Journal
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages 494-502Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2011.42
Keywords
biomarkers; bipolar disorder; diagnosis; major depressive disorder; multiplex immunoassay; schizophrenia
Funding
- Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI)
- Psynova Neurotech
- European Union [223427]
- MRC [G0600977] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0600977] Funding Source: researchfish
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Biomarkers are now used in many areas of medicine but are still lacking for psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia (SCZ). We have used a multiplex molecular profiling approach to measure serum concentrations of 181 proteins and small molecules in 250 first and recent onset SCZ, 35 major depressive disorder (MDD), 32 euthymic bipolar disorder (BPD), 45 Asperger syndrome and 280 control subjects. Preliminary analysis resulted in identification of a signature comprised of 34 analytes in a cohort of closely matched SCZ (n = 71) and control (n = 59) subjects. Partial least squares discriminant analysis using this signature gave a separation of 60-75% of SCZ subjects from controls across five independent cohorts. The same analysis also gave a separation of similar to 50% of MDD patients and 10-20% of BPD and Asperger syndrome subjects from controls. These results demonstrate for the first time that a biological signature for SCZ can be identified in blood serum. This study lays the groundwork for development of a diagnostic test that can be used as an aid for distinguishing SCZ subjects from healthy controls and from those affected by related psychiatric illnesses with overlapping symptoms. Molecular Psychiatry (2012) 17, 494-502; doi:10.1038/mp.2011.42; published online 12 April 2011
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