Lifestyle Factors Counteract the Neurodevelopmental Impact of Genetic Risk for Accelerated Brain Aging in Adolescence.

Adolescent development Brain aging Exercise Nutrition Polygenic risk Psychopathology School engagement

Journal

Biological psychiatry
ISSN: 1873-2402
Titre abrégé: Biol Psychiatry
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0213264

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
29 Jun 2023
Historique:
received: 10 03 2023
revised: 30 05 2023
accepted: 19 06 2023
pubmed: 2 7 2023
medline: 2 7 2023
entrez: 1 7 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The transition from childhood to adolescence is characterized by enhanced neural plasticity and a consequent susceptibility to both beneficial and adverse aspects of one's milieu. To understand the implications of the interplay between protective and risk-enhancing factors, we analyzed longitudinal data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (n = 834; 394 female). We probed the maturational correlates of positive lifestyle variables (friendships, parental warmth, school engagement, physical exercise, healthy nutrition) and genetic vulnerability to neuropsychiatric disorders (major depressive disorder, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia) and sought to further elucidate their implications for psychological well-being. Genetic risk factors and lifestyle buffers showed divergent relationships with later attentional and interpersonal problems. These effects were mediated by distinguishable functional neurodevelopmental deviations spanning the limbic, default mode, visual, and control systems. More specifically, greater genetic vulnerability was associated with alterations in the normative maturation of areas rich in dopamine (D Our results underscore the importance of educational involvement and healthy nutrition in attenuating the neurodevelopmental sequelae of genetic risk factors. They also underscore the importance of characterizing early-life biomarkers associated with adult-onset pathologies.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The transition from childhood to adolescence is characterized by enhanced neural plasticity and a consequent susceptibility to both beneficial and adverse aspects of one's milieu.
METHODS METHODS
To understand the implications of the interplay between protective and risk-enhancing factors, we analyzed longitudinal data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (n = 834; 394 female). We probed the maturational correlates of positive lifestyle variables (friendships, parental warmth, school engagement, physical exercise, healthy nutrition) and genetic vulnerability to neuropsychiatric disorders (major depressive disorder, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia) and sought to further elucidate their implications for psychological well-being.
RESULTS RESULTS
Genetic risk factors and lifestyle buffers showed divergent relationships with later attentional and interpersonal problems. These effects were mediated by distinguishable functional neurodevelopmental deviations spanning the limbic, default mode, visual, and control systems. More specifically, greater genetic vulnerability was associated with alterations in the normative maturation of areas rich in dopamine (D
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Our results underscore the importance of educational involvement and healthy nutrition in attenuating the neurodevelopmental sequelae of genetic risk factors. They also underscore the importance of characterizing early-life biomarkers associated with adult-onset pathologies.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37393046
pii: S0006-3223(23)01396-3
doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.06.023
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doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023 Society of Biological Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Raluca Petrican (R)

Institute of Population Health, Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Electronic address: raluca.petrican@liverpool.ac.uk.

Alex Fornito (A)

Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Emma Boyland (E)

Institute of Population Health, Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

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