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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.
RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.
Altered transcript expression of NMDA receptor-associated postsynaptic proteins in the thalamus of subjects with schizophrenia.
American Journal of Psychiatry 2003 June
OBJECTIVE: NMDA receptor dysfunction has been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The NMDA receptor is a multimeric ligand-gated ion channel, and the obligate NR(1) subunit is expressed as one of eight isoforms due to the alternative splicing of exons 5, 21, and 22. Alternative splicing of NR(1) subunits modulates receptor function by influencing the association of NR(1) with other NMDA receptor subunits and myriad intracellular molecules, such as the postsynaptic density family of proteins that target NMDA receptors to the synaptic membrane and couple it to numerous signal transduction enzymes. Recently, the authors reported that the NMDA receptor subunits NR(1) and NR(2C) are abnormally expressed in the thalamus in schizophrenia. They hypothesized that this reduction is associated with specific NR(1) isoforms and that NMDA receptor-related postsynaptic density proteins are abnormally expressed.
METHOD: Using in situ hybridization, the authors examined expression of the transcripts encoding NR(1) isoforms containing exons 5, 21, or 22, and the NMDA receptor-related postsynaptic density proteins NF-L, PSD93, PSD95, and SAP102.
RESULTS: Reduced NR(1) subunit transcript expression was restricted to exon 22-containing isoforms. Increased expression of the NMDA receptor-associated postsynaptic density proteins NF-L, PSD95, and SAP102 was also detected in the thalamus of subjects with schizophrenia.
CONCLUSIONS: These data support the hypothesis of glutamatergic abnormalities in schizophrenia and suggest that glutamatergic dysfunction may occur not only at the level of receptor expression but also within intracellular pathways associated with glutamate receptor-associated signal transduction.
METHOD: Using in situ hybridization, the authors examined expression of the transcripts encoding NR(1) isoforms containing exons 5, 21, or 22, and the NMDA receptor-related postsynaptic density proteins NF-L, PSD93, PSD95, and SAP102.
RESULTS: Reduced NR(1) subunit transcript expression was restricted to exon 22-containing isoforms. Increased expression of the NMDA receptor-associated postsynaptic density proteins NF-L, PSD95, and SAP102 was also detected in the thalamus of subjects with schizophrenia.
CONCLUSIONS: These data support the hypothesis of glutamatergic abnormalities in schizophrenia and suggest that glutamatergic dysfunction may occur not only at the level of receptor expression but also within intracellular pathways associated with glutamate receptor-associated signal transduction.
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