Publication Cover
Stress
The International Journal on the Biology of Stress
Volume 24, 2021 - Issue 4
1,108
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Research Reports

Effect of acute psychosocial stress on the brain-derived neurotrophic factor in humans – a randomized cross within trial

, , , , &
Pages 442-449 | Received 20 Feb 2020, Accepted 17 Nov 2020, Published online: 10 Dec 2020

References

  • Anacker, C., Cattaneo, A., Musaelyan, K., Zunszain, P. A., Horowitz, M., Molteni, R., Luoni, A., Calabrese, F., Tansey, K., Gennarelli, M., Thuret, S., Price, J., Uher, R., Riva, M. A., & Pariante, C. M. (2013). Role for the kinase SGK1 in stress, depression, and glucocorticoid effects on hippocampal neurogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(21), 8708–8713. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1300886110
  • Beck, A., & Beamesderfer, A. (1974). Assessment of depression: The depression inventory. In P. Pichot & R. Oliver-Martin (Eds.), Psychological Measurements in Psychopharmacology (pp. 151–169). https://doi.org/10.1159/000395074
  • Begliuomini, S., Lenzi, E., Ninni, F., Casarosa, E., Merlini, S., Pluchino, N., Valentino, V., Luisi, S., Luisi, M., & Genazzani, A. R. (2008). Plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor daily variations in men: Correlation with cortisol circadian rhythm. Journal of Endocrinology, 197(2), 429–435. https://doi.org/10.1677/JOE-07-0376
  • Bennett, J. M., Rohleder, N., & Sturmberg, J. P. (2018). Biopsychosocial approach to understanding resilience: Stress habituation and where to intervene. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 24(6), 1339–1346. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13052
  • Bi, X., Proulx, J., & Aldwin, C. M. (2016). Stress-related growth. In Encyclopedia of Mental Health (2nd ed., pp. 244–248). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397045-9.00052-5
  • Carbone, D. L., & Handa, R. J. (2013). Sex and stress hormone influences on the expression and activity of brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Neuroscience, 239, 295–303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.10.073
  • Castrén, E., & Rantamäki, T. (2010). The role of BDNF and its receptors in depression and antidepressant drug action: Reactivation of developmental plasticity. Developmental Neurobiology, 70(5), 289–297. https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.20758
  • Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., & Mermelstein, R. (1983). A global measure of perceived stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 24(4), 385–396. https://doi.org/10.2307/2136404
  • Cole, T. J., Freeman, J. V., & Preece, M. A. (1995). Body mass index reference curves for the UK, 1990. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 73(1), 25–29. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.73.1.25
  • Derogatis, L. (1977). Administration, scoring, and procedures manual for the SCL-90-R. Clinical Psychometrics Research.
  • Duman, R. S., & Monteggia, L. M. (2006). A neurotrophic model for stress-related mood disorders. Biological Psychiatry, 59(12), 1116–1127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.02.013
  • Fanous, S., Hammer, R. P., & Nikulina, E. M. (2010). Short- and long-term effects of intermittent social defeat stress on brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in mesocorticolimbic brain regions. Neuroscience, 167(3), 598–607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.02.064
  • Fujimura, H., Altar, C. A., Chen, R., Nakamura, T., Nakahashi, T., Kambayashi, J-i., Sun, B., & Tandon, N. N. (2002). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is stored in human platelets and released by agonist stimulation. Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 87(4), 728–734. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1613072
  • Gejl, A. K., Enevold, C., Bugge, A., Andersen, M. S., Nielsen, C. H., & Andersen, L. B. (2019). Associations between serum and plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor and influence of storage time and centrifugation strategy. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45976-5
  • Hollmann, W., Venrath, H., & Tietz, N. (1956). Range of oxygen absorption values in spiro-ergometric studies. Zeitschrift fur Kreislaufforschung, 45(3–4), 95–99. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13325696
  • Jeanneteau, F., & Chao, M. V. (2013). Are BDNF and glucocorticoid activities calibrated? Neuroscience, 239, 173–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.09.017
  • Jeanneteau, F., Garabedian, M. J., & Chao, M. V. (2008). Activation of Trk neurotrophin receptors by glucocorticoids provides a neuroprotective effect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(12), 4862–4867. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0709102105
  • Katoh-Semba, R., Wakako, R., Komori, T., Shigemi, H., Miyazaki, N., Ito, H., Kumagai, T., Tsuzuki, M., Shigemi, K., Yoshida, F., & Nakayama, A. (2007). Age-related changes in BDNF protein levels in human serum: Differences between autism cases and normal controls. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience: The Official Journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, 25(6), 367–372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2007.07.002
  • Kirschbaum, C., Pirke, K. M., & Hellhammer, D. H. (1993). The ‘Trier Social Stress Test’–a tool for investigating psychobiological stress responses in a laboratory setting. Neuropsychobiology, 28(1-2), 76–81. https://doi.org/119004 https://doi.org/10.1159/000119004
  • Kirschbaum, C., Wüst, S., Faig, H. G., & Hellhammer, D. H. (1992). Heritability of cortisol responses to human corticotropin-releasing hormone, ergometry, and psychological stress in humans. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 75(6), 1526–1530. https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem.75.6.1464659
  • Kobasa, S. C., Maddi, S. R., & Puccetti, M. C. (1982). Personality and exercise as buffers in the stress-illness relationship. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 5(4), 391–404. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00845369
  • Kowiański, P., Lietzau, G., Czuba, E., Waśkow, M., Steliga, A., & Moryś, J. (2018). BDNF: A key factor with multipotent impact on brain signaling and synaptic plasticity. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, 38(3), 579–593. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10571-017-0510-4
  • Kudielka, B. M., Hellhammer, D. H., & Kirschbaum, C. (2007). Ten years of research with the Trier Social Stress Test – revisited. In Social neuroscience: Integrating biological and psychological explanations of social behavior. (pp. 56–83). Guilford Press.
  • Laux, L., Glanzmann, P., Schaffner, P., & Spielberger, C. (1981). The state-trait anxiety inventory. Göttingen, Bern Hogrefe, 5(3 & 4). Retrieved from https://scholar.google.de/scholar?hl=de&q=Laux%252C+L.%252C+Glanzmann%252C+P.%252C+Schaffner%252C+P.%252C+%2526+Spielberger%252C+D.+%25281970%2529.+Das+State-Trait-Angstinventar+%2528STAI%2529.+Göttingen%253A+Beltz.&btnG=&lr=
  • Linz, R., Puhlmann, L. M. C., Apostolakou, F., Mantzou, E., Papassotiriou, I., Chrousos, G. P., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2019). Acute psychosocial stress increases serum BDNF levels: An antagonistic relation to cortisol but no group differences after mental training. Neuropsychopharmacology: Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 44(10), 1797–1804. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-019-0391-y
  • Lu, B., & Gottschalk, W. (2000). Modulation of hippocampal synaptic transmission and plasticity by neurotrophins. Progress in Brain Research, 128, 231–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6123(00)28020-5
  • Marsland, A. L., Walsh, C., Lockwood, K., & John-Henderson, N. A. (2017). The effects of acute psychological stress on circulating and stimulated inflammatory markers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 64, 208–219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2017.01.011
  • McEwen, B. S. (2017). Neurobiological and systemic effects of chronic stress. Chronic Stress, 1, 247054701769232. https://doi.org/10.1177/2470547017692328
  • Meng, D., Wu, T. C., Rao, U., North, C. S., Xiao, H., Javors, M. A., & Adinoff, B. (2011). Serum NPY and BNDF response to a behavioral stressor in alcohol-dependent and healthy control participants. Psychopharmacology, 218(1), 59–67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-011-2414-1
  • Molarius, A., Seidell, J. C., Sans, S., Tuomilehto, J., & Kuulasmaa, K. (1999). Waist and hip circumferences, and waist-hip ratio in 19 populations of the WHO MONICA project. International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders: Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 23(2), 116–125. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0800772
  • Murakami, S., Imbe, H., Morikawa, Y., Kubo, C., & Senba, E. (2005). Chronic stress, as well as acute stress, reduces BDNF mRNA expression in the rat hippocampus but less robustly. Neuroscience Research, 53(2), 129–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neures.2005.06.008
  • Naegelin, Y., Dingsdale, H., Säuberli, K., Schädelin, S., Kappos, L., & Barde, Y. A. (2018). Measuring and validating the levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in human serum. Eneuro, 5(2), ENEURO.0419-17.2018. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0419-17.2018
  • Numakawa, T., Odaka, H., & Adachi, N. (2017). Actions of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and glucocorticoid stress in neurogenesis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18(11), 2312. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms18112312
  • Park, C. L. (2013). The meaning making model: A framework for understanding meaning, spirituality, and stress-related growth in health psychology. European Health Psychologist, 15(2), 40–47. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Crystal_Park/publication/272955903_Meaning_spirituality_and_health_a_brief_introduction/links/56afa60808ae9c1968b46691.pdf
  • Park, C. L., Cohen, L. H., & Murch, R. L. (1996). Assessment and prediction of stress-related growth. Journal of Personality, 64(1), 71–105. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1996.tb00815.x
  • Petrowski, K., Wintermann, G., & Siepmann, M. (2012). Cortisol response to repeated psychosocial stress. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 37(2), 103–107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-012-9183-4
  • Petrowski, K., Wintermann, G.-B., Kirschbaum, C., & Bornstein, S. R. (2012). Dissociation between ACTH and cortisol response in DEX-CRH test in patients with panic disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37(8), 1199–1208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.12.013
  • Piccinni, A., Marazziti, D., Del Debbio, A., Bianchi, C., Roncaglia, I., Mannari, C., Origlia, N., Catena Dell’Osso, M., Massimetti, G., Domenici, L., & Dell’Osso, L. (2008). Diurnal variation of plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in humans: An analysis of sex differences. Chronobiology International, 25(5), 819–826. https://doi.org/10.1080/07420520802387773
  • Pittenger, C., & Duman, R. S. (2008). Stress, depression, and neuroplasticity: A convergence of mechanisms. Neuropsychopharmacology: Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 33(1), 88–109. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.npp.1301574
  • Pluchino, N., Russo, M., Santoro, A. N., Litta, P., Cela, V., & Genazzani, A. R. (2013). Steroid hormones and BDNF. Neuroscience, 239, 271–279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.01.025
  • Rage, F., Givalois, L., Marmigère, F., Tapia-Arancibia, L., & Arancibia, S. (2002). Immobilization stress rapidly modulates BDNF mRNA expression in the hypothalamus of adult male rats. Neuroscience, 112(2), 309–318. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00072-6
  • Rasmusson, A. M., Shi, L., & Duman, R. (2002). Downregulation of BDNF mRNA in the hippocampal dentate gyrus after re-exposure to cues previously associated with footshock. Neuropsychopharmacology: Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 27(2), 133–142. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0893-133X(02)00286-5
  • Rojas Vega, S., Strüder, H. K., Vera Wahrmann, B., Schmidt, A., Bloch, W., & Hollmann, W. (2006). Acute BDNF and cortisol response to low intensity exercise and following ramp incremental exercise to exhaustion in humans. Brain Research, 1121(1), 59–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2006.08.105
  • Schaaf, M. J. M., De Kloet, E. R., & Vreugdenhil, E. (2000). Corticosterone Effects on BDNF expression in the hippocampus implications for memory formation. Stress, 3(3), 201–208. https://doi.org/10.3109/10253890009001124
  • Schoenfeld, T. J., & Gould, E. (2012). Stress, stress hormones, and adult neurogenesis. Experimental Neurology, 233(1), 12–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.01.008
  • Schwabe, L., Haddad, L., & Schachinger, H. (2008). HPA axis activation by a socially evaluated cold-pressor test. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 33(6), 890–895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.03.001
  • Selye, H. (1981). Geschichte und Grundzüge des Stresskonzepts. In J. Nitsch (Ed.), Stress: Theorien; Untersuchungen; Massnahmen. (pp. 163–187). Huber.
  • Sharma, S., Graham, R., Rohde, R., & Ceballos, N. A. (2017). Stress-induced change in serum BDNF is related to quantitative family history of alcohol use disorder and age at first alcohol use. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 153, 12–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2016.12.002
  • Shields, G. S., Sazma, M. A., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2016). The effects of acute stress on core executive functions: A meta-analysis and comparison with cortisol. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 68, 651–668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.038
  • Sothmann, M. S., Buckworth, J., Claytor, R. P., Cox, R. H., White-Welkley, J. E., & Dishman, R. K. (1996). Exercise training and the cross-stressor adaptation hypothesis. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 24, 267–287. https://doi.org/10.1249/00003677-199600240-00011
  • Szuhany, K., Bugatti, M., & Otto, M. (2015). A meta-analytic review of the effects of exercise on brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 60, 56–64. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022395614002933 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.10.003
  • Thoenen, H. (1991). The changing scene of neurotrophic factors. Trends in Neurosciences, 14(5), 165–170. https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-2236(91)90097-E
  • Tomich, P. L., & DiBlasio, A. M. (2020). Stress-related growth: An experimental approach to examine whether stressful events cause perceived growth. Current Psychology, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00721-4
  • Wahl, P., Mathes, S., Köhler, K., Achtzehn, S., Bloch, W., & Mester, J. (2013). Acute metabolic, hormonal, and psychological responses to different endurance training protocols. Hormone and Metabolic Research = Hormon- Und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et Metabolisme, 45(11), 827–833. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1347242
  • Walfish, S. (2006). A review of statistical outlier methods. Pharmaceutical Technology, 30(4), 1–5. http://www.pharmtech.com/review-statistical-outlier-methods?id=&pageID=1&sk=&date=
  • Zimmer, P., Oberste, M., & Bloch, W. (2015). Einfluss von Sport auf das zentrale Nervensystem – Molekulare und zelluläre wirkmechanismen. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin, 2015(02), 42–49. https://doi.org/10.5960/dzsm.2015.164

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.