Noncoding RNAs: Stress, Glucocorticoids, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
2018
Abstract Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a pathologic response to trauma that impacts ∼8% of the population and is highly comorbid with other disorders, such as
traumatic brain injury. PTSD affects multiple biological systems throughout the body, including the
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, cortical function, and the immune system, and while the study of the biological underpinnings of PTSD and
related disordersare numerous, the roles of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) are just emerging. Moreover,
deep sequencinghas revealed that ncRNAs represent most of the transcribed mammalian genome. Here, we present developing evidence that ncRNAs are involved in critical aspects of PTSD pathophysiology. In that regard, we summarize the roles of three classes of ncRNAs in PTSD and
related disorders: microRNAs, long-noncoding RNAs, and
retrotransposons. This review evaluates findings from both animal and
human studieswith a special focus on the role of ncRNAs in
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axisabnormalities and glucocorticoid dysfunction in PTSD and
traumatic brain injury. We conclude that ncRNAs may prove to be useful biomarkers to facilitate
personalized medicinesfor trauma-related brain disorders.
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