of elevated basal levels of both ACTH and cortisol with depression and showed that the greatest difference in cortisol occurred during the afternoon, a time when cortisol levels are normally falling.42”
§ Early life adversity and the epigenetic programming of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function > Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function and Major Depressive Disorder
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- Not checked yetcites [42] Stetler C., 2011, Psychosom Med. source
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“Thus, warm, nurturing families tend to promote resistance to stress and to diminish vulnerability to stress-induced illness.18,25”
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“Likewise, variations in parental care associate with individual differences in neuroendocrine and autonomic responses to stress in humans as well as emotional reactivity.18,33-36”
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- Not checked yetcites [18] Repetti RL., 2002, Psychol Bull. source
- Not checked yetcites [33] Flinn MV., 1995, Curr Anthropology. source
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“Administration of the GR antagonist, RU486, results in elevated levels of both ACTH and cortisol in humans, which implicates GR activation as a mediator of negative feedback inhibition.45”
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- Not checked yetcites [45] Laue L., 1990, J Clin Endocrinol & Metab. source
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“Elevated CSF levels of CRF in adults associate with a history of childhood maltreatment,58,59 a poor quality of parental care,60 and childhood stressful experience.61”
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“High CRF may arise due to GR downregulation and impaired negative feedback inhibition, as evidenced by the finding that childhood abuse58,62 and parental loss63 are associated with higher Cortisol response to the dcxamethasone (DEX)/corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) challenge test in adults with and without depression.”
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“Subsequent statistical analyses revealed that childhood abuse was the strongest predictor of ACTH responsiveness, followed by the number of abuse events, adulthood traumas, and depression.”
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- Not checked yetcites [58] Heim C., 2000, JAMA. source
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“Hippocampal infusion of a GR antagonist into the adult offspring of High and Low LG mothers completely eliminates the maternal effect on HPA responses to stress, suggesting a direct relation between hippocampal GR expression and the magnitude of the HPA response to stress.”
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“An interaction term of childhood and adulthood trauma proved to be the most potent predictor of ACTH responses, suggesting that a history of childhood abuse per se is related to increased stress reactivity, which is further enhanced when additional trauma occurs in adulthood.58”
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“Moreover, childhood adversity moderates the relation between stressful life events in adulthood and depression, with increased risk for depression or anxiety in response to moderately stressful circumstances among individuals with a history of childhood adversity.11,14,37”
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“For example, in a novelty-induced suppression of feeding test in which food-deprived animals are provided food in a novel context, the adult offspring from High LG mothers show a shorter latency to begin eating and eat for a longer period of time.67”
§ Early life adversity and the epigenetic programming of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function > Developmental adversity and epigenetic regulation of HPA function
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“In cultured hippocampal neurons the effect of 5-HT on GR expression is: (i) blocked by 5-HT7 receptor antagonists or inhibitors of protein kinase A; (ii) mimicked by 5-HT7 receptor agonists or treatments with stable cAMP analogs; and (iii) eliminated by antisense or small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown of NGFI-A mRNA.82,83”
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“However, in these studies the decreased hypothalamic CRF expression occurs earlier in development than does the difference in hippocampal GR expression, suggesting that the difference in CRF expression develops independent of GR regulation.”
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“However, subsequent studies reveal effects of early experience on multiple components of the HPA axis, and in each case there is evidence for stable epigenetic programming.”
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“Thus, chromatin-immunoprecitipation (ChIP) assays reveal increased binding of NGFI-A to the exon 17 promoter in pups of High compared with Low LG mothers, but only in the period following a nursing bout with pup LG: hippocampal tissue samples obtained 20 min following a nursing bout, with no subsequent interaction between the mother and pup, do not reveal the difference in NGFI-A association.”
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“Pup LG increases hippocampal NGFI-A expression and binding to the exon 17 promoter.70,82,83”
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“These findings suggest that variations in maternal care influence the methylation state of the exon 17 GR promoter in hippocampus, regulating NGFI-A binding, GR transcription and HPA stress responses.”
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“These results suggest a direct relation between maternal care, histone acetylation, DNA methylation of the GR-17 promoter, GR expression and HPA responses to stress.”
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“Baram and colleagues114 showed that this maternally regulated decrease in CRF expression is accompanied by an increase in hippocampal GR expression.”
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“The effect of NGFI-A is eliminated by a site-directed mutation within the NGFI-A response element of the exon 17 promoter83 revealing that it is the physical interaction of NGFI-A with its response element that triggers the increase in transcriptional activity.”
§ Early life adversity and the epigenetic programming of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function > Developmental adversity and epigenetic regulation of HPA function
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- Not checked yetcites [83] Weaver IC., 2007, J Neuroscience. source
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“Perhaps most convincingly, artificial tactile stimulation of pups increases hippocampal NGFI-A expression and NGFI-A binding to the exon 17 promoter.”
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“Maternal separation of neonatal mice produces an enduring hypomethylation of the Pomc gene, which encodes for the ACTH pro-hormone, proopiomelanocortin,119 increased Pomc mRNA expression and increased basal and CRF-induced levels of ACTH.”
§ Early life adversity and the epigenetic programming of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function > Developmental adversity and epigenetic regulation of HPA function
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- Not checked yetcites [119] Wu Y., 2014, Endocrinology. source
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“These findings suggest that variations in parent-offspring interactions epigenetically “program” hippocampal GR expression and thus the nature of the HPA response to stress.”
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“These findings bear considerable similarity to the maternal effect in the rat and are suggestive of early-environment regulation of the neural epigenome in humans.”
§ Early life adversity and the epigenetic programming of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function > Epigenetic regulation of glucocorticoid receptor expression in humans
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“At the molecular level this interaction was associated with stable DNA demethylation, which in turn predicted increased FKBP5 expression.”
§ Early life adversity and the epigenetic programming of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function > Epigenetic regulation of glucocorticoid receptor expression in humans
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“The program is strengthened by a validated forensic interview that establishes developmental history and mental health status.”
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“This study demonstrated that polymorphisms in FKBP5 influence the position of the nucleosome, which when combined with childhood trauma (postulated to increase circulating Cortisol) resulted in an increased risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).”
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- Not checked yetcites [133] Klengel T., 2013, Nat Neurosci. source
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“These findings are thus consistent with a working hypothesis that links the early social environment to epigenetic modifications of the GR gene and GR expression, and HPA function.”
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“Since FKBP5 sequesters activated GR and prevents nuclear binding, the decreased FKBP5 methylation and increased FKBP5 expression associated with symptoms of glucocorticoid resistance.”
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“The exon 1F sequence is of particular interest as it is the homolog of the rat exon 17, is highly expressed in brain and contains an NGFI-A response element.65,121”
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DNA methylation is a reasonable candidate mechanism for the enduring effects of maternal care on hippocampal gene expression in the rat.
“We focused our initial studies on potential influences on DNA methylation with the assumption that this relatively stable covalent modification was a reasonable candidate mechanism for the enduring effects of maternal care on hippocampal gene expression in the rat.”
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Approximately a third of individuals who die by suicide have histories of childhood adversity, including childhood sexual and physical abuse, as well as parental neglect.
“Approximately a third of individuals who die by suicide have histories of childhood adversity, including childhood sexual and physical abuse, as well as parental neglect.”
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“Yet, in the past decade we have developed a much stronger appreciation for the role childhood environments and experiences in the epigenetic regulation of many components of physiological stress response systems (Anacker et al., 2014; Tyrka et al., 2013).”
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“Maternal care in infancy contributes to epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in the hippocampus (Anacker et al., 2014; McGowan et al., 2009) as well as in peripheral immune cells (Miller et al., 2011; Tyrka et al., 2012).”
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“There is a large body of evidence indicating that negative familial experiences, such as parental absence or parent-offspring conflict, affect behavioral, and neuroendocrine responses to stress (for a review see Ellis, 2013; Anacker et al., 2014).”
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“This is an actively integrated mechanism, since epigenetic marks affect the endocrine system [86] which, in turn, determines the duration of the phases of the life cycle.”
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“In humans, a disturbed ability to efficiently process contextual information may contribute to increased vulnerability to develop psychopathology when experiencing multiple life events (Anacker et al., 2014).”
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“…alcohol (Gupta, Gupta, & Shirasaka, 2016) and illicit drug use (Antonelli, Pallares, Ceccatelli, & Spulber, 2016) and even in utero violence against the mother (Anacker et al., 2014; Lutz et al., 2015; Provençal & Binder, 2015) are examples of factors that can impair the mental status of the child.”
BackgroundTanycytes and the Control of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Flux Into Portal Capillaries
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“The higher susceptibility to MS of males compared to females has been observed in other paradigms (166), but it is interesting that the more intense change is in Trhde expression and is long-lasting (165).”
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An epigenome-wide association study of early-onset major depression in monozygotic twins
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“In support, some ELS models are known to alter hippocampal GR expression (reviewed in Anacker et al., 2014) and maturation of new born cells was earlier shown to depend on GR expression in the dentate (Fitzsimons et al., 2013); since GR and MR share their natural ligand corticosterone, changing the…”
Cow’s milk allergy in Dutch children: an epigenetic pilot survey
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“These neural changes converge into increased physiological and behavioral responses to subsequent stress (Anacker et al., 2014; Heim et al., 2001).”
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“Epigenetic processes have been implicated in long-term changes in GR and CRF expression following early life adversity (Anacker et al., 2014; Reul et al., 2015).”
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“…shown to alter gene activity epigenetically within the CNS and such epigenetic alterations result directly in changes at transcriptional levels (Anacker et al., 2014), the questions emerges as to whether the ELS-induced changes in the mRNA expression of GABAAR subunits within peripheral organs…”
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“Studies that have examined epigenetic marks and DNA methylation patterns of individuals exposed to these types of stressors in childhood suggest a possible role for epigenetic processes in producing long-term alterations in physiological functioning (Anacker et al. 2014; Oberlander et al. 2008; Perroud et al. 2014; Ro…”
BackgroundEffects of early life adversity on maternal effort and glucocorticoids in wild olive baboons
Patterson, S. K., Hinde, K., Bond, A. B., Trumble, B. C., Strum, S. C., & Silk, J. B. (2021) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-021-03056-7 · Cited by 33
“Early life adversity has programming effects on neuroendocrine functioning and epigenetic changes to genes involved with HPA-axis regulation (Anacker et al., 2014; Maccari, Krugers, Morley-Fletcher, Szyf, & Brunton, 2014; Palma-Gudiel et al., 2015; Tyrka et al., 2016).”
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Molecular impacts of childhood abuse on the human brain
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“This natural variation in maternal care affects HPA responsiveness to stress in adulthood (Anacker et al., 2014).”
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“Childhood neglect results in alterations of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in humans (Gerra et al., 2009, 2010), and early life stress is related to epigenetic modifications of the glucocorticoid receptor gene in both rodents and humans (Anacker et al., 2014; Kundakovic et al., 2013).”
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“Mechanisms underlying these changes could thus include plasticity, epigenetics, maternal effects, and/or natural selection (Anacker et al., 2014; Jablonka and Raz, 2009; Jenkins et al., 2014; Love and Williams, 2008).”
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BackgroundP11 deficiency increases stress reactivity along with HPA axis and autonomic hyperresponsiveness
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Metadata
- Authors
- Anacker, C., O'Donnell, K. J., & Meaney, M. J.
- Affiliations
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Corresponding author
- Meaney, Michael J.
- Venue
- Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-09-30
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 321-333
- ISSN
- 1294-8322 (ISSN-L)
- 1958-5969
- PMC
- PMC4214175
- OpenAlex
- W2135480836
- Cited by
- 237
- References
- 144
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 31 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 16
- FWCI
- 11.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Keywords
- childhood adversity, epigenetic programming, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, depression risk, stress response genes, parent-offspring interactions, social adversity, gene expression
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Child Abuse, Developmental Disabilities, Child, Preschool, Humans, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Epigenesis, Genetic
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