ASSESSMENT OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR GENE POLYMORPHISM (T-397C VARIANT) IN PATIENTS WITH PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME

The aim: of the study is to determine the frequency of polymorphism of estrogen receptor gene ESR1 (T-397C variant) in patients with premenstrual syndrome. Materials and methods: 50 women with diagnosis of premenstrual syndrome (the basic group) and 25 persons without it (the control group) were examined. Polymerase chain reaction was used to study T-397C polymorphism of estrogen receptor gene ESR1. Results: There was no significant difference in allele and genotype rates of ESR1 gene between persons with premenstrual syndrome and controls. TT genotype was determined in 24.0 % women in the control group and 24 % of patients in basic group (OR=1.00, 95 % CI=0.32-3.08, p=1.00), TC genotype – in 52.0 % and 46.0 % of individuals respectively (OR=0.79, 95 % CI=0.30-2.06, p=0.62), CC genotype – 24.0 % and 30.0 % of women respectively (OR=1.36, 95 % CI=0.45-4.07, p=0.59). Also, the frequency of T allele and C allele was similar in individuals with pathology and healthy women. There was no significant difference in allele and genotype rates of T-397C variant of ESR1 gene between patients with mild and severe forms of premenstrual syndrome and controls. Conclusions: There is no association of T-397C polymorphic variant of estrogen receptor gene ESR1 with the development of premenstrual syndrome.

Moderation of Breastfeeding Effects on Adult Depression by Estrogen Receptor Gene Polymorphism

Breastfeeding is known to benefit both the mother’s and the child’s health. Our aim was to test the interactive effects between estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) rs2234693 and breastfeeding when predicting the child’s later depression in adulthood. A sample of 1209 boys and girls from the Young Finns Study were followed from childhood over 27 years up to age 30–45 years. Adulthood depressive symptoms were self-reported by the participants using the Beck Depression Inventory. Breastfeeding as well as several possibly confounding factors was reported by the parents in childhood or adolescence. Breastfeeding tended to predict lower adult depression, while ESR1 rs2234693 was not associated with depression. A significant interaction between breastfeeding and ESR1 was found to predict participants’ depression (P=.004) so that C/C genotype carriers who had not been breastfed had higher risk of depression than T-allele carriers (40.5% versus 13.0%) while there were no genotypic differences among those who had been breastfed. In sex-specific analysis, this interaction was evident only among women. We conclude that child’s genes and maternal behavior may interact in the development of child’s adult depression so that breastfeeding may buffer the inherited depression risk possibly associated with the C/C genotype of the ESR1 gene.