| Title: | Association between herpes simplex virus 1 exposure and the risk of depression in UK Biobank |
| Journal: | Clinical and Translational Medicine |
| Published: | 20 Jun 2020 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32564518/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.108 |
| URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/ctm2.108 |
Publication 4145
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) infection is reported to be associated with depression. But limited efforts were made to investigate the relationship between HSV-1 infection and the risk of depression, especially from the genetic perspective.</p>
METHODS: In UK Biobank cohort, linear and logistic regression analyses were first performed to test the association of HSV-1 seropositivity/antibody with depression, including depression status (N = 2951) and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) score (N = 2839). Using individual genotypic and phenotypic data from the UK Biobank, genome-wide environmental interaction study (GWEIS) was then conducted by PLINK2.0 to evaluate gene × HSV-1 interacting effect on the risk of depression. Finally, gene set enrichment analysis was conducted to identify the biological pathways involved in the observed gene × HSV-1 interaction for depression.</p>
RESULT: In UK Biobank cohort, significant associations were observed between depression status and HSV-1 (odds ratio [OR] = 1.09; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.02-1.16; P = 2.40 × 10-2 for HSV-1 antibody and OR = 1.28; 95% CI, 1.12-1.47, P = 2.59 × 10-3 for HSV-1 seropositivity). GWEIS revealed four significant gene × HSV-1 interaction signals for PHQ score (all P < 5.0 × 10-8 ) and the leading loci was SULF2 (rs6094791, P = 8.60 × 10-9 ). Pathway analyses identified 21 pathways for PHQ score and 19 for depression status, including multiple neural development- and immune-related ones, such as KEGG_NEUROACTIVE_LIGAND_RECEPTOR_INTERACTION (false discovery rate [FDR] = 3.18 × 10-2 ) for depression and LU_AGING_BRAIN_UP (FDR = 4.21 × 10-2 ) for PHQ score.</p>
CONCLUSION: Our results suggested that HSV-1 was associated with the risk of depression, which was modulated by the several genes that were related to the nerve development or immune function.</p>
18 Authors
- Jing Ye
- Yan Wen
- Xiaomeng Chu
- Ping Li
- Bolun Cheng
- Shiqiang Cheng
- Li Liu
- Lu Zhang
- Mei Ma
- Xin Qi
- Chujun Liang
- Om Prakash Kafle
- Yumeng Jia
- Cuiyan Wu
- Sen Wang
- Xi Wang
- Yujie Ning
- Feng Zhang
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