title: HPA-axis hormone modulation of stress response circuitry activity in women with remitted major depression.
abstract: Decades of clinical and basic research indicate significant links between altered hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis hormone dynamics and major depressive disorder (MDD). Recent neuroimaging studies of MDD highlight abnormalities in stress response circuitry regions which play a role in the regulation of the HPA-axes. However, there is a dearth of research examining these systems in parallel, especially as related to potential trait characteristics. The current study addresses this gap by investigating neural responses to a mild visual stress challenge with real-time assessment of adrenal hormones in women with MDD in remission and controls. Fifteen women with recurrent MDD in remission (rMDD) and 15 healthy control women were scanned on a 3T Siemens MR scanner while viewing neutral and negative (stress-evoking) stimuli. Blood samples were obtained before, during, and after scanning for the measurement of HPA-axis hormone levels. Compared to controls, rMDD women demonstrated higher anxiety ratings, increased cortisol levels, and hyperactivation in the amygdala and hippocampus, p<0.05, family-wise error (FWE)-corrected in response to the stress challenge. Among rMDD women, amygdala activation was negatively related to cortisol changes and positively associated with the duration of remission. Findings presented here provide evidence for differential effects of altered HPA-axis hormone dynamics on hyperactivity in stress response circuitry regions elicited by a well-validated stress paradigm in women with recurrent MDD in remission.
authors.affiliation: Division of Women's Health, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Holsen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klibanski
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Whitfield-Gabrieli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cherkerzian
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buka
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D007028:Hypothalamic Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000502:physiology*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000503:physiopathology; D010907:Pituitary Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D007028:Hypothalamic Hormones; D010907:Pituitary Hormones; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D006854:Hydrocortisone
keywords: ACC; ACTH; CPP; CRH; Collaborative Perinatal Project; FWE; GLM; HAM-D; HCs; HPA; HPA-axis; Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; IAPS; International Affective Picture System; MDD; NEFS; New England Family Study; OFC; PET; POMS; PVN; Profile of Mood States; ROIs; STAI; Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; adrenocorticotropin hormone; anterior cingulate cortex; corticotropin-releasing hormone; depression; fMRI; family-wise error; functional magnetic resonance imaging; general linear model; healthy controls; hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal; major depressive disorder; orbitofrontal cortex; paraventricular nucleus; percent signal change; positron emission tomography; psc; regions of interest; sex differences; sgACC; stress; subgenual ACC
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