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Brain glutathione levels and age at onset of illness in chronic schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2019

Yvonne S. Yang Open the ORCID record for Yvonne S. Yang [Opens in a new window] ,
Richard J. Maddock ,
Junghee Lee ,
Huailin Zhang ,
Gerhard Hellemann ,
Katherine L. Narr ,
Stephen R. Marder  and
Michael F. Green
Yvonne S. Yang*
Affiliation:
VISN22 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Richard J. Maddock
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Junghee Lee
Affiliation:
VISN22 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Huailin Zhang
Affiliation:
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Gerhard Hellemann
Affiliation:
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Katherine L. Narr
Affiliation:
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Stephen R. Marder
Affiliation:
VISN22 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Michael F. Green
Affiliation:
VISN22 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Yvonne S. Yang, Email: ysyang@mednet.ucla.edu
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Abstract

Objective:

Oxidative stress is implicated in the aetiology of schizophrenia, and the antioxidant defence system (AODS) may be protective in this illness. We examined the major antioxidant glutathione (GSH) in prefrontal brain and its correlates with clinical and demographic variables in schizophrenia.

Methods:

GSH levels were measured in the dorsolateral prefrontal region of 28 patients with chronic schizophrenia using a magnetic resonance spectroscopy sequence specifically adapted for GSH. We examined correlations of GSH levels with age, age at onset of illness, duration of illness, and clinical symptoms.

Results:

We found a negative correlation between GSH levels and age at onset (r = −0.46, p = 0.015), and a trend-level positive relationship between GSH and duration of illness (r = 0.34, p = 0.076).

Conclusion:

Our findings are consistent with a possible compensatory upregulation of the AODS with longer duration of illness and suggest that the AODS may play a role in schizophrenia.

Keywords

schizophreniaoxidative stressglutathioneage of onset
Type
Short Communication
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , December 2019 , pp. 343 - 347
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© Scandinavian College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2019 

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