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bioRxiv
date
Feb 27, 2026
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Published
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首次通过整合外周血与脑组织转录组数据,揭示自杀行为在不同组织中的特异性分子特征与功能通路收敛性,发现外周血以免疫炎症为主导而脑组织以突触可塑性和氧化应激为核心,为自杀的生物学机制提供多尺度分子图谱
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测序技术
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Post

📄 原文题目

Unraveling Tissue-Specific Molecular Signatures and Convergent Pathway Enrichments in Suicidal Behavior

🔗 原文链接

💡 AI 核心解读

首次通过整合外周血与脑组织转录组数据,揭示自杀行为在不同组织中的特异性分子特征与功能通路收敛性,发现外周血以免疫炎症为主导而脑组织以突触可塑性和氧化应激为核心,为自杀的生物学机制提供多尺度分子图谱

📝 英文原版摘要

Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, yet the biological mechanisms underlying suicide remain poorly understood. A clearer understanding at the molecular level is essential for developing objective biomarkers and targeted interventions. In this study, we used transcriptomic profiling to investigate gene expression patterns associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors across peripheral blood (n=264) and postmortem brain tissue from two prefrontal regions (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, DLPFC; subgenual anterior cingulate cortex, sgACC) of individuals with and without psychiatric illness (n=249). Peripheral analyses revealed broad transcriptional changes associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors, marked by dysregulated immune-related and inflammatory processes. Longitudinal modeling further revealed gene co-expression modules that predicted future suicide attempts over a 12-month follow-up, highlighting processes related to apoptosis, mitochondrial function, and immune regulation. By contrast, transcriptomic analyses of postmortem tissue derived from the DLPFC and sgACC revealed largely suppressed neuroimmune activity. Gene co-expression analyses in the brain identified suicide-associated modules enriched for synaptic plasticity, oxidative stress, and neuroimmune function, some of which displayed regional specificity. Cross-tissue comparison showed minimal gene-level overlap between brain and blood, although shared pathway-level themes emerged in immune, sensory, and cellular stress processes. Taken together, these findings suggest that suicide is associated with distinct but functionally convergent transcriptional alterations across brain and blood. By integrating tissue-specific and systems-level molecular signatures, this work provides insight into t
he biological architecture of suicide and lays the groundwork for developing novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets to improve prevention and treatment outcomes.
RNA结合蛋白的转录后调控将局部突触翻译与精神分裂症遗传风险联系起来外侧下丘脑输入通过背侧被盖核中的去抑制性微回路促进行为激活
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