Resting mononuclear cell NR3C1 and SKA2 expression levels predict blunted cortisol reactivity to combat training stress among elite army cadets exposed to childhood adversity

Autor: Fortu Benarroch, Tanya Goltser-Dubner, Noa Itzhar, Ronen Segman, Ruth Giesser, Aron Mirman, Amit Shalev, Carmel Kalla, Amit Lotan, Omer Bonne, Esti Galili-Weisstub, Laura Canetti, Eyal Fruchter, Roni Haber, Inon Vashdi, Ariel Ben-Yehuda, Dalya Pevzner, Chen Saloner, Osnat Oz
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Molecular Psychiatry. 26:6680-6687
ISSN: 1476-5578
1359-4184
DOI: 10.1038/s41380-021-01107-z
Popis: Childhood adversity (CA) may alter reactivity to stress throughout life, increasing risk for psychiatric and medical morbidity, yet long-term correlates of milder CA levels among high functioning healthy adolescents are less studied. The current study examined the prevalence and impact of CA exposure among a cohort of healthy motivated elite parachute unit volunteers, prospectively assessed at rest and at the height of an intensive combat-simulation exposure. We found significantly reduced gene expression levels in resting mononuclear cell nuclear receptor, subfamily 3, member 1 (NR3C1), and its transactivator spindle and kinetochore-associated protein 2 (SKA2), that predict blunted cortisol reactivity to combat-simulation stress among CA exposed adolescents. Long-term alterations in endocrine immune indices, subjective distress, and executive functions persist among healthy high functioning adolescents following milder CA exposure, and may promote resilience or vulnerability to later real-life combat exposure.
Databáze: OpenAIRE