Elevated platelet calcium mobilization and nitric oxide synthase activity may reflect abnormalities in schizophrenic brain

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
I DasS R Hirsch

Abstract

Schizophrenia has a diverse nature of clinical symptoms and a number of hypotheses have been suggested to explain its aetiological basis. In this study we have examined two aspects of membrane function, receptor-activated calcium mobilization and calcium activated nitric oxide synthase activity in schizophrenic subjects. Thrombin induces mobilization of calcium ions from intracellular stores. The platelet response of drug naive schizophrenics was found to be significantly increased over a range of thrombin concentrations (0.01 to 0.60 U/ml) compared to control subjects. Possible involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in the aetiology of schizophrenia was investigated. NO has been functionally linked to both dopaminergic and glutamatergic systems both of which are strongly implicated in the biochemical pathology of schizophrenia. Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity was determined in platelets of controls, schizophrenic and panic disorder subjects. Enzyme activity was found to be significantly higher in platelets of drug naive schizophrenic subjects compared to controls, drug treated schizophrenics and panic disorder subjects. It is suggested that there is an imbalance of the calcium-induced L-arginine- nitric oxide pathway in platele...Continue Reading

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