Peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with bipolar disorder demonstrate apoptosis and differential regulation of advanced glycation end products and S100B
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Paraskevi Moutsatsou
, Vasileios Salpeas
Abstract
Background: This study addresses the expression of the glycosylated proteins known as advanced glycation end products (AGEs), the calcium binding protein S100B and the apoptotic parameters cytochome c and caspase-3 activity in peripheral lymphocyte cytosolic extracts from a sample of bipolar disorder (BD) patients and healthy (control) subjects.
Methods: Cross-sectional study of 35 patients with a clinical diagnosis of bipolar disease (10 euthymic, 12 depressed, 13 manic) and 10 healthy control subjects. Lymphocytes were used as a surrogate model in BD diagnosis and treatment. AGEs and S100B in lymphocyte cell extracts were measured by commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
Results: AGEs were lower in all BD patients compared to healthy subjects. Depressed patients had approximately two-fold higher S100B levels compared to healthy subjects. Manic and depressed BD patients had increased superoxide dismutase mRNA levels. Apoptosis as measured by BAX/Bcl2 ratio, cytochrome c release, caspase-3 activity was increased in manic and depressed patients compared to healthy subjects. In the depressed patients, S100B levels correlated with cytochrome c release.
Conclusions: In conclusion, our study shows decreased AGEs and increased S100B levels and caspase down-stream apoptosis in peripheral lymphocytes of BD patients that may underlie disease etiopathogenesis.
Acknowledgments
This project is financed from an operating grant to TGP from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Conflict of interest statement
Authors’ conflict of interest disclosure: The authors stated that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this article. Research funding played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.
Research funding: None declared.
Employment or leadership: None declared.
Honorarium: None declared.
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- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus: reiterated responsibilities for the clinical laboratory
- Review
- The association between plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) levels, PAI-1 4G/5G polymorphism, and myocardial infarction: a Mendelian randomization meta-analysis
- Opinion Papers
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- Combined light chain immunofixation to detect monoclonal gammopathy: a comparison to standard electrophoresis in serum and urine
- Automated indirect immunofluorescence microscopy enables the implementation of a quantitative internal quality control system for anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) analysis
- Peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with bipolar disorder demonstrate apoptosis and differential regulation of advanced glycation end products and S100B
- Coefficient of energy balance, a new parameter for basic investigation of the cerebrospinal fluid
- Interconversion of stone composition profiles from two recurrent stone episodes in stone formers
- Reference Values
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- Plasma glucose measurement in diabetes: impact and implications of variations in sample collection procedures with a focus on the first hour after sample collection
- Changing from glucose to HbA1c for diabetes diagnosis: predictive values of one test and importance of analytical bias and imprecision
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