JÁNI, Martin, Ondřej MIKEŠ, Radek MAREČEK, Milan BRÁZDIL and Klára MAREČKOVÁ. Prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal depression: Combined effects on brain aging and mental health in young adulthood. PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY &BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2024, vol. 134, August 2024, p. 1-8. ISSN 0278-5846. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2024.111062.
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Original name Prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal depression: Combined effects on brain aging and mental health in young adulthood
Authors JÁNI, Martin (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Ondřej MIKEŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Radek MAREČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Milan BRÁZDIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Klára MAREČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY &BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, OXFORD, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2024, 0278-5846.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30210 Clinical neurology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 5.600 in 2022
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2024.111062
UT WoS 001258873600001
Keywords in English Air pollution; Maternal antenatal depression; Brain aging; Longitudinal; Prenatal birth cohort
Tags 14110222
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Introduction: Both maternal depression problems during pregnancy and prenatal exposure to air pollution have been associated with changes in the brain as well as worse mood and anxiety in the offspring in adulthood. However, it is not clear whether these effects are independent or whether and how they might interact and impact the brain age and mental health of the young adult offspring. Methods: A total of 202 mother-child dyads from a prenatal birth cohort were assessed for maternal depression during pregnancy through self-report questionnaires administered in the early 90s, exposure to air pollutants (Sulfur dioxide [SO2], nitrogen oxides [NOx], and suspended particle matter [SPM]) during each trimester based on maternal address and air quality data, mental health of the young adult offspring (28-30 years of age; 52% men, all of European ancestry) using self-report questionnaires for depression (Beck Depression Inventory), mood dysregulation (Profile of Mood States), anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), and psychotic symptoms (Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire), and brain age, estimated from structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and previously published neuroanatomical age prediction model using cortical thickness maps. The brain age gap estimate (BrainAGE) was computed by subtracting structural brain age from chronological age. Trajectories of exposure to air pollution during pregnancy were assessed using Growth Mixture Modeling. The interactions of prenatal depression and prenatal exposure to air pollutants on adult mental health and BrainAGE were assessed using hierarchical linear regression. Results: We revealed two distinct trajectories of exposure to air pollution during pregnancy: "early exposure," characterized by high exposure during the first trimester, followed by a steady decrease, and "late exposure," characterized by low exposure during the first trimester, followed by a steady increase in the exposure during the subsequent trimesters. Maternal depression during the first half of pregnancy interacted with NOX exposure trajectory, predicting mood dysregulation and schizotypal symptoms in young adults. In addition, maternal depression during the second half of pregnancy interacted with both NOx and SO2 exposure trajectories, respectively, and predicted BrainAGE in young adults. In those with early exposure to NOx, maternal depression during pregnancy was associated with worse mental health and accelerated brain aging in young adulthood. In contrast, in those with early exposure to SO2, maternal depression during pregnancy was associated with slower brain aging in young adulthood. Conclusions: Our findings provide the first evidence of the combined effects of prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal depression on mental health outcomes and brain age in young adult offspring. Moreover, they point out the importance of the timing and trajectory of the exposure during prenatal development.
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EF15_003/0000469, research and development projectName: Cetocoen Plus
EF17_043/0009632, research and development projectName: CETOCOEN Excellence
LM2018121, research and development projectName: Výzkumná infrastruktura RECETOX (Acronym: RECETOX RI)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, RECETOX RI
LX22NPO5107, research and development projectName: Národní ústav pro neurologický výzkum
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, 5.1 EXCELES
NU20J-04-00022, research and development projectName: Zdravé stárnutí mozku: Celoživotní perspektiva
Investor: Ministry of Health of the CR, Healthy Brain Ageing in Czechia over the life-course, Subprogram 2 - junior
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