Journal
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 92, Issue 2, Pages 403-409Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.12.003
Keywords
Effort-reward-imbalance; Pro-inflammatory cytokine production; Glucocorticoid sensitivity; Trier Social Stress Test (TSST); Chronic work stress
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- German Research Foundation (DFG) [KU 1401/4-1, KU 1401/4-2, KU 1401/4-3]
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Background: According to the effort-reward-imbalance (ER!) model, a lack of reciprocity between costs and gains at work increases the risk for adverse health outcomes. Inflammation has been shown to play a crucial role in a variety of stress-related diseases and alterations in immune system glucocorticoid sensitivity may help to explain the increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and depression related to chronic work stress. Methods: Changes in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced interleukin (IL)-6 production and inhibition of IL-6 production by dexamethasone in reaction to the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) were assessed in forty-six healthy school teachers to test whether chronic work stress is accompanied by alterations in inflammatory activity and glucocorticoid sensitivity of the innate immune system. Results: High ERI was associated with an increase in pro-inflammatory potential, reflected in elevated IL-6 production before and after stress and with a lower capacity of dexamethasone to suppress IL-6 production in vitro over all measurement time points. ERI was not associated with stress-related changes in GC sensitivity. Conclusion: The present findings suggest a less effective anti-inflammatory regulation by glucocorticoids in teachers suffering from chronic work stress. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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