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Monoaminergic dysregulation in glutathione-deficient mice: possible relevance to schizophrenia?

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:Several lines of research have implicated glutathione (GSH) in schizophrenia. For instance, GSH deficiency has been reported in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenics in vivo. Further, in rats postnatal GSH-deficiency combined with hyperdopaminergia led to cognitive impairments in the adult. In the present report we studied the effects of 2-day GSH-deficiency with L-buthionine-(S,R)-sulfoximine on monoaminergic function in mice. The effect of GSH-deficiency per se and when combined with the amphetamine and phencyclidine (PCP) models of schizophrenia was investigated. GSH-deficiency significantly altered tissue levels of dopamine (DA), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and their respective metabolites homovanillic acid (HVA), and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in a region-specific fashion. The effects of GSH-deficiency on tissue monoamines were distinct from and, generally, did not interact with the effects of amphetamine (5 mg/kg; i.p.) on tissue monoamines. Microdialysis studies showed that extracellular DA-release after amphetamine (5 mg/kg, i.p.) was two-fold increased in the nucleus accumbens of GSH-deficient mice as compared with control mice. Basal DA was unaltered. Further, extracellular levels of HVA in the frontal cortex and hippocampus and 5-HIAA in the nucleus accumbens were elevated by GSH-deficiency per se. Spontaneous locomotor activity in the open field was unchanged in GSH-deficient mice. In contrast, GSH-deficiency modulated the locomotor responses to mid-range doses of amphetamine (1.5 and 5 mg/kg, i.p.). Further, GSH-deficient mice displayed an increased locomotor response to low (2 and 3 mg/kg, i.p.) doses of phencyclidine (PCP). In conclusion, the data presented here show that even short-term GSH-deficiency has consequences for DA and 5-HT function. This was confirmed on both neurochemical and behavioral levels. How GSH and the monoamines interact needs further scrutiny. Moreover, the open field findings suggest reduced or altered N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor function in GSH-deficient mice. Thus, GSH-deficiency can lead to disturbances in DA, 5-HT and NMDA function, a finding that may have relevance for schizophrenia.

journal_name

Neuroscience

journal_title

Neuroscience

authors

Jacobsen JP,Rodriguiz RM,Mørk A,Wetsel WC

doi

10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.01.059

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-01-01 00:00:00

pages

1055-72

issue

eissn

0306-4522

issn

1873-7544

pii

S0306-4522(05)00215-0

journal_volume

132

pub_type

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Monoaminergic dysregulation in glutathione-deficient mice: possible relevance to schizophrenia?