Sensation-seeking-related DNA methylation and the development of delinquency: A longitudinal epigenome-wide study.
Sensation-seeking-related DNA methylation and the development of delinquency: A longitudinal epigenome-wide study.
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与感觉寻求相关的 DNA 甲基化和犯罪的发展:一项纵向表观基因组研究。
DOI:
10.1017/s0954579422000049
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Barker,EdwardD
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作者:
Tieskens,JacinthaM;vanLier,PolAC;Buil,JMarieke;Barker,EdwardD
Heightened sensation-seeking is related to the development of delinquency. Moreover, sensation-seeking, or biological correlates of sensation-seeking, are suggested as factors linking victimization to delinquency. Here, we focused on epigenetic correlates of sensation-seeking. First, we identified DNA methylation (DNAm) patterns related to sensation-seeking. Second, we investigated the association between sensation-seeking related DNAm and the development of delinquency. Third, we examined whether victimization was related to sensation-seeking related DNAm and the development of delinquency. Participants (N = 905; 49% boys) came from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. DNAm was assessed at birth, age 7 and age 15–17. Sensation-seeking (self-reports) was assessed at age 11 and 14. Delinquency (self-reports) was assessed at age 17–19. Sensation-seeking epigenome-wide association study revealed that no probes reached the critical significance level. However, 20 differential methylated probes reached marginal significance. With these 20 suggestive sites, a sensation-seeking cumulative DNAm risk score was created. Results showed that this DNAm risk score at age 15–17 was related to delinquency at age 17–19. Moreover, an indirect effect of victimization to delinquency via DNAm was found. Sensation-seeking related DNAm is a potential biological correlate that can help to understand the development of delinquency, including how victimization might be associated with adolescent delinquency.