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JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
卷 47, 期 11, 页码 1815-1823出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.08.008
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Kynurenine aminotransferase; Kynurenine-3-monooxygenase; Kynureninase; Interferon-gamma; Tumor necrosis factor-alpha; Interleukin-1 beta
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- Stanley Medical Research Institute
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Society of Medicine
- Soderstrom Konigska foundation
- Fredrik och Ingrid Thurings stiftelse
- Karolinska Institutet's Research Foundation
- Medical University in Lublin [DS 450/11, 450/12, 450/13]
Accumulating data suggest a causative link between immune stimulation, disturbed metabolism of tryptophan, and pathogenesis of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The goal of this study was to examine the production of kynurenic acid (KYNA), 3-hydroxykynurenine (3-HK) and the expression of kynurenine pathway enzymes involved in their synthesis and metabolism in cultured skin fibroblasts obtained from patients with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or from healthy control individuals. The assessment was performed under basal conditions or following treatment with interferon (IFN)-gamma, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1 beta, IL-6, or their combinations, in cells exposed to exogenous kynurenine. In both groups of patients, the baseline production of KYNA and 3-HK was increased, as compared to control subjects. Case-treatment analyses revealed significant interactions between bipolar case status and IL-1 beta, IL-6, IFN-gamma + TNF-alpha, or IFN-gamma + IL-1 beta, as well as between schizophrenia case status and IL-1 beta, IFN-gamma + TNF-alpha, or IFN-gamma + IL-1 beta, in terms of higher 3-HK. Noteworthy, no case-treatment interactions in terms of KYNA production were found. Observed changes did not appear to correlate with the expression of genes encoding kynurenine aminotransferases (KATs), kynureninase (KYNU) or kynurenine-3-monooxygenase (KMO). The single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs1053230 and rs2275163, in KMO influenced MYNA levels yet did not explain the case-treatment discrepancies. In conclusion, our present findings indicate the utility of skin-derived fibroblasts for kynurenines research and support the concept of kynurenine pathway alterations in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The increase in ratio between neurotoxic 3-HK and neuroinhibitoiy/neuroprotective KYNA following exposure to cytokines may account for altered neurogenesis and structural abnormalities characteristic for both diseases. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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