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In depression, bacterial translocation may drive inflammatory responses, oxidative and nitrosative stress (O&NS) and autoimmune responses directed against O&NS- damaged neoepitopes

Maes, M., Kubera, M., Leunis, J. C., Berk, M., Geffard, M. and Bosmans, E. 2012, In depression, bacterial translocation may drive inflammatory responses, oxidative and nitrosative stress (O&NS) and autoimmune responses directed against O&NS- damaged neoepitopes, Acta psychiatrica scandinavica, vol. 127, no. 5, pp. 344-354.

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Title In depression, bacterial translocation may drive inflammatory responses, oxidative and nitrosative stress (O&NS) and autoimmune responses directed against O&NS- damaged neoepitopes
Author(s) Maes, M.
Kubera, M.
Leunis, J. C.
Berk, M.
Geffard, M.
Bosmans, E.
Journal name Acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Volume number 127
Issue number 5
Start page 344
End page 354
Total pages 11
Publisher Wiley - Blackwell Publishing
Place of publication Malden, Mass.
Publication date 2012-05
ISSN 0001-690X
1600-0447
Keyword(s) depression
inflammation
leaky gut
cytokines
LPS
oxidative stress
chronic fatigue
Summary Objective: Depression is accompanied by activation of immuno-inflammatory and oxidative and nitrosative stress (IO&NS) pathways, and increased IgM/IgA responses to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of gram-negative commensal bacteria. The latter suggests that bacterial translocation has caused IgM/IgA responses directed against LPS. Bacterial translocation may drive IO&NS responses.

Method: To examine the associations between IgM/IgA responses to LPS and IO&NS measurements, including plasma/serum interleukin-1 (IL-1), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)α, neopterin, lysozyme, oxidized LDL (oxLDL) antibodies, peroxides, and IgM (auto)immune responses against malondialdehyde (MDA), azelaic acid, phophatidyl inositol (Pi), NO-tryptophan and NO-tyrosine in depressed patients and controls.

Results: We found significant positive associations between IgM/IgA responses to LPS and oxLDL antibodies, IgM responses against MDA, azelaic acid, Pi, NO-tryptophan, and NO-tyrosine. The IgA responses to LPS were correlated with lysozyme. There were no significant positive correlations between the IgM/IgA responses to LPS and IL-1 and neopterin.

Conclusion: The findings show that in depression there is an association between increased bacterial translocation and lysozyme production, an antibacterial compound, O&NS processes, and autoimmune responses directed against O&NS generated neoantigenic determinants. It is suggested that bacterial translocation may drive IO&NS pathways in depression and thus play a role in its pathophysiology.
Language eng
Field of Research 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30052719

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: School of Medicine
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