Up-regulation of neuronal calcium sensor-1 (NCS-1) in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenic and bipolar patients

Phil Ok Koh, Ashiwel S. Undie, Nadine Kabbani, Robert Levenson, Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic, Michael S. Lidow

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Abstract

The delineation of dopamine dysfunction in the mentally ill has been a long-standing quest of biological psychiatry. The present study focuses on a recently recognized group of dopamine receptor-interacting proteins as possible novel sites of dysfunction in schizophrenic and bipolar patients. We demonstrate that the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia and bipolar cases from the Stanley Foundation Neuropathology Consortium display significantly elevated levels of the D2 dopamine receptor desensitization regulatory protein, neuronal calcium sensor-1. These levels of neuronal calcium sensor-1 were not influenced by age, gender, hemisphere, cause of death, postmortem period, alcohol consumption, or antipsychotic and mood stabilizing medications. The present study supports the hypothesis that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may be associated with abnormalities in dopamine receptor-interacting proteins.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)313-317
Number of pages5
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume100
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 7 2003

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