Schizophrenia postmortem brain is characterized by γ aminobutyric acid downregulation and by decreased dendritic spine density in frontal cortex. Protracted L-methionine treatment exacerbates schizophrenia symptoms, and our earlier work (Tremolizzo et al. and Dong et al.) has shown that L-methionine decreases reelin and GAD67 transcription in mice which is prevented by co-administration of valproate. In this study, we observed a decrease in spine density following L-methionine treatment, which was prevented by co-administration of valproate. Together with our earlier findings conducted under the same experimental conditions, we suggest that downregulation of spine density in L-methionine-treated mice may be because of the decreased expression of reelin and that valproate may prevent spine downregulation by inhibiting the methylation induced decrease in reelin.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-18123 |
Date | 01 June 2010 |
Creators | Tueting, Patricia, Davis, John M., Veldic, Marin, Pibiri, Fabio, Kadriu, Bashkim, Guidotti, Alessandro, Costa, Erminio |
Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Source | ETSU Faculty Works |
Page generated in 0.0014 seconds