Background: Systemic low-grade inflammation may be a pathophysiological mechanism in a subtype of depression. In this study we investigate a novel candidate mechanism of inflammatory depression - Selective Glomerular Hypofiltration Syndromes (SGHS) - which are characterized by a reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) based on cystatin C (cysC) relative to eGFR based on creatinine (crea). SGHS have been associated with increased blood levels of pro-inflammatory markers, but have never been investigated in a sample of depressed individuals.
Method: The prevalence of SGHS was compared between 313 patients with difficult-to-treat depression and 73 controls. Since there is no single established eGFR/eGFR-ratio cut-off to define SGHS, several cut-offs were investigated in relation to a depression diagnosis, inflammation, and symptom severity. Plasma inflammatory markers tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interferon gamma (IFN-γ), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and IL-10 were available from 276 depressed patients. We examined mediation effects of IL-6 on the relationship between SGHS and depression.
Results: Depressed patients were more likely to have SGHS compared to controls defining SGHS as either eGFR/eGFR-ratio < 0.9 (33.2 % vs 20.5 %, p = 0.035) or < 0.8 (15.7 % vs 5.5 %, p = 0.023). Lower eGFR/eGFR-ratio was associated with higher levels of inflammatory markers in depressed patients. IL-6 partly mediated the relationship between SGHS and depression.
Conclusion: This is the first study to demonstrate a link between SGHS and inflammatory depression. If replicated in independent and longitudinal cohorts, this may prove to be a relevant pathophysiological mechanism in some cases of depression that could be targeted in future intervention and prevention studies.
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