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- Title
Increased Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Activity in Postmortem Brain from Patients with Bipolar Affective Disorder.
- Authors
Fields, Anat; Li, Peter P.; Kish, Stephen J.; Warsh, Jerry J.
- Abstract
Previous observations of reduced [⊃3H]cyclic AMP binding in postmortem brain regions from bipolar affective disorder subjects imply cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase function may be altered in this illness. To test this hypothesis, basal and stimulated cyclic AMPdependent protein kinase activity was determined in cytosolic and particulate fractions of postmortem brain from bipolar disorder patients and matched controls. Maximal enzyme activity was significantly higher (104%) in temporal cortex cytosolic fractions from bipolar disorder brain compared with matched controls. In temporal cortex particulate fractions and in the cytosolic and particulate fractions of other brain regions, smaller but statistically nonsignificant increments in maximal enzyme activity were detected. Basal cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase activity was also significantly higher (40%) in temporal cortex cytosolic fractions of bipolar disorder brain compared with controls. Estimated EC[sub 50] values for cyclic AMP activation of this kinase were significantly lower (70 and 58%, respectively) in both cytosolic and particulate fractions of temporal cortex from bipolar disorder subjects compared with controls. These findings suggest that higher cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase activity in bipolar disorder brain may be associated with a reduction of regulatory subunits of this enzyme, reflecting a possible adaptive response of this transducing enzyme to increased cyclic AMP signaling in this disorder.
- Subjects
PROTEIN kinases; BIPOLAR disorder; AFFECTIVE disorders
- Publication
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1999, Vol 73, Issue 4, p1704
- ISSN
0022-3042
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.731704.x